Please Don’t Poke The Elephant Seal (*How to save video)

This one animal’s voice adequately expresses the frustration of all other animals on the planet regarding the problem of … the annoying humans… or perhaps just women.

PSA: Video Saving Trick: Windows users: To save YouTube content to your computer, get VideoDownloader extension for Firefox browser and then the free FLV player for windows. You’ll just click the icon to download the file, but you have to add .flv to the file name to get it to play in FLV player.

Applied emergency hypothermia: The science of zombie dogs

“U.S. scientists have apparently discovered a way to reanimate dogs that have been clinically dead for three hours, a process intended for future human trials.

A new scientific approach tested at the Safar Centre for Resuscitation Research, based in Pittsburgh, drains some of the animal’s blood and replaces it with an ice-cold salt solution. The dog–considered technically dead without a heartbeat or brain waves–is then revived with a blood transfusion and electric shock up to three hours later. The process, called “suspended animation with delayed resuscitation,” is ultimately designed to help suspend and revive emergency victims, such as casualties of war or car accidents, who have experienced an otherwise lethal hemorrhage.” – news.com

“All investigations using animals at the Center are carried out with general anesthesia comparable to the standards used in the treatment of human beings. Rigorous attention is paid to the use of pain medications, national standards for ensuring the general welfare of the animals are adhered to, and there is stringent oversight by the veterinary staff of the University of Pittsburgh.” – safar

3-D crop circle found in English field

Sorry, this is a neat one, but this is most certainly NOT the first 3-D circle. See our Crop Cirlce article (includes bonus Xenophilia song). The alien face from August 15, 2002 is certainly 3-D.

“The world’s first three-dimensional crop circle has been discovered deep in the English countryside, sparking the start of the corn circle season. Experts have been left in awe of the intricacy of the latest sighting, which is 360-feet in diameter, on a wheat field in Oxfordshire.

The formation an impression of looking down on skyscrapers from above and was only spotted last week by a microlite pilot. Steve Alexander, a crop circle photographer of more than 15 years, said: “I thought it was a groundbreaking formation. We have not seen anything like it before.” – dailymail