Don't Touch the Puss

There are many extraordinary things about this Puss caterpillar, but perhaps the most extraordinary is that it has almost 4 million views on YouTube.

Don't touch it, AFTER THE JUMP...

Ancient Nest Discovered

Ornithologists have discovered a 2,500-year-old Gyrfalcon nest in a cliff in Greenland:

"The nesting site is still continually used by gyrfalcons, the world's largest species of falcon, and is the oldest raptor nest ever recorded.Three other nests, each over 1,000 years old, have also been found, one of which contains feathers from a bird that lived more than 600 years ago."

The thousand-year-old one appears to be still in use as well:

Previously...
Hawk Swoops into Birdie's Restaurant in NYC [tr]

News: Flamingos, Pizza Hut, Frameline, Sao Paulo, Barney Frank

Newsman Walter Cronkite gravely ill.

Baby flamingos frightened by pink sock.

Pizza Hut gets a new name.

Rich Juzwiak at FourFour takes a hard look at the recently-broadcast PBS DADT documentary Ask Not.

Labor leader Stuart Appelbaum comes out: Being gay. It's who I am.

San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera files amicus brief in support of Olson-Boies challenge to Proposition 8.

California marriage equality battle goes to Chinatown: "Lost in the 2009 election wreckage for gays was the marriage campaign's relative success in Asian communities, which have swung toward support of same-sex marriage at a faster rate than the rest of California and have become a model for other groups."

Barney Frank introduces legislation decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana.

Long Island man charged with assault as a hate crime and aggravated harassment in homophobic attack.

Cristiano Ronaldo extends tanning streak.

Window Media publisher and Avalon Equity partner David Unger axed by the Small Business Administration.

Wayne Besen on Obama and the Democratic Party: "The Democrats took our money, our votes and our volunteer hours and now they tell us to wait patiently, like good little gays. As far as I'm concerned, if the donkeys can't deliver now, they can kiss my ass. The Democrats run the show in Washington and if they will not act like a majority party, then they do not deserve to be one."

Karen Ocamb: Will gays divorce the Democrats?

Democrats caving on health care reform? Where in the world is Kathleen Sebelius?

Justin Chambers takes a swim in Hawaii.

Porn producer and actor Michael Lucas to appear on Ugly Betty: "How will ABC deal with a porn star on one of its prime time programs? I am curious to see how this will play out. Now, I am not suggesting that my little walk-on will change the world. But I hope it will be one step taking us out of the privacy of people’s bedrooms and onto a larger stage. And I hope the American public will enjoy seeing a porn star as a real person, not just as a hot body."

21 hurt in Sao Paulo Gay Pride bomb attack.

Robert Pattinson hit by NYC cab.

Can Apple control the derogatory use of the word "gay" in their user-generated app reviews? If so, they should.

Australian man awarded $468,736 for school bullying he endured in the 90's: "He told a civil hearing in the NSW Supreme Court he was abused by older students, including being struck with a broom, having his knuckles rapped with a steel ruler and being called 'sterile', 'faggot', 'pedophile' and 'Nazi'.

A preview of San Francisco's Frameline Film Festival.

Hawk Swoops into 'Birdies' Restaurant in NYC

Blogger And I Am Not Lying writes: "Hey, how was your lunch today? Yeah? Good. Oh, mine was fine. Well… there was this one part where A F***ING HAWK FLEW INTO THE RESTAURANT WHERE I WAS EATING, AND LANDED ON MY FOOD."

Whale Fail

Blue whale killed in shipping channel near Santa Barbara, California. Sad.

Previously
Blue Whale: World's Largest Mammal Washes Ashore in New Zealand [tr]

Rare 'Spirit Bear' Photographed in the Wild

Take a good look, because it's likely you'll never see one for yourself. The Kermode Bear is a rare offshoot of the American Black Bear living in the central coast of British Columbia, and just 1/10 of them have a recessive gene that gives them their white color. They're not related to Polar Bears nor are they albino.

This one was photographed recently by wildlife photographer Steve Kozlowski:

"I set out to travel to the last area where a small population of spirit bears is known to exist near Princess Royal Island on the British Columbia coastline. I emerged from my tent and was confronted with a spirit bear. The bear was startled and it charged at me over a log, its hair up, ears back, snapping its jaws. I slowly backed away from the bear and it eventually left. I built a camera blind and kept hidden so that the bear became more comfortable with me as I kept a safe distance. To observe the bear in the wild was a pleasure."

A couple clips on the 'spirit bear', AFTER THE JUMP...