Non-Human Biography Resources

Real Animals

Famous Animals through the Years - Time

Winter ( from Dolphin Tale)

• Winter's Story - Clearwater Marine Aquarium

Seabiscuit

• Seabiscuit - Snopes
• Seabiscuit - PBS American Experience
  • Seabiscuit was a big story, but not the biggest one of 1938. This site separates fact from fiction.

Ham, the first hominid in space

• Ham the Chimp - Who2
  • Check the links on the left site too!
• Weird Science Hero: Ham the Space Chimp - SundayMercury.net

Secretariat - 1973 Triple Crown Champion and America's "Superhorse"

• Official website of Secretariat

Dolly - the 1st cloned sheep

• Cloning Dolly the Sheep - AnimalResearch.info
• Dolly the Sheep at the National Museums of Scotland

Toto - the dog from Wizard of Oz

• Terry the dog bio - IMDb
• Toto the Story of a Dog - Dogster

Benji ( the dog)

• Trivia about Benji's amazing career - People
• Benji Facts - Benji.com

Bubbles the Chimp (Michael Jackson's pet)

• Bubbles - Center for Great Apes
• Whatever Happened to Michael Jackson's Chimp Bubbles? - People

Lassie

• Lassie, the World's Most Famous Dog - Official site

Cher Ami - homing pigeon from WW1

• Cher Ami the Pigeon - Time
• Pigeons in History - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Jumbo the elephant

• An Elephant's Tale - Tufts Online Magazine
• PT Barnum's Famous Jumbo - Bandwagon

Koko the Gorilla

• Koko's World - The Gorilla Foundation
• An audience with Koko the talking gorilla - Telegraph

Balto

• Balto - Sled Dogs, an Alaskan Epic - PBS
• Balto and the Legacy of the Serum Run - Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Fictional animals

Cryptid entry in wikipedia has a good overview

Loch Ness Monster

• The Legend of Nessie

Bigfoot

• Bigfoot on Wikipedia

Godzilla

• Godzilla on Wikipedia