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posted April 07, 2011 01:56 AM            

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N.Y. -- It's a scene right out of a movie -- a mother goose loses her lifelong mate and is left alone to shelter her eggs from the cold spring air inside an empty cemetery urn.

The loss of her partner makes her vulnerable to any would-be predators, but in an unlikely twist of fate, an adult deer has befriended this mother goose and become her protector.

This animal arrangement is highly unusual, since there's no known way that a deer and goose can communicate.

The deer now spends its days near the urn acting as guardian when needed. As passersby approach the area, the deer stands and places itself between the intruder and the nesting goose.

On one occasion, the deer even took a protective stance, taking on a barking dog near the urn.

Read more: http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articles/2011/04/06/20110406buffal o-deer-protects-goose.html#ixzz1IoXMHMoQ

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posted April 07, 2011 01:26 PM            

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"All deaths are suicides, do you realize that? Every single one. The only distinction is that, with some people, suicide is a subconscious choice, and with others it's a conscious choice. Otherwise, those who commit suicide and those who succumb to accident, illness or "old age," die for exactly the same reason: belief in the inevitability of death." Linda Goodman

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posted July 18, 2011 09:21 AM            

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"To avoid criticism, say nothing, do nothing, be nothing." Aristotle

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posted July 23, 2011 01:24 PM            

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I remember when a lion adopted a baby antelope.

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posted August 04, 2011 12:34 PM            

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