Health Benefits of Pets - Mayo Clinic Video

May 10, 2010 — Health Benefits of Pets.

People will do a lot for their pets - see below:

- Somebody found a solution: Smokers are motivated to quit to protect their pets from secondhand smoke http://is.gd/iZ58

- "Do it for Fido: smokers may quit smoking because of their pet" http://is.gd/iZtQ

Australian grandmother beats off attacking shark - BBC

From BBC:

"An Australian grandmother has survived a shark attack by repeatedly punching and kicking the animal after it "ripped off" part of her body.

Surgeon Mark Flanagan said: "We can estimate that she lost about 40 per cent of her blood volume from the degree of shock that she had when she came in, and the fact that we required to give her several units of blood."

Mrs Trumbull said she was happy to be alive."


Shark Tunnel and Aquarium at Omaha Zoo, Nebraska.

Visual notes: "Burmese Python's Consuming Florida"

By Jonny Goldstein, used under a Creative Commons license:



"The Burmese Python is native to Southeast Asia. Now it is thriving in Florida, due to pet owners who set them free. They have found the climate very agreeable and are now battling it out with alligators at the top of the food chain."

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NBC Video: Pythons on the loose in Florida

Related:
It's Open Season On Florida's Pythons. NPR, 2009.

Hunters and Tourists Stalk Pythons in Florida http://nyti.ms/cbtBBh

Updated: 05/08/2010