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Please Don't Feed the Consultants

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Your Boss Is a Monkey

"Managing up" using the tricks of exotic-animal trainingREAD»

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Zoo Installs Electronic Polar Bears to Replace Real Animals

First we looked at an architect that wants to build a massive artificial mountain in the middle of Berlin. Now comes word that the St. Louis Zoo has decided to replace its polar bears with electronic replacements. Um, what? The ...READ»

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More than You Ever Wanted to Know

Did you know? A True Casanova. As part of porcupine foreplay, the male porcupine urinates on the female. This apparently excites the female and gets her "ready." You're Such a Tease. A female porcupines likes to keep her man (or ...READ»

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Should Sea Otters Count for Carbon Credits?

Should we be rewarded for shooting ourselves in the foot and then backtracking? Apparently so, at least when it comes to carbon credits. Sea otters, a species that almost went extinct due to fur hunting in the 18th and 19th ...READ»

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Make Tracks

The forest is speaking to us all of the time, says master tracker Paul Rezendes, and telling us about the wildlife within it. But the only way to get the message is to read the woods.READ»

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Do Porcupines Practice Safe Sex?

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Monkey See, Monkey Do

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Monkey Business

How many monkeys would a monkey catcher catch if a monkey catcher bauble-baited bottles? How many consultants can the Consultant Debunking Unit debunk by checking out the latest monkey metaphor?READ»

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Place Your Bets on When the Polar Bear Population Disappears

If the world is going to hell in a handbasket, why not make some money in the process? That seems to be the thinking behind Irish bookmaker Paddy Power's plan to take bets on the global polar bear population on December 31, 2011.READ»

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3 Important Things You Can Learn From The Wild Animal Kingdom

Have you ever stopped, I mean really stopped for a minute to listen, hear, smell and feel the sounds of the wild animals around you? They’re everywhere…in the city, in the suburbs, in the skies and underground. And they have something to say to you…can you hear them? READ»

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Animal Traps

Animal traps and repellents are both very beneficial when it comes in protecting your family and properties especially your garden from hairy intruders such as cat, stray dogs, raccoon, and squirrels.READ»

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IBM's Predictive Analytics Gets Stripes

Zebra stripes that is. The software now serves the animal community.READ»

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Repair Shops That Fix Blackberries Are Like a Dream Come True

Original manufacturer Blackberry devices seem to always be out of warranty.READ»

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Work/Life: Did You Hear About The Guy Who Got Fired Over a Dilbert Cartoon?

  As the creator of a comic strip character myself, I have, in some very early blog postings, poked a little fun at Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert.  Well, those days are over.  As some of you may know, Adams has been bravely ...READ»

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Space Shot: Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta, GA

A work space big enough to move a whale--and schools of children, too.READ»

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Get Out of Africa Right Here in Arizona

Whether you already own an Arizona home or perhaps you’ve purchased real estate you’re holding onto until you build your dream home there is plenty to do all across the great Grand Canyon State. One of Arizona’s best kept ...READ»

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The Case of the Puzzled Baboons

America has collectively awakened to a crisis. Fear and a bunker mentality have choked consumer spending. It seems bad news makes people act even more conservatively, which makes things worse, which makes for more bad news. Most of ...READ»

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Who Needs Motivation?

Attention procrastinators: help may be on the way. Likewise for managers stuck with an unmotivated workforce, or anyone who has to put up with that lazy coworker who makes your job that much more difficult. In a study published this ...READ»

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Google Rents Goats to Replace Lawnmowers and Fertilizer

First we learned that Bayer Health rented 1,450 sheep to graze grass on its Richmond, California campus. Now Google has informed us that they are taking a similar approach to landscaping by renting goats from California Grazing to ...READ»

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Can You Find The Gorilla in This Picture?

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Moral Question of the Day: Should We Burn Bunnies for Biofuel?

Biofuel comes from some strange sources--watermelon, coffee grounds, and poop, to name a few. But when does the weirdness cross over into immorality? Perhaps when we start burning bunnies for biofuel. As unbelievable as it may ...READ»

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Animal saving bank/coin jar

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Novelty Pop out eyes ballpen with bouncing head

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Novelty Pop out eyes ballpen with bouncing head

Novelty Pop out eyes ballpen with bouncing head READ»