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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 11, 2011 - 01:31am PT
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"My llamo Joselito. Que tal?"
"You go away in your bus, I go home"
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Anastasia
climber
hanging from an ice pick and missing my mama.
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May 20, 2011 - 02:44pm PT
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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May 20, 2011 - 04:05pm PT
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Anastasia
climber
hanging from an ice pick and missing my mama.
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May 20, 2011 - 10:31pm PT
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Both Loki(s) can give you that look! :)
Too funny! Must be from the name...
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Bad Climber
climber
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May 20, 2011 - 11:06pm PT
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Fantastic stuff.
Larry, I'm in love! Great shot, one cool lookin' dog.
BAd
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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May 25, 2011 - 12:44am PT
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Ligers and kiwis: Cute-animal roundup
By Mike Krumboltz
Gazing at snaps of adorable baby animals is one of the most reliable timewasters on the Internet. Cute animal lovers, today is your lucky day.
First up: a litter of ligers from China. Ligers--half lion, half tiger--are 100 percent adorable. The ligers were born in a zoo in China to a tiger who abandoned the babies. Two died from weakness, but two survived, thanks to the help of a very motherly dog.
The dog, pictured here, has been nursing the remaining baby ligers, along with her own litter of pups. According to zoo staff staff member the ligers initially had trouble nursing, but have now adapted.
News of the baby ligers and their adoptive mother sparked no small number of web searches. Over the past 24 hours, online lookups for "liger cubs" and "liger baby pictures" both roared into breakout status.
But that's not all, cute-animal fans. Down in New Zealand, an equally adorable all-white kiwi chick was hatched earlier this month.
The chick's name is Manukura (which means "precious chief") and, as Pukaha Mount board chairman Bob Francis, told CNN, it is "the first all-white chick to be hatched in captivity."
The kiwi is the national bird of New Zealand, Francis notes. The birds are extremely rare, and pure white kiwis (not to be confused with albino birds) are especially uncommon as their color makes it difficult for them to hide from predators.
"For the time being, the chick is being hand-reared in the sanctuary's kiwi nursery, where bird lovers can see him during his daily weigh-in," AAP reports.
"While we're celebrating all 14 kiwi hatched this year," Jason Kerehi, the Rangitane tribe's chief executive and a Pukaha board member, remarked, "Manukura is a very special gift."
Watch a video of the liger cubs below:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20110524/od_yblog_upshot/ligers-and-kiwis-cute-animal-roundup
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perswig
climber
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May 25, 2011 - 05:42am PT
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Our oldest, Betty takes time to smell the roses. These days, pred and tramadol are her friends.
Dale
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perswig
climber
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May 25, 2011 - 09:58am PT
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^^
Steak spotting and giving good beta ("gaston right, then mono undercling and match, dude, err, Mom").
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Edge
Trad climber
New Durham, NH
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May 25, 2011 - 10:14am PT
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This is our Penny, AKA Miss Penny Underfoot. She is a lady of many talents.
Rock Climber.
Begger of treats.
Protector of the fish.
Coy puppy.
Avid gardener.
And our buddy Jasper, AKA Jasper DeVilledog. His surname says it all...
"I didn't do it!"
Penny's favorite activity is playing with her frisbee. Jasper's favorite activity is stealing the frisbee from penny...
Hiking companion.
Backyard explorer.
It's exhausting being a dog.
With his siblings.
Learning the ins and outs of hiking, and specifically resting while hiking.
"Just squeeze the damn shutter, would you?"
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reddirt
climber
PNW
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May 26, 2011 - 09:13pm PT
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just came across this in a newsfeed...
http://www.wsfa.com/Global/story.asp?S=14665231
Amazing stories of survival from the April 27th tornadoes don't just include people. There are some amazing 4-legged tales of endurance being told including the story of one dog who just returned home yesterday. He is clearly battered, but alive.
Mason, a terrier mix, now rests inside the Vulcan Park Animal Care Clinic where he's waiting to find out what kind of surgery he will need to repair 2 badly broken legs. This is only the 2nd night he's spent under any kind of roof in the last 2 weeks and the story of how he got there is almost too amazing to believe.
On April 27th, Mason was hiding in his garage in North Smithfield when the storm picked him up and blew him away. His owners couldn't find him and had about given up when they came back Monday to sift through the debris, and found Mason waiting for them on the porch.
"He's got 2 broken legs and they're distal radial ulnal fractures, they've not been able to be in alignment so neither one of them have healed so he had to crawl on 2 broken legs to get home," said Dr. Barbara Benhart, staff veterinarian at the Birmingham-Jefferson Co. Animal Control Shelter.
"This is probably the most dramatic we've seen as far as an injury in an animal that's survived this long," said Phil Doster, also with the shelter. "It's kind of tapering off, the amount of animals we're seeing because of the storm. For an animal just to show up on someone's porch after this time was pretty remarkable, especially with the condition he's in."
Mason's owners asked the shelter to take him because they're not able to care for him while they try and piece their lives back together, and now Mason's amazing tale gets better with the help of a donation from the Vulcan Park Animal Care Clinic.
"He called and asked if there was anything he could do, last week, and this dog appeared today and so I called him, and never a hesitation, he offered 'bring it on over and he'll see what he can do," said Dr. Benhart.
Now with a little luck and a lot of love, Mason may become a mascot for storm survivors on four and 2 legs.
"For an animal to go through what he's gone through and not to be ugly, to be happy for any companionship is remarkable, we're honored to be part of his recovery," said Doster.
Mason was evaluated this afternoon but no course of treatment has been set yet. The hope is that after he recovers, he can return to his original family. If not, the shelter says they will find a home for Mason to start his new life with new mobility.
Update**:As of Wednesday night, Mason has been x-rayed and put on an IV. His vets at the Vulcan Park Animal Clinic plan to operate on his two broken legs Friday. They will use plates and maybe pins to help realign his bones. Doctors think it will be a long, but ultimately successful recovery.
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Carolyn C
Trad climber
the long, long trailer
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May 27, 2011 - 04:48pm PT
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Sadie started herding lessons about 6 weeks ago. She struggled with confidence a little bit at first (common with rescued dogs), but she has decided she LOVES herding, even if it is only goats right now. Here she is doing her border collie thing with her awesome trainer, Lisa. Next week...sheep!
This is not a good photo, but Sadie penned the goats the first time she tried. My little baby!!
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Viktor
Trad climber
Leavenworth
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, CA
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Nice shot, Allen! Dogs inherently love the crags. They get a little too excited when not taken out enough, but I say f*#k it. Do you little friends a favor and get them out.
(As long as they're not a nuisance to other people, then ya gotta reel them in).
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Allen Hill
Social climber
CO.
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Thanks Larry. Pepper likes to hang out with the big guns!
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The Larry
climber
Moab, UT
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Yeah, Slack's the same way.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Socrates, the wonder schnauzer
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