Quote of the Day:
“Always turn a negative situation into a positive situation.” -Michael Jordan
Fact of the Day:
The word “maverick†comes from an old cattle rancher named
Maverick who refused to brand his cattle because he considered it cruel. Nowadays, it’s synonymous with someone who bears no man’s brand. –Source
Today’s Holiday:
Anniversary of the Trade Center Attacks
Link of the Day:
20 very strange endangered species. At right, the spring hare.
Quote of the Day:
“A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another’s.†-Jean Paul
Fact of the day:
The first elephant in the US was brought over in 1816 for 
farm work. He ended up being such a popular sight that the farmer instead toured the country to show his prize to the crowds. –Source
Today’s Holiday:
Swap Ideas Day…gimme gimme gimme
Link of the Day:
An artist creates his own version of camouflage using specially placed paint on human subjects.
A zoo in China tried to stir up some publicity by having a few monkeys get married. The bears of course were the flower girls. Isn’t it just precious?
I sincerely wish this wasn’t a hoax. A Japanese site sold 20 “Real Pikachus” for over $900 million dollars. How f-ing cute are these little photoshopped brats!
Yesbutnobutyes has an ineresting piece about an elephant that is hung for killing a man. It’s rather depressing, but it is interesting and the video of an elephant painting at the end will certainly help lift your spirits again.
The guy of Rescue Ink may look like hardcore scary bikers, but they actually have a huge soft spot for some of the sweetest things on earth -animals. They love little critters and have actually started an organization to save animals. For in the world of bikers, animal abuse is pretty common and this is a very noble and fairly brave idea.
They’ve even become so popular, they’ve received calls for help from people in Australia.
“Well I’ll swear I’ve seen just about anything when I’ve seen a kitty kat fly!”
That’s right, these bizzare cats have sprouted wings. They may not actually be able to fly, but I say it’s only a matter of time.
I know you’ve been lacking some absolutely precious animal stories in your life lately, so here’s a great one. This black bear that resides in a safari park in the UK has been stealing people’s hubcaps for years. Then a woman enters the park missing all four of her hubcaps and the bear steals one from the car in front of her and drops it at her car window and knocks to let her know it’s there. What a sweetheart. A bear that shares and shows it cares. Lub. -Thanks Neatorama
Looking to scare your children with adorable play toys? Then you need the Avenging Narwhal play set.
The narwhal uses its tusk to impale the cute animals of the world, specifically baby seals, baby penguins and koalas. This 5-1/2″ long, hard vinyl narwhal comes with four magic tusks (crystal, onyx, ruby and ice) to impale the three 1-1/2″ long, soft vinyl cuties. Don’t let cute overrun the world, fight back with your own Avenging Narwhal!
Thanks to Neatorama for discovering this lovely toy.
This little guy, Nils Olav, has officially been knighted by the Norwegian army. That’s the cutest thing ever.