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A VR quest to make you care about endangered species
Most of us don't think about rhinos on a daily basis. We're too consumed with maintaining inbox-zero or making sure our cat is healthy. When the last male white northern rhino died in March, the impact on most of us was minimal because the now-extinc...
Granddad, World’s Oldest Zoo Fish, Dies at Shedd Aquarium
Granddad was the moniker given to a lungfish that hailed from Australia. It was the oldest fish on the face of the planet and it resided in a tank in a Chicago aquarium. It died on Sunday.A...
Gorilla killing: Cincinnati Zoo Deactivates Twitter Account
A zoo in the US where a gorilla was killed earlier this year has deleted its Twitter account after constant online trolls about the animal's death, the media reported.The move comes a day after the...
200 Rare and Unusual Montserrat Tarantulas Hatch at Chester Zoo
Not much is known about the Montserrat tarantula except that it lives on a Caribbean island. Three years ago, a dozen of these hairy creatures were brought back by a zookeeper.Since than it has been...
UK lads mags FHM and Zoo to disappear from shelves
For many young men growing up in the nineties and early noughties, FHM and Zoo were the very definition of "lad culture." Bedroom walls across Britain used to be filled with blu-tacked pages of scantily-clad models, but with sales dwindling, the ti...
Scent-dispensing chips help researchers snap wild wolverines
Wildlife experts in the US have a cunning technique to track "high-elevation" animals such as wolverines, lynx and gray wolves. Small survey stations known as "camera traps" use tempting scents to lure them in, before snapping a quick shot that can...
Georgia’s torrential flood opens zoo’s gates, releasing over 30 animals
Historic floods opened Noah's Ark in Tbilisi, Georgia, Saturday night. Citizens are advised to stay indoors after the capital city's zoo announced that lions, tigers and bears were among the released...
Fierce Fashion: Jeans Distressed By Tigers, Lions, and Bears
Got a passion for fashion? Well, so do the animals at the Kamine Zoo in Hitachi City, Japan. A volunteer group called the Mineko Club teamed up with the zoo to create the Zoo Jeans which are truly like no other. These distressed pants are ripped and customized by none other than the tigers, lions, and bears of the zoo!
The handlers basically wrapped the animals’ favorite toys–rubber balls and old tires–in denim and gave it back to them. After they’re done gnawing and clawing at their denim-wrapped toys, the denim was then used to make the Zoo Jeans.
Only a limited number of jeans were made. They were sold at a charity auction to raise funds for the Kamine Zoo and for the World Wildlife Fund. You can check out the clip below to see the making of the Zoo Jeans, starring the ferociously playful animals from Kamine.
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Apple agrees to refund $32.5M for kids’ purchases
Apple to refund $32.5M to parents who say they unwittingly OK'd purchases during kids' games WASHINGTON (AP) — Plenty of parents have been there — handing over the iPhone or iPad to a...
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