Ron Callari - Social Media Scientist & Animal Enthusiast

Ron CallariWelcome to my Homepage. As a freelance writer and editorial cartoonist, my published work explores current trends on the digital horizon, social media, humor, politics and innovation. I treat global geo-political issues with the same weight of importance as cartoons and Twitter. My published work includes the satirical "kidd millennium" cartoon series, Facebucks & Dumb F*cks, a graphic novel satirizing Facebook and Crude Behavior and Uncle Dubya's Jihad Jamboree, two parodies of the Bush Administration.

Also keenly interested in the safety of our pets, and will be writing here about various issues pertinent to pet travel, pet innovation and how social media intersects with the pet world.

Ron has also been a contributing writer for InventorSpot, where he focuses on social media issues and evolving technology.

In a world where we are barraged daily by data overload, I try to cut through the clutter by delivering new insights with off-center, but hopefully insightful commentary. Your comments and feedback are always welcome. If you're on Twitter, please give me a follow. If you need a friend, let's connect on Facebook! But in any event, please come back often!

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Paul Winter's Summer Solstice Dedicated To Saving The African Elephants [Videos]

Paul Winter's Summer Solstice Dedicated To Help Save The African Elephants

by Ron Callari

To save African elephants, the illegal poaching for their ivory tusks and encroachment into their habitats must be stopped. But how can this be accomplished when demand for ivory by China and the Far East continues to find this trade so lucrative? One way is to attend this year's Paul Winter Summer Solstice Celebration at St John the Divine in NYC, June 22, 2013.

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Fungi's Superpower Warns Farmers And Plants Of Crop Threats

by Ron Callari

Fungi is neither plant nor beast. However, this unusual organism possesses an uncanny ability to ward off danger to farmers and their crops via its intricate underground network system. While more closely related to the animal world, fungi are considered by geneticists and botanists as a separate kingdom that appeared to have diverged one billion years ago.

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Friending Foxes On Facebook Is The Network's Latest Feature [Video]

by Ron Callari

Mark Zuckerberg's precursor to Facebook was called Facemash, an app that allowed testosterone-driven college males to determine which coeds were "hot" versus those who were "not." And while Facebook moved beyond this type of superficiality, there are still some who use the FB network to seek out prospective hook-ups. After all, man's attraction to "foxy-looking" ladies is an age-old past-time particularly when one's avatar becomes one's calling card.

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Cicadas: They're Baaack And Singing Up A Storm [Videos]

by Ron Callari

In A Tale of Two Cities, when Charles Dickens penned his famous quote, "it was the best of times, it was the worst of times," while he was relating how opposing factions viewed the French Revolution, one might make a similar observation regarding the return of the cicadas in June, 2013, after a 17-year hiatus.

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505 Million Year-Old Creature: Precursor Of Johnny Depp's Edward Scissorhands

by Ron Callari

In an bizarre twist of a 'circle of life' tale or, perhaps, just a scientist's desire to immortalize one of his favorite movie stars -- an extinct crab-like creature is seeing the light of day, after 505 million years of anonymity.

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Evolutionary Twist Of Fate Allows Cats To Swim [Video]

Evolutionary Twist Of Fate When Cats Learned To Swim [Videos]

by Ron Callari

If you've ever been a cat owner, you know that felines abhor all things associated with H₂0. Differing from dogs, it appears their DNA gave them the gene that says cats don't mix with water. However, with seventy-five percent of the planet covered with water, it appears certain habitats would require some cats to acquire aquatic skills to include -- of all things -- the doggie-paddle!

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Our Lying, Cheating Ways May Have Evolved From Apes

by Ron Callari

Who hasn't told a little white lie or purposely deceived others over the course of one's life. Ever wonder why the moral code of "thou shall not lie," has found its way into our religious and legal systems down through the ages? Perhaps because deception is so intricately woven into our DNA that man needed constant reminders that our darker nature was inevitable.

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Animals Known To Be First Responders For Their Own

by Ron Callari

There are thousands of stories about man saving animals in hazardous situations. Saving the whales from hunters, saving dogs from euthanasia and the like have become causes that go to heart of our love of animals. But what about animals saving their own? Here are some of the rescue missions conducted by caring animals that show their compassion and desire to help members of their own species.

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When Did "Dogues" Become Fashionable?

by Ron Callari

If you're socially active online, by now, you've most likely come across a dog impersonating a cover model for a canine version of Vogue magazine. As a potential harbinger of dog memes to come, professional photographer Lucy Snowe is however not the first person responsible for the new "dogue" craze.

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Canine Cannibis Might Be Just What The Doctor Ordered

by Ron Callari

Dependent on what part of the world one scores it, maryjane, gange, pot, grass, hemp, reefer, Maui Wowie, hashish, Panana Red and countless other pseudonyms all fall under the herb known technically as cannabis. And while it's been a underground staple of humanity's medicine chest for hundreds of years, up to recent date, it's been prohibited in most states throughout the U.S.