An environmental group is aiming to increase awareness for rare and wild animals by making the sounds of these exotic animals via (guess what) ring tones which may be downloaded from their website and uploaded onto your cell phones. Among the sounds available are that of the Beluga Whale, Boreal Owl and Mexican wolf.

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Enough love to go around…

6-day-old canine at animal shelter was rejected by its mother

MERIDEN, Conn. - Who says cats and dogs don’t get along?

Workers at the Meriden Humane Society are marveling at a short-haired mother cat that has adopted a 6-day-old Rottweiler puppy that was rejected by its mother.

The tiny pup, named Charlie by Humane Society volunteers, nurses alongside a jumble of black and gray kittens recently born to Satin, who was taken to the shelter by an owner unable to care for her.

Charlie’s mother was found by the side of the road in Meriden a couple of months ago. She gave birth to two puppies, but one was stillborn. As sometimes happens with a stillborn in the litter, the mother refused to accept Charlie.

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Are the deep sea creatures making a cry for help?

I remember there was a hoax email sent out before right after the tsunami hit… but this one seems legit.

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Scientists say they videotaped this rare frilled shark shortly before it died. The shark normally lives about 2,000 feet below the surface.

“The Awashima Marine Park in Shizuoka, south of Tokyo, was alerted by a fisherman at a nearby port on Sunday that he had spotted an odd-looking eel-like creature with a mouthful of needle-sharp teeth.

Marine park staff caught the 5 foot (1.6 meter) long creature, which they identified as a female frilled shark, sometimes referred to as a “living fossil” because it is a primitive species that has changed little since prehistoric times. ”

Got this from CNN.