This video clip from the South China Morning Post starts off as an eccentric story about a Chinese man who builds a $500,000 house for his dog to live in.
As the story unfolds it becomes something else, a remarkably poignant insight into the power relationships and family love; both those that are ruptured and those that remain.
Toward the end a comment is made that contrasts relationships that are broken with those that endure.
This magpie sang a song and received a reward at Robe today.
The seagulls tried to join in; they knew the words but can’t hold a tune, so no rewards.
This animation features mice and a plot line vaguely reminiscent of a classic work of popular fiction.
All in five minutes.
Apparently there will be a new cat at our house when we get home.
Here are two videos related to cat care.
The first features Simon’s Cat in 9 Essentials For A Happy Cat.
The second features a vet on the type of names and vocal inflections that are helpful for getting your cat to pay attention to you.
Some people I know might like to learn how to train a volume control puppy:
It’s always fun to keep up with collective nouns for groups of different animals.
This article from Mental Floss has some I’d not heard of.
A walk of snails (or an escargatoire)
A coterie of prairie dogs.
A bale of turtles.
A wisdom of wombats.
Among others.
Some sound made up, but the ones I did know were legitimate, so I guess they’re all good.
Check out how many you knew.
Well, normal brains on cats, anyway.
A phd neuroscience candidate and (budding cat-lady) explains the effects that kittens have on human brains.
Seems as if cats have basically turned themselves into a drug.
