Is It Friday Yet?

Someone has built a robotic slingshot to keep his dachshund entertained:

LOLcats, meet Fail Dogs.

Another news item: a woman accidentally runs down two cows, one winds up in the back seat. (video)

You may have seen those photos of webs made by drugged spiders. Here’s some research out of Canada that sheds a little more light on the subject:

There’s puppies, too.

Oh, the horror: Good Housekeeping magazine Pet Costume Competition featuring dogs (and a few cats) in adorable little costumes.

Our local newspaper has been into some hard-hitting journalism this week, but I’m shocked that they’ve missed this: Kevin Costner’s dog trainer.

Jessica the hippopotamus (video) eats with this South African family’s dogs, drinks coffee twice a day, is allowed in the kitchen, and gets massages.

Another animal story I’m including here mainly for the title… according to the Guardian a legend of large fearless apes in the Congo turns out to be mostly true: Found: the giant lion-eating chimps of the magic forest

Bonus line: “He is keen to point out though that they don’t howl at the moon.”

“We can categorically state that we have not released man-eating badgers into the area.”