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Red Pandas Concerned About the Spread of Google Chrome

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Red Pandas Concerned About the Spread of Google Chrome

The Red Panda Coalition, an advocacy group for red pandas, has issued a press release indicating their concern over the growth of Google’s Chrome web browser.  The browser now has, by some measures, over a third of the world’s market share and has been rising steadily since its introduction in 2008.  Firefox, meanwhile, has seen its growth decelerate in recent years and has been stagnant or declining over the past 12 months. This has the RPC concerned.

“What many people don’t realize,” said RPC spokesperson Maria Cueto, “is that Firefox was a real shot in the arm for the red panda job market.”

According to the RPC, Firefox accounts for over 45% of all red panda employment over the past decade.  "If Firefox continues to lose market share, it could be devastating to red pandas,“ said Cueto, who indicated that red panda unemployment has already started to creep back up above 10%.

Via Raphael Quinet.

Puppy Still Life Fetches Record at Auction

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Puppy Still Life Fetches Record at Auction

A photograph called “Still Life of a Puppy with Flowers” brought a record $22 million at auction this over the weekend.  Auctioned by Sotheby’s in New York, the print, which was a signed edition numbered one of three, is thought to have been sold for the highest price ever for a puppy-related photo.   The other two editions of the photograph are believed to have been destroyed in a fire, contributing to the high price.

“I’ve never seen anything like it,” said Sotheby’s vice president of puppy memorabilia, Thurgood Smithely.  "It’s a fine specimen, and one that I think any collector would adore having.  But I never expected it to sell for so much.“

The auction house had priced the photo originally at $5.6 million, but a bidding war broke out that pushed the final value into the stratosphere.

Via Khanh Hmoong.

Terrier Executes Longest Fetch on Record

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Terrier Executes Longest Fetch on Record

A Jack Russell Terrier named Linus has returned a stick over the longest distance ever recorded for a game of fetch – approximately 480 kilometers, from Gothenburg to Stockholm in Sweden.

“To be fair, we’re not entirely certain it’s the same stick,” says Adam Franzen, who witnessed the event. “But we’ll give Linus the benefit of the doubt.”

Via Pedro Villarroel.