Pet Show Blog » gorillas http://blog.newsok.com/thepetshow Everything pets! Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:46:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Dogs are funniest … not on purpose http://blog.newsok.com/thepetshow/2009/10/03/dogs-are-funniest-not-on-purpose/ http://blog.newsok.com/thepetshow/2009/10/03/dogs-are-funniest-not-on-purpose/#comments Sat, 03 Oct 2009 05:35:26 +0000 petblog http://blog.newsok.com/thepetshow/?p=2301 americas-funniest-home-videosSo just in case you were wondering, dogs outshine cats when it comes to wins for America’s Funniest Home Videos. I’m not sure that’s a good thing, though. Most of the time winners on America’s Funniest Home Videos have either done something ridiculously stupid or just been hit in the groin.

The show marks its 20th anniversary at 6 p.m. Sunday on ABC. (Read more about TV on the NewsOK Television Blog!)

And in honor of their anniversary, show officials calculated all the animal winners during the past 20 years. Dogs finished first with cats close behind. But there are all kinds of other animals that have won. (Who knew whales could be funny? And who knew that a praying mantis would win not once but twice?)

  • 1 ANT
  • 3 BEARS
  • 22 BIRDS
  • 1 BULL
  • 1 CAMEL
  • 34 CATS
  • 1 CHIMP
  • 1 DEER
  • 136 DOGS
  • 1 ELK
  • 1 FERRET
  • 1 FISH
  • 1 FLY
  • 1 FROG
  • 4 GIRAFFES
  • 4 GOATS
  • 1 GORILLA
  • 1 GUINEA PIG
  • 3 HAMSTERS
  • 4 HORSES
  • 1 KANGAROO
  • 1 LIZARD
  • 2 LLAMAS
  • 5 MONKEYS
  • 2 MICE
  • 1 ORANGUTAN
  • 1 OSTRICH
  • 2 PRAYING MANTIS
  • 5 RACOONS
  • 1 RAM
  • 1 RAT
  • 1 RHINO
  • 1 SEA LION
  • 1 SPIDER
  • 1 SNAKES
  • 9 SQUIRRELS
  • 1 TARANTULA
  • 1 TOAD
  • 2 WHALES

Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll

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Staff Writer Carrie Coppernoll

]]> http://blog.newsok.com/thepetshow/2009/07/06/pets-in-the-paper-76/feed/ 0 Give me that banana or I’ll cut you http://blog.newsok.com/thepetshow/2009/06/21/give-me-that-banana-or-ill-cut-you/ http://blog.newsok.com/thepetshow/2009/06/21/give-me-that-banana-or-ill-cut-you/#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:00:44 +0000 petblog http://blog.newsok.com/thepetshow/?p=1565 Visitors to the Calgary Zoo recently witnessed a disturbing incident between a pair of the zoo’s western lowland gorillas. gorillastab1

According to the Calgary Herald, one of the gorillas somehow got hold of a knife, picked it up and appeared close to re-enacting a famous scene from “Pshycho” on another gorilla in his troop.

None of the gorillas were hurt, and zoo workers were able to recover the knife, which was accidentally left by a keeper who had cleaned the exhibit earlier.

Witnesses said the gorilla picked up the knife and held it in his hand. When another gorilla came close, the gorilla with the knife raised it up as if he was threatening to stab the other gorilla. The second gorilla backed away and the knife-wielding gorilla walked a few steps before placing the knife on a chair.

About 20 zoo visitors were watching as the incident unfolded, including children.

- Staff Writer Bryan Dean

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