Teh interesting animal-related news stub thread

[clonezero]

ungrateful mother deer the cat only wanted noms XP

and the dog was way farther away ... guess the dog's size made him a priority target.

[J.E_Magog]

Stupid humans. Tang ina pinapanood lang nila.
At mapapapnsin mo karamihan ng mga aso ng mga western mga lampa.

[Shintetsu]

Ang tanga nung tao di man lang tumulong amp.

Makes me want to duke it out with some deer. D:<

[Mjting]

i'd rather hit a stupid human than an animal, really.

[Sforza]

Remember all that noise on the news a few months ago about banning commercial fishing of bluefin tuna (or not)? The ban was proposed by Monaco to prevent overfishing as it's been predicted that the fish would be extinct in about 12 years. Japan is the biggest consumer of bluefin tuna in the world. Therefore, it is most at fault for the fishes' imminent extinction.

Now, what wasn't reported was that Japan has recently been able to fully farm breed this tuna (since 2002) that was previously though to be unfarmable because:

1. The fish spawn eat an insane amount of food
2. It never stops swimming
3. It can only swim forward
4. It is sensitive to changes in light (boatlights can cause it to crash into nets)
5. It has thin skin that causes it to get scratched easily

It's just a bit annoying that news sources failed to mention that Kinki (Kansai) University and the Japanese government have actually been researching on methods to breed these giant fish in captivity since the 1970s, and that to date, they've solved all the above problems and raised the egg to fully grown fish ratio from a measly .1% to 5~6% and have developed important innovations to fish breeding in the process, like raising the fish in open ocean pens with suitable climate and installing light fixtures to prevent the fish from going berserk when a boat with lights on passes by.

Finally, they've also been able to raise the fishes' fatty content, therefore making toro cheaper The same program was also the world's first to breed halibut, and has since expanded to sturgeon (for caviar) in farms.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/editoria...2003329854 (The Holy Grail of Fish Farming)
http://www.flku.jp/english/aquaculture/index.html

Edit: In case you're wondering how I ended up posting such a weird article on RR, blame NHK world's documentaries.

[Fox]

Good God, a tuna sandwich suddenly seems pretty good at the moment.

[NiX]

Tuna's running out so Century is now moving onto Bangus.

[Sforza]

There was this story last week:

Tiger and two camels believed stolen in Canada

A Bengal tiger and two camels have gone missing after a truck and a trailer they were travelling in were stolen near Montreal, Canadian officials say.

Earlier today, it was reported that Tiger and two camels stolen in Canada are found

Two camels and a tiger stolen last week in Canada as they were being taken on a truck trailer to a zoo have been found. Camels Shawn and Todd and Jonas the tiger were recovered on Monday night on a rural road near Drummondville, central Quebec.

According to reports by Canadian broadcaster CBC, a resident contacted authorities after spotting an abandoned truck trailer.

They were on their way last Friday from Nova Scotia to the Bowmanville Zoo in Ontario when their driver stopped near Montreal, for a break.

They appeared to have been cared for during their disappearance, according to the police.

I think this is one of those "only in Canada" stories

[Sforza]

Groundhog Day: Sister hits moose on way to visit sister hospitalized after hitting moose

[Grim]

Poor moose, poor calf, and poor sister.

[Fox]

History repeats itself.

[Twin-Skies]

Giant whale-eating whale fossil discovered

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100630/ap_o...ale_fossil

LONDON – Scientists have discovered an ancient whale whose bite ripped huge chunks of flesh out of other whales about 12 million years ago — and they've named it after the author of "Moby Dick."

The prehistoric sperm whale grew to between 13 and 18 meters (up to 60 feet) long, not unusual by today's standards. But unlike modern sperm whales, Leviathan melvillei, named for Herman Melville, sported vicious, tusk-like teeth some 36 centimeters (14 inches) long.

I sometimes wonder what it'd be like to live in an era where giant carnivorous beasties like these still lived. IRL Monster Hunter, hell yeah!

[Hempire]

if we get to invade another planet *assuming we figured out to live with ourselves in this tiny rock called Earth* we can probably have a Monster Hunter type adventure....probably. Easiest way is to take some shrooms in silent darkness and live out a thousand lives. errr. yea.

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poor doggy.... =(
also, cute cat got away.

http://www.vancouversun.com/technology/C...story.html
VANCOUVER - A deer was caught on video in Cranbrook stomping a house dog to protect a newborn fawn, a clip that has garnered more than a million views since being posted less than a month ago.The incident, caught on the video posted June 9 to YouTube, showed the doe in a residential Cranbrook neighbourhood, warding off a cat then chasing down - and violently stomping - a dog for about 10 seconds.A note with the video said the clip was posted by the pets' owner, who reported the dog survived but is traumatized.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADGn1GABF0Q

again...shit sony browser....

[Twin-Skies]

Science News: Squids apparently have big penises
http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_new...792008.stm

Male O. ingens with erect penis and ejaculated spermatophores on table (penis is white tubular structure in lower half of the picture)

The term "tentacle porn" suddenly got a lot more literal after I read the article

[Hempire]

LOL @ my post, didn't realize that Rick posted the same vid.
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Giant squid. (O___________________O)