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“Upstream Color” Ups the Dose but Not Much Else

Andrew Hamlin — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:23:42 +0000

What I got, over the first thirty minutes, anyway: A woman abducted, electrically shocked into unconsciousness, drugged through being forcefed a worm, woken into a worm-induced state of acquiescence, forced through said state to sign over money she doesn’t really have, and then dumped,a discarded cheeseburger wrapper from a buffet of bizarre crime.

A Red, White & Zoo Weekend Pig Out is in the Works

Michael van Baker — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:29:41 +0000

The Woodland Park Zoo has been pigging out lately, first with Visayan warty pigs and warthogs, now with a pair of new kunekune pigs from New Zealand named Baxter and Barkley. Glance again at the photo and you will not be surprised to learn that "kunekune" means “fat and round” in Māori.

Zoo News Roundup: Otter Edition

Audrey — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:45:13 +0000

So head to the Aquarium to catch the pup while she's still fluffy. Otters typically begin to shed their fluffy pup fur at about six weeks--and by ten weeks her coat will like an adult's. The upside of losing all that fluff? Then the pup will be able to dive, which means plenty of swimming lessons from her mama. And just in time! Otters learn to open shellfish (by biting or pounding shells together on their chests) when they're about three months old.