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Not to be sacrilegious, but if a lizard first appeared on the planet before the Old Testament and Jesus Christ didn't walk the earth (let alone water) until the New Testament, why is the common basilisk lizard named after him? It's true, while we still don't know what came first, the chicken or the egg, we do know hat "Jesus Lizards" predated the Son of God.

If you have never seen Patches the horse, then it is about time you did. Patches was an incredible horse with a penchant for hanging out with his owners, Robert and Herbert Thompson, and always seemed to want to go wherever they went. So they decided to take the horse up on that. They even had a car remodeled so that Patches could ride along with them.

Fred and Judy Clark are dog people. That must be clearly understood right from the start. Their family was complete with two grown children living with them at the time and their young hunting dog, Jake, a Yellow Labrador Retriever. Then a ginger and white tabby cat named DeBeau moved in next door. He apparently had his own agenda in mind when he arrived.

For scent hounds who are known for their larger than average 'drop ears,' it begs the question: "What's up with those dumbo-size auricles? Some say it provides their masters with an easy way to pick them up. President Lyndon B. Johnson had two beagles in the White House named Him and Her that raised the ire of the public when he lifted them by their ears while conducting a press conference on the White House lawn.

About a hundred stray and semi-feral cats roam the vermilion walkways of Beijing's 500-year-old Forbidden City. Descended from felines “employed” to keep the Chinese emperor's stomping grounds rat-free, these mainly white cats have less work to do these days and by the looks of it they're enjoying their retirement to the max.

Remember that old nonsense rhyme about The Owl and the Pussy Cat? The pair started out by going to sea together and ended with dancing by the light of the moon. In a case of life imitating art, Fum the cat and Gebra the barn owl are best friends and enjoy playing with one another as much as they can. There are times when it seems that they might be ready to attack one another, but it is all in fun.

Sure, the coconut rhinoceros beetle is a nasty-looking bug, but no one’s more prepared to keep them from invading Hawaii than the United States Navy! Will these destructive beetles get kicked out of Hawaii before it’s too late?

The mysterious 500 acre forest of Morgan Island holds a massive colony of nearly 4,000 rhesus monkeys, but strangely enough, this island is just off the coast of South Carolina! How did the monkeys get there? Why are there so many of them? Why didn’t you know about this?

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse for our buzzing and pollinating pals, it looks like the world’s wild bumble bees are catching viruses from diseased honeybees… Uh-Oh…

It was just last year that seven-year-old Raul Kutliakhmetov of Siberia discovered that his favorite stray dog -- the one he would play with on occasion -- had fallen into a service shaft. He ran home, had a bite to eat, changed  clothes, and return to try to rescue the feral mutt. Instead of playing the hero he fell 9 feet down the shaft and became a second victim of the open hole. With the temperature dipping down to just 14° Fahrenheit, he was in serious trouble, but his faithful friend kept him warm for 72 hours until help finally arrived.