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Lunchtime Links
OMG! Adorbz of the Day
Time-Lapse Video of the Day
Morning Fluff
Rejected Marketing Campaign of the Day
Documentary of the Day
Behind the Scenes of the Day
Thoughtful Rant of the Day
Early Bird Special
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Lunchtime Links

Posted: 22 May 2012 12:49 PM PDT

- Lunchtime Links

Today on The Daily What Geek: How to make Avengers cocktails

Elsewhere on the Internets:

Happy Birthday: Morrissey, who almost looks happy in this collection of pics
Included: Amanda Knox, on Maxim’s Hot 100
Compiled: The Internet’s reactions to Dan Harmon’s firing from Community
Released: Whitney Houston’s final studio recording
Adopted: Johnny Depp, by the Comanche Nation
Testing: Facebook’s latest update to timeline

Lunchtime Leisure: Housefly.
Lunchtime List: 6 Reasons People Gave Up Their Super Bowl Rings

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Tagged: Lunchtime Links

OMG! Adorbz of the Day

Posted: 22 May 2012 11:23 AM PDT

- OMG! Adorbz of the Day

Oregon Zoo keeper Michelle Schireman got an odd call in mid-April: “Michelle, we need your help.” With her experience taking in and placing orphaned cougar cubs — some 75 over the years — the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife figured she’d have no problem fostering an orphaned American black bear cub. So she did.

She got permission to house the cub temporarily at the zoo’s Veterinary Medical Center during her workday, taking him home with her at night since the cub was still of nursing age and required around-the-clock care. At just a couple of months old, the bear weighed 4 pounds — about the same as a half-gallon of milk — which, surprisingly, is normal for an animal that could grow to be 6 feet tall and weigh up to 600 pounds.

While Schireman was busy caring for the cub, ODFW got in touch with the NEW Zoo in Suamico, Wisconsin, home to an adult black bear named Winnie who was preparing for a new addition. The cub now is thriving in his new home, where he goes by the name Aldo.

“I’m glad they were able to find a home for him so quickly,” Schireman said. “When ODFW called, I told them the Oregon Zoo already had a full house with four black bears. But I hoped there was a zoo out there that would be thrilled to take him in.”

[zooborns]

Tagged: black bear cub orphan, OMG! Adorbz

Time-Lapse Video of the Day

Posted: 22 May 2012 10:29 AM PDT

Six playoff games, four days, one Staples Center. Holy schnikes.

[cosbysweaters]

Tagged: staples center, Time-Lapse Video

Morning Fluff

Posted: 22 May 2012 10:06 AM PDT

- Morning Fluff

Researchers in China donned panda suits last month to help a 21-month-old panda and its mother transfer to a new home; the costumes were meant to ease the process by limiting the animals’ interaction with humans.

And the real pandas were like: “Really? How dumb do you think we are?”

See the rest of the ridic pics here.

[mercnews]

Tagged: morning fluff, pandas

Rejected Marketing Campaign of the Day

Posted: 22 May 2012 09:15 AM PDT

Rumor has it that this spot was nixed by RFSU, a Swedish organization that promotes sexual health and reproductive rights. Too bad — it’s terrific.

[devour]

Tagged: rejected marketing campaign

Documentary of the Day

Posted: 22 May 2012 08:47 AM PDT

It’s like The Cove, but with seals.

Animal Planet will air next month a one-hour documentary, Seal Wars, on Namibia’s brutal seal slaughter — more than 85,000 Cape fur seals (the majority are pups) are clubbed or shot to death each year. According to Humane Society International, such methods are not only cruel, but also unsustainable to the South African seal population.

The footage for the documentary was shot covertly last year, when Sea Shepherd Conservation Society launched Operation Desert Seal in an effort to expose “Namibia’s dirty little secret” and drive international awareness “until the Southern Hemisphere’s sole seal cull is abolished.”

“We created quite a controversy in Namibia,” said SSCS’s Steve Roest, who led the team into Namibia. “But the suggestion by the Namibian government that we breached their national security and the fact that they used the navy, army and police to keep this slaughter hidden speaks volumes to the corruption involved.”

The documentary airs June 8.

[mnn]

Tagged: documentary, seal wars

Behind the Scenes of the Day

Posted: 22 May 2012 08:19 AM PDT

The latest Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom, is out Friday, and star Bill Murray gives us a preview. The pair go back quite a ways — the actor has worked on every Anderson-directed film except Bottle Rocket (“I still haven’t seen that one,” Murray laments during his video tour of the project).

[deadline]

Tagged: Behind The Scenes, bill murray, Moonrise Kingdom

Thoughtful Rant of the Day

Posted: 22 May 2012 07:27 AM PDT

The great libertarian Penn Jillette derides President Obama’s medical marijuana policies, his appearance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and his drug use — all without taking a breath.

(Not Safe For Work — explicit raving.)

[vvv]

Tagged: drug policy, Obama, penn jillette, thoughtful rant