Strange & Improbable Animal Friendships

After spending a lot of time alone in the same room  of the owners house, they grew fond of each other. The crow is almost always on the dog’s back, the dog even barks when people try to touch his pal. The owner built a custom harness for more comfortable rides.      A black swan feeding fish at a public park.       After a devastating forest fire, fire rescue ran out of crates for the animals saved from the blazes. This fawn and baby bobcat were placed together in the office. Hours later, firemen noticed they’d taken a liking  to one another and cuddled for the duration they were kept together.     A duck and house cat raised together by a family.  Supposedly the duck hates water and hasn’t figured out yet that it can fly.     A wild life park in China adopted two tiger cubs,  which were soon adopted by a worker’s dog that happened to be in the pen frequently.      The Fernandez family adopted a tiger cub after he lost his family. He’s been raised with the family dog  since youth and they are inseparable.       A five week old boar plays with Candy, the Jack Russell terrier in           Ehringhausen , Germany .     Humphrey was a house pet that became too large           and was moved to the Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve  in South Africa , where he was safe but lonely. Cameroon Pygmy Mountain Goat climbed Humphrey’s  enclosure fence and befriended him.         Sobe the iguana and Johann the cat were both rescued by a woman in Brooklyn , NY .  Every day when the iguana is let out of her cage,  she seeks out Johann for play time, along with a rabbit also kept as a pet.       A baby hippo was swept away by a tsunami and  rescued by a wild life reservation. A 130 year old tortoise immediately befriended him.   Everyone knows who Koko the gorilla that speaks sign language is. For her birthday one year, she signed to her  teacher that she wanted a kitten. Koko’s teacher wasn’t surprised, as Koko’s two           favorite books were about cats. They adopted one from an abandoned litter  and Koko showed it tender care and gentleness.       A lioness abandoned by her pack decides to adopt a baby impala after killing its mother. Several times, she tried to leave the baby in the company of other impalas, but ended up having to take the baby back under her wing  after the adult impalas were frightened away by her.       A lion, tiger, and bear raised together in the same enclosure  at Noah’s Ark Sanctuary in GA play ball, cuddle, and chase each other.        A giraffe and ostrich form an odd friendship at Busch Garden ‘s in Florida .       A baby impala was left behind after the rest of its group  ran away from the cheetahs. Instead of preying on the impala, they played gently with it a bit before simply getting bored and leaving it.       Owls that hatched at a hawk conservatory were adopted  by the park keeper and became friends with his pet dog.        A few morn unusual animal friends. They make me smile.

  

 

 

"When Hell Froze Over Theory"

The following is reputed to be an actual question given on a University of Arizona chemistry mid term exam, and an actual answer turned in by a student.

The answer by one student was so “profound” that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet,which is of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well:

Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs heat)?

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle’s Law (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant. One student, however, wrote the following:

“First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving, which is unlikely. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let’s look at the different religions that exist in the world today.

“Most of these religions state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell. Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell. With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle’s Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to expand proportionately as souls are added.

“This gives two possibilities:

“1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.

“2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.

“So which is it?

“If we accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year that, “It will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you,” and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number two must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen over. The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct-leaving only Heaven, thereby proving the existence of a divine being. Which explans why, last night, Teresa kept shouting, “Oh My God!”

 This student received an A+.

I thought his logical chemistry thinking on the subject exceptional also and worth sharing. :) 

 

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Hope 2014 is a GREAT year for you!