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It's been a while since we looked at another Mac vs PC ad, hasn't it? It seems that with the passing of each day, Windows PC realizes he has very little chance keeping everyone interested in him with Mac out in the wild too. That's why PC has decided to write a sad song dubbed "the Vista Blues", which ... |
16 May 2008
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Nowadays, not only iguana and parrot pets get to be green. Dogs too can do it. And, mind you, we're not talking here about painted dogs from commercials. Recently, a green-coated puppy has been born at a New Orleans animal shelter. The puppy's coat looks as if it should have been white, displaying a decided... |
14 May 2008
16:41 GMT |
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It is said that dogs live in a world of scents. Imagine that, in humans, the olfactory mucosa is about 10 square centimeters, and in dogs of 150! Their hearing is also sharper than ours and they detect ultrasounds (the bats' sonar must be a nightmare for them). But this does not mean vision is not important for ... |
14 May 2008
16:41 GMT |
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The dog may be man's best friend, but sometimes this can be true in ways you would not have expected. A new research published in the European Respiratory Journal shows that young kids having a pet dog may have a stronger immune system that could protect them against asthma and other allergies. The team, led by ... |
7 May 2008
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The tombs of ancient Native Americans in the modern southwestern US have been found to contain hundreds of dog remains. A new study, recently presented at the annual meeting of the Society for American Archeology in Vancouver, Canada, and representing the first results of an investigation on dog burial places encount... |
29 April 2008
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They are shot, trapped, poisoned by sheep and cattle farmers. No wonder that the Australian wild dog, the dingo, is menaced. Ecologists warn that pure breed animals may vanish in 40-100 years, due to the cross with the ordinary dogs. By now, the main issue is the proliferation of the hybrids. Dingoes mate once a year... |
15 April 2008
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A man who calls himself an artist ties a dog to a wall inside an art gallery. No, you heard me correctly - we're not talking about the night janitor who caught the starving animal littering the front steps of the gallery and decided to vent a lifetime of frustration by pulling off a ridiculously cruel stunt. We&... |
31 March 2008
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There are 8 living species of bears. Bears split of raccoons and bear-dogs about 35 MA ago. The first bears were small, resembling the dogs. Panda bear was the first bear to diverge from the branch that led to the other bears. The bamboo diet turned them big. Millions of years later, the ancestor of the other bears a... |
19 February 2008
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The Labrador dog has a mysterious origin. Even if credited to Canada, its ancestors might have been brought from northern Europe. Some even attribute its origins with Erik the Red, the viking chief that stepped foot on North America five centuries before Columbus. What is sure is that this dog had already spent some ... |
19 February 2008
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For centuries, the Collie dogs were known only on the plains of Scotland, where they wrangled large sheep herds grazing freely. Than, in 1860, Queen Victoria spent a holiday at the Scottish Balmoral Castle and, seduced by these amazing dogs, on her return, she brought some exemplars to the Windsor Palace. Impulsed by... |
18 February 2008
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Sled dogs, like the Samoyed (western Siberia), Alaskan Malamute, Canadian Eskimo Dog and Greenland Dog, are generally called Husky, but the only variant officially recognized as a breed is the Siberian husky (a better term for naming northern dogs is "spitz"). The Siberian husky was used by the nomad Inuit (Eskimo) p... |
14 February 2008
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In the heaven of the tomb raiders, an American-Russian team has managed to find 4 ancient tombs with well-preserved mummies, ornate painted coffins, and mummified dogs. The necropolis of Deir el-Banat is located in the oasis El Faiyum, 50 mi (80 km) southwest of Cairo, a place also famous for the discoveries of the o... |
31 January 2008
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Learning the dog "speech" can seem impossible, but a new research published in the journal Animal Cognition could help us: a software that translates dog "language" to us. The software has been developed by Csaba Molnar from Eoetvoes Lorand University in Hungary. The program can assign dog barks to different situatio... |
17 January 2008
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From about 15,000 years, humans rely on one animal as guardian: the dog. In time, we have created more aggressive, more massive, more dreadful dog breeds for this purpose. But only dogs save our asses?1.There is the famous legend (and historical fact) of the geese that saved Rome in 300 BC from the attack of the Celt... |
7 January 2008
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This is definitely just about the hottest photo of the season. I mean, in terms of celebrity class and refinement. I was just telling you about how the Beckhams seem to think they're just about the sexiest couple in the world. Well, I just realized I made a mistake - and I repent for ever having thought that, at... |
13 December 2007
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We are more used to see beasts like horse, donkey, mule, cattle, buffalo, camels, llama, yak, or elephant being used as working animals. At least in the documentaries. But in the 19th century Europe, dog traction was a popular mini-version of horse traction. Usually, dogs were harnessed to a two wheel (rarely four wh... |
10 December 2007
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This is the gentle giant of the dogs. The Irish Wolfhound breed has originally been created for wolf hunting, as its look has very few in common with a wolf. There are no more wolves in Ireland today, but they did exist there once. Also, there were wild boars and deer. It seems that the last Irish wolf was hunted 200... |
4 December 2007
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1.Numerous studies showed that the love for your pets can improve your health. It decreases stress, the number of visits to the doctor's, and even increases the survival chances in case of heart attack. A pet can help stroke patients to recover and psychiatric patients to hold on their anxiety. Pets appease peop... |
3 December 2007
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Dogs are fairly intelligent, they learn rapidly and it is not too difficult to train them, but a new Austrian research published online in Animal Cognition has really come up with a surprise: dogs seem to be able to form abstract concepts. We do not dare to attribute this even to apes, but the team led by Friederike ... |
29 November 2007
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There may be an economical boom in China, but do cheap products respect consumers' life? After toxic compounds were found in Chinese toothpaste and so-called "herbal drugs", now the cause of the toxicity of pet food brought from China has been explained by an UC Davis team in a research published in the Journal ... |
29 November 2007
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In many cultures, a fox is the symbol for a cunning person; in others a vixen is the symbol for the lascivious woman. But what do you really know about this animal?1.During the Ice Age, 400-650,000 years ago, the red fox and polar fox split from a common ancestor, Vulpes alopecoides. 2.Foxes can live solitary, in cou... |
22 November 2007
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For some of us a dog is more important than a human. It is easier to interact with a dog. The animal cannot criticize or underappreciate you. But the more frequent tendency to own a pet has revealed that British vets signal there is an increasing need for a national blood bank for dogs.What's working for humans ... |
15 November 2007
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These are the extremes: the world's tallest dog Gibson (7 ft / 2.1 m tall when standing on his hind legs) has met Boo Boo (4 in / 10 cm high) the world's smallest dog in Sacramento, California for Guinness World Records Day 2007.No doubt, the Chihuahua, a dog race that has its origins in northwestern Mexico... |
9 November 2007
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Dogs have evolved from wolves. And wolves are nocturnal predators; you can see that very well by analyzing the behavior of stray dog packs. The same dogs that seem very quiet and calm during the day will attack any human passing through their "territory" at night. Indeed, at night or in a forest, eyesight does not he... |
9 November 2007
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In US and Europe it is called the Boogie Man, while in Latin America (specifically Mexico and Puerto Rico) it is known as the Chupacabra (the Spanish for "Goatsucker"): a type of mythical vampire-creature that sucks the blood of the goats and the chickens and frightens the children. That's why Phylis Canion, a h... |
5 November 2007
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What a cute little puppy... but few realize that in a few months they are already big beasts. And how many people know that dogs have preserved through generations many of the instincts of their ancestors, the wolves? Anyhow, children are the most exposed to dog bites, with more severe effects.A new research made by ... |
5 October 2007
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Who could doubt that Chihuahua dogs, a race that has its origins in the north of Mexico, are the world's smallest pooches? The problem is now that there is a fierce competition on deciding upon the world's smallest Chihuahua/dog. At one and a half year old, Boo Boo, a long coated Chihuahua, of just 4 inche... |
1 October 2007
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There's quite a long way to go till we will have robotic wives and husbands around the house; so, for the moment, it seems that our dogs in the near future might just be … made of metal (or plastic). If not around the house, at least in the conflict areas. The four-legged dog robots are now the size of a Chihuah... |
27 September 2007
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Dogs In Danger is a nonprofit organization which recently created a website in order to allow the dog lovers to adopt an animal with ease and save their lives faster than before. The page comes with a handy search function that contains the dog's breed, the zip code of the cities as well as a search radius which... |
27 September 2007
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1. Despite their name, prairie dogs are related to the ...squirrels! But unlike the squirrels, they have very short tails and spend most of their life underground. Their name suggests a resemblance between their calls and a dog's bark... There are 5 species of prairie dogs included in the genus Cynomys: Gunnison... |
13 September 2007
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It looks like there's a new market for handset producers to cover. Children are long equipped with the latest mobile technology, but it looks like pets have been neglected at this chapter. It sounds a bit unfair, especially for those who treat their pets just like humans, so PetsMobility has brought the PetCell ... |
12 September 2007
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The post-war child booming Japanese generation is gone and now, to the increasing age of the Japanese population, another worrying factor is added: pet dogs replace children, in a country where natality is already plummeting. While shopping, the 46-year-old Japanese eye surgeon Toshiko Horikoshi can be seen pushing a... |
6 September 2007
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In Scotland they have Nessie, in northern US Big Foot is to be found, in Himalaya you could meet Yeti, while the Latin Americans have the Chupacabra (the Spanish for "Goatsucker"), a type of mythical vampire creature that sucks the blood of the goats and the chickens and a scare-child. This is what Phylis Canion, a h... |
3 September 2007
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You may have read about animals and humans with two heads or more than four legs. But all these occurrences were determined by developmental impairments, and if those individuals survived, they usually were either sterile or had normal offspring. But what about when such an oddity is genetic? And can be transmitted f... |
13 August 2007
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There are pooches whose food is much more expensive than yours and they also get more love and caring. So why not using the most expensive technologies for fixing them?This is a first: a pet dog has been successfully fitted with an artificial paw. Storm, a Belgian Shepherd, had his paw partially amputated after being... |
21 July 2007
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The old tools and techniques are increasingly replaced by modern technology. Many will be known only through data gathered by anthropologists. 50 years ago, Japanese people in the islands of Tanegashima employed canoes made of trunks of giant pines for fishing. The crafting of the canoes was made during special cerem... |
19 July 2007
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She may not go to the gym, but she has much more muscles than a long-trained body builder. In the end, whippets should be only lean muscle….well, not that much, anyway. Wendy's look differs a lot from the usual long, lean and sleek look of her counterparts. This female dog was born with a genetic impairment whic... |
16 July 2007
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A connection between vampires, werewolves and full moon has not been established yet. Still, British police has found one between full moon and small dirty businesses (like petty thefts) or violent crimes. A new study has found that dogs and cats too are more exposed to injuries and illnesses during full moon than du... |
16 July 2007
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China's economy is just speeding and now the country is the world's largest exporter of fur garments; but for these 12 years of rapid progress, a great price is paid by the fur-bearing animals. There are no laws regulating the confinement and slaughter of the raccoon dogs, foxes, minks, rabbits, and even do... |
13 July 2007
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There is no doubt that Chihuahua dogs, originating in the north of Mexico, are the world's smallest dog breed. The question is: which Chihuahua can be crowned as the world's smallest dog?Dancer, a rust-colored Chihuahua, measured 5 inches (12.5 cm) in height at his first birthday. That makes him smaller th... |
9 July 2007
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A new breed of dogs could someday be sent to Mars to explore the surface, although they are now just barely learning to walk, climb rocks and jump. These robotic dogs are funny-looking robots, but could become more versatile than current rovers.Robotic probes are used in space exploration for some time now, like the... |
9 July 2007
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A little dog can be fluffy, cute and adorable. But this is not the case with the creatures exposed at the World's Ugliest Dog competition in LA.And the winner was crowned Elwood, a 2-year-old Chinese Crested and Chihuahua mix, which received the title of the world's ugliest dog on Friday, to the delight of ... |
25 June 2007
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Many dog breeds are no longer what they used to be: Poodle's origin is linked to a breed of dogs for slough hunt, while the Dalmatian race has its origin in an ancient breed of beagle. A classification of the hunting dogs proves to be difficult.The Hungarian Vizsla is seen as a sighthound, perhaps due to one of ... |
14 June 2007
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Cockroaches are really persistent, and so hardy that researchers found they were the only organisms that can survive in an area after atomic experiments. Now, Japanese researchers were amazed with a new finding on these disgusting insects: they have a memory enabling them to form Pavlovian reflexes. They taught cockr... |
14 June 2007
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Within the species, individuals can fight one against the other for different reasons, from food or shelter to social hierarchy or mating rights inside a group. In the case of a conflict between different species, the fight is determined by the antagonism between those species, like competition in the case of hyenas ... |
26 May 2007
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The dog is the first domesticated animal, from the time when people were just hunters-gatherers and long before the emergence of agriculture, about 18,000 years ago. It is regarded as the most devoted animal to man. The largest dogs belong to the Swiss breed Saint Bernard. The largest individual was Duke, which belon... |
19 May 2007
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In most mammals' case, the nose is the primary organ for smelling. As the animal sniffs, the air flows through the nose and over structures called turbinates in the nasal cavity. The turbulence caused by this disruption slows the air and directs it toward the olfactory epithelium. At the surface of the olfactor... |
23 April 2007
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Here's what might happen when your dog tries to show you how affectionate he is about you. You're hanging out in the living room and Jimmy comes to you, humps your leg or hand, and starts doing the copulating "loco"-motion like there's no tomorrow. I know you took the poor horny being to the dog thera... |
21 April 2007
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What's the similarity between a whale, a worm and a Xoloitzcuintle?They have no hair...The body of this black dog breed is almost completely devoid of hair. Only the tip of the tail displays a white tuft of hair. This dog looks like a Pharaoh Hound, with a sleek body, almond-shaped eyes, large bat-like ears, and... |
10 April 2007
10:20 GMT |
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3,235 dead. 24,187 wounded in action, of which 10,772 were unable to return to duty within 72 hours. 6,835 non-hostile injuries and 18,704 diseases (both requiring medical air transport).As of 24 March, 2007, this is the number of casualties in the ranks of the U.S. Armed forces in Iraq since the beginning of the wa... |
30 March 2007
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