tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61695037039279506072011-07-28T21:08:14.953-04:00Welcome to the Zookeepers' Blog! On these pages you'll find interesting news from the animal world as well as links to cool animal sites and animal photographs, and other features that we'd like to share with you. Switch Zoo's Headquarters are located in Troy NY, across the river from the birthplace and resting place of Charles Fort. Fort is considered the father of modern paranormal studies and his observations about anomalous phenomena inspires this blog.Switch Zookeeperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06927928740887981474noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169503703927950607.post-89061805395223228392008-06-21T13:14:00.025-04:002008-06-24T12:48:28.392-04:00<a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_fu3RISxaVy0/SF1y9HGOTbI/AAAAAAAAAAs/7B5izLjqe_g/s1600-h/Sam-the-Dog.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214450337767640498" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 10px 14px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_fu3RISxaVy0/SF1y9HGOTbI/AAAAAAAAAAs/7B5izLjqe_g/s320/Sam-the-Dog.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>On the day his guardian died, Sam the daschund ran away from home. When the family members arrived at the funeral, two and a half days later and over six miles away, Sam was waiting at the door. Shivering from exposure, he greeted the mourners as they arrived. Sam had never been free to roam, had never been to the church and had no logical way of knowing where the funeral would be held. </div><br /><div><a onmousedown="_hbSet('c2','Dog Finds Way to Owner\'s Funeralhttp://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4633822');_hbSend();" onkeydown="return event.keyCode != 13 openPopup(this.href, 'popup', 1010, 700, 'status=0, resizable=0');return false;" onmouseover="tooltip(event,this,'Video');" onclick="_hbLink('[MainNewsPreviewHeadline]','1');openPopup(this.href, 'popup', 1010, 700, 'status=0, resizable=0');return false;" href="http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4633822" s_oid="http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=4633822" s_oidt="0">WATCH ABC News: Dog Finds Way to Owner's Funeral</a><br /></div><br /><div><a href="http://switchzoo.com/">Return to Switch Zoo</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6169503703927950607-8906180539522322839?l=switchzookeeper.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Switch Zookeeperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06927928740887981474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169503703927950607.post-79115695083956716852008-06-11T22:42:00.008-04:002008-06-22T15:22:48.676-04:00<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_fu3RISxaVy0/SF0z8XGOTZI/AAAAAAAAAAU/kvjgNn5j7hk/s1600-h/italy_unicorn.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214381055650188690" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_fu3RISxaVy0/SF0z8XGOTZI/AAAAAAAAAAU/kvjgNn5j7hk/s320/italy_unicorn.jpg" border="0" /></a> The unicorn is just a myth, <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Prato2C-Italy/photo//080611/481/b374481c5e3543cfa80c045b09fc6414//s:/ap/20080611/ap_on_fe_st/italy_unicorn;_ylt=Aky5xI.LnPtUWF_lvg4yfKIuQE4F">right?</a><br /><br />This undoctored photo of a unicorn deer suggests that nature has a way of fulfilling the human imagination.<br /><br />More about these <a href="http://www.newanimal.org/">mythological</a> creatures.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://switchzoo.com/">Return to Switch Zoo</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />(Photo courtesy of AP Photo/Center of Natural Sciences)<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6169503703927950607-7911569508395671685?l=switchzookeeper.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Switch Zookeeperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06927928740887981474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169503703927950607.post-66934304843995722052008-06-09T20:18:00.000-04:002008-06-22T22:02:16.294-04:00<div>A flying fish sails above the ocean for a record 45 seconds as cameras roll. <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24758890/">See the video</a><br /></div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_fu3RISxaVy0/SF7sJG08a3I/AAAAAAAAABk/Z7yE06nEm9A/s1600-h/FlyingFish.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214865059737267058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_fu3RISxaVy0/SF7sJG08a3I/AAAAAAAAABk/Z7yE06nEm9A/s320/FlyingFish.jpg" border="0" /></a> Can a fish survive for months in a tree?<br /><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-488193/The-fish-survive-months-tree.html">Read the article</a> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6169503703927950607-6693430484399572205?l=switchzookeeper.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Switch Zookeeperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06927928740887981474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169503703927950607.post-70677960150773919972008-05-31T13:09:00.008-04:002008-06-22T19:54:47.771-04:00<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_fu3RISxaVy0/SF63tI3TKhI/AAAAAAAAAA8/IkuPdSF0RC8/s1600-h/dolphinMOKO.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214807404643035666" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_fu3RISxaVy0/SF63tI3TKhI/AAAAAAAAAA8/IkuPdSF0RC8/s320/dolphinMOKO.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><div>a mother and calf pygmy sperm whale, facing imminent death after becoming stranded on a sandbar, follow Moko the bottlenose dolphin to safety.<br /><br /><a href="http://news.scotsman.com/world/Dolphin-answers-whales39-SOS-call.3872748.jp">Read the story</a><br /><br /><a href="http://switchzoo.com/">Return to Switch Zoo</a></div></div><br><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6169503703927950607-7067796015077391997?l=switchzookeeper.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Switch Zookeeperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06927928740887981474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169503703927950607.post-80856896797953640112008-05-24T16:12:00.014-04:002008-06-23T14:16:33.430-04:00<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_fu3RISxaVy0/SF66uvzpglI/AAAAAAAAABE/7xwY4JYttro/s1600-h/octopus.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214810730811458130" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 10px 0px 10px 12px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_fu3RISxaVy0/SF66uvzpglI/AAAAAAAAABE/7xwY4JYttro/s320/octopus.jpg" border="0" /></a> Here is an update on a video we featured last year. This extraordinary footage from the 2008 TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference, captures one of the wonders of the underwater world, rarely seen by ground-dwellers.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/206">See this amazing video</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2192211/pagenum/all/#page_start">How smart is the octopus?</a><br /><br /><a href="http://switchzoo.com/">Return to Switch Zoo</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6169503703927950607-8085689679795364011?l=switchzookeeper.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Switch Zookeeperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06927928740887981474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169503703927950607.post-51768808937600954742008-05-23T17:21:00.003-04:002008-06-22T19:59:56.048-04:00<a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_fu3RISxaVy0/SF7FsUC5s4I/AAAAAAAAABM/nqInbBLO6zo/s1600-h/africanelephantBLOG.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214822783627408258" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 10px 14px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_fu3RISxaVy0/SF7FsUC5s4I/AAAAAAAAABM/nqInbBLO6zo/s320/africanelephantBLOG.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Cameras concealed inside a carved out tree trunk, carried by elephants, have been used to follow and record four newborn tiger cubs in the Pench National Park in India.<br /><div><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7312511.stm">More from the BBC</a></div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://switchzoo.com/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Return to Switch Zoo</span></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6169503703927950607-5176880893760095474?l=switchzookeeper.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Switch Zookeeperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06927928740887981474noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169503703927950607.post-52118122777822723262008-05-23T13:14:00.009-04:002008-06-22T20:07:04.480-04:00The Telegraph, a U.K. based newspaper includes Switch Zoo in their list of The 20 most useful websites for children and families.<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5214824656736841922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_fu3RISxaVy0/SF7HZV6_cMI/AAAAAAAAABU/uTTKu8d1QNc/s320/TelgraphUK.jpg" border="0" /><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/main.jhtml?xml=/education/2008/04/29/sv_familywebsites.xml">See the other 19 most useful websites</a></span><br /><br /><a href="http://switchzoo.com/"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Return to Switch Zoo</span></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6169503703927950607-5211812277782272326?l=switchzookeeper.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Switch Zookeeperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06927928740887981474noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169503703927950607.post-36099351374207121262008-05-22T16:55:00.004-04:002008-06-22T18:23:24.965-04:00I Am Aware Of All <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=813235745019267489&amp;q=laughter&amp;total=16173&amp;start=10&amp;num=10&amp;so=0&amp;type=search&amp;plindex=4">Internet Traditions</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://switchzoo.com/">Return to Switch Zoo</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6169503703927950607-3609935137420712126?l=switchzookeeper.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Switch Zookeeperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06927928740887981474noreply@blogger.com0