The Daily Beast - Blindfolded Dolphins - January 21, 2011

 

An Atlantic bottlenose dolphin named Tanner glides just below the surface as he imitates the behavior of another dolphin  at the Dolphin Research Center in Grassy Key, Florida on January 11, 2011. During the study Tanner, who wore eyecups to block his vision, was able to copy the behavior of the other dolphin without the use of vision. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

 

Tanner, right foreground, imitates the behavior of another dolphin, Kibby, left, as Emily Guarino, Administrative Director of Research, right, and Jane Hecksher, research assistant, look on at the Dolphin Research Center in Grassy Key, Florida on January 11, 2011.  (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

 

 

Atlantic bottlenose dolphin named Tanner is fitted with eyecups to block his vision by Emily Guarino, Administrative Director of Research during a study at the Dolphin Research Center in Grassy Key, Florida on January 11, 2011.  (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

 

 

Tanner, foreground, imitates the behavior of another dolphin, Kibby, rear, as Emily Guarino, Administrative Director of Research, right, and Jane Hecksher, research assistant, look on at the Dolphin Research Center in Grassy Key, Florida on January 11, 2011.(AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

 

Tanner, foreground,mimics, Kibby, rear, at the Dolphin Research Center in Grassy Key, Fla. on January 11, 2011.  (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

The Daily Beast - Get your grub - January 20, 2011

All you need to do to save the rainforest, improve your diet, better your health, cut global carbon emissions and slash your food budget is eat bugs. Mealworm quiche, grasshopper springrolls and cuisine made from other creepy crawlies is the answer to the global food crisis, shrinking land and water resources and climate-changing carbon emissions, Dutch scientist Arnold van Huis says. To attract more insect-eaters, Van Huis and his team of scientists at Wageningen have worked with a local cooking school to produce a cookbook and suitable recipes.

 

 

Mealworms and spring onions are stir-fried to be used in a quiche at the Rijn IJssel school for chefs in Wageningen January 12, 2011.

 

 

A student prepares mealworm quiches at the Rijn IJssel school for chefs in Wageningen January 12, 2011.  REUTERS/Jerry Lampen

 

 

Mealworm quiches are seen at the Rijn IJssel school for chefs in Wageningen January 12, 2011.  REUTERS/Jerry Lampen

 

 

A student prepares a spring roll with roasted grasshoppers at the Rijn IJssel school for chefs in Wageningen January 12, 2011.  REUTERS/Jerry Lampen

 

 

Buffalo worms crawl around on the palm of a hand at an insect farm in Ermelo January 12, 2011.  REUTERS/Jerry Lampen

 

 

Beetles crawl around in a container at an insect farm in Ermelo January 12, 2011.  REUTERS/Jerry Lampen

 

 

Various stages of beetles crawl around on the palm of a hand at an insect farm in Ermelo January 12, 2011.  REUTERS/Jerry Lampen

 

 

A student prepares spring rolls filled with roasted grasshoppers at the Rijn IJssel school for chefs in Wageningen January 12, 2011.  REUTERS/Jerry Lampen

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The Daily Beast - January 18, 2011

 

Polar bears play in their enclosure at Prague Zoo January 4, 2011. REUTERS/David W Cerny

The Daily Beast - January 17, 2011

 

The head of a Toucan (Ramphastos toucans) at Santa Fe Zoo in Medellin, Colombia, on January 6, 2011. FREDY AMARILES/AFP/Getty Images

The Daily Beast - January 16, 2011

 

Jezzabelle, a 10 week old Chihuahua puppy keeps warm in the hood of Kathy Wiltshire as she enjoys a walk with her daughter and grandson Tuesday, Jan. 11. 2011  in Indian Trail, N. C.  (AP Photo/The Charlotte Observer,  Jeff Siner)

The Daily Beast - January 15, 2011

 

A male Giant Anteater pup clings to his mother after being born December 23, 2010 at Parken Zoo in Eskilstuna in this handout photo released January 11, 2011. This is the first time a giant anteater was born in Sweden, said Parken Zoo's chief zoologist Helena Olsson. Found in the wild in Central and South America, the giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) feeds mainly on ants and termites and can eat up to 30,000 insects a day. 

The Daily Beast - January 14, 2011

 

A man carries a lamb on a motorcycle in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Jan 6, 2011. (AP Photo / Franklin Reyes)

The Daily Beast - January 13, 2011

 

Gorilla mother Dian holds her baby Quembo on January 6, 2011 at the zoo in Frankfurt/M., western Germany. Quembo was born on December 20, 2010 at the zoo.    AFP PHOTO    FRANK RUMPENHORST

The Daily Beast - January 12, 2011

 

Kaidi, an African Lion, sits on a heated rock as snow falls at the Pittsburgh Zoo, Jan. 6, 2011. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)