Archive: April, 2009

April 30, 2009

Eyeing each other up (and down)

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Eyeing each other up (and down), originally uploaded by Gavatron.

Griff discovers goldfish, goldfish discovers dog.

April 17, 2009

Why are people intrigued about Dolphins protecting Chinese ships from Somali pirates?

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Dolphins protecting chinese ships from pirates

A recent story, that appears to have originated on Chinese news radio and picked up by Xinhuanet, suggests that thousands of dolphins helped protect a Chinese ship from attacking Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden. Best line in the whole thing:

The suspected pirates ships stopped and then turned away. The pirates could only lament their littleness befor [sic] the vast number of dolphins. The spectacular scene continued for a while.

While the story is, at the very least, over-exaggerated, and likely completely made-up, it’s interesting that this narrative has caught peoples’ attention (as of April 17th, it had been bookmarked 55 times on Delicious and had been dugg 43 times). My simple question is: why?

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April 1, 2009

Desk dog

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Desk dog, originally uploaded by Gavatron.

Griff hangs out with Heather in an unusual location. He had been tormenting his older brother…