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Animals
Marty the Marijuana Mouse
Marty the Mouse became famous in 1974 after he made a home for himself in a box of marijuana stored in the evidence room of the San Jose, CA police station. Police were only able to lure him out by baiting a trap with marijuana seeds. (He ignored bacon, peanut butter, cheese, and a female mouse called Mata Hairy.) He became known as Marty the Marijuana Mouse.But instead of killing him, he was first sent to UCLA to aid in studies of marijuana. Then he was returned to San Jose where he became a police mascot. When he died in Nov 1975, the nation mourned.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Sep 28, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, 1970s
Curiosity Called The Cows
A drone crashed in a Belgian field and drew the attention of some of the bovines residing there.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Sep 26, 2014 -
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Category: Animals
Money in Hamsters!
One of those vintage ads that promised easy money by starting a home animal-breeding program, such as raising giant frogs. I wonder if anyone who responded to one of these ads ever did end up making money from the hamsters or frogs. Source: Popular Mechanics, 1950
Posted By: Alex - Wed Sep 17, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, 1950s
Death by Parrot
It sounds like the parrot had it in for Mrs. Fannie Stewart. Source: Los Angeles Times, Sep 25, 1947.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Sep 10, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Death, 1940s
Cat Island
If you remember Japan has a Rabbit Island . Well, they also have Cat Island. Wonder how many of these islands there are? What kind of island would you like to see guys?
Posted By: Alex - Sat Sep 06, 2014 -
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Category: Animals
The Crazy Crow of Tullyallen
The Irish town of Tullyallen is being tormented by a "crazy crow." It chases schoolchildren down the road, pecks loudly at windows, and attacks dogs.The crow has become such a well-known nuisance that it's been written about in the local paper, and it now has its own Facebook page.
However, some people speculate that maybe the crow is just lonely.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Sep 05, 2014 -
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Category: Animals
Sock It To Me
The owners of a 3 year old Great Dane took him to the vet because he was groaning and trying to throw up. After x-rays showed a mass of something in his stomach, the vet decided to operate. The surgery progressed something like a magician pulling hankies out of his pocket as the vet pulled sock after sock out of the dog's stomach. It was 43 in all pictured above. Fortunately the doggie came through just fine. Man, I'd hate to have to foot the bill for that though!
Posted By: Alex - Thu Sep 04, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Dogs, Stomach, Eating
Is Space Travel Covered?
Russia sent 5 geckos, amongst other small creatures, to space in order to study the animals sex habits in zero gravity. The satellite was recently brought back and the geckos were all dead, possibly due to freezing. Ok, first, if you are studying sexual activity why send an odd number of participants. Second, who did not know it is too cold for geckos in space? Yeah, yeah, they knew, but they sure didn't prepare for it sufficiently. Thirdly, were they insured by Geico??
Posted By: Alex - Mon Sep 01, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy, Goofs and Screw-ups
Dinner On The Fly
We have all heard cautionary tales about hawks or large owls picking up small dogs as prey while the dogs are outside. But one would think a pet would be safe in the house AND inside a closed cage, maybe not so much. Last Sunday an owl flew into a tenth floor apartment through the balcony door, opened a bird cage, killed one canary and traumatized the other one inside. The pet owner found the owl still in her home, then it flew back out and nonchalantly perched on her balcony for a photo op. The least it could do after killing her pet!
Posted By: Alex - Tue Aug 19, 2014 -
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Category: Animals
Dinky Duck in IT’S A LIVING
Dinky Duck ends his short cartoon career by resigning and breaking the fourth wall.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Aug 10, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Surrealism, Cartoons, 1950s
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