Good morning, my very dear readers. Like many of you, I’m watching the American election closely and I was up late. I will not insult your intelligence by producing any takes. This is a take-free zone.
Related animalia:
Other animals also vote: African wild dogs, baboons, meerkats, capuchin monkeys, honey bees, ants, and I’m sure a number of others.
Wikipedia’s list of non-human electoral candidates is an intriguing rabbithole.
Antonino Pennisi and Laura Giallongo,“Animal Biopolitics: How Animals Vote,” International Journal for the Semiotics of Law 31(April 2018): 491-499.
Roundup
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Andy the hamster rescued from Yukon recycling depot after escaping from his cage (CBC; Yukon, Canada)
And now, a sinkhole full of rats (The Cut; Claire Lampen; New York, United States of America)
Meet the diabolical iron-clad beetle, who can survive being run over by a car (CBS News; Sophie Lewis; United States of America)
Northampton Superdrug badger ‘sheltering from the storm’ gets blue plaque (BBC News; East Midlands, England)
Philippine police chief killed by rooster in cockfight raid (Associated Press; Manila, Philippines)
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Australia’s Indigenous culture has always had a place for dogs. They are part of our dreaming (IndigenousX/The Guardian; Sonia Smallacombe; Australia)
For lonely elephant Kaavan, music therapy helps to prepare for move to sanctuary (MongaBay; Malaka Rodrigo; Colombo, Sri Lanka)
Still life with Thelma and Louise, my ‘ex-batt’ chickens (Catapult, Tove Danovich, Oregon, United States)
“A flock of hangry chickens is a better motivator than any alarm.”
— Tove Danovich
Stuff from me:
My most recent work.
Reusable grocery bags aren’t as environmentally friendly as you might think
New moon models show it might hold up to 15,000 miles of frozen water
The last word:
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