Five years ago, Joao Pereira de Souza came across a penguin that was near death on the Brazilian coast. He was covered in oil, and starving to death. The retired bricklayer took the penguin home, fed him and spent almost a week cleaning off the thick coating of oil. De Souza named him Dindim, and cared for the bird 'til he was well enough to return to the wild. De Souza didn't realize he'd made a friend for life...
Tortoises often get overlooked in favor of their more popular relatives, turtles. After all, there aren't any movies about tortoises mutating into teenage martial artists.
Two very friendly dogs are making a temporary home at SpringHill Suites in River Ranch on Settlers Trace Blvd. If you have any information about the missing Dalmatian and Black Lab please call KTDY at (337) 237-5839 or the SpringHill Suits at (337) 981-5512...
People are fascinated by penguins, and the beginning of a new life makes us smile. I watched this video of Emperor Penguins hatching with my Grandson Nathan. He paused what he was watching to see it & out of the corner of my eye, I saw wide eyes, and a smile of wonder...
As I exited the car when I arrived at the Lafayette Parish 4-H/FFA Livestock Show today, I noticed that CJ had left his wallet on the floorboard. I decided to bring it on an adventure!
The first stop was the pigpen. (CJ is such a clean person - he hates clutter and filth, so I am sure that this first picture has his skin crawling...