Blonde By Nature

One Blonde’s View On Animals, Nature & The Environment

Blonde By Nature

Entries from December 2008

Green Burials.

December 31st, 2008 · No Comments

It’s a fact. We all die. Some earlier than others. Some at the right time. Some at the worst time. And some who just shouldn’t have died at all.
I admit I’ve been thinking a lot about death due to a couple of special people I’ve lost recently and the fact that I’m now dating a [...]

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Tags: Design + Lifestyle.

Lassie Saves The Day.

December 20th, 2008 · No Comments

When a dog tries to cross over a busy intersection he is struck by a car. Out of nowhere, another dog (I’ve named Lassie) comes to his rescue and drags him off the freeway. You have to see it to believe it….

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Tags: Canis Lupus. · Rad Stuff.

Quite Possibly The Cutest Tiger EVER!

December 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Meet Antares (named from a star in the Milky Way), a Siberian cub in Berlin’s Tierpark Zoo in Germany. He was boring on June 23rd and is the 121st tiger born at this zoo.
Siberians are listed as endangered so every new and healthy cub is a huge deal!

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Tags: Nature. · That's Life.

Piracy Is Environmentally Friendly.

December 17th, 2008 · No Comments

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Tags: Design + Lifestyle.

That Stings Like A MO-FO!

December 16th, 2008 · No Comments

Entomologist Justin Schmidt created the “Schmidt Sting Pain Index” after he had been stung by almost everything in the Hymenoptera family while working at the Carl Hayden Bee Research Center. This four-point scale compares the overall pain of insect stings:

0 for stings that are completely ineffective against humans
1-2, a familiar pain such as a common [...]

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Tags: Science + Technology.