Scout the golden retriever has been filmed howling at the top of his lungs in the back of the car after he was given anesthetic. He was forced to get surgery because he developed a hematoma (collection of clotted blood after injury to blood vessel walls).

The 'big and independent' pet's allergies and ear infection caused him to scratch so much that he developed it.

Bleeding or bruising are two symptoms of the hematoma which causes blood to leak in to the surrounding tissue of the blood vessels.

Scout's six feet tall and 150-pound weight meant he was given a high dose of anesthetic and was filmed looking away with the fairies. 

In the heartwarming clip, he holds his snout up to the air and lets out a long howl in Wenatchee, Washington.

See the full video on Daily Mail.

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Japan is popular for its cat, rabbit, and hedgehog cafes. Last year, however, a new kind of cafe opened in the Meguro neighborhood in Tokyo. It is a micropig cafe. The cafe, called Mipig, became a hit that it was able to open a second branch in Shibuya’s Harajuku district, which is a more central location. Staff of SoraNews24 were able to stop by at the place before its November 8 grand opening, and they were able to see what it looks like on the inside.

Located just behind the Alta complex on Takeshita Street, the new cafe is easy to find, especially with its eye-catching wood-like appearance. When we arrived outside, we walked through the hollowed out stump of a tree, and as we stepped inside and took off our shoes, there was a sense that we had now entered the world of the pig.

Check out what they found out over at the site.

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The biggest problems parents face these days all seem to have one in common: smart devices. Compared to generations before, it is a fact that children today suffer more mental health issues. Kids also sleep much less than they should, and this behavior affects their well-being, learning, and development.

Over the recent years, reading and writing skills have been on a decline in Australia, and, despite the frequent promises and reforms, students’ learning in other areas seem to not be getting any better.

Professor Pasi Sahlberg often visits schools and meets parents who ask him what’s wrong with their kids who seem to spend up to eight hours a day on their smartphones and other digital devices. He has this to say:

First, I say that there is no point demonising smartphones. The problem is not the device but what we do with it.

But parents, schools and policymakers have not caught up on what devices, which practically all teenagers now have, are "replacing" in the lives of children and what this leads to.

Quite simply, smartphones and digital media have taken over the time that children used to have for reading and playing outdoors. And all of the benefits of that play time gained cumulatively over the years in a child’s life have been lost as a result.

Find out more about this over at The Sydney Morning Herald.

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Despite the fact that zombies are fictional and the "rules" for zombies vary with the writers' whims, there are constant discussions about how to survive when the apocalypse comes and the world is full of corpses trying to eat you. A recent Tumblr discussion had some pretty good ideas.

1. Wear a suit of armor. You may have to make your own.

2. Increase your speed with a bicycle. They are quiet and require no fuel.

There are some other ideas in the discussion you can peruse here. Imagine if The Walking Dead were to use these ideas- the survival rate might go up, but the show would look a lot like a Monty Python skit.

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Chengdu, China — Want your dog to look like a panda? It only takes 1,500 yuan ($212.28) for this pet cafe in southwest China to make your canine look like the black-and-white animal considered to be the country’s national treasure.

The cafe, which opened last month in the city of Chengdu in Sichuan province, has gone viral on social media after owner Lu Yunning dyed his six chow-chow puppies to look like pandas.

“There are many dog cafes, cat cafes, raccoon cafes, alpaca cafes and duck cafes,” said Lu, as the puppies, their limbs, ears and fur around the eyes dyed black, playfully chased a fish toy on a cord.

“We think they are not creative. We wanted something novel,” added the 21-year-old, who estimates his cafe draws 70 to 80 customers a day, nearly doubling since he posted social media pictures of his dyed dogs.

Until now, however, customers still do not sign in on the dye services the cafe offers; they are only interested in taking photos with Lu’s dog.

Moreover, some animal groups don’t approve of the cafe’s dye services, such as PETA, which urge people to keep away.

More details about this over at Reuters.

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During his visit to Thailand in two weeks, Pope Francis will wear robes made of Thai silk. According to a statement by Thai Catholic officials, twelve tailors work 10 hours a day to make over 200 vestments that the Pope and his accompanying bishops will wear.

There are two designs of chasubles, or the outermost vestment worn by clergy when presiding a mass.

The gold and white chasuble will be worn by Pope Francis during the Holy Mass at the National Stadium on Nov. 21, while the red chasuble has been chosen for the Holy Mass for youths at Assumption Cathedral on Nov. 22.

More details about this over at Khaosod English.

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This Belgian video is completely wordless, because it doesn't need words. The YouTuber spends a couple of minutes shredding various things, which is pretty interesting. Then he feeds an entire roll of bubble wrap through his industrial-strength shredder. It's cool to watch, but eventually you start thinking about the waste and the garbage produced. In the comments, he tells us, "For the environmentalists: All the plastic was cleaned from the grass with a vacuum cleaner, and disposed at the recycle center." Let's hope that in Belgium, they really do recycle the stuff they receive. -via Geeks Are Sexy

A thread of rating every horse emoji:

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Total lack of withers explains lack of saddle. Back flatter than my coffee table explains lack of rider. Horse is ewe-necked, with a tiny head. Best suited for liberty training, would not recommend for performance work. 6/10 pic.twitter.com/PYtiMUvsth

— Horse Girl Autumn (@jelenawoehr) November 6, 2019

Horse Girl Autumn is both a writer and an equine enthusiast, so who better to judge the various horse emojis? They are designed to be cute, but that sometimes means that biological accuracy is sacrificed, more so from some services than from others, and completely unintentional.

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Here we see the opposite spinal problem, lordosis, or "sway back." Common in senior horses, but this animal appears youthful, so likely a congenital defect. Very heavy on the forehand. Smiling, should have good temperament. Suggest as companion only. 4/10 pic.twitter.com/G87qe1Et57

— Horse Girl Autumn (@jelenawoehr) November 6, 2019

You can read her original 14 horse emoji critiques at Threadreader, or in the original Twitter thread where people submitted more horse pictures for her analysis. And then she did another thread where she rated jockey emojis. -via Kottke

Paula Kuka, a professional artist, is also a mom. That's two full-time jobs right there, but Kuka takes it in stride as she wrestles her two krakens into their car seats. She's felt inspired to turn her Instagram feed into a webcomic about the everyday struggles of parenting her two kids. Parenting, she groks, is stressful, exhausting, and joyful.

Congratulations!

Today is your day.

You're off to great places!

But your fears will betray!

Please excuse my dear Aunt Sarah, for she has cast adulthood into a realistic light. It's 2 AM, and you're thinking about what you should have said to that guy or something that will almost certainly happen tomorrow if everything goes wrong. Which it will. Oh, the places you'll go inside your own skull! Cartoonist Aunt Sarah gets us started.

-via Pleated Jeans

Adventure World is an aquarium in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. They have an emperor penguin breeding program, in which baby penguin chicks are fed and cared for by staff in penguin costumes. It's not a social media stunt; but rather an attempt to keep the chicks from imprinting on humans.

Birds view the first moving things that they see as their parents. The aquarium found that the emperor penguin chicks that recognized humans as their parents do not mate after growing to adulthood, effectively ending the desired breeding cycle of penguins at the aquarium.

To raise the latest chick, staff members wore a penguin-shaped mask and a special left-handed glove resembling the head of a parent penguin.

Without saying a word, they fed the chick liquid food comprising mashed herring and krill five times a day with the chirping of the parent birds playing in the background.

The newborn chicks are cared for by humans for only a short time, then they are returned to their penguin parents. The staff hopes that the penguin disguises will enable the chicks to bond with their parents easier, and grow up to socialize better with other penguins, including mating. Read about the program at the Asashi Shimbun. -via Nag on the Lake

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The latest Cracked pictofacts list is like some sort of confessional. Everyone has some little quirk or obsession, often harmless and rarely shared. In a conversation a while back, I said, "Everyone has private habits, like counting stair steps as you go up, but it's not bad unless it affects your ability to live a normal life." My brother jumped in, "Oh, you do that, too?" Well, yes, but not obsessively. I couldn't tell you how many stair steps are in my house because it doesn't register as important. So knowing our own quirks, it's fun to take a look into those that other people have developed. You will be surprised at the variety, and have to wonder how that habit began.

I have worked at a grocery store. Plenty of people, from manufacturing to shipping to stocking, have touched that product, no matter where it is. That's why it is packaged. The very few customers who touch a product and don't take it do not affect that number much.

That someone is you! Or more likely, he/she is thinking about something like this. The way to prevent this feeling is to never ever watch a horror film. There are 39 of these private habits that will make you go "hmmm" at Cracked.

No one will be surprised at the dominance of The Beatles and Elvis Presley at the beginning of this data visualization from Data is Beautiful. But there may be some surprises for you as the years go by. What did Elton John do in 1997? Oh yeah, "Candle in the Wind 1997," after the death of Princess Diana. And I was surprised that Beyonce didn't stay on the chart all that long. But watch Psy tear right up the graph ...and fall just as fast. -via Digg

When Lindsay Needham brought her son Brody home, her cat Zora became very excited. Lindsay told The Dodo, “I was holding him in my arms after we got home from the hospital and she jumped up on the chair and started sniffing Brody’s head.” She also was purring immediately.

Last month, Needham got even more proof of Brody and Zora’s special bond when she caught the two secretly chatting after lights out. 

Needham and her husband were watching TV after putting Brody down for the night when they heard meowing coming from upstairs. Somehow Zora had broken into Brody’s room — but that wasn’t all.

“We open the baby monitor app on our phone and, sure enough, we see Zora sitting on the chair meowing next to the crib and Brody is standing up meowing right back at her, looking like they were having an actual conversation,” Needham said. “My husband and I couldn’t help but just watch and laugh hysterically.”

This is so cute!

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At a ripe old age of 90, actor, rancher, and dad Bob Norris, the original Marlboro man, passed away this week at his Colorado Springs ranch. For 12 years, he played the role of a smoking cowboy on billboards, TV, and pages of magazines. But he never actually smoked cigarettes.

Find out more about his life over at Fox News.

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