I’ll admit, walking into the living room and seeing this is enough to melt my cold, dog-loving heart.

This is the second time they’ve chopped down their cat tree.

The Wall Street Journal has an interesting article this morning on how carpenter ants have been borrowing out of their exhibit at the California Academy of Sciences.

One of the anecdotes they relate is the story of an octopus that snuck out of its enclosure at night and would snatch crabs from another tank. I’d actually heard this before, but didn’t realize it happened here!

About 10 years ago, Mr. Shepherd says, crabs kept mysteriously disappearing from a tank in the old academy. The culprit was a giant octopus two tanks over, which used its tentacles to sneak out at night and snatch crabs, he says. The octopus tank has since been wrapped in AstroTurf.

I’ve written about crazy octopi before.

One day, I’ll have my pet penguin…

First up, we have a cat scaring off a bear. Granted, the bear still got the garbage bag, but this cat was ready to throw down and show who is boss.

Next, we have dogs. What happens when dogs meet polar bears? Apparently, love.

As much as I love dogs, I might have to reconsider what animal I want guarding my house!

[Cat video via Laughing Squid]

Tosh just doesn’t want to seem to leave me alone today! He thinks that I actually like cats.

This octopus is using a coconut shell for shelter and carrying it around wherever it goes on the ocean floor! The more I read about octopi, the more fascinated I am with them.

Seriously, DISH Network doesn’t offer as many HD channels as Tegan does.

She just had surgery to remove a bladder stone. Yuck.

I’ve had my Canon PowerShot S90 for just under two months now, and the camera still continues to impress me. I take it with me everywhere I go and it manages to nail nearly every shot!

What better place to take the new camera than the California Academy of Sciences? Photographic examples to follow.

[Via Brian Lam]