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The Cutest, Funniest And Most Important Animal Stories Of 2009! (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

Huffington Post   Eve Solomon   First Posted: 03/18/10 06:12 AM ET   Updated: 05/25/11 04:00 PM ET

2009 has been an amazing year for animals. From scientific discoveries to some of the cutest videos to ever go viral, HuffPost Green has assembled a nice review of animal awesomeness. Take a look, indulge in some funny videos, and vote for your fave animal story of the year.


Two-Legged Dog Walks!
 
In one of the most incredible stories of 2009, Faith, a dog born with only two legs, learns to walk standing upright. Last weekend, faith visited McChord Air Force Base and Fort Lewis in Washington State-- where she was an inspiration to soldiers coming home from and going to war.
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2009 has been an amazing year for animals. From scientific discoveries to some of the cutest videos to ever go viral, HuffPost Green has assembled a nice review of animal awesomeness. Take a look, ind...
2009 has been an amazing year for animals. From scientific discoveries to some of the cutest videos to ever go viral, HuffPost Green has assembled a nice review of animal awesomeness. Take a look, ind...
 
 
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RockyMissouri
'You must be carefully taught to hate'...
12:31 AM on 12/25/2009
EinChicago- You sound like a soulless, stupid and selfish and ALONE.....! person! Dogs are wonderful- better than two-leggeds for sure.
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RockyMissouri
'You must be carefully taught to hate'...
12:27 AM on 12/25/2009
EinChicago- You sound sad and lonely.
10:50 PM on 12/22/2009
Octopus, cuttlefish, and cephalopods are amazing !

http://video.pbs.org/video/1150618835
10:02 PM on 12/22/2009
My sister could have alterred time and milleniums with her doctor playing way of making you feel you are not in observation A tank, you are in L Tank, and thank you for saving my life over and over again, this is what our family does. Repete sil vous plait.. A cartoon can only be drawn perfectly by a true artist. i drew Brad Pitt over a super imposed photgraph I paused on the internet screen I bought from Austreailia, which turns pink when I want less stress, and less light and need to control the light in

I said,

Well, I guess I will try MGM again then.
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peacekitten
primum non nocere.
01:49 PM on 12/22/2009
animals are the most amazing creations of nature ever.

how lucky we are that they are on this planet with us.
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margoharris
I used to be Snow White but I drifted.
12:31 PM on 12/22/2009
Life without dogs? No way. My dogs are a part of our family.
09:38 AM on 12/24/2009
Great. Then never, ever, ever dare to opine on climate change or the use of vehicles by others. You chose to infest society with an allergy carrier while creating a enough greenhouse gases to equate to two large SUVs, at least try to not be hypocritical about it.
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12:23 PM on 12/26/2009
But the article you're referring to doesn't support that statement.
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JanPoore
12:20 PM on 12/22/2009
Faith is definitely the most inspiring story. But the kitten is the cutest kitten video ever.
11:20 AM on 12/22/2009
Kind of ironic this page appears on "Green" considering studies show that owning a dog is much worse in terms of greenhouse gas and climate change than owning and dringing an Escalade or Hummer:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091220/sc_afp/lifestyleclimatewarminganimalsfood
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JanPoore
12:19 PM on 12/22/2009
What a h8ful scrooge you are.
12:32 PM on 12/22/2009
To EinChicago, you stated that owning a Hummer or an Escalade was more "green" than owning a dog. I imagine that a dog does consume a lot of resources, if you consider the thousands some people spend on health care for their dogs. But I doubt that the average dog consumes more resources than a hummer--especially if you factor in the manufacture of the hummer. Where did you get this fact? Can you defend it?

For more interesting stuff on animals and humans, see www.hitchhikinganimals.blogspot.com.
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03:25 PM on 12/22/2009
But there's a link, it must be true. Unless you go to the link. It's not very supportive of the statement (although "dringing" may be something I completely don't understand), even if you take everything in the article as gospel.
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maggiee
04:51 PM on 12/22/2009
All living things have a carbon footprint. What's your's?
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Tommygun264
2Q2BSTR8
11:06 AM on 12/25/2009
Whatever it is, we'd all be better off without it.