Rose Cat's Rambles

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The Evolution, by Olga Bobkova

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John Bartlett's Kittencam is up again with a new litter! Ripley's Kittens Thanks to musicboxwaltz at randompictures for the heads-up.

( Screencaps from today, taken 7:30 AM PST )

The Pacific pocket mouse is a species endangered in its coastal Southern California habitat, which includes Camp Pendleton, a Marine base north of San Diego.

( one more picture and a link )

Headline in an October 29 news article in the North County Times:

Candidate says sex-doll claims are inflated

A shorter piece in the Mercury News, based on the North County Times article, begins with this:

A candidate for a San Diego County college board says his link to a sex-doll business has been blown out of proportion.

I found this at lolscience.

( I hope you're all taking notes )

These are sand cat kittens, with their mom Rotem, at the Zoological Center of Tel Aviv, where they were born three weeks ago. The species is native to deserts in parts of Africa and Asia, but appears to have become extinct in the wild in Israel during the 1990s. Sand cats are becoming increasingly rare in the wild, which is mostly due to loss of their habitat. These kittens are part of a special European breeding program. Story here.



( Another picture, and a video. )

Bai Yun, a twenty-year-old giant panda who has been at the San Diego Zoo since 1996, gave birth to her sixth cub on Sunday morning. WOO-HOOOO!


( Article, links and video are here. )

B's watching the Tour De France tonight. It's the first time I've seen these guys.

( Everybody's a fan. )

Here’s an update on my new glasses, along with some other stuff.

( Long-ass post, now with considerably less whining. )