Category Archives: Animals & Vegetables

WFN: Smithsonian to get Kermit the Frog

The latest donations to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will include puppets created by the late Jim Henson, including the original Kermit the Frog.. A total of 10 Henson-created puppets will be donated to the museum, including Henson’s … Continue reading

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WFN: Monkey attempts to ‘adopt’ toad in zoo

Today in Froggy News, we bring you a story from the Telegraph (UK) of monkey motherly love gone awry. “Swoozie”, a female swamp monkey living at the Paignton Zoo in Devon, gathered the toad from a pond at the edge … Continue reading

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Cool, Mo’ D

The solution to my two year ordeal with sacral pain may be a simple as getting more Vitamin D. Normal levels for Vitamin D are anything greater than 40 nanograms per milliliter of blood up to about 70ng/mL. My levels … Continue reading

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If Nothing Else, They Get Points for Perseverance

The amateur and professional cryptozoologists are creaming their jeans over this photo from Google Earth. I’ve seen pictures of the coelacanth. I’ve seen pictures of giant squids. I realize that there are probably animals and plants that still wait to … Continue reading

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Spiderpants, Spiderpants…

I went out for my morning walk, and stepped into a pea-soup fog. It was so thick it seemed to deaden all my senses. The sounds of the neighborhood were absent, even the rumble of the cars and trucks on … Continue reading

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