Tag Archives: animals

Whale Watching in Cape Cod

I know I should be promoting Do I Need to Use a Dragon? since it’s not even a week old.  It’s still for sale as a 99 cent eBook though.  It should be a $20 paperback as well.  Still, I tend to … Continue reading

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The Rupicola Family: Cock-of-the-Rock Birds

I was always fascinated by these birds as a kid because the males are very colorful.  I grew up to see that their had a chuckle-inducing name: Cock-of-the-Rock.  Both species are found in South America and are not threatened.  Let’s … Continue reading

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Animals that Mate for Life

So, I’m rarely in a good mood on June 4th.  It used to be my wedding anniversary, but now it’s a day that I just want to get through.  Helps if I have to work since I’m too busy to … Continue reading

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The Rarest Animal in the World: The Vaquita

How rare is the vaquita?  There are only 10 left in the world. The vaquita is a small porpoise found in the waters of Mexico.  They weren’t discovered until 1958 and now they’re almost gone.  Why?  They get tangled in … Continue reading

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Unique and Critically Endangered: The Axolotl

The axolotl is a very unique type of salamander.  We’ll get more into that with the facts because there’s a lot to delve into. I tried to write it in paragraph form, but there was so much information that it … Continue reading

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Some of the Resources I Used

This probably isn’t going to be a long post.  I felt like sharing some of the books I used when I was looking into animal symbology.  There was a third book, but I don’t remember the name or author.  So, … Continue reading

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Animal Symbolism Uses in Fiction

Above you see a breakdown of what a tiger can mean in various situations.  There’s much more to it than that and you may find a difference in symbolism throughout cultures and groups.  That makes it a little difficult to … Continue reading

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What is Animal Symbolism?

This topic can get a little dicey, but I’m going to tackle it for the week anyway.  Why?  I shall start with a story of my college days. Way back in college, I hung out with a variety of people.  … Continue reading

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Beep Beep or Meep Meep? Either Way, It’s the Roadrunner

Oddly enough, there are people out there who don’t know that roadrunners are a real animal.  They think it’s only a cartoon character named because it is always running on the road.  After you get them to realize it’s real, … Continue reading

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King of the Jungle He Doesn’t Live In: The Lion

For the life of me, I don’t know why it took me this long to get to the lion. It could be because I always preferred tigers, but I also kind of gravitated towards animals that people might not already … Continue reading

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