I didn’t jump up on the bed. I’m a throw pillow. A very realistic throw pillow, that’s all. Look how I blend. Tweet This Post

My mom told me that she had found gold-foil wrapped fancy chocolate bunnies for Easter, just like the kind she got when she was a kid. And they did look really nice. (Yes, I know that Lindt donates 10 cents from these bunnies to Autism Speaks. See my comment and challenge to Lindt at the [...]

This surprised me – a dog that wins Best in Show at the Westminster Dog Show doesn’t increase the number of new registrations for that breed – for at least five years. For breeds that had won the Westminster Show, the slope of the curve for number of new registrations per year for the 5 [...]

This is a good example of what it is like to have ADHD. See the bouncy sheep (He’s kind of hard to miss)? That’s us – the ADHD people. We just hop around having a good time. See those other sheep? Those are the non-ADHD people. They kind of stand around quizzically, wondering what we [...]

Are the mass bird casualties a sign of a problem, or are they a naturally occurring phenomenon? Charles Choi for National Geographic News Published January 6, 2011 A mysterious rain of thousands of dead birds darkened New Year’s Eve in Arkansas, and this week similar reports streamed in from Louisiana, Sweden, and elsewhere. (See pictures [...]

Summary of the study: There was a significant decrease in heart rate and a significant increase in blood pressure five minutes after a dog was held by children with ADHD. However, teacher ratings of mood and behavior were not significant. The authors concluded that pet therapy for children with ADHD may actually increase excitement rather [...]

Here’s a video of my favorite pups. See if you can guess which one is more ADHD than the other. Here’s the link if you can’t see the video in this post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44cCyo0h4-E Tweet This Post

Frogs love my pool. It’s like a giant spa for them. Until the chlorine kills them. Then the party’s pretty much over. I was trying to find a way for the froggies to escape the pool, and I found the Skamper Ramp. I have the standard Skamper Ramp, plus the dog extension (it holds up [...]

Here’s an article from my favorite homepage, www.happynews.com about a research team that is using robotic animals to get a closer view of animal behavior: http://www.happynews.com/news/522008/mechanical-squirrels-robot-lizards-jump-research.htm The squirrel in the photo looks remarkably like Lucy’s stuffed squirrels (dubbed “Squirrely Squirrel” at my house.) Here is Lucy’s preferred squirrel of choice: http://www.petco.com/product/100216/AKC-Squirrel-Dog-Toy.aspx  Her favorite activity is to [...]

Animal behavior is fascinating. And I’ve never heard the term “investment strategy” applied to a cephalopod. But it works. Male octupi (that’s plural for “octopus”) guard the dens of their partners and will even strangle rivals that get too close to their partner’s den. Male octupi who want to mate with another octopus’ partner will [...]