Crow-cam's Bird Behaviour

Cameras have been attached to a selection of crows from New Caledonia's tails. It's all part of an experiment to see the bird's habits. The cameras can record the head, belly & feet. We already know that they drop nuts onto roads to crack them before collecting the remains when the green man shows.

We now also know that they use twigs & grass to make tools. If those tools are really helpful, they'll keep it to use again. The cameras also revealed that they eat up to eight bugs such as beetles an hour.

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The Ocean's Secrets

Scientists are going further than they've ever gone before in the oceans. They are putting cables in off the west coast of America to see what really happens under the sea. They will now be able to always be watching the sea bed.

It will also work out about natural disasters. The project is called the Ocean Observatories Initiative (O.O.I.).

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Mind The Bedbugs Don't Bite...

Bedbugs are increasing in population all over the world. They are especially increasing in the U.K. due to people getting them on their clothes and travelling with them. They make your skin itchy because they feed on human blood and can drink seven times their body weight in fifteen minutes!

They are easy to spot. There will be blood spots on your sheet. The little critters are 5 millimetres long. They also excrete on your furniture. But don't worry, they don't spread diseases.

World Animal Week

The above poster was made by myself (Gaz).

You may not know it, but it's World Animal Week. What a better time to jot down to Animals Matter? Be kind to animals, people. But don't just do it this week, do it every week! Have a good World Animal Week.

The World's Smallest Dog

Above is Boo Boo. She is the world's smallest dog. She is four inches (10.16 centimetres) tall. That's about the size of a mobile phone! When Boo Boo was a puppy, she was the size of a thumb.

Boo Boo is a chihuahua, which is the smallest breed of dog, so it's no surprise that Boo Boo is that tiny. Her owner is called Mrs. Elswick and she didn't find out about this until the tenth of September. Boo Boo was actually measured in May.

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Back to the Past

The people at the London Zoological Society (Z.S.L.) have uncovered photos from London Zoo's past. These include when a tiger cub befriended a bear cub (can be seen above). That was in 1941.

Another picture shows a llama pulling people in a cart round the zoo! That must have been really cool.

Caroline George from the Z.S.L. had this to say, "Going through the photos and slides in the library has been a reminder of Z.S.L. London Zoo's astonishing history, and the changes it has undergone in the last century.
"They are particularly fascinating because the gradual transformation of Z.S.L. London Zoo really mirrors the broader changes in our understanding of the environment and animal husbandry too."

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Roll Up, Roll Up!!

Roll up, roll up! Come and see the magnificent cage-escaping chimps, Jonnie & Coco. Okay, okay, here's the proper story.

Whipsnade zoo had to be closed on Saturday in the morning all because of Jonnie and Coco! The pair's escape route is unknown, and it isn't entirely good news.

They captured Coco easily & he wasn't harmed. But unfortunately Jonnie (who was 40 years old) was too feisty and had to be put to sleep.

The zoo, which is in Bedfordshire, is now working as normal.

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