Real Life Pokemon!?

Listen up, pokemon fans! Scientists have now discovered a type of sea slug that looks quite a bit like pikachu. And that's not all. If you search "pokemon sea slugs" you'll get images of at least two other slug pokemon look-alikes. They were found near Japan, the same place where pokemon came from. So maybe the sea slugs were the inspiration for pikachu, not the mouse as Americans once thought (and by the way, I think that dedenne was inspired by the mouse. It looks a lot more like a mouse than pikachu!).

Titanic! JK! Titanosaurs

You know what the largest dinosaur that lived on Earth is? Tyrannosaurus Rex?  Argentinosaurus? Maybe not! Just four years ago, someone in Argentina found an old bone sticking up out of the dirt on his property. Then, he started digging around that area and found the complete skeleton of six of the biggest Titanosaurs skeletons. Last Friday, the skeleton cast became a permanent attraction at The American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan. For details on the story, please click here. Last Fact of the Post: Many of the important dinosaur discoveries were made in this casual way by non-experts.

Giant squid seen near land

Well, talk about surprising! You know how giant squid do exist, but live in the deeper areas? Somehow, a young giant squid made it into Toyama harbor on Christmas Eve. This was quite a surprise to everyone the harbor that day, but it was a good thing no damage was done. A few people took video of this rare sighting. It was very interesting that it happened on that day, a very special day. It could mean something very special Christmas this year. Just an idea I wanted to throw out there. To read about this story, please click on this link.  

Poor Little Bear!

You know that birds live in the city, and so do squirrels, but peregrine falcons can to. Just a few weeks ago, my family was having a barbecue in our backyard, and saw a peregrine falcon just sitting in a tree, waiting for his diner. There can be foxes, opossums and racoons can live in the city too. But bears in the city? That sounds impossible, but it's not. Just today, my father, sister and I, were biking from the library, when I saw something the size of a large dog, and thought, "What is that thing?" As I got closer I thought, "Please tell me that's just a dog." I got even closer and knew it was...(drum roll) a bear cub! And it had a broken leg! There's a YouTube video of the poor thing .( :=( (crying face) )         

Don't be so nosey!

Have you ever heard of the ox-pecker? If you don't know what it is, it's a little bird that lives in Africa and eats bugs and parasites on large, African mammals. Elephants don't like them, though. Well, sometimes, elephants aren't the only ones who think the ox-pecker is nosey. You'll get my joke if you click here  

A talking dog!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The post before this one, I wrote that this one would be funnier. Well, here's the funnier post...
(Sorry, I can't post the video directly on this blog post, but to see it, click right here.)
Yeah, I know! The family dog wanted food so it was actually SPEAKING!!!!!!!!!!!! Who says dogs only talk in cartoons?  Not the people who watched that video!

Back to the zoo

Yesterday, I went to the zoo for the first time in about two years, I went to the zoo. We're still not members of the zoo, but my dad's work* was paying for everything from the entering the zoo, to the sky ride. Because of that, we got to feed the giraffes for free! A few things have changed, like the new Australia exhibit, which has an indoor AND outdoor spot for the budgies (but we didn't get to feed them). Next post will probably be more funny...

*I'm not giving away personal information.