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A fishmonger in China was just going about his daily business and slaughtering a squid for sale when he made a startling and potentially deadly discovery. A live bomb had been swallowed by the squid, perhaps having been mistaken for a tasty tidbit. Somehow the explosive device survived being eaten and being fished out of the sea.

Take a look at that image.  That's not a photograph.  It is an amazing pastel work by artist Deb Pettigrew.  I had to wonder why she chose animals as her subject matter and what drives her attention to detail--and she was kind enough to answer a few questions.

Did you ever speculate if Jesus had pets and if so, was he a dog or cat person? We know a lot about the baby Jesus and how that story relates to the Christmas holidays, and of course the end of Jesus' life as it pertains to Easter. But what about Jesus as a boy? What was his preferences and how did he relate to the animals that walked the Earth with him some 2000 years ago.

If you're a fan of bad horror films, Night of the Lepus better be sitting on the shelf right next to Kingdom of Spiders.  Oh, and Happy Easter everyone--but make sure you watch this before the kiddies...

On March 17, 2013 a plane crashed into the Kobalski home in South Bend, Indiana, killing the two pilots and injuring three others. While the news media focused on the fact that one of the pilots had been a former Oklahoma Sooners football star, the Kobalski's were frantically searching for their missing cat. The feline had disappeared during the crash and had not been seen since.

Okay, I realize that unicorns are mythical creatures.  But this video takes them to a new, bizarre level.

Is your dog the neighborhood’s biggest celebrity? (Or does your puppy act like it anyway?) Since you’re going to treat your pets like big shots anyway, why not give clean them up to look, smell and feel like they’re ready for their close up? Check out Pet Head: A line of trendy, efficient and pleasant smelling shampoos, sprays, wipes and other goodies to clean up your dog’s act.

After the video I posted educating us on the feeding habits of the whale shark, I never imagined this scenario.  This is simply fascinating.

Apparently the human race is not the only one with a lock on the rat race. It can happen even among the stars and we're not talking Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock here. Amazing new time-lapse video of the ocean floor shows a colony of sea stars during "rush hour." As with humans, the traffic jam is caused by those who just don't get with the program and move.

This little cuddly guy thinks he's a giant lion.  I pity that poor mouse toy...

There's one hotel in the U.S. where the only place you won't find ducks is on their menu. The 144-year old Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN is known for a tradition that has stood the test of time. Their famous ducks are today, national celebrities that have appeared over the years on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, Sesame Street, the Oprah Winfrey Show, in addition to People magazine and the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

Puppy up your garden with these cute little flower pot hangers!

This fun decorative pawprint drain stopper is both fun and functional!!

While most Americans should know that there are 50 state birds, and PetsLady readers are sure to recognize the three state crustaceans of America, did you know about the seven state dinosaurs?

A realistically detailed fiberglass Utahraptor was stolen from National Dinosaur Museum located in Canberra, Australia on the 21st. The beautiful reconstruction of the reptilian predator is over 5 feet tall, nearly 10 feet long and is valued at $2,400. The museum was desperate to retrieve the expensive stolen Utahraptor, especially since a newly refurbished Tyrannosaurus was vandalized in 2012...

Extinction is a fact of life on this planet, as evidenced by the dinosaurs. Causes can vary from climate change to asteroids. According to a 1998 survey of biologists conducted by New York's American Museum of Natural History, nearly 70 percent believed that we're in the early stages of a human-caused extinction, known as the Holocene Extinction, which predicts that up to 20 percent of all living populations could be become extinct by 2028.

In major cities around the world a new idea has come home to roost, er, well, come home to curl up and purr.  So many people now live in apartments where they cannot have pets and yet they still want the chance to commune with a pet. The result has been cat cafés -- where these people can get a cup of tea and a quick kitty cuddle. The first of these cafés opened in Taipei, Taiwan back in 1996.

Having been a theater-goer for both 'War Horse' on Broadway and Steven Spielberg's movie adaptation, I was curious to learn if military horses had seen their day or whether they were still vital for certain types of military missions. Certainly when President Obama used "horses and bayonets" as a put-down line to show how his opponent Mitt Romney was lacking from a strategic defense standpoint, it suggested that war horses were a thing of the past.

Getting caught in the tentacles of a giant octopus seems to be the stuff of television and old science fiction B movies, but it does happen. Just ask Drew Collins. Back in January he and some friends went diving off the coast of Washington state to do some underwater photography. They started out together, but the next thing Drew knew he was on his own. Being an experienced diver, he didn't worry about it and began shooting as he found a giant Pacific octopus in its den.