A one minute video of a dog performing a series of 20 unbelievable stunts is becoming an online smash. The Australian border collie – appropriately named Jumpy – has received almost universal praise for his exploits. He is seen performing incredible jumps, running up walls, skateboarding over ramps, surfing, water-skiing, diving underwater, walking on his [...]
A zoo in Australia has become home to a decidedly odd couple: a young white lion and a dog that have become companions. The Darling Downs Zoo in Pilton, Queensland, has posted a delightful video of the pair, named Kwanza (lion) and Honey (dog). They met when Kwanza’s mother stopped producing milk. Zoo caretakers had [...]
Passengers on board Capt. Dave’s Dolphin and Whale Safari tour boat were treated to a rare sight this past weekend when around 1,000 common dolphins began to stampede off Dana Point in Southern California. The unusual event happened on Saturday and then on again on Sunday, from when the video below was filmed. Dave Anderson, [...]
A New Zealand animal welfare group has spent eight weeks teaching three of its shelter dogs to drive. The Aukland SPCA says it wanted to show how intelligents dogs were to encourage more people to adopt them. Three dogs were chosen from a group of seven and given daily training exercises to familiarise themselves with [...]
They look like little bandits with mask-like black patches around their eyes, and they are marauding their way across Europe, ransacking rubbish bins, barging their way into people’s homes, kicking owls out of their nests and devouring endangered species such as the pond turtle. Raccoons, indigenous to North America, were first brought to Germany in [...]
Research scientists have noticed severe mutations in Pale Grass Blue butterflies collected in the Fukushima prefecture of Japan. After collecting and breeding the butterflies, the scientists also noted that some genetic mutations were passed on to the next generation of butterflies. The comparison of Pale Grass Blue butterflies from different regions revealed that the radiation [...]
Orangutans at a Florida zoo are using iPads to communicate with their keepers. Staff at Jungle Island Zoo in Miami could eventually use the tablets to tell them what they want to eat. Zookeeper Linda Jacobs said: “They have all the intelligence they need to communicate with us. “But what they don’t have is developed [...]
A video of an Ecuadorian man using a piranha as a pair of scissors has gone viral on YouTube. Taken in Cuyabeno Rainforest, Ecuador, the clip shows the man holding one of the deadly fish tightly in one hand. As the fish flaps its tail, unable to escape, he slowly lowers a twig into its [...]
Many people believe cats have nine lives. This one really has two faces. This extremely rare two-faced black cat — appropriately named Harvey Dent after the Two-Face character in the Batman series — was born healthy and adorable in Port Charlotte, Fla., this week, WWSB ABC-7 reported. Naturally, the kitten’s humans, Nash Hand and his [...]
You can shoot an arrow through a cat, but it’s still going to land on its feet. A stray orange tabby in Houston earned the nickname ‘Cupid’ this week after he survived a piercing shoulder to shoulder wound, KHOU reports. The 2-year-old feline managed to elude neighborhood residents for about three days before being captured [...]
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