For the kids, and the kid in us!   (*Parents…please monitor your child’s time online.  I cannot vouch for the safety of any of these websites so supervise well, but they are fascinating sites!) 

Molly the Pony –

Did you know there is a horse who has survived being an amputee???   I never knew it could work!  I always wondered why because it can work for dogs and cats, but others told me horses put too much weight on their thin legs to be able to stand on 3 legs for any length of time.   They say Molly has the right temperament for it to work, plus she’s small so she’s not putting as much weight on her legs as a standard horse.   Molly can stand on 3 legs, but will tell her owners WHEN she wants the artificial leg!   Amazing story!

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/molly.asp - a TRUE story of amazing survival against all odds!  

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/25063046#25063046  - the best video of Molly’s story, by far! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lcg9rUZbbo&feature=related  - photo diary set to music

http://hoofcare.blogspot.com/2008/03/pony-romps-to-new-role-in-lifeon-three.html

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1612766250?bclid=348391191&bctid=1614766330

http://www.myfoxhouston.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=6859441&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=VSTY&pageId=3.1.1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkeLgXocwas - *CAUTION – this is the LSU surgical unit and it has some graphic photos of Molly’s injured leg.  I did fine with it, but this video may not be appropriate for small children to see. 

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/07/27/crawford.horse.leg.katv - Here’s another small rescue horse that’s been fitted with an artificial leg now!  The veterinarian is hoping to use this horse as a “therapy” horse that could go to hospitals and encourage children who’ve lost a limb that they can overcome the loss.  What a good “job” for this horse and Molly! 

Wish they’d thought of this with Barbaro, but I guess he loved to run too much to be happy walking slowly! 

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“Lilly”, the baby giraffe weighs 173 pounds at birth and is 6 feet tall -  

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2008/07/07/norman.fl.baby.giraffe.wpbf

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GIANT FRESHWATER STINGRAY! 

Go here – http://www.foxnews.com/photoessay/0,4644,4602,00.html#2_0 – to see a bigger photo of this GIANT FRESHWATER stingray!  It was found in the MeKong River and it’s where they find GIANT catfish, too!  Notice this is a FRESH water stingray – not one from the ocean, but rather from a river!   Wow – I wouldn’t want to swim in that river!