Many years ago I watched old documentary footage showing a blue whale being slowly bitten to death by a pod of killer whales. It had a lasting impact on me as ever since then I’ve always regarded them as extremely dangerous (perhaps the 70’s Jaws ripoff ‘Orca’ influenced me a tad also).
I couldn’t find the footage on youtube but [...]
Nail biting drama doesn’t come any better than this folks.
Lions ambush buffalo family…Lions catch baby buffalo…Lions begin to eat baby buffalo…Crocodiles steal baby buffalo from lions…Lions steal back baby buffalo from crocodiles…Baby buffalo’s extended family seek revenge on lions…Lions get pwned…Baby buffalo is rescued…
Baby buffalo lives happily ever after.
Don’t believe me?
Ever since I was a kid I have been fascinated by rays… PaislyeJade has been terrified by them.
She remembers an obviously doctored photo in an old local surf shop of an areal view of a dingy dwarfed by the shadow of a giant manta swimming beneath it. The imagery that fuels nightmares.
In our early years of marriage we had a [...]
I remember dissecting a rabbit at high school… while my friend fainted. Good memories.
Now a couple of decades later, at approx 8:01pm I stumbled upon a fluffy bunny in desperate need of life-saving surgery… with only a minute to operate.
Talk about pressure.
The story has a happy ending (after three attempts). House would have been proud.
Click here to operate on fluffy [...]
Before I begin on the topic at hand, please accept my humble apologies for not blogging in weeks. Family, Ministry, Renovations and having to single-handedly keep the flannelgraph site stocked with reviews (not so subtle hint is keeping me rather busy these days. But, and dare I say it… the Life and Times of Burton has a [...]
As I look at sleeping beauty in her favourite (and prohibited) napping spot, I can’t help but forgive her for all the shenanigans she puts me through.
Yep. Whoever it was that coined the phrase “Dogs are a man’s best friend’ must have owned a Whippet.
Check out the clip below… it was one of the contributing factors in our decision to [...]
Our Whippet puppy, Narnia, is 7 months old. Although I love her to bits, sometimes I really do wonder if it’s worth it. Let me give you a run down on the finer points of life with a Whippet…
1. Narnia was created by God to bring embarrassment to an otherwise happy life.
2. Narnia has almost an acre to herself but [...]
New Zealand Giant Weta
A year ago I confessed to blogosphere that I was scared of spiders. Over the space of three months, I willed myself to tolerate them, and now actually like them in a warped kind of way. You can read my journey from considering spiders eight legged freaks, to eight legged furry friends here, here, and here.
Confession time [...]
If you are an owner of a dog that belongs to a ‘dangerous breed’ category and you also have a small child please take this as a warning. Don’t leave your dog with the child unattended under any circumstances.
Only a little moment was enough for the following to happen.
Narnia our ADHD Whippet puppy has been a part of our family for almost a month.
Being the bookworm/research nut that I am, I made sure I was prepared for Narnia’s arrival by scouring as much material on puppies as I could.
What the ‘Your First Puppy’ books didn’t tell me…
Whippet puppies are unbelievably energetic. They seem to have two speeds: [...]
