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Selasa, 23 April 2013

A Cat Addicted to MCDonald's

Cat Lives Off McDonald's for a Year

A cat addicted to fast food has been rescued by the SPCA and put on a health plan to help him kick his McDonald's addiction, according to New Zealand news website Stuff.co.nz.

The black-and-white tomcat, dubbed Frankie by McDonald's staff and customers, was only a kitten when he was abandoned by his owners. So the cat made his home in the parking lot of a local McDonald's where he would beg for chicken nuggets or fries from cars as they exited the drive-through lane.

But just as the human body can't properly function from a junk food diet, Frankie's couldn't either and the McDonald's staff became concerned for his health.

One day, Jessica Watson, a field officer with the Waikato SPCA and regular McDonald's customer, spotted Frankie. After noting his swollen face, eyelids that wouldn't properly close, and matted coat, she brought him into her care and launched a search for his permanent owners.

"I estimate he has lived in the McDonald's carpark for 12 to 18 months," Watson told Stuff.co.nz. "Everyone knew to keep an eye out for him. You would go through the drive-through and ask for a burger for you and an extra patty for Frankie. He would watch you and trot after the car, wait until you stopped the car and then you would toss him the meat. It was his little routine."

Thankfully, after a few weeks of living inside and eating nutritious food, Frankie's eyes are clear and his coat is shiny. "He wasn't overweight," said Watson, "but McDonald's wouldn't meet the nutritional requirements for a cat. They need very high levels of protein and I wouldn't think takeaways would provide that."

But weaning Frankie off burgers and fries wasn't easy. "When I first took him home he refused to eat anything because it wasn't McDonald's," said Watson. "I seriously considered going back there to get him a burger. I would put pet food down and he would give me a look like, 'What is that?'"

Surprisingly, there are some human foods that cats can eat. According to Dr. Elizabeth Colleran, President of the American Association of Feline Practitioners (AAFP), while cats should never consume onion, garlic, kelp, grapes, raisins, sugary treats, chocolate, and alcoholic or caffeinated drinks, items such as cheese, meat, vegetables, fish, and eggs can provide protein and other nutrients.

It took a few days but Frankie has quit his fast food habit and consumes water and cat biscuits. And he always asks for seconds. "He's a big, and healthy, eater," said Watson. The silver lining to Frankie's bad habit? Watson suspects that his love of fast food made him less prone to stalk endangered native bird species. "I'd say he loved cheeseburgers far too much to worry about any birds."

Since Frankie's rescue, he's become somewhat of a celebrity. The SPCA is fielding so many requests to adopt him that applicants are being asked to report in person to the offices, where they can complete an "expression of interest" form as part of the selection process.

Keep up the healthy eating, Frankie!

By: Unknown On 00.45

A Worm In Human Eye

Is There A Worm In Your Eye?

When it comes to worms we perceive that it only affects our stomach. If you eat too many sweets, you get worms and then you have to take de-worming medications. However, it is not as simple as that. The fatal tapeworm can also affect your brain and entire central nervous system. Besides, have you ever heard of an eye worm; a worm that infects the eyes?

The dangerous Loa loa worm is one such pest that attacks the eyes. There has been a lot of talk about the Loa loa worm lately, especially after a 20cm long worm was surgically removed from a person's eyes. Dr. Ashley Thomas Mulamoottil, the doctor who recorded this unique surgery says "this is the seventh worm that he has removed in the last one decade and it is also the longest."

Spread Of Loa loa Filariasis "The worm Loa loa was originally found in Africa and has now reached Asia. The mangrove fly or deer fly is believed to be the carrier of this worm. The eggs of the worm enters the human body through small wounds inflicted by the fly. The death of the worm inside the body could be fatal as it could contaminate the blood. The disease is known as microfilariasis or Loa loa infestation (Loiasis)", says Dr. Mulamoottil. Treatment For Loa Loa Worm: The patient can either be put on chemotherapy or the worm can be surgically removed from the eyes. Unfortunately, there is no vaccine yet developed for Loa loa Filariasis. However, if it is detected in time, it is curable.

These are some interesting facts about this strange African eye worm that can grow up to 20cm long.

By: Unknown On 00.34

Minggu, 21 April 2013

The New Jorge Lorenzo !

By: Unknown On 21.57

The New Knowledge About Love And Sex

7 Things Bonobos Can Teach Us About Love and Sex

What can our close primate cousins teach us about sex?

A few days ago, the lovely Cara Santa Maria, sexy neuroscientist and editor at Huffington Post, asked me if I could come up with seven things we could learn about love from bonobos, for a Valentine's Day piece.

Christopher Ryan is one of the freshest voices in the modern scientific movement to decode the mystery of human sexuality. His book, Sex At Dawn, busts many of the myths surrounding human sexual evolution, based upon contextual evidence from our hominid ancestors as well as our living relatives, namely, the great apes.

We've known for some time that bonobos (previously known as "pygmy chimpanzees") are among the most sexual of all living animals—besides of course, humans. Frans de Waal dubbed them the "make love, not war" species, since they seem to resolve the majority of conflicts through sexual activity. So, it seemed only natural that I ask Dr. Ryan, preeminent "sexpert," to give us some love advice through the lens of these magnificent creatures. From them, we can learn a thing or two--or seven.

So, without further ado, here are seven things we can learn about love from bonobos, as described by Dr. Christopher Ryan:

1. More sex = less conflict. As the great primatologist, Frans de Waal put it, "Chimps use violence to get sex, while bonobos use sex to avoid violence." While chimps victimize each other in many ways—rape, murder, infanticide, warfare between groups—there's never been a single observed case of any of these forms of aggression among bonobos, who are much sexier than chimps. As James Prescott demonstrated in a meta-analysis of all available anthropological data, the connection between less restrictive sexuality and less conflict generally holds true for human societies as well.

2. Feminism can be very sexy. When females are in charge, everyone lives better (including the males). While male chimps run the show, among bonobos, it's the females who are in charge, with much better quality of life for everyone involved (see #1).

3. Sisterhood is powerful. Although female bonobos are about 20% smaller than males—roughly the same ratio as in chimps and humans—they dominate males by sticking together. If a male gets out of line and harasses a female, ALL the other females will gang up on him. This sisterly solidarity, combined with lots of sex, tends to keep the males behaving politely.

4. Jealousy isn't romantic. While bonobos no-doubt experience unique feelings for one another, they don't seem to worry much about controlling one another's sex lives. Nor do bonobos seem to gossip much...

5. There's promise in promiscuity. All the casual sex among bonobos is arguably a big part of what has made them among the smartest of all primates. Until human beings came along and messed things up for them, bonobos enjoyed very high quality of life, low stress, and plenty of social interaction in hammocks. In fact, of the many species of social primates living in multi-male social groups, not a single species is sexually monogamous. Each of the arguably smartest mammals--humans, chimps, bonobos, and dolphins—is promiscuous.

6. Good sex needn't always include an orgasm, and "casual" doesn't necessarily mean "empty" or "cheap." Most bonobo sexual interactions are nothing more than a quick feel, rub, or intromission—a "bonobo handshake," if you will. (See Vanessa Woods's excellent book by that name for a personal story of living with bonobos while falling in love.) But bonobos are very romantic: like humans, they kiss, hold hands (and feet!), and gaze into one another's eyes while having sex.

7. Sex and food go together better than love and marriage—at least for bonobos. Nothing gets a bonobo orgy started faster than a feast. Give a group of bonobos a bunch of food and they'll all have some quick sex before very politely sharing the food. No need to fight over scraps like a bunch of uncouth chimps!

By: Unknown On 21.22

MILF Sperm Eater

Flies ullidiid (Euxesta bilimeki) has a unique behavior. Fly species have a habit of eating sperm!

MILF: Mother I Love Flies

Such behavior may be considered disgusting. In fact, there may be some who consider it porn. However, the behavior is totally real. Scientists recently revealed that the behavior associated with the rejection of females to males.

Like humans, animals also have a "soul mate" option. Human males busy convincing female hero that he is indeed elected future husband. Animals also need to convince the female stud that he deserves to marry her.

Some species live shows to attract females and rejection or acceptance is made by the female. However, some other species do not.

On the species of birds, mammals, and insects, where fertilization takes place inside the body, the selection of mating couples sometimes invisible. In certain cases, females forced males willing dikimpoii "desperate". This is what happens to species E bilimeki.

Christian Luis Rodriguez-Enriquez and his colleagues from the Institute for Ecology in Vera Cruz, Mexico, to make observations on 74 pairs of E bilimeki. They want to know the reason why it takes sperm female flies.

The results showed, all females studied sperm are "paid" stud. Then, at least they take the majority of sperm released.

In a more detailed observation, a quarter of all females who dobservasi eject sperm from males. This means, all the seeds from the male was issued. Married males did not have a chance to get a descent.

Researchers were puzzled by the results of this research. If many females who do, it can be said that the female is a waste of time and energy to mating. Throw away the chance to have offspring, what is its purpose?

National Geographic reported, the analysis revealed that the purpose of the female scientist sperm is the seed of the males refused to marry her.

Ullidiid flies do not like the stud that is too "desperate" to marry her. They do not want males who do not know the meaning of "subtle rejection" before marriage to father offspring.

According to investigators, let males marry females because it is lazy to call the male. Sperm-rich protein then eaten after issued as compensation for workers who have been issued throughout the marriage.

Previously, researchers estimated that sperm eating behaviors associated with survival. However, that assumption is not entirely true.

In excellent condition lacked food, eating sperm can indeed make it fly species survive. However, it was not the sperm flies assure long lived species. This suggests that the sperm is not eaten as a main meal.

By: Unknown On 21.08

Sabtu, 20 April 2013

The World's Best Hairdresser

By: Unknown On 23.42

Rabu, 17 April 2013

The World's Silkiest and Smooth Penis

By: Unknown On 23.39

Angelina Jolie Topless Scandal

Topless picture of Angelina Jolie horsing around for photographer David LaChapelle set to raise £35,000 at Christie's auction

12-year-old picture will go under the hammer in May as part of the Wild Side of Photography auction in London
Picture is part of the Contemporary artists section which includes work by Steven Klein and Albert Watson
Other photographers featured in the wider sale include Helmut Newton and Henri Cartier-Bresson
A Steven Klein picture of Angelina Jolie posing with Brad Pitt in 2005 is expected to fetch £8,000 to £12,000

A photograph of a young Angelina Jolie laughing as she poses with a horse will lead a sale of photographs at London auction house Christie's next month
A beautiful picture of a carefree Angelina Jolie posing with a white horse will lead a sale of photographs at London auction house Christie's next month.

The never-before-seen image by celebrated photographer David LaChapelle is expected to fetch between £25,000 and £35,000 when it goes under the hammer as part of The Wild Side of Photography sale.

The colour snap from 2001 features the actress as a 25-year-old throwing back a mane of brunette hair and showing off some of her many tattoos, including a 'Billy Bob' drawing on her arm, a homage to her then husband which has now been erased.

The photograph of the 37-year-old actress will go on sale alongside a black and white print of Angelina and Brad Pitt posing as husband and wife for Steven Klein in 2005.

The black and white image was taken as part of a shoot that the couple appeared in for W magazine before they were officially an item and is expected to to fetch £8,000-12,000.

Both pictures are part of the Contemporary section of the sale that is highlighted by four works by controversial American photographer LaChapelle.

Another striking image by the photographer is the 2009 Berlin Stories work featuring a group of men and women at an imagined debauched 1930s New Year's Eve party.

Christie's claim that this is 'an opportunity for discerning collectors around the world to acquire photographs with remarkable provenance.'

The wider sale features subsections including Woman, In All Her Guises, Into The Wild and Fashion Icons and works by 20th century masters as well as the carefully selected group of contemporary and fashion photographers including Helmut Newton, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Horst P. Horst.

The auction comprises 108 lots with estimates ranging from £1,500 to £70,000 and is expected to realise in the region of £1.5 million.

By: Unknown On 19.56

Dog Helps Owner Who Trapped Under Car for Four Days

Dog Helps Save Owner Herbert Schutz, 76-Year-Old Trapped Under Car For Four Days

Boydy, an Australian kelpie, truly is a loyal companion.

After his owner, 76-year-old Herbert Schutz, became trapped under his vehicle in Australia, the dog stayed by his side for four days until help arrived, local news sources report.

According to The Daily Telegraph, Schutz crashed his car Thursday on his Rylstone property after hitting a tree. He was pinned beneath the vehicle until Monday night. Two neighbors began a search for the elderly man when his daughter became concerned that she hadn't heard from him.

"Even when we found him, the dog ran straight to his side and cuddled up to him. He didn't want to leave him even then," neighbor Eric Merritt told The Newcastle Herald.

Though Schutz was lucid when the two men found him around 6 p.m. Monday, he was taken to a local hospital in serious condition. He suffered from a fractured skull, two broken hips and a dislocated shoulder, the Herald reports.

As the Telegraph notes, Schutz "was adamant his dog had saved his life."

"He said his dog lay on him and kept him warm a lot of the time," Merritt told the publication.

Man's best friend has often gone above and beyond to help save people in times of crisis. In October, a Japanese Akita jumped into freezing water in Scotland to keep his owner from drowning. Earlier, in 2011, a 79-year-old Minnesota woman said her dog chased away predators during the night she fell outside her home, and she credited her survival to the pup.

By: Unknown On 19.24

Senin, 15 April 2013

The Most Wanted Secret How To Teach Your Kids About Stranger Danger

Failed!

By: Unknown On 01.30

How To Raising Puma In Apartment

Lithuanian woman Rasa Veliute shares home with three puma cubs abandoned by mother

Rasa Veliute holds a puma who lives in her apartment in Klaipeda, Lithuania. She took three cubs home four months ago when their mother refused to care for them.

A LITHUANIAN woman says she has been raising three pumas in her three-room apartment after fearing for their lives at the local zoo.

Rasa Veliute, a 23-year-old volunteer at the zoo in Klaipeda, a Baltic Sea port town, says she took the cubs home four months ago after their mother began neglecting them.

The pumas - also known as mountain lions or cougars - are named Kipsas, Gipse and Kinde. Veliute says they eat a lot of chicken and get along well with her East European shepherd dog.

There is no Lithuanian law barring keeping the animals at home, and the zoo did not object to Veliute's actions. But Veliute told reporters Friday that the pumas have grown fast and will likely return to the zoo this summer.

By: Unknown On 01.06

Minggu, 14 April 2013

The World's Biggest and Stinkiest Penis

By: Unknown On 00.54

Kamis, 11 April 2013

The World's Greatest Suicide

By: Unknown On 00.44

French Camel Sad Story

French President Francois Hollande’s Camel Eaten in Mali

French President François Hollande can’t buy a break. His nation’s economy has stalled, unemployment is rising, his government has been rocked by scandal and his approval ratings have slipped below 30%. Now, somebody has gone and eaten Hollande’s pet camel.

The man is having a seriously bad month.

Hollande was given the animal in February as a gift from the leaders of Mali, after French troopes repelled an al Qaeda-linked jihadist insurgency in the former French colony’s north. But after the unruly young camel greeted its new master with unrelenting, ear-piercing howls during Hollande’s visit to Timbuktu, it was decided the creature would probably prove a bit problematic as an Elysée companion (or mode of Parisian transport). Consequentially, the presidential dromedary was left in the care of a local farm family tasked with insuring its good health and happiness.

But something presumably was lost in the translation: this week France’s Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian reported that the animal was instead slaughtered for a camel tagine, according to the Telegraph.

Tragic as that was on its own, news of Timbuktu Joe’s demise also added to the growing pile of Hollande’s woes. France’s troubles within the euros zone’s enduring debt crisis have grown worse as the economy has slowed to a stop, pushing joblessness up over 10%. That has sent the president’s already sinking approval rating to 27%–a level that could sink further in the wake of his former Budget Minister’s confession he’d repeatedly lied to the public, media, parliament and his president in denying he’d stashed money away in tax-free offshore bank accounts. True, no one is likely to blame Hollande for his camel’s culinary fate, but the improbable development does add to growing public sentiment that the President is caught in one of those dreaded periods where absolutely nothing will go right for him no matter what he does. (Adding insult to injury, New York magazine added the camel’s yowls to the already animal-infested Taylor Swift song “Trouble”.)

But there is some good(ish) news. Officials in Mali have pledged to provide Hollande a replacement camel—and one report quotes Malian authorities describing as “a bigger, better-looking camel” than its digested predecessor. Given the recent misunderstandings, moreover, Hollande’s new pet will be sent to Paris to be fed, groomed, cared for, adored, and otherwise not used as a main course.

Animal lovers will understandably be relieved by that decision. However, given how things are going these days for Hollande, he’ll still be the person blamed if the new arrival eats all the flower buds in the Elysée garden.

By: Unknown On 00.12

Selasa, 09 April 2013

French Black Sheep

Paris Employs a Few Black Sheep to Tend, and Eat, a City Field

Shaggy Lawn Mowers: Four black sheep are the new groundskeepers at a Paris archive, where the grass is green and tasty.

PARIS — The archivists requested a donkey, but what they got from the mayor’s office were four wary black sheep, which, as of Wednesday morning, were chewing away at a lumpy field of grass beside the municipal archives building as the City of Paris’s newest, shaggiest lawn mowers.

Mayor Bertrand Delanoë has made the environment a priority since his election in 2001, with popular bike- and car-sharing programs, an expanded network of designated lanes for bicycles and buses, and an enormous project to pedestrianize the banks along much of the Seine.

The sheep, which are to mow (and, not inconsequentially, fertilize) an airy half-acre patch in the 19th Arrondissement are intended in the same spirit. City Hall refers to the project as “eco-grazing,” and it notes that the four ewes will prevent the use of noisy, gas-guzzling mowers and cut down on the use of herbicides.

Paris has plans for a slightly larger eco-grazing project not far from the archives building, assuming all goes well; similar projects have been under way in smaller towns in the region in recent years.

The sheep, from a rare, diminutive Breton breed called Ouessant, stand just about two feet high. Chosen for their hardiness, city officials said, they will pasture here until October inside a three-foot-high, yellow electrified fence.

“This is really not a one-shot deal,” insisted René Dutrey, the adjunct mayor for the environment and sustainable development. Mr. Dutrey, a fast-talking man in orange-striped Adidas Samba sneakers, noted that the sheep had cost the city a total of just about $335, though no further economic projections have been drawn up for the time being.

Nor has the question of smell been much considered, officials said. (Though to judge by the aromas in the air on Wednesday morning, odor should not prove too problematic.)

Surprisingly, though, there are concerns that the sheep may in fact cause a drop in biodiversity. Municipal workers have discovered four distinct varieties of orchids on the s patch of grass where the sheep graze, for instance, said Marcel Collet, the farmer overseeing the sheep for the city farm, the Ferme de Paris.

Scientists will monitor the mix of plant and animal species on hand, Mr. Collet said.

Biodiversity aside, the site, on a hilly, uncrowded edge of eastern Paris, is in some ways quite ideal for grazing sheep, he noted. A metal fence surrounds the grounds of the archives, and a security guard stands watch at the gate, so there is little risk that local predators — large, unleashed dogs, for instance — will be able to reach the ewes.

Curious humans, however, are encouraged to visit the sheep, and perhaps the archives, too. The eco-grazing project began as an initiative to attract the public to the archives, and informational panels have been put in place to explain what, exactly, the sheep are doing here.

“Myself, I wanted a donkey,” said Agnès Masson, the director of the archives, an ultramodern 1990 edifice built of concrete and glass. Sheep, it was decided, would be more appropriate.

But the archivists have had to be trained to care for the animals. In the unlikely event that an ewe should flip onto her back, Ms. Masson said, someone must rush to put her back on her feet.

“Otherwise, it risks smothering itself,” she said.

By: Unknown On 20.16

Cat Hired As Security Guard

Russia’s Museum Cats

Winding beneath the magnificent halls of St. Petersburg’s Hermitage Museum, with its Da Vincis, diamonds, Greek statuary, Egyptian parchments, enormous number of paintings, mechanical peacock clock, and other treasures, there is a catacomb of cellars. It was into this windowless nether region—far below the Winter Palace’s expansive view of the waters of the Neva—that Maria Haltunen and I had cautiously descended. As I followed her through a narrow, imperfectly-lit corridor, full of large pipes and jutting wires, Haltunen gasped. “Look!” she said.

In the semi-darkness, a little being had appeared. He perched, a foot-tall shadow, on a water pipe.

“Oh, you are a fat one!” said Haltunen, jangling the chain of her I.D. pass like a talisman as she approached the pointy-eared creature. “How nice you are!”

The cat sat, perfectly still. Then he vanished.

“Some of them like to be around people,” said Haltunen, who has been the personal assistant to the museum’s director for the last eighteen years and, in addition to her regular duties, also serves as the museum’s semi-official Press Secretary to the Cats. She peered behind the pipes to see where the creature had gone, but found only a blanket, tucked against the wall, and a bowl. “Some of them prefer to be by themselves.”

Once a motley crew of frightened strays hiding, half-starving, in the palace’s basement, the Hermitage’s cats are now a well-loved, well-fed part of the museum’s family. Some seventy former street cats live at the Hermitage, where, thanks largely to Haltunen’s efforts, they have their very own underground cat infirmary and three full-time volunteers to care for them.

Underground, in their domain, there were signs of them—tiger-striped cat beds, bright pink and blue plastic bowls, places where the heating system’s pipes had been covered in soft, flowered material so that the cats could nest there. Now and then, a pair of bright eyes glanced out from a shaft; in a fenced-off corner, beneath blue and red water pipes, sprawled a little black kitten with white paws. As we passed, he jumped up, sprightly, and sidled out of the off-limits area.

“Our director is always saying they are the spirit of the place,” said Haltunen. “The museum’s genius loci.”

It wasn’t always this way. Fifteen years ago, Haltunen came upon the cats, sheltering in beleaguered prides in the museum’s heating system. Troubled by the animals’ plight, she and a colleague started feeding them, donning maintenance uniforms and lugging leftovers from the cantina to do the rounds of the extensive basements each day after work. “It was awful, after working all day, to put on ugly clothes, to carry stinky beans through these dark basements,” said the diminutive Haltunen, who, with her large, bright eyes and button nose is not entirely un-catlike, herself. “But if you start, you can’t stop.”

Then, they decided to organize. They took up a collection—“A rouble for a cat”—and used it to buy food. Newspaper articles appeared. People became interested. The museum’s director gave them permission to use some little rooms in the basement to keep ill and elderly cats, and hooked up running water. “You know how it is,” said Haltunen, “You see a problem, and then you have to do something.”

In theory, the cats now form a fanged, clawed army with one goal: to catch and kill mice who might want to chew on the artworks. In practice, “they are fat and lazy,” said Haltunen, with evident pride. (A security guard once took a picture of one looking on, in astonishment, as a rat drank from his bowl of milk.) Still, according to Haltunen, when an exterminator came, they found fewer rat corpses afterwards than usual. She says that the mere presence of the cats, their bodies and smells, serves as a deterrent.

There have been cats in the palace since Peter the Great’s daughter, Empress Elizabeth, issued a decree, in 1745, that the biggest cats, capable of catching mice, be sent immediately from Kazan to the court of her imperial majesty. Catherine the Great is thought to have favored Russian Blues as indoor palace cats; under the last Czar, the royal family’s pet cats, who were left behind in the palace, fared better than the dogs, who were taken along to Yekaterinburg with the family to their deaths. During the three-year siege of Leningrad, all of the animals in the city died—except for the rats, said to have been so numerous as to form a gray, moving mass in the streets. When the blockade was lifted, Haltunen said, as we continued our walk beneath the museum, Russians sent their cats to the city to help fight the vermin.

Stepping into the little cat hospital, a cozy, cluttered space that the oldest and sickest cats call home, Haltunen greeted Irina Popovetz, one of the volunteers who looks after the cats. Then she greeted Kusya (“Oh, this one has no tail!”), Jacqueline (“Look how fat we are!”), Sofiko (“You are very old!), and Assol, a tabby named for an impoverished literary heroine who waited at the seaside for a man sailing a ship with scarlet sails to come for her.

Taking a seat in the warm, pungent room and stroking Sofiko, she explained that, thanks to in part to donations from the German society Pro Animale and the pet-food company Purina, there is now an official Hermitage “cat account”—which always in the black. However, the cats are not just charity cases: last year marked the first official “Catfest,” in which all the entries for a contest for the best cat painting (there were nearly three hundred, mostly submitted by children) were exhibited for a day in the basement. For the second annual Catfest, held this spring, a scavenger hunt for children in the museum led to the museum’s only cat mummy, put on display that day only. Catfest was so popular that there is talk of extending it to two days next year. “We were astonished,” said Haltunen. “Crowds come to our dirty basement! It is really popular.”

The cats themselves, who are no longer afraid of people, have a positive effect on staff morale, she said. “People here become kinder, because they have the possibility to show this kindness,” said Haltunen, as we made our way back outside, where an orange cat was asleep in the sun beneath a classical statue. “It is very good when you have the possibility to show your best qualities.”

While cats are not allowed in the galleries or in the museum director’s wing, the people-loving felines have free rein in the former apartments of the ladies-in-waiting, where staff offices are now located. In the deputy of security’s office, “Little Hooligan,” a kitten abandoned in the countryside, where a security worker saved her from being used to train someone’s dog, was drinking milk under the Xerox machine. Frida, a black cat found in the garbage, posed on top of the bookshelf like a nineteenth-century Parisian lithograph, though—according to the photographic evidence that was immediately produced—she still likes to sleep in plastic bags. Niko, who looks like a mini-tigress, was fast asleep on a desk, with her tongue out (the desk’s putative owner assured us that this was no problem: grabbing hold of the sleeping cat’s long, bushy tail, the woman said that whenever she needed to sign anything, she just dips the tip in ink).

“People from Western countries, they say unfortunately they cannot permit cats in their offices,” said Haltunen, looking around, contentedly. “We are very lucky here.”

By: Unknown On 20.07

How To Control Your Friends and How To Make Them Always Listen To You

Just Befriend with DOGS! It's As simple as that.

By: Unknown On 01.39

The World's Most Professional BlackJack Master

By: Unknown On 01.20

Senin, 08 April 2013

The World's Rarest Animal - Turtle's Dog