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With so many pet stories around the web each week it’s hard to keep up. Table Scraps is our weekly roundup of memorable pet news around the internet.

• So apparently this pooch knows calculus but considering I am the type of person who can’t figure out what to tip a waiter without the help of thirty of my friends plus a calculator I’m not sure I read these math words correctly.  (Dogster)
• A zorse is a zorse of course, of course!  (Daily Mail)
• The National Cat Awards 2012 have kicked off with a rowr! (Huffington Post)
• I know it’s wrong to steal but factor in the quote, “He’s an animal lover, not a hater,” plus “homeless” plus “cowboy hat” and it’s kind of hard to want to scold him. (NY Daily News)
• Dog-ton Abbey (jezebel)
• Is it even a little bit possible that this Parrot put out the Craigslist ad itself?  Hmm?  Awww, come on…please? (CBS Los Angeles)

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With so many pet stories around the web each week it’s hard to keep up. Table Scraps is our weekly roundup of memorable pet news around the internet.

• Seriously folks, stop me if you’ve heard this one:  Ricky Gervais speaks out against testing cosmetics on animals.  (E! Online)
• My greatest fear is finding a wayward pet snake in my toilet, I’m so glad that it’s not an irrational one. (Huffington Post)
• At 15 years old the world’s “ugliest” dog has gone to heaven all the white light and coloring is surely more flattering, (Jezebel)
• United Airlines bans 8 breed of dogs from flying but they won’t ban people who don’t shower and wear sweatpants on the flight. (Dogster)
• I imagine your monthly food and supply bills are real low for a ghost-cat. (Catsparella)

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A couple of months ago I put together a Raise A Paw Lightning Round and it was a hit (no pun intended). Then it just occurred to me that one of the great things about trivia is that it seems to be endless and the one of the great things about pet trivia aside from being seemingly endless in content is that it is an absolute joy to dig up fun facts about our furried, feathered and finned friends and share with Pawesome readers.

So this week I give you a Raise A Paw: Lightning Round 2 for you to learn a little something quick and easy to dazzle your friends at parties with. At least, that is how I chose to imagine you use this information.

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With so many pet stories around the web each week it’s hard to keep up. Table Scraps is our weekly roundup of memorable pet news around the internet.

• First Dog Bo is terrible at picking out a disguise.  (NBC Washington)
• I hope they get one of those bumper stickers that says, “This Team Of Sled Dogs Climbed Mount Washington So That Makes Your Stupid Car That Climbed It A Lazy-Ass.” (Boston)
• Leap Day happened and so didn’t this 10-foot tall, six-foot wide sculpture of a cat made from cat food cans to honor it.  (Jezebel)
• That scene in The Never Ending Story where Atreyu’s horse Artax sinks in the swamp of unhappiness and dies traumatized me as a child so I consider this story an apology to everyone (me) for that. (Sky News)
• The mud-slinging or I suppose in Hank the Cat’s case, the litter-slinging has begun. (Jezebel)
• That dog-headed pig is on the loose again so probably you should be terrified or if you’re anything like me, conjure up a cartoon image of how cute that is and say, “awww.” (MSNBC)

Image: Jay Santiago