The Oneida Daily Dispatch (Oneida, NY)
Dogs rescued
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) » It’s usually cats in trees that need a firefighter’s help but not Friday, when two dogs were rescued by San Francisco firefighters after sliding halfway down a cliff.
San Francisco Fire Department spokesman Lt. Jonathan Baxter says the dogs got stuck on a cliff at Fort Funston. A 14-member crew helped in their rescue.
But Baxter says it was firefighter paramedic Art Julaton who was lowered down to strap the dogs in a harness and carry them back up to firmland, where they wagged their tales in gratitude.
Baxter says the dogs were not hurt but reminds dog owners to keep an eye on their furry friends.
He says Fort Funston is a popular area for dog walking and hiking.
Glow-in-the-dark creatures
NEW YORK (AP) » Feel as though you’re in the dark when it comes to the underwater world?
New York’s American Museum of Natural History is working on just the solution: a floor-to-ceiling installation depicting creatures that glow.
Photographers got a sneak peek on Thursday as one of the centerpieces was installed for an exhibition called “Unseen Oceans.”
The intersection of nature and art is dubbed fishnado and displays hundreds of models of marine species that exhibit biofluorescence.
Black light eerily illuminates a scene of sea creatures that appear to swim overhead.
“Unseen Oceans” opens to the public in March.
Penguin love
SANFRANCISCO(AP) » Penguins are looking for love with big red hearts at a San Francisco aquarium.
In what has become an annual Valentine’s Day tradition, biologists handed out red felt hearts to the 14 African penguins at the California Academy of Sciences on Tuesday.
The animals grabbed the hearts in their beaks and waddled around their rocky enclosure toward their nests.
Spokeswoman Kelly Mendez said it is often the male penguin who retrieves the heart and carries it back to his mate. The penguins use the felt for material in their nests, which helps reinforce the couples’ bonds.
The activity is part of the academy’s captive breeding program to help increase the African penguin population, which is endangered in the wild.