Monday, September 13, 2004

Confused Animals

1. "Spaniel adopts hare"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_888192.html>
"Mr Poortman says the dog took an instant liking to the hare, which he's named
 Flappy, and they shared her basket"

2. "Strange bedfellows"
   <http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/01/11/1073769455480.html>
"Muschi, a small cat that formed an unlikely friendship with a half-tonne bear
 called 'mouse' in Berlin Zoo"

3. "Family discovers its cat nursing mice"
   <http://lists.envirolink.org/pipermail/ar-news/Week-of-Mon-20030714/003585.html>
"[T]he Wellers saw their cat Patches nursing and caring for the mice as if
 they were part of her litter"

4. "Bison baby thinks she's a puppy"
   <http://lists.envirolink.org/pipermail/ar-news/Week-of-Mon-20030609/001821.html>
"After a month in her new home, Bianca thinks she's just one of the family dogs"

5. "20-year-old horse, moose become pals"
   <http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040830/ap_on_fe_st/horse_moose_5>
"A yearling female moose and a 20-year-old horse have become pals at a farm
 just outside Groton village"

6. "Lemur thinks stuffed cow is mum"
   <http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/animals/newsid_3652000/3652415.stm>
"A baby ring-tailed lemur abandoned by its mother has found an unusual new
 mum, in the form of a stuffed toy cow"

7. "Chicken that likes to think it's a dog"
   <http://ptenthusiasts.org/PTForums/printthread.php?t=40909>
"Her tiny bantam, called Mrs Seabright, despises the other chickens, preferring
 to sleep in the same bed as her two pet collies, Jess and Lexi"

8. "Dazed and Confused"
   <http://abcnews.go.com/sections/SciTech/DyeHard/
       confused_pets_dogs_dyehard_031204-1.html>
"Study finds that some animals suffer from confusion, too"