Baby Eagles

EagleCam | BioDiversity Research Institute

I've been watching this website for a while, the eagles laid eggs and were incubating them, or so everyone thought. After leaving the nest unoccupied for over 3 hours in freezing weather, and not seeing any eggs on a flyover, the biologists concluded the eagles either didn't lay eggs, or the eggs died.
To everyone's surprise, we saw one of the eagles move to the edge of the nest this morning, and saw a little eaglet in the bottom of the nest! Big excitement!
Cool video to watch and listen to, interesting blog to read, and a worthy cause to donate to!

Knut Mania

Have you heard about Knut? He is the first Polar Bear to be born at the Berlin Zoo in over 30 years.
Rejected by his mother, he is being raised by a zookeeper- and this is causing all sorts of controversy among animal activists that claim this is making the bear a domestic pet.

"Hand-rearing a polar bear is not appropriate and is a serious violation of animal rights," Bild newspaper quoted animal rights campaigner Frank Albrecht as saying.
"In fact, the cub should have been killed," he added.

HELLO- Herr Franc. Violation of animal rights? This is a Zoo!! Isn't that by definition a violation of animal rights???

Zoo Berlin / EXPERIENCE / Young animals / Ice Bear Knut

This just in-Knut's mother used to be a performing animal in an East German zoo.

Knut's mother Tosca – formerly a performing animal in an East German zoo – rejected Knut and his twin brother shortly after their birth. The twin died but Knut was "adopted" by zookeeper Thomas Doerflein.

The polar bear is bottle-fed, washed and cuddled by his adoptive father, who moved in to the zoo to sleep in a bed by the bearA's crate. Newspapers report that Doerflein also plays him Elvis songs on the guitar and gave him Christmas presents.

Apart from all the controversy, Knut is so darn CUTE that you can't help but make little squeeky baby noises when you see him! ooh, look at that liddle piddle face!

Throwplace.com - The Internet's Landfill Alternative

Throwplace.com - The Internet's Landfill Alternative

This is an interesting site-

Throwplace.com® is a Web site where global Businesses and Individuals may list excess inventory, possessions or goods for donation. Charities, Businesses or Individuals registered with Throwplace.com® are able to search the site for things that they can use, and make requests for items of interest. Items listed on Throwplace are not for sale—they are to be given away.

I like the idea of this- sort of a global recycling agency. I hope it turns into something big!