NICE TO SEE THAT WE ARE BACK IN THE TOP FIVE OF NATURE BLOGS

CFZ PEOPLE: Robert Schneck

Happy Birthday dude

ANDREW MAY: Words from the Wild Frontier

News and stories from the remoter fringes of the CFZ blogosphere...

From Nick Redfern's World of Whatever:

• A Cult of the Mermaid Kind — Mermaids in folklore and the occult...
• The Man Who Filmed Nessie — A biography of Tim Dinsdale...

DALE DRINNON: Giant squid, Jersey devil, Frontiers of Anthropology, Benny's blogs

New at the Frontiers of Zoology:

http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/2013/08/enemies-of-architeuthis.html

http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-jersey-devil-on-video-1st-footage.html

 

New at the Frontiers of Anthropology:

http://frontiers-of-anthropology.blogspot.com/2013/08/indonesian-pyramid-is-20000-years-old.html

 

New at Benny's Blog for Thelma Todd:

http://benny-drinnon.blogspot.com/2013/08/tcm-thelma-todd-marathon.html

 

Best Wishes, Dale D.

THE GONZO BLOG DOO-DAH MAN HAS A DAY OFF

It's Sunday, so I do my best

to take advantage of the day of rest
which usually means I go to bed
and spend the day asleep instead

However there is just one task
which of myself I have to ask
before I retire into headspace time
I write the Gonzo blogs in rhyme

This week we start here (don't you know it)
with a visit to Thom as the World Poet
who writes much better verse than me
click on the link, and you will see
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/08/thom-world-poet-daily-poem_4.html

Stephen Stills' new band 'The Rides'
are bloody good, man, and besides
they play a particularly gritty blues
there's tour dates here, read the news
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/08/stephen-stills-new-supergroup-rides.html

The Cabinet of Curiosities,
has never featured coffees or teas
but no (in case you need the leverage)
here is a King Crimson beverage
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/08/cabinet-of-curiosities-king-crimson.html

Whether you stay at home or are a cool jetsetter
I recommend the Gonzo Weekly newsletter
which gets better still as you have seen
it's now a full fledged magazine
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/08/gonzo-weekly-magazine-37.html

And now the Gonzo Track of the Day
you know what I mean, Wayhay!
here is a Frank Zappa song
(don't worry it is not too long)
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-gonzo-track-of-day-frank-zappa-i-m.html

And what have we in store right now?
It's an interview with Yes' Steve Howe
a man who plays a cool guitar
I listen to it in my car
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/08/steve-howe-yes-real-weird.html

The next story has Rob Ayling as well as
His son Hunter and Patrick Moraz
and tantalising hints of a
new project soon to see the light of day
http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2013/08/they-ayling-boys-meet-patrick-moraz.html

And that's all the poetry I'm allowed
I think McGonagle would be proud
and now as I've already said
I'll finish up, then back to bed

*  The Gonzo Daily is a two way process. If you have any news or want to write for us, please contact me at  jon@eclipse.co.uk. If you are an artist and want to showcase your work, or even just say hello please write to me at gonzo@cfz.org.uk. Please copy, paste and spread the word about this magazine as widely as possible. We need people to read us in order to grow, and as soon as it is viable we shall be invading more traditional magaziney areas. Join in the fun, spread the word, and maybe if we all chant loud enough we CAN stop it raining. See you tomorrow...

*  The Gonzo Daily is - as the name implies - a daily online magazine (mostly) about artists connected to the Gonzo Multimedia group of companies. But it also has other stuff as and when the editor feels like it. The same team also do a weekly newsletter called - imaginatively - The Gonzo Weekly. Find out about it at this link: http://gonzo-multimedia.blogspot.com/2012/11/all-gonzo-news-wots-fit-to-print.html

* We should probably mention here, that some of our posts are links to things we have found on the internet that we think are of interest. We are not responsible for spelling or factual errors in other people's websites. Honest guv!

*  Jon Downes, the Editor of all these ventures (and several others) is an old hippy of 53 who - together with his orange cat (who is currently on sick leave in Staffordshire) and two very small kittens (one of whom is also orange) puts it all together from a converted potato shed in a tumbledown cottage deep in rural Devon which he shares with various fish. He is ably assisted by his lovely wife Corinna, his bulldog/boxer Prudence, his elderly mother-in-law, and a motley collection of social malcontents. Plus.. did we mention the orange cat?

FORTEAN BIRD NEWS FROM THE WATCHER OF THE SKIES

In an article for the first edition of Cryptozoology Bernard Heuvelmans wrote that cryptozoology is the study of 'unexpected animals' and following on from that perfectly reasonable assertion, it seems to us that whereas the study of out-of-place birds may not have the glamour of the hunt for bigfoot or lake monsters, it is still a perfectly valid area for the Fortean zoologist to be interested in. So after about six months of regular postings on the main bloggo Corinna took the plunge and started a 'Watcher of the Skies' blog of her own as part of the CFZ Bloggo Network.

• Crow tribal official pleads guilty in bird traffic...
•      Veeries Very Quiet When Owls Are About
•      Ilocos Norte to impose conservation plan on rare b...
•      Extraordinary osprey fledges 50th chick

YESTERDAY'S NEWS TODAY FROM WALLY THE COMEDY RHINOCEROS

Oll is away, so for todayYesterday's News Today is done by Wally the Comedy Rhinoceros. He is a stand up comedian of some renown. Here is one of his rhino-related jokes.

Q: What did Tarzan say when he saw a herd of rhinos wearing sunglasses coming over the hill? 
A: Nothing, he did not recognize them.

Ha Ha that was funny. Sidesplitting. Yes. Ha!

Now for the news...

75 New Animal Welfare Laws, and Counting (Op-Ed)

Hide, Ambush, Kill, Eat: The Giant Water Bug Letho...

Why Can't the Snakes Cross the Road, Secret Lives ...

Scotland's gamekeepers to help combat mussel poach...

Spooked baboons baffle Dutch zoo in Emmen

Bat killing WNS fungus confirmed in Arkansas

VIDEO: A Bear Walks Into A Bar

Last Wild Horse Sees First Artificial Insemination...

And now for a happy tune that you can whistle while you work:

Sabin Award for Amphibian Conservation: last chance to nominate your hero!

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SUBMISSION DEADLINE AUGUST 12, 2013! Thanks to a generous donation from the Andrew Sabin Family Foundation, the Amphibian Survival Alliance and IUCN Amphibian Specialist Group are thrilled to announce the sixth annual award to recognize individuals who have made a significant contribution to the conservation of amphibians. The Sabin Award provides a unique opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate some of the truly pioneering work that is going on to understand and tackle the decline and extinction of amphibians worldwide, and to get a sense of the true passion and commitment of the individuals responsible for saving species. The award of US$25,000 is open to individuals from all disciplines relevant to amphibian conservation and research anywhere in the world. Learn more here and be sure to submit your nomination for the Sabin Award by August 12, 2013! SUBMIT YOUR NOMINATION HERE!