Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Carvings in the stones of World Heritage Site Angkor Wat in Cambodia appear to distinctly depict a stegosaurus, a dinosaur conventional wisdom says disappeared from the face of the Earth millions of years ago. Could these lumbering plated dinosaurs have roamed the jungles of Cambodia in the relatively recent past? With images. Meanwhile, at Cryptomundo, a 1932 news column is resurrected to tell the tale of Queer Beasts of the Bush.



A chimpanzee at Furuvik Zoo, north of Stockholm, Sweden, planned rock throwing attacks on zoo visitors, according to research by scientists at Lund University. The chimp, named Santino, apparently realized parts of the concrete in his compound could be broken off and added to the supply of stones he collected for his attacks. The incident is considered to be evidence "animals can plan for future events." Loren Coleman has more on Santino's efforts in Piloerotic Apes Have Plans at Cryptomundo. Elsewhere, the many reports of children being raised by - or living with - animals are examined through the report of the "Ukrainian dog girl" in Raised by Dogs.

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