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Don MacLeod

22,000 Wake Ups and Counting

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Three Animals Who Decided Your Property Line Was a Suggestion

Posted on May 13, 2026May 13, 2026 By Don MacLeod

TL:DR – Want To Listen To A Condensed Version Kayla Burress thought someone was breaking into her home in Ave Maria, Florida. The noise on her lanai kept escalating — steady, aggressive, the kind of sound that makes you grab your phone and consider dialing 911. She had a sleeping…

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Humor

Turns Out Monkeys, Wolves, and Polar Bears Were Kissing Before We Existed

Posted on November 22, 2025November 20, 2025 By Don MacLeod

There’s nothing like waking up to a BBC headline that basically says, “Hey humans, you’re not special — monkeys did it first.” Scientists now believe the first mouth-on-mouth kiss goes back 21.5 million years, long before humans, before Neanderthals, before whoever invented the first scented candle. And get this: they…

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Culture

Half Pet Half Predator – Why We Keep Trying to Tame the Wild

Posted on November 12, 2025November 9, 2025 By Don MacLeod

When Queensland wildlife officers suggested letting people legally keep dingoes as pets, the country collectively tilted its head — the same confused angle dingoes give before deciding whether to play or pounce. Could Australians really bring one of their oldest wild predators indoors, slap on a collar, and call it…

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Wildlife 1, Elderly Forager 0 – Bear Dismembers Man in Japan

Posted on October 16, 2025October 12, 2025 By Don MacLeod

I was scrolling today when I almost spilled my coffee. A 70-year-old mushroom forager in Japan was reportedly found dead — with his head and torso separated. No, this is not some fevered nightmare or horror-movie pitch. It’s real life. The Scene According to Japanese authorities, the man went missing…

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