Topic: Mammals

Please Don't Feed the Consultants

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Do Porcupines Practice Safe Sex?

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Your Boss Is a Monkey

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

• A Fieldguide to Boss Management

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»

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»

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»

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»

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»

Repair Shops That Fix Blackberries Are Like a Dream Come True

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

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»

Space Shot: Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta, GA

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

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»

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»

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»

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»

Can You Find The Gorilla in This Picture?

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Novelty Pop out eyes ballpen with bouncing head

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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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Reading Fast Company as Rewarding as Sex, Study Suggests

A new study has found that the pursuit of knowledge is as rewarding as eating or drinking--they're all actions that light up the same happy parts of the brain. READ»

A Problem-Solver's Guide to Copycatting

Instead, look for the folks who have already solved them.READ»

• Match Game

World Wildlife Fund to Rate Palm Oil Buyers

Palm oil buyers should get ready for a thorough inspection from the World Wildlife Fund, which plans on evaluating the world's biggest palm oil purchasers for a "buyer's scorecard". The scorecard will reveal which ...READ»

Ten Easy Ways to Workplace Feng Shui

TEN EASY WAYS TO WORKPLACE FENG SHUI Finding out that someone has budgeted more for monkeys than for you can be a sobering experience, but that seems to be the case here in clown town, where the L.A. Zoo has decided to design its ...READ»

Mix Mastery

The cult of the cocktail runs amok.READ»