The Chapped Lip

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buzzfeed: This dog was unable to gaze at his beloved cat due to...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:11:50 -0400

buzzfeed:

This dog was unable to gaze at his beloved cat due to some menacing potted plants, but true love won in the end.

crisium: sweetyhigh: This is what happens when you fill a tub...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:06:51 -0400

crisium:

sweetyhigh:

This is what happens when you fill a tub with packing peanuts… and ferrets.

Today I will be as happy as a ferret in a tub of packing peanuts.

fuckyeahanimalwelfare: To Breed or Not to Breed? BE AWARE AND...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:31:53 -0400

fuckyeahanimalwelfare:

To Breed or Not to Breed?

BE AWARE AND INFORMED BEFORE YOU BREED A LITTER

Breeding

Articles

Learn to Breed Dogs

Interesting

Cleaning Slippers for Cats and Dogs

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 08:23:25 -0400

Cleaning Slippers for Cats and Dogs

science-junkie: Image credit: Dr Graham Beards. The only virus...

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 07:17:42 -0400

science-junkie:

Image credit: Dr Graham Beards.

The only virus with an immune system

Species: the ICP1 bacteriophage – vs. – its victim Vibrio cholerae.
Habitat: identified in south Asia, engaged in mortal battle.

The tiny virus, barely 200 nanometres long, is about to infect its favourite victim: Vibrio cholerae, the species that causes cholera. This vast bacterium has an arsenal of defences that help it get rid of viruses, but they will be no good this time.

That’s because the attacker, ICP1, has a secret weapon. It carries a set of immune system genes that one of its ancestors stole from a previous victim. Immune genes are normally a form of self-defence, but ICP1 uses them as assault weapons. With these big guns, it overpowers the bacterium’s defences.

Read more.

semolavanpelt: CATRIX.

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 07:05:50 -0400

semolavanpelt:

CATRIX.

magicalnaturetour: Yu, an approximately 25-year-old female...

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 07:26:03 -0500

magicalnaturetour:

Yu, an approximately 25-year-old female loggerhead turtle, receives her 27th pair of artificial front legs at the Suma Aqualife Park in Kobe on February 12, 2013. Yu lost her front legs during a shark attack TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images via The Daily Beast

tastefullyoffensive: Cats are jerks.[via]

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 07:18:39 -0500

tastefullyoffensive:

Cats are jerks.

[via]

She won’t do anything else. I’ve tried to take her outside, she...

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 07:25:23 -0500

She won’t do anything else. I’ve tried to take her outside, she doesn’t like the outdoors so she won’t run around. She doesn’t like cat toys, she doesn’t like catnip. Anything normal that cats like she just doesn’t like. (x)

My New Excuse for Going to Vet School Instead of Medical School

Sat, 16 Feb 2013 07:25:03 -0500

ourlifeinvetschool:

visiblebody: DID YOU KNOW that everyone has an Adam’s Apple,...

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 07:45:06 -0500

visiblebody:

DID YOU KNOW that everyone has an Adam’s Apple, regardless of gender?

The thyroid cartilage of the laryngeal skeleton forms a mound under the skin called the laryngeal prominence. In adults, the laminae of the cartilage meets at a 90-degre

e angle in males and a 120-degree angle in females, causing the prominence to commonly be more pronounced in males.

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hashtagchanel: m0rtality: Oh my god. THE CAT IN THE BACK

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 08:09:33 -0500

hashtagchanel:

m0rtality:

Oh my god.

THE CAT IN THE BACK

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positivemotivation: Bookends by KnobCreekMetalArts

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 08:01:22 -0500

positivemotivation:

Bookends by KnobCreekMetalArts

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pincussion: crispysnakes: From Reptile Hospice and Sanctury of...

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 07:53:59 -0500

pincussion:

crispysnakes:

From Reptile Hospice and Sanctury of Texas:

Late in the evening of July 26th, 2011 a call was received at the Sanctuary from one of Teresa’s former Vet students now working at a clinic in Gonzales, Texas. She had just received a snake from animal control that had been injured. The extent of the injury was not known as the snake was contained in a dog crate and coiled up. The clinic did not “see” snakes so she called Teresa for advice.

The next day, Teresa and Frank drove to the clinic to assess the situation.

The story, as told by the animal control officer was, the boa had not been fed since January 2011, the owner had reached into the boa’s enclosure to change out it’s water bowl. The snake then struck her on the hand and coiled around her arm. The owner, fearing for her life called 911. When the first responders arrived they felt the only way to help the owner was to cut the snake’s head off. After the first responders severed all the muscles and tissues around the snake’s head but the scoots on the snake’s belly the snake released the owners hand and arm.

While Teresa was checking out the boa it wrapped it’s tail around her waist as if saying,” I WANT TO LIVE”! Teresa called the Texas A & M Zoo ward and talked with Sharman Hoppes, DVM. Phone pictures were sent to her and she said to bring the boa in and they would see what they could do.

Once the boa arrived at A & M a close examination reveled that the spinal cord, esophagus , trachea, and jugular were still intact. The spinal column was cut and the jugular had a nick in it. As the boa warmed up it began to bleed profusely from the nick in the jugular vein. Dr. Hoppes, and James Kusmierczyk, DVM with the assistance of Kasey Priebe, a fourth year vet student, began the task of stopping the bleeding and reattaching the boa’s head. Five hours later the repair work was completed. They even MATCHED the boa’s pattern. All there was to do now was to wait and see if the boa would survive her ordeal.

If you have the stomach for it, click on the below link and you will see the before, during and after pictures of the boa, now named Lucky Stars.

BE ADVISED, THESE PICTURES ARE VERY GRAPHIC.

Pictures of Lucky Stars

It’s now March 2012, Lucky Stars is not only very much alive, but she is eating and gaining much needed weight. She is a very FRIENDLY nine foot boa. She eats every time frozen thawed food is offered, never striking or constricting her food, but taking it very gently.

Sometimes I hate people so much.

fuckyeschickens: Keepin’ out the cold, poultry style.

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:00:34 -0500

fuckyeschickens:

Keepin’ out the cold, poultry style.

fuckyeschickens: Keepin’ out the cold, poultry style.

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:00:26 -0500

fuckyeschickens:

Keepin’ out the cold, poultry style.