Although I caught the
Olympics closing ceremony on Sunday, other than that I didn't
watch much of the events on TV. The one sport I did see was the balance beam finals. You may be wondering what this has to do with PetSugar (other than the fact that both
Nastia and
Shawn are doggie owners), but just bear with me here.
While I was watching this competition, I was struck by how differently the two girls performed and behaved at the event.
You may recognize lil Dancer here, he's been
all over the news in his short life – and, sadly, the pooch passed away yesterday at the young age of two.
He was up for the title of world's smallest dog for
Guinness World Records in 2007, but lost out to an even smaller pooch (I didn't know they came any teensier!). This lil guy was only five inches high and 18 ounces, but his small stature didn't stop him as Dancer often spread his love as a certified member of Caring Canines Therapy Dogs located near his Florida home. It's possible that his diminutive stature may have factored into his death as his human mom,
Jenny Gomes said:
The vet didn't expect for him to live past six months.
If your dog has a
Four Paws Pimple Ball in his possession, you might want to take note: the product has been recalled after news of a severe injury was caused from playing with the toy.
I came across
the cringe worthy story the other day and haven't been able to get it out of my head. Chai, a 10 year-old Lab mix, was chewing on the toy when his tongue got stuck in the hole of the ball, leading to the amputation of his tongue.
"Please, I said no close-ups right now!" But, you can't blame the photographers, lil bear because you are absolutely adoro. This six-month-old cub just had her press debut today in Berlin (once again,
Germany must be land of baby animals!). Meet Lailani, a Sun Bear, born Feb.
I'm not trying to fool you. While octopuses do in fact have eight appendages,
recent studies show that several of those – six to be exact – function more like arms with the remaining two acting as legs to propel them through the water. One of these researchers, Alex Gerard, curator of the Sea Life center in Brighton, England explains it like this:
Their front two tentacles will be used for a lot of exploratory work and then the ones immediately behind them will then be used also if further investigation is needed.
