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Dog Befriends Boy With Down Syndrome, Gently Refuses to NOT Play

Sometimes, a video will melt your heart. This one certainly fits the bill. A dog named Himalaya just plain refused to give up on a toddler who doesn’t want to play. Gently, but persistently, the canine urged the little guy to have fun! Hernan, from Buenos Aires, has Down Syndrome, which, according to comments posted by his mom Ana, causes him to shy away from physical contact. But Himalaya sweetly and kindly pushes forward with the plan to play, and Hernan eventually concedes, giving what looks like a hug at the 3:15 mark. Watch below if you have a few minutes, it will make your day: Dog Befriends Boy With Down Syndrome

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Little Brown Bat Will Be Pushed to Extinction by Spreading White Nose Syndrome: New Study

photo: US Fish & Wildlife Service via flickr White nose syndrome , a disease caused by exposure to a particular fungus, first discovered in 2006, has been afflicting bats in the eastern United States and appears to be spreading . Considering that it’s already killed more than a million bats, that’s worrisome enough, but new r… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Dogs on Steroids

Some horrible person on a bodybuilder forum gives their dog steroids and uploaded a photo. Actually, it's just a muscular disorder thing, but there probably are totally mental people who do stuff like this to their pets, like those poor Nu Rave dogs in China

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Mermagica

STYLE BUZZ : You can now order a custom-fit mermaid tail for all your sparkle-swimming needs. Somewhere in Florida there is an adult mermaid-fetishist compound where these are all the rage, like Michael Phelps Syndrome gone wrong.

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