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Pete the Gorilla

My sister, Kat, works at the Seattle zoo...she writes...

"Pete the 38 year old silverback gorilla had oral surgery today (sunday). he had busted one of his canine teeth and a whole crew of human maxo-facial oral surgeons, anethesiologists, radiologist came in on their own time to remove the tooth, do cardiology exam, etc etc. plus of course the animal health crew. "    read more »

Wild Squirrel

Okay, so my neighbor cut down his palm tree. It had some sort of disease, which by the way, if my palms get it, I will kill him because that's why I moved to this crazy neighborhood!!!    read more »

Bassets are slobbery, but good!

My Basset Hound, Fred, loves to see people coming his way that are wearing black pants. I really think he knows they are black. I think he sees only black. Maybe even smell black. When he sees black pants, he gets closer and closer to his prey until they bend down. "Oh, what a cute dog." Cute dog. He is 80 pounds. A bit overweight for his size, but fat and happy as I say. Anyway. Bending ever so close, he gets 'em!    read more »