Category Archives: animals

The Snake Seduction of Eve

May 15, 2020 – 11:46 am

Quabbin Reservoir was created in the 1930s to provide the city and suburbs of Boston with clean water. Farms and towns were evacuated in the flood plain and the watershed has served as a park for visiting families and hikers, however in 2016 the Massachusetts Division of fisheries and Wildlife decided to set up a […]

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Big Pharma Side Effects

March 31, 2020 – 2:42 pm

I love drug commercials for their high-speed side effects warning at the ad’s end. Here is the list for Prevnar 19, which is a diphtheria toxoid containing vaccine. In adults, the most common side effects were pain, redness, and swelling at the injection site, limitation of arm movement, fatigue, headache, muscle pain, joint pain, decreased […]

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BEAR SEASON by Peter Nolan Smith

October 22, 2019 – 10:51 am

Hunting season along the Hudson River opened in mid-October. Bow and arrows only. Guns weren’t allowed until November, so I felt relatively safe walking in the woods wearing a neon-orange hooded sweatshirt. No animal in that color existed north or south of Troy, New York and during the shooting season non-hunters drape their bodies in […]

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Pandaphants

September 14, 2019 – 4:02 pm

Pandas are notoriously slow breeders; indifferent to sex, however Thai zoo authorities have succeeded where native Chinese zoos have failed by breeding pandas with elephants. Tens of pandaphants are tromping around Thailand. Come and see the amazement. They are a sight to see.

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4Q Heart-warming Bullshit Stories

September 14, 2019 – 3:59 pm

In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from Louisiana State University . On a hike through the bush, he came across a young bull elephant standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed distressed, so Peter approached it very carefully. He got down on one knee, inspected the […]

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