Category Archives: Animals

Cowabunga, Dude!

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Gaius

Bovine half gainers: A couple rushed to their swimming pool to investigate a loud splashing noise only to find that a cow had burst into their garden and taken a plunge. The intruder had broken through a hedge at Mark … Continue reading →

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Dogcatcher

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Gaius

We here at the Crabitat do not recommend trying this at home: A dog made a lucky escape after falling down a 100ft-deep crater that appeared when a disused mine shaft collapsed beneath a public footpath. Three fire crews helped … Continue reading →

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Don’t Feed The Bears

Posted on April 12, 2009 by Gaius

Especially: don’t feed the bears yourself. This is the terrifying moment a woman was attacked by a polar bear after jumping into its zoo enclosure. The 32-year-old leapt over bars at Berlin Zoo during the bears’ feeding time yesterday. Despite … Continue reading →

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Easter Traditions

Posted on April 12, 2009 by Gaius

Well, I see that the Easter Bunny has carpet-bombed Oklahoma – again: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 10am Saturday morning, the day before Easter, thousands of kids waited and watched while the easter bunny dumped tens of thousands of eggs from a … Continue reading →

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Toad Day Out

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Gaius

Residents of Australia’s Queensland have figured out a way to eradicate (or at least slow down the spread of) cane toads. What organizers hope will be an annual event, the so-called Toad Day Out occurred this weekend. In what can … Continue reading →

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So, This Bobcat Walks Into A Bar……

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Gaius

… And savages a couple of patrons. Okay, I have got to work on that punchline. But that is exactly what happened in the city of Cottonwood, Arizona last week. Patrons of the Chaparral Bar had a bobcat walk in. … Continue reading →

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Paging Alfred Hitchcock

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Gaius

Sorry, the image is not as good as I would like, but if you squint a bit you can see a number of dark dots in the tree branches. If you squint a bit more, you can see several blurred … Continue reading →

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Kangaroos

Posted on March 9, 2009 by Gaius

An Australian family got a first hand taste of the Animal Uprising™ on Sunday when a teenage mutant ninja kangaroo smashed into their home through a bedroom window. The Raging ‘roo did a boogaloo on the bed then tried to … Continue reading →

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Chicken Penguin

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Gaius

When is a penguin a chicken? When he’s afraid of the water. As his feathered friends bathe happily in the pool below, Kentucky the penguin sticks to his perch and looks on – because he’s afraid of cold water. The … Continue reading →

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What Has Eight Arms And Floods?

Posted on February 27, 2009 by Gaius

The answer: An escape artist California two-spotted octopus. Workers at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium were a bit dismayed to find that the octopus in question had flooded the outside of the aquarium, so to speak. They walked in and … Continue reading →

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More Proof Of Global “Warming”?

Posted on January 28, 2009 by Rich Horton

Isn’t this exactly what Algore would predict? Snowy owls swoop southward Biologists say an increase in snowy owl sightings in the South suggests that the arctic species did so well in its northern breeding grounds last year that competition is … Continue reading →

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Hi Yo Silver! Get Away!

Posted on January 23, 2009 by Gaius

Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear when horses did not get venereal diseases! The California Department of Food and Agriculture says veterinarians have 14 horses in quarantine as they work with federal officials to control a … Continue reading →

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I’d Like To Report A BB&E

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Gaius

That’s a Bullwinkle Breaking & Entering. We’ve reported previously on the sad ruin of Bullwinkle’s life after the show ended. The drinking, the assaults on French tourists and so much more. But now, Bullwinkle has well and truly turned to … Continue reading →

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Three Years

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Gaius

Three years ago today, the Crabitat opened for business. Mostly. it’s been fun, occasionally not. To my loyal readers, thanks for reading this humble blog. Here’s a picture I took in Florida last week when my family and I were … Continue reading →

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British Taxpayers To Fund “Pigeon Awareness Days”

Posted on January 5, 2009 by Gaius

As massive of crazed flocks of pigeons assault one town in Britain, the governing elite has sprung into action! Eradicate the winged rats? Oh, no. That won’t do at all, old man. Instead the council for Brighouse, West Yorkshire will … Continue reading →

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