#23 of Things I Can Learn to Love: Baby Sloths

Basically my girlfriend was taking about wanting a pet  and since she’s one of a kind she would definitely want a unusual animal. Naturally Kangaroos, Pandas, and Pygmy Hippos were out for obvious reasons. I mean, seriously who is going to keep a hippo in their house?

Billy” and Calvin

 Okay, other then Calvin Coolidge….

Anyway, she decided that owning a sloth would be a wonderful idea. Instantly my brain supplied me with the already acquired knowledge of the animal. It’s diet, slow habits, and lastly the smelly mess it makes…

And so the answer was a emphatic “No!”

But she didn’t give up.  So I went in search of more reasons why not, and instantaneously fell in love, again… well, with the baby sloths.

 You see, I’d never really seen one or looked at one for long enough to say  ”Sloths are awesome! ” or “Sloths are *insert funny sounding adjective here* “.

And now I’m so glad she didn’t give up. I mean, have you SEEN how cute these things are?!

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Jupiter and Venus’s Celestial Dance

BBC News – Your photos: Jupiter and Venus.

 

Have you been enjoying the view?

Last night’s clear skies offered a splendid view of Jupiter and Venus right next to one another in the night sky, and tonight they’ll make their closest approach to one another, about three degrees apart. (That’s roughly the width of two fingers held at arm’s length.)

Such conjunctions in the sky are relatively rare. According to space.com, Jupiter and Venus have a conjunction in the sky about this close every 24 years.

It happened last in March, 1988, when Venus passed within 2.2 degrees of Jupiter, and will happen again in 2036 when the planets will appear to pass within 4 degrees of one another. 

 So take get of the computer and dust off the telescope; this close encounter of the celestial kind is worth watching.

                            – Murphy (The stargazer)