Elmer Bandit, the 38-year-old competitive trail horse who broke the record for lifetime mileage last year , is one of our favorite examples of a geriatric horse. But a horse now on display at the Yukon Beringia Interpretive Centre in Whitehorse, Canada, has him beat by more than a nose. (Although definitely not a live nose.) The fossilized Yukon horse ( Equus lambei ) is estimated to be 26,000 years...
No theme this time. Just oddness. The SPCA is investigating after four zebras recently died at the Greater Vancouver Zoo. According to the report in the Langley Advance , the animals died of exertional myopathy after two Cape buffalo were introduced into their enclosure. The report states that the buffalo were able to interact with the zebras and other enclosure residents, which included ostriches...
