Imagine 101 of these!!!

Yes that really is a dalmation riding a bike.

Hat tip: Sophie

Two female polar bears fail to procreate - Japanese zookeepers surprised

Fom The Telegraph:

Tsuyoshi the polar bear is seen at Kushiro Municipal Zoo in northern Japan. Puzzled Japanese zookeepers have cleared up a mystery over a lack of chemistry between a couple of polar bears, as both have turned out to be female.

Experts had initially thought the problem could be due to bi-polar disorder. But the discovery that both bears were female provided zoo employees with a more likely explanation.

Say NO to monkey water skiing!

Sorry folks another shocking case of monkey abuse has been brought to our attention.

Those Japs are at it again now forcing the poor little primates into a life of Water skiing!! Sure it looks fun but we don't see their life jackets, it's sure to end in tears. SAY NO MONKEY ABUSE!!

Keep saying NO to monkey karate

Another shocking case of a monkey being forced into a life of karate has come to the attention of Animal News.

Say NO to monkey karate!

TMZ has a story on the latest incidence of monkey abuse:

Yachan is a black belt wearing primate who not only knows how to kick, punch, flip and do push-ups, but also has a part time job cleaning tables at a local bar -- just like Ralph Macchio!

We think this is abuse of monkey labour!



Update! Several readers have pointed out that Yachan appears to be the same monkey as the ape at the centre of an earlier monkey labour rights scandal (see our report here).

Monkey Metro

In scenes reminiscent of 1933 black & white classic "King Kong", a monkey on the loose in the Tokyo Subway alarms commuters. Born free!

Pooh - Jap's a Fair Cop

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese police have arrested a 20-year-old man who attacked and robbed two people after they stared at his Winnie-the-Pooh costume, officials said on Tuesday.

Masayuki Ishikawa was hanging out on a Tokyo street corner after midnight last month while wearing the cuddly costume, accompanied by two friends dressed as a mouse and a panther, when he took offence at being stared at, police said.

"It's uncommon to see people dressed up like this, so the victims were watching them. Then the perpetrator came up and said 'What are you staring at?'" a police spokesman said.

Ishikawa and his friends beat up the two victims and stole $160 from them, the spokesman said, adding the group had apparently donned the unusual garb because they had run out of clean clothes.

Too much monkey business!

Monkey trade unions are swinging from trees with rage at reports that a monkey in Japan is being paid tips only and not minimum wage soya beans to serve drinks and hot towels in a downtown bistro.