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Spontaneous Shadowpuppet Theatre

One of the famous signs outside Honest Ed’s beckons, “Come In Here And Get Lost!” but late Sunday night, a roguish raccoon took that literally. Captured at about 8 p.m. by Kevin Kimber while on his way to meet some friends at the Victory Café, it was unclear at first whether the video actually showed [...]

The Nature of the Beast

Left photo by Jeffrey Freeman. Right photo by Somewhere In Toronto from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. Mystery solved (sort of). According to Nathalie Karvonen, the executive director of the Toronto Wildlife Centre, and Ralph Toninger, senior project manager of restoration services at the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, the naked (and rather terrifying looking) creature [...]

Local Creature Learns to Shave, Still Has Trouble With Latch on Your Green Bin

Photos by Jeffrey Freeman. Ordinarily we take a dim view of sensationalism and fear-mongering here at Torontoist, but we hope, in this case, you’ll forgive us for asking: WHAT THE HELL is that naked beast and how can I protect my [-self, child, community] from it? We haven’t felt so scared of (and strangely drawn [...]

Where the Wild Things Are

Baby chipmunk found by Leighton Miller in September 2008. Photo by Leighton Miller. Although it doesn’t feel much like it yet, spring is here, and all the birdies and beasties are getting ready to have their babies. Due to the abundance of parkland within the city as well as the constant real estate development nibbling [...]