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Freida the Cat Found Abandoned in a Ditch, Now Wears Her Sweaters to Survive
Offbeat  (tags: animals, cat, rescued, sweaters, pictures, humans )

Giana
- 8 hours ago - lovemeow.com
This is a miracle story of a cat who was at the end of her rope when she was found. A man rescued her and her life began to turn around.
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Endangered Snow Leopards Get a Helping Hand From An Unlikely Place
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Kelly
- 18 hours ago - care2.com
The endangered snow leopard has a new and unusual ally in its fight to survive on planet Earth -- Tibetan-Buddhist monks.
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Shake Your Bon Bon With Buster Keaton!   video
Offbeat  (tags: americans, bizarre, news, off-beat, interesting, odd, humor, humans, funny, goodnews )

Mm
- 1 day ago - youtube.com
Just couldn't resist this one! Have fun and and Blessed week to all of you!!!!!
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SATIRE: Advanced Alien Civilization Discovers Uninhabitable Planet
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Cal
- 2 days ago - theonion.com
Dashing the hopes of those among them who believed the faraway world would surely prove habitable, astronomers from the Terxus II star system announced Thursday that a recently discovered planet remarkably like their own is in fact completely hostile to l
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Everything You Need to Know About the Custody Battle for 'Darwin,' the Ikea Monkey
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Giana
- 2 days ago - takepart.com
From death threats to Darwin's new monkey friend, these are the facts you may or may not have been waiting for.
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Video: Heart of Louisiana: The Beauty of Bayou Teche
Offbeat  (tags: wildlife, unusual, pictures, photos, interesting, americans, society, animals, humans, environment, culture )

JL
- 3 days ago - fox8live.com
Bayou Teche in Louisiana's St. Martin Parish is the state's longest bayou. This beautiful 125-mile-long waterway was the Mississippi River's main course when it developed a delta thousands of years ago. There are many places to visit along Bayou Teche,
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Our Orgiastic Future
Offbeat  (tags: animals, research, wildlife, endangered, humans, evolutionary research animals, interesting, society, funny, unusual )

Hilary
- 5 days ago - laphamsquarterly.org
What are bonobos? And what can we learn from them about our own evolutionary trajectory? This article takes a look at the love and lives of bonobos, especially their sex lives, for a thoughtful reevaluation of our behaviour.
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Video:1 Minute And 45 Seconds That'Ll Make You Think Twice About Poverty
Offbeat  (tags: children, americans, culture, freedoms, ethics, family, humans, health, government, society, safety, sadness, usa, politics, cover-up, congress, abuse, unusual, protection, safety, interesting )

JL
- 9 days ago - upworthy.com
Everything you think you know about poverty in America is about to be complicated.
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Orphaned Foal Forges Firm Bond With Giant Teddy Bear
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Frank
- 12 days ago - thesun.co.uk
"A SICKLY FOAL abandoned by its mother has found comfort from a giant teddy bear." -thesun.co.uk
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Training Bees to Detect Land Mines - Hartford Pets | Examiner.Com
Offbeat  (tags: honeybees, land mines, protection, safety, interesting, humans, world, news, interesting, unusual )

Dianne Ly
- 16 days ago - examiner.com
To date land mines have killed more than 300 people in Croatia (including 66 people trying to deactivate them) since the end of the Yugoslavia wars in the 1990's. Now researchers from Zagreb University are working to train honeybees to sniff out the
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Why Do Dogs Yawn When They See Sleepy Humans? | Not Bad Science, Scientific American Blog Network
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Dianne Ly
- 18 days ago - blogs.scientificamerican.com
Watch this video Did it make you yawn? Well if it did then you're not alone. Humans exhibit 'contagious yawning', where just seeing another individual makes you want to yawn yourself.
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US Government: Stop the Rape of Animals![Bestiality]!! Urgent! PLZ SIGN!!!
Offbeat  (tags: abuse, AnimalWelfare, cruelty, BESTIALITY, pets, suffering, sadness, animalwelfare, dogs, cats, humans )

Harshiita
- 18 days ago - change.org
The rape of animals is as inexcusable as rape of humans. (Think Steubenville!) Please sign the petition to stop the injustice of animals being forced for sexual exploitation.
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Schoolgirl, 5, Reads 875 Books in Just One School Year
Offbeat  (tags: interesting, humans, humor, news, odd, off-beat )

Jigar
- 19 days ago - dailyoffbeatnews.blogspot.com
A five-year-old schoolgirl has read 875 books in just one school year. Sophia Moss, from Lake Charles, Louisiana, reads a book nearly every day. She has finished reading most of the books in the kindergarten and first grade section of the T.S...
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Disability Etiquette Quiz
Offbeat  (tags: children, americans, abuse, culture, education, ethics, freedoms, health, humans, rights, safety, society, usa, unusual, interesting )

JL
- 19 days ago - secure2.convio.net
In some situations, it's clear cut when to use common courtesy. But other times, it isn't always obvious what you should do.
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