OBAMA INAGURATION VIDEO FEED
January 20th, 2009 |Just kidding. This site is about animals (bears) and that’s it. Here’s a koala.
The Sharks Are Attacking
January 15th, 2009 |This is a
OK, listen up everybody. Especially everybody living in Australia (see below).
There have been a SERIES of shark attacks. It all started when this one guy was snorkeling (sharks LOVE snorkelers, so go figure). He disappeared and the only remnant they found was part of his wetsuit. In my opinion, the most likely culprit in this attack is the hammerhead.
But this is where it gets scary: two more attacks happened in Tasmania. Both victims were surfers and both were victimized by Great White Sharks. This means that, for the first time in history, two species of sharks are teaming up against humans. This is absolutely terrifying. If sharks can sustain inter-species communication, they are much smarter than all experts (myself excluded) previously believed.
Right now all coastal nations need to gather to discuss the implications of this underwater conspiracy and decide how to combat it. Together we are strong but alone we are shark food.
Python tries to eat kangaroo, fails
November 7th, 2008 |Every morning (when I wake up) I scour the news for bear related headlines. Today I was in for a real surprise: somebody filmed a PYTHON trying to eat a kangaroo. The image is pretty disgusting, so I’m only going to link to the article. Here it is: http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/0,26058,24615712-5014090,00.html. I will, however, say few words about pythons and kangaroos.
Pythons are large snakes. Like the anaconda, the python is among the two largest snakes in the world. The primary difference between anacondas and pythons is anacondas live in the water and kill other things that live in the water whereas pythons live on the land and try to eat kangaroos, aligators (http://bearscare.org/2008/05/12/snake-vs-lizard/) and sometimes people.
Kangaroos are marsupials. Marsupials (koala bears, kangaroos, etc.) are characterized by a pouch on females which is strictly reserved for their young. Some marsupials live in their mothers’ pouches for several years before vacating for good. All marsupials live in Australia (no coincidence there) and kangaroos are known for their jumping.
Acknowledgements:
I would like to thank Wikipedia for providing the images for this article and also foxnews.com and all pythons.
The Drop Bear
March 11th, 2008 |Some say it isn’t real. This is a lie. Look, any Australian who jokingly warns you of a drop bear wants you to think it’s dry humor. Let me tell you: there are tree creatures in Australia that will drop on your head and hurt you.
What is a drop bear, you ask? I just told you. It’s similar to a koala except vicious. They just wait in trees all day for a victim and then attack. Here‘s a Wikipedia article, but it’s all wrong. Watch out for Drop Bears, OK?
Dog does not survive being eaten by python
February 27th, 2008 |Brisbane, Australia — A family lost their chihuahua-terrier mix today. It seems the dog had been stocked by a scrub python for some does which finally got hungry enough to make his move [1]. The python is fine, but the two kids (5 and 7) who witnessed the carnage will never be the same. Below is a picture from the incident (CAUTION graphic/distasteful):
The scrub python, Morelia amethistina, is a long slender snake found in Indonesia, Australia, and places like that (you know what I mean–not Korea or anything, just those islands you sometimes hear about). They can be extremely long, but a generally a large specimen is only about 5.5 meters (~16′) [2]. That is the same size snake that ate the dog. Usually, these guys eat small wild animals but all of that has changed.
