Andy, The Goose Who Wore Sneakers
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 14, 2023
In 1988, Gene Fleming, a farmer and livestock equipment manufacturer from Hastings, Nebraska, was visiting his sister-in-law’s farm in Harva...
Showing posts with the label Animals
Dickin Medal: Honoring Animals For Wartime Bravery
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 7, 2023
Animals have been an indispensable part of warfare and combat since ancient times. The ancient Greeks and the Romans trained their dogs spec...
Why The Australian Jewel Beetle Love Beer Bottles
Kaushik Patowary
May 24, 2023
The Australian jewel beetle (Julodimorpha bakewelli ) is a large golden-colored beetle species that is found all over South Australia in ari...
Malm Whale: The World’s Only Taxidermied Whale
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 26, 2023
Marine animals such as whales and dolphins, amphibians such as frogs and salamanders, and fish are difficult to taxidermy because their skin...
The Red Dog of Pilbara
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 24, 2023
Throughout the 1970s, an Australian Kelpie nicknamed Red Dog was frequently found roaming across the vast Pilbara region in Western Australi...
Kallima Inachus: The Butterfly That Pretends to be a Dead Leaf
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 30, 2023
A walk through the forests and rainforests of Southeast Asia may bring us a curious surprise. Perhaps at a certain moment while walking we n...
Elephant Memorial in Teluk Intan
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 16, 2022
Elephants are reputed to have a great memory. They are also reputed to never forgive. There have been tales where elephants have sought re...
Bummer And Lazarus: San Francisco’s Beloved Dogs
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 1, 2022
The California Gold Rush brought not only people to the gold fields but dogs as well. These canines served foremost as companions to miners,...
The Windham Frog Fight of 1754
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 6, 2022
Drive through the small town of Windham in Eastern Connecticut, United States, and you’ll wonder why the people here have a strange obsessio...
Félicette: The Cat Who Went to Space
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 8, 2022
During the early years of space flight, animals were frequently flown into space and their bodies examined to investigate the various physio...
