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 As the raging California wildfires encroached upon Roland Handel's home, he had to make a split-second decision — try to force his dog Odin into the car, or leave him behind. Odin is one of two great Pyrenees who take turns guarding the family's eight goats from coyotes and mountain lions, and he was on duty the night the fires broke out. "At night, Odin won't leave the goats," Handel told As It Happens host Carol Off. "When I approached, he sat down in front of the goats, and I know that look. He wasn't moving." With flames racing towards his property, he said there was no time to load the goats into a trailer. "I had my 14-year-old daughter and we had to get out," he said between sobs. So he opened the gates so the animals could flee, then drove off with his daughter, their three other dogs and two cats all packed into the family car. "The cars behind us on the road had fire pouring out of the windows just minutes after we left," he said. "It was life and death." It wasn't until he got his daughter to safety that he was able to really process that he'd left Odin behind. "We were hoping somehow they were OK, that some miracle happened," he said. He returned the next day, circumventing roadblocks to get there. He discovered that his home and everything else on his property was completely destroyed. Except for Odin, who was there waiting for him — with all eight goats. Odin survived with all eight goats. 'He didn't lose a single one,' his owner said. "I couldn't believe it," Handel said. "Everything else is gone. There's nothing." Odin ran up to him and showered him with kisses, he said. The dogs paw pads were burnt and his bright white fur was singed orange. "He looked small and he was limping. He was lying down a lot. He was clearly exhausted." A group of deer had gathered with Odin and the goats, Handel said, perhaps also taking advantage of the brave pooch's protection. The deer scattered when Handel approached. He believes the dog led the other animals to a clearing at the centre of a high outcropping of rocks to avoid contact with the flames. http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens...goats-1.4356619 
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Synthbuttrange posted:
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My favorite part of that story is that he also collected some random deer to keep safe  Pyrs are such excellent dogs.
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CaptainCrunch posted:Is uplifting still allowed? Yep. And he's doing his American accent too so they don't get confused.
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Instant Jellyfish posted:My favorite part of that story is that he also collected some random deer to keep safe Happy ending for that story :-) https://www.youcaring.com/odintessaandtheirfamilyofmisfitrescuegoats-978792
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drat, thread. First Odin the Wonder Pyr and then Tom Holland being awesome. Page 395 is winning on the uplifting front.
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Where's Winky? There she is!
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"So I walked into the living room at 7:30 am and saw this... this is not my child..."
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It was my birthday last week and my sister sent me this really sweet video of my 2 year old niece giving me birthday wishes https://youtu.be/bnFohOP3wFs
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skoolmunkee posted:It was my birthday last week and my sister sent me this really sweet video of my 2 year old niece giving me birthday wishes Hahahaha she is adorable
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skoolmunkee posted:It was my birthday last week and my sister sent me this really sweet video of my 2 year old niece giving me birthday wishes ...no? 
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No dogs were hurt in the making of this photo, one glass of wine however was lost. Further evidence of the "Humanity exists to pet things" theory. https://i.imgur.com/17kwhW2.mp4 Feonir has a new favorite as of 05:35 on Feb 28, 2018 |
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Feonir posted:' I want a true rear end octo-bro. I'd name him lil'Inky. And he would be at all my parties.
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This is cute, but drat that country cover of I'm Gonna Be is awful.
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to this day I have no idea what constitutes the front of an octopus
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I so want to be in that persons shoes, or flippers I guess right now  what a friendly octopus
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Knorth posted:I so want to be in that persons shoes, or flippers I guess right now
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Yeah they're really intelligent creatures, I always heard that they were like the cats to the cuttlefish's dogs though, as in seemingly not super fussed about people either way rather than that easy kind of friendly and playful. But I'm glad to hear that's not always the case Cephalopods are so good
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Knorth posted:Yeah they're really intelligent creatures, I always heard that they were like the cats to the cuttlefish's dogs though, as in seemingly not super fussed about people either way rather than that easy kind of friendly and playful. But I'm glad to hear that's not always the case Ever since learning just how intelligent octopuses are I haven't been able to eat calamari. I just don't feel comfortable eating something with that level of intelligence. Next someone will probably tell me Kit Kats are made from some kind of chocolatey lizard with the problem solving skills of a 10-year-old and I'll have to give those up too  https://twitter.com/hourlyFox/status/968599133270544386
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A fierce wolf A fierce shark caught in a net  A ravening guard dog 
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PerilPastry posted:Ever since learning just how intelligent octopuses are I haven't been able to eat calamari. I just don't feel comfortable eating something with that level of intelligence. Calamari is squid, not octopus. My wife works with cephalopods and she is firmly of the opinion that octopus and cuttlefish are amazing, beautiful, brilliant creatures and that squid are loving morons.
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PerilPastry posted:Ever since learning just how intelligent octopuses are I haven't been able to eat calamari. I just don't feel comfortable eating something with that level of intelligence. Next someone will probably tell me Kit Kats are made from some kind of chocolatey lizard with the problem solving skills of a 10-year-old and I'll have to give those up too
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:A ravening guard dog "Does he bite?" "No, he mostly just perches on the fence and goes *thhppppbbbttt* at passersby."
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Trig Discipline posted:Calamari is squid, not octopus. My wife works with cephalopods and she is firmly of the opinion that octopus and cuttlefish are amazing, beautiful, brilliant creatures and that squid are loving morons. I've dived with giant cuttlefish and giant octopus and they're loving fantastic. Giant cuttlefish are about a metre long and just sort of hover there like spaceships, silently judging you. Octopus are a lot more tactile when they're used to divers, and will happily climb all over you and will sit on your head and try to pull off your mask. Every squid I've ever met has been a jerk. Way too aggressive. Even the tiny ones are likely to try and give your a nip. Not my photos, but I love these shots:    Glomp!
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Gorilla Salad posted:I've dived with giant cuttlefish and giant octopus and they're loving fantastic. I've been in the water with small octopus a whole lot, but haven't seen one of the big ones in the wild yet. My wife's complaint about squid is that the ones she works with were hatched in the lab and have been hand fed their entire lives, but they will still just randomly ink sometimes when someone walks by and then you have to drop everything and clean their tank so they don't choke on their own terror-farts. And of course at that point you're trying to clean the tank when they're already panicking over nothing, and so you tend to get chain reactions going that turn into a huge mess.
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