Our Friends the Animals II

Another day in the Everglades and another large reptile.....

An 18.2-foot-long Burmese python weighing 150 pounds was captured on Tuesday in the Florida Everglades, according to the state's wildlife officials.

Randy Smith, a spokesperson for the South Florida Water Management District, told Megan Gannon of LiveScience that this female python could break the record for the largest Burmese python ever seen on state-owned lands.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/150-pound-burmese-python-caught-in-florida-2014-2#ixzz2sgPFtnHj

 

Maybe it might be a good idea to stick around in artic Wisconsin.

 

Breedism: Eight Dogs That Have Never Won ‘Best in Show’



Finally a new “Ism”.

Via CNSN


On Tuesday a Terrier won the Westminster dog show. AGAIN!! It is the 46th time out of the 104 awards since 1907 that a dog of that breed has been awarded Best in Show at Westminster. That’s more times than the New York Yankees have won the World Series – and we all know how sick we are of that happening.

Well, just imagine how fed up all the other breeds in the dog world must be. Year in and year out, they work their tails off –some literally–to please a bunch of snooty, elitist judges who inevitably pass them over in order to pin the blue ribbon on some bitch with a shinier coat.

This outrageous canine breedism must end! Bigot

Don’t believe me? Here are a list of dog breeds who have never been honored with the top prize at Westminster:

Labrador Retriever
Golden Retriever
Dachshund
Rottweiler
Chihuahua
Great Dane
Boston Terrier
Shih Tzu

Additionally, only one Pug and one German Shepard have been so honored in Westminster history. This is absolutely criminal.

 

I agree. That's why I don't like sports - or dog shows - where you rely on someone's opinion to declare a winner.

 

A 600lb Marlin chases a 25lb Dorado off Costa Rica

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That last one would have tried my non-violence oath.

 

Store's pet parrot gets booted from the store for its x-rated language:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2594557/The-Dead-Rude-Parrot-Sketch-Potty-mouthed-African-Grey-kicked-garden-centre-squawking-string-rude-words.html

 

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