Tag: Animals


Car.com “Wolf”, My Second Favorite Super Bowl Commercial of 2013

McGarryBowen, New York created my second favorite spots of Super Bowl 2013.

Female Car Buyer: It’s a puppy.
Car Salesman: Not a puppy, he’s a wolf.
Female Car Buyer: What now?
Car Salesman: He’s a wolf, and that is its incredibly protective mother.
Wolf Mom: Grrrrrrrrr.
Male Car Buyer: Put the wolf down.

via Cars.com Big Game Commercial – YouTube

A Side-By-Side Comparison Of Your Super Bowl And Puppy Bowl Starting Lineups | Co.Create

On Sunday, February 3, all hell will break loose. A group of warriors will engage in a fierce contest of strength to determine who among the assembled is the very best there is. Millions will watch, admiring the brinkmanship, the balletic grace, and the shiny, shiny coats. The Super Bowl will also be on.

via A Side-By-Side Comparison Of Your Super Bowl And Puppy Bowl Starting Lineups | Co.Create.

That Cuddly Kitty Is Deadlier Than You Think – NYTimes.com

Please keep your flipping cats indoors.  In a report that scaled up local surveys and pilot studies to national dimensions, scientists from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute and the Fish and Wildlife Service estimated that domestic cats in the United States — both the pet Fluffies that spend part of the day outdoors and the unnamed strays and ferals that never leave it — kill a median of 2.4 billion birds and 12.3 billion mammals a year, most of them native mammals like shrews, chipmunks and voles rather than introduced pests like the Norway rat.

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A domestic cat with a European rabbit. Domestic and feral cats are significant predators of a wide range of prey species, including rabbits. Photograph by James Morton.

via That Cuddly Kitty Is Deadlier Than You Think – NYTimes.com.

Dogs Can Shake 70% of the Water from Their Fur in 4 Seconds, Here’s How – The Atlantic

Dog gets wet. Dog shakes. Water comes flying off fur. Anyone who has ever had or been near a dog or seen a movie in which there is a dog knows this familiar sequence of events. It seems simple. But it is not.

via Dogs Can Shake 70% of the Water from Their Fur in 4 Seconds, Here’s How – The Atlantic.