Meet Spitfire, the Michael Jordan of Dock Diving Dogs
To a regular person, Spitfire the dog may look like just another Whippet, but to connoisseurs of the dock diving circuit, he is an incredible athlete in the same league as icons like Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods or Babe Ruth. Before the Covid-19 pandemic hit, eight year-old Spitfire and his 16-year-old handler, Sydney, dominated the […]
The Malayan Leaf Frog Lives Up to Its Name
The Malayan leaf frog, a.k.a long-nosed horned frog, is one of the most remarkable creatures on Earth, at least in terms of natural camouflage. We’ve featured some truly impressive masters of camouflage in the past, from the dead leaf butterfly to a plant that evolved to mimic the rocky terrain it grows on, but the […]
Remarkable Slug Can Sever Its Own Head and Grow a New Body
Japanese researchers recently the incredible ability of a sea slug to basically sever its own head and simply grow a new body, complete with fresh vital organs. Autotomy, the behavior whereby an animal sheds or discards one or more of its own appendages, usually as self-defense mechanism, only to grow them back later, is well […]
Natural Sharpshooter – Archerfish Uses Its Mouth as a Water Gun to Hunt Prey
The archerfish is famous for its ability to accurately shoot prey from several meters away with a powerful jet of water generated from its mouth. Toxotes jaculatrix, commonly known as the archerfish, lives in the in mangroves of southern and southeast Asia, where they spend much of their time stalking prey from beneath the surface […]
Cat Survives Three-Week Journey Locked in Shipping Container With No Food or Water
A resourceful feline has surprised the workers of a shipping company when it emerged from a locked container after spending three weeks at sea with no food or water. Earlier this month, Ukrainian logistics company Star Shine Shipping LTD took to Facebook to report a rather unusual tale of survival involving a curious feline. When […]
Gravity-Defying Ibexes Climb Vertical Walls in Search of Precious Minerals
The Alpine Ibex is a species of big mountain goat-like herbivores that inhabit the highest peaks of the European Alps, using their pincer-like hooves and impressive agility to climb up even the steepest cliffs, thus avoiding most predators. But it’s their ability to climb even vertical walls that has made ibexes famous all over the […]
Born to Fly – The Bird That Spends Up to 10 Months Without Landing
Scientists have long suspected that some species of birds can eat drink, mate and even sleep while flying, but even they were stunned when data showed that one such species could go up to 10 months without landing. As its name suggests, the commons swift (Apus apus) is a common bird that lives all across […]
World’s Smallest Bird Lays Its Eggs in a Nest the Size of a Quarter
Only slightly larger that the insect it’s named after, the Bee Hummingbird weighs no more than two grams and lays eggs roughly the size of coffee beans. It is officially the world’s tiniest bird. Found only in Cuba, the Bee Hummingbird is extremely small even for a hummingbird, so much so that people often mistake […]
This Lizard Shoots Blood Out of Its Eyes to Keep Predators at Bay
We’ve featured some interesting animal defense mechanisms in the past, from moths that camouflage as two flies feasting on bird poop, to caterpillars that mimic snakes, but this horned lizard’s secret weapon is on another level of weirdness. The regal horned lizard is a small reptile native to Mexico and the southwestern United States. Their […]
Adorable Pooch Assists Street Artist in His Living Statue Routine
A street artist performing on the streets of Fortaleza, in Brazil, has made quite a name for himself thanks to his adorable partner, a pet dog, who assists him when he does his realistic living statue routine. Yorge Luís Ruiz is a young Venezuelan street artist who immigrated to Brazil in search of a better […]
Police Dog Hailed a Hero for Performing CPR on His Human Partner
Poncho the police dog recently became famous online, after the Madrid Municipal Police shared a video of him on Twitter in which he is performing CPR on a fallen colleague. Despite being only a training simulation, Poncho’s life-saving skills and quick reactions left a lot of people impressed. As soon as his human partner collapses […]
Clever Dog Figures Out How to Use Money to Pay for Treats, Sort Of
They say money doesn’t grow on trees, but there’s a dog in Colombia that would certainly argue with that. The clever pooch started paying for biscuits with tree leaves after seeing students pass banknotes to a food stall attendant in exchange for the tasty treats. He decided to try it for himself one day, and […]
Loyal Dog Waits 12 Hours at Subway Station Every Day for His Owner to Return from Work
A 15-year-old dog in in Chongqing’s Yuzhong district has been dubbed the ‘Chinese Hachiko’ for patiently waiting up to 12 hours a day outside a local metro station until his owner returns from work. Xiongxiong, which translates as ‘Little Bear’, has reportedly been waiting outside the Liziba metro station, in Yuzhong district, every day for the past […]
Loyal Dog in Argentina Has Been Waiting By His Owner’s Grave for 10 Years
It’s been five years since we featured the touching story of Capitan, a loyal German shepherd who refused to leave the side of his owner, even though he had been dead for nearly six years. Well, believe it or not, the old dog still spends his days waiting by his deceased owner’s grave, 10 years […]
“Miracle Puppies” Somehow Survive 25 Days Sealed in Shipping Container Without Food or Water
Vets in Chennai, India, were recently stunned to discover two “miracle puppies” that had survived a 25-day, 3,000-kilometer journey from China to India, sealed in a shipping container without food or water. When workers at the Salcomp electronics factory in Sriperumbudur opened a sealed container on Friday, they found an unexpected surprise – a couple of frightened puppies […]