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Dear spammers - I'm closing down this guestbook, I really don't know why you bother filling it up with your links every day, isn't it a bit obvious that this must be the lowest-trafficked guestbook on the internet? Sheesh.
Nicole Having recently popped along to the Port Lympne Wild Animal Park I was intrigued by the "only exists in captivity" Barbary Lion. Unlike other species of lion this critter has one partner (ie doesn't bowl about with a harem of lionesses), was the lion used in gladiatorial combat and was the model for almost all heraldic lion-based symbols in the British Empire. It's recognisable by the fact the mane (obv on the male) runs beneath the belly. Surviving Barbary lions are descended from captured lions coming from "collections" such as those owned by the King of Morrocco as well as Emperor Hailie Selassie - most irie!). (oh, and whilst I am here - how about a section on Tigons and Ligers - they are real and not just made up by Napoleon Dynamite! http://www.tigers-animal-actors.com/index2.ht ml)
Jonesy Thanks for fixing the guestbook Darren! And to celebrate: Mice singing love songs - really. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4395664.st m
Nicole I forgot to mention that I have donkey photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/dsf/
Darren This is a test post. That said, I really genuinely do like donkeys.
Darren i don't really consider myself much of an animal person, and struggled to think of a favourite, but suddenly got thinking this morning of the diana monkeys at edinburgh zoo and so raced onto this site. they're good colours and good at performing. they swing about the trees very deftly and inspect each other for fleas. they're from cool places like sierra leone and ghana, so you could say that they've grown up in the ghetto. and they're also apparently really really vicious. gaggles of people are entertained by them for hours outside their cages, but then if you go in and try and feed them they maul you to death, which i think is a nice touch and adds another dimension to their personality. they're also endangered, which makes them cooler- supply and demand. yay for diana monkeys.
Ricko Somebody has posted elsewhere: "oonops elephant" doesn't count, due to oonops being invalid :-( Then again, on the up side, "trinomial whizzed" works for me :-)
Doug Well I never! What an honour. Though how anyone came up with that combination is beyond me.
Nicole did you know your site has a googlewhack !
search for "oonops elephant" brings back 1 site and it's yours - which is one in 3billion+ !!!!!
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john clarke Though I did not make enough research with this site, still, I find it very useful for me.
My URL is http://yemtel.freeservers.com
OGUNSOLA 'Yemi Tube mice? http://www.animalswelike.com/tubemice/ There is a link on the front page, next to "New Articles"!
Nicole Where are the tube mice?
Vanessa I'm not that interested in animals, but I know that the people who run this site are ace. So I say animals are groovy,especially the furry ones...oh yea, and the ones with trunks.
TomC Is there going to be a special feature on the dashing Prevost's Squirrel?
BigFatCat Got a great Ferret article coming up and planning one on ladybirds too! Come along Trev where is the article on platypus and Cuttle Fish Ed needs a reminder too!
Ferret Platypuses - coming soon. And tube mice.
Nicole got any idea where to find info on platypuss? write at sk8er_under_cover902@hotmail.com
Heather strange site, AFC Wimbledon rulz!
DangerousDave Seamonkey update: (seeing as we haven't been updating the site lately and the gb is deader than a dodo!) - The colony has been going 15 months and is looking bigger than ever - dozens of adults, and loads of babies. I was down to just one a few months ago - and when she died, I thought that was it - time to dry out the tank and start again - but no - within a day, a load of eggs must have decided to hatch, and the colony was off again. Amazing as ever.
Nicole Wasps are pretty much reviled by most people, and I have some sympathy, particularly for the unlucky few that are allergic to their stings, and because their occasional annoying persistent presence at picnics. Having said that I have only been stung twice in my life and the discomfort I suffered is far outweighed by the general ecological good done by wasps. Don't believe me? Wasps are major recyclers of decaying organic matter, animal or vegetable. Wasps are major pollinators of many plants. And wasps are major predators of other insects too, and are therefore classed as beneficial insects in an organic garden. I had a interesting experience with wasps last summer. It was the hottest day of the year, the day that the ants decided to swarm. My greenhouse was full of orb type spiders webs, and these were full of flying ants, as somehow there was also an ant nest entrance inside the greenhouse. The spiders were sitting out of the way, saying "oh god, not more bleeding ants", when I saw a wasp fly through the open window. It flew straight up to a web, and just pulled an ant out and flew off with it. I was just thinking "neat trick", when either the same one or one of their mates, whizzed it and did the same thing! I watched this happening for a good hour, and I thought this was so enterprising and downright clever, my respect for wasps went up a couple of notches.
PaulK you have a life beyond football?!?
Richard Tibbetts When are we going to get penguins then??!
The penguin After a long time with no updates, the AnimalsWeLike team went on a BAT WALK last night! It was hosted by the London Bat Group on Wimbledon common and was ace. Hopefully we'll have an article soon, because bats are skill.
Nicole We want ants. We want ants.
Formica rufa What you haven't mentioned about the urban fox are their mating habits, especially at 2.30am. Noisy little bleeders. That said, the local cat population are dead scared of them.
REPD I just thought i'd stop by and have a look at this site...it's pretty interesting!
have a nice day!
Chelsea not strictly an animal, not a plant, and not a fungus.. slime moulds survive as both single celled and multicelled organisms... they're cool.. and I want one as a pet!!! http://helios.bto.ed.ac.uk/bto/microbes/slim e.htm
Repunzle Zooomydid Some cool and apparently true Ants make up 1/10 of the total world animal tissue An ant can survive for up to two days underwater. The animal with the largest brain in proportion to its size is the ant.
Dr Wu Did you know that Platypuses, in addition to having a bird's bill and being the only mammals to lay eggs, also have a poisonous claw on their rear knees (or thereabouts)? Weird, weird. Good idea for an article.
Nicole What about an item on the Duck billed Platypuss crazy name-crazy animal!
Trevor Here's a mind melt to try... go to a zoo and visit the gorillas. Spend about 15 minutes just staring at one, eye to eye. Trust me, it is very deep and slightly disturbing...
Jonesy Animals taking the piss: I was walking through Regents Park once and this big crow was being chased by a dumb-looking dog. Every time the dog came close, the crow would lazily flap just out of reach and land a couple of metres away. Dog would rush up, crow would wait til the last second before taking off. This went on repeatedly. There was nothing on the ground that the crow was after, it was just having a laugh at the dogs expense. "I can fly! You can't!" Now that's entertainment.
Nicole Like it - lots. Is there anything more trippy than nature? I think not. Here's my fave animal anecdote... a dude was studying apes. Everyday the troop would get up and walk to a big tree. The leader would lead - the rest followed and he would climb first and they'd hang about for a few hours before he would then decide what they would do next and where. One day he fell out the tree. The folowing morning they walked down to their tree and he was limping after the fall. The troop walking behind him all copied his limp - when he looked back they walked normally - until he looked away and then they did it again. Animals taking the piss - there's nothing funnier than that IMO (and that's why I like em so much and why I don't eat them by the way!).
Jonesy Coming soon - AnimalsWeLike wallpaper! I bet you all can't wait eh. Currently looking at a jellyfish prototype.
Nicole Site coming along great guys, well done, looking FAB! Finally added the link to my page - under the Tropical Fish Links link. :-)
http://www.angelfire.com/biz6/Morticia/ Hope you enjoy mine as much as I enjoy yours! See you for a game of VPS soon!
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Morticia Peter B - LOL! I have a couple of other facts about polar bears. Their skin is black, and all polar bears are left handed.
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Briony I have some Polar Bear facts for you. The first real polar bear (earlier specimens were actually albino grizzlies) was discovered on the Isle of Wight in 1861 by Prince Albert. It ate him and Queen Victoria sobbed for years. The polar bears were immediately packed off to the Arctic where they built a cardboard township which blew away in a strong wind. They now live in bell tents supplied by Celine Dion. The Luftwaffe used polar bears for target practice before the war but, surprisingly, they never hit one. Apart from eskimos polar bears also eat courgettes and those chocolate bars that are only available in railway station vending machines. Contrary to the popularly held belief that polar bears drink bottles of Coca Cola while capering about amusingly, they actually prefer cider and sleep a lot. If you were to stack the 15 polar bears at Whipsnade zoo into rows of 5 bears, 4 bears, 3 bears, 2 bears and then one on the top to form some kind of polar bear pyramid, a zoo keeper would almost certainly come up to you and ask what you were doing. An as yet unrescinded bylaw in the Yukon bans polar bears from seeking political office, though they can act as election agent for a seal. Polar bears hate panda bears and often beat them up when they meet in restaurants. A fully grown polar bear can not actually fit onto a Fox's glacier mint. Trick photography was used.
Peter B Top site. Animals aren't normally my bag, baby, but the site's really well designed and I love the colours.
Ricko Great site - looking forward to the penguin stuff. Another reason to work even less during the day.... If you feature some Gibbons I'll be a willing contributor...!
Funky (Gibbons don't you know) nice site Nicole but I only get really excited by football....:)
the pope Did you know that butterflies taste with their feet? And elephants can't jump? This reminds me of a song
Nicole i like apes
graham love reading the weird animal facts, keep 'em rollin' in.
Brennan PATRICK Carroll Nice website... can we have an article on sharks pls?
Dr Wu JohnO -"Elephant Craziness at Selhurst Park" - why yes I did - but I only just noticed the name at the top - nice one :)
Nicole Margot, a pod of seals - or whales.
A list of collective nouns will be on the next update :-) Did you know you get a business of ferrets? Or a gang of elk?
Nicole Did you see the animal write up in the Yellow&Blue edition for the Burnley Game?
JohnO At last! Yay! Margot, you're thinking of a sand lion. Follow up to Pete's interesting fact: the Western Lowland Gorilla is actually named _Gorilla gorilla gorilla_ ! Also with a trinomial name is the Plains Bison: _Bison bison bison_
Charlie B Superb, well done but how have you had the time ;-/ I am converted to Sea Monkeys, they will be coming to a desk near me soon.
Hev What a marvelous website. Could do with an article on Ants. They are the best. PS, did you know that the scientific name for the Gorilla is: Gorilla Gorilla.
Peter B South african species (scientific name??)that gets summoned out of the soil by stirring a conical shaped sand pit with a stick. You have to be quick....otherwise it gets away!
Question: A pod of what?
margot Isint the comment about the site may contain bugs on the front page a bit ironic as its called "Animals We Like"? All The Best
Paul R Nice layout ...and the monkeys are stirred!...when will you get to the human animal?
margot Love it. Good job to the animalswelike crew :)
Lukeyboy Can we see an article on Wilderbeast please? Nice site btw, well made.
Warren Excellent site ! Would love to see some info on the Seahorse please !
Grazy I would like to see an article on here about cuttlefish please :)
Ed Coming soon: ants, penguins, octopi
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