California ground squirrels have learned to intimidate rattlesnakes by heating their tails and shaking them aggressively. Because the snakes, which are ambush hunters, can sense infrared radiation from heat, the warming makes the tails more conspicuous to them — signaling that they have been discovered and that the squirrels may come and harass them.
Earlier this year, a "psycho-squirrel" assaulted three people before being killed by a pensioner. No.. I am NOT making that up. Go read the details.
Elsewhere, a panda joins outrage over quality of Chinese pet food :) Speaking of pandas, what's this about a sexually suspect panda giving birth! Also, Panda-monium reigns as 4 pandas are born on the same day!
Since I am on the topic of animals, see this report about rare Persian leopard triplets at a Budapest zoo!
More about wildlife conservation at my compilation thread here. For the most part, it is not funny but a sad depressing story.
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