Our Asian dogs are capable of causing fits among more conventional dog breeders. Lately cyber attacks and threats were unleashed against litters by Vladimir Beregovoy and Jes and Brett at Demonpuppy’s Wicked Awesome Dog and Art Blog. Jess explains in great detail: “…it is so incredibly disappointing for me to find out that an acquaintance …
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Thanks, Paivi!
Just got one of the most expensive and impressive books on my Amazon Wish List, Wilson and Holldobler’s The Superorganism, sent by Paivi Annuka Pasi in Finland, with a note thanking this blog for the inspiration for his leaving business for entomology this fall. Thank YOU, Paivi– nice to think our thing here sometimes makes …
Mystery Hound
I would have said Taigan myself, as did about 90% of respondents, here and on email But she is an Afghan- poodle cross– a rescue, but unaltered. After three hours with her I can see nothing about her that isn’t oriental sighthound- temperament, gait, structure, voice, even smell. Fascinating! (Yes, Jess, she has the “Afghan …
Quotes of the day
“In an 1879 letter to John Fordyce, Darwin wrote: “It seems to me absurd to doubt that a man may be an ardent Theist and an evolutionist.” “..I think the FDA’s war on raw milk in favor of pasteurization is a fitting allegory of American life writ large—all life must be killed before it kills …
The Kids Are All Right
Our own youngsters are growing too fast to keep up with– in photos anyway. Both have grown in the last week.
What is it?
This lovely young dog came to visit this past weekend. What breed is she? Those who already know– Brett, Chris, Daniela et al, please refrain from giving it away!. I’ll answer soon. (Photos by Daniela Imre)
“Eagle Warrior”
And while we are on weird images, Sari Mantila sends this from Finland, with that title. Actually it is an un- retouched photo of a Cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus). But doesn’t it look like some weird ape- raptor conflation?
Raptor art?
Zac Eads sends this from autoblog.com. It isn’t a shield for a tsuba- it’s a manhole cover. With a Goshawk. Only the Japanese…
Disgrace
In Boston, the Franklin Park Zoo may close. As many as 165 employees may lose their jobs, and a large percentage of the animals may be euthanized. “These are extremely difficult times across the state, and there have been tough cuts in every area,” a [Governor Deval] Patrick spokeswoman, Cyndi Roy, said in a statement. …
How to write
This whole thing is so funny and true I can hardly excerpt. But I’ll try: “Find that single cartoon frame from “Peanuts” that you keep in a box somewhere, the one in which Snoopy is reading a publisher’s rejection letter for his novel that goes, “Has it ever occurred to you that you may be …