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One of my favorite bet-ya-haven't-heard-of-this-one blogs to read is Notes from Kenya: MSU Hyena Research. It chronicles, as you might guess from the title, an ongoing hyena research project out in the boondocks of Kenya. It's a fun look at hyenas and the life of researchers in the field.

Case in point: sometimes, things crawl on the hood of your car. And stick around for a bit. Make sure to follow the link to the guy's personal page to check out the videos. Cheetahs are stunning creatures.

Here's an example of why. Sometimes it's not the big, gory stuff -- the slaughterhouses, the massive factory farms housing tens of thousands of suffering animals -- but the small things. Like the life of one chimp.

We are such an arrogant species.

If this doesn't make your day, well, you suck.