Dog walkers watched aghast when a man stripped down to his pants to crawl across a frozen river to save his dog. The man had to swim to safety after the ice gave way on the River Stour, near Dedham in Essex on Sunday morning. Follow the link for the full story:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
Play was halted at Liverpool’s premiership game against Tottenham earlier this week when a cat strolled onto the pitch. The moggy quickly became an overnight celebrity and now has over 24,000 followers on twitter. If you missed it, or want to watch again, follow the link for footage from the match and picture stills of the daring feline.
For all fans of Bill Murray’s ‘Groundhog Day’, yesterday, 2nd February, it came round again! Find out the origins and history of this American tradition and what Puxatawny Phil predicted this year!
A bioacoustics expert has set up a website that lets any internet user listen to just how noisy the ocean has become. Michel Andre’s site lets users access live sound feeds from Vancouver Island and 16 other ocean floor observatories around the world. Manmade or natural, the sound streams are an eerie experience. Visit www.bbc.co.uk/news/
Each week we thought it would be interesting to feature an unusual or news worthy animal-related story from anywhere around the world – posted on our blog (accessible from the ‘Animal Antics’ button on our website homepage), and on Facebook too. This week the focus is on the Spielberg-directed blockbuster movie ‘War Horse’ which opened in London on Sunday. Click here for reviews, a trailer for the film and to see if the film makes it onto your ‘one to watch’ list! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1568911/
This section is the animal antics blog category section. More coming soon.
