Frillback Pigeons – A Fancy Pigeon Breed With Naturally Curly Feathers
Frillback pigeons are one of the most coveted breeds among pigeon fanciers, prized both for its relatively calm temperament and for their unique frills or curls. Believed to have originated somewhere in Asia Minor, the frillback pigeon is the result of many years of selective breeding. Its distinctive features are the frill or curls on […]
Adorable Pooch Touted as Having the Longest Snout in the World
Borzoi hounds typically have longer snouts than most other dog breeds, but one specimen is getting a lot of attention these days for having potentially the world’s longest snout, with a length of 31 centimetres. Two-year-old Eris is a white Borzoi Sighthound from Richmond, Virginia, who has been getting a lot of attention online for […]
This Deep Sea Snail Has an Iron Shell And Metallic Plates Covering Its Squishy Foot
Crysomallon squamiferum, commonly known as scaly foot gastropod is a fascinating sea snail that inhabits one of the most inhospitable environments on the planet and has evolved a natural iron armor in order to do so. “Scaly foot gastropod” has to be one of the most boring names ever picked for one of the coolest […]
The Sad Truth Behind the “Funny Hairdo” of Crested Ducks
If, like me, you spent a fair bit of your childhood on a farm, or if you’re simply fascinated by domestic birds, you’ve probably seen a crested duck at least once in your life. Their fluffy headgear is a adorable to look at, but it comes with some severe side-effects. First of all, the funny-looking […]
This Stunning “Fire Snail” Only Lives in a 100Km Radius in Malaysia
Endemic to a very specific area on the Malaysian Peninsula, the Fire Snail – named after its bright red foot – is one of the rarest, most sought after snail species in the world. Platymma tweediei was first discovered in 1938, in Telom Valley, Malaysia’s Cameron Highlands district. Since then, it has also been spotted […]
Meet Blaze, the Black Labrador Retriever Turning White Because of Vitiligo
Blaze, an outgoing Labrador Retriever from Finland became an overnight internet sensation after photos showing his color change from black to white went viral on social media. Blaze was born with a pure black fur and stayed that way for most of his life, but last year, his human master, Santeri, noticed a small white […]
Japanese Aquarium Asks People to Video-Call Its Eels During Coronavirus Lockdown
Staff at a Tokyo aquarium have appealed to the general public to help them keep their garden eels accustomed to humans by video-calling the marine creatures during the current Covid-19 pandemic, when the venue is closed. The coronavirus pandemic has already affected the way we live, but it’s apparently taking a toll on aquarium eels […]
Aquarium Draws Criticism for Writing Popular Surnames on Live Fish
In a bid to make its exotic fish tank more appealing to visitors, an aquarium in the Chinese city of Guizhou wrote popular Chinese surnames on the live fish, attracting the wrong kind of attention in the process. Staff at the Guizhou Polar Ocean World thought they had struck gold when they came up with […]
Sheep Returns Home After Seven Years of Living in Tasmanian Bush
Prickles, a bare-faced merino sheep that ran away from a Tasmanian farm during the 2013 bush-fires, recently returned home, probably after deciding that it was finally time for a sheer. According to farmer Alice Gray, Prickles was only a lamb when she ran away, seven years ago. The bush fires that ravaged the area back […]
Woman Hatches Duck Egg by Carrying It in Her Bra for 35 Days
A California woman is being praised for going above and beyond to ensure that a cracked duck egg she found in a park hatched, by incubating it in her bra for over a month. Betsy Ross, an independent contractor from Visalia, California, was walking with her family in a public park when her kids noticed […]
ASMR YouTuber Sparks Outrage with Videos of Herself Eating Live Seafood
A very popular video content creator from South Korea has come under fire for making “horrifying” videos of herself feasting on live seafood like octopus, squid and prawn. Ssoyoung is a popular youtuber whose content can be described as a mix of ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response) and ‘mukbang’ (online videos in which a host […]
World’s Loneliest Dolphin Dies After Years Spent Alone in Abandoned Aquarium Pool
Honey, dubbed by activists and animal lovers ‘the world’s loneliest dolphin’, died last month, after almost two years spent by herself in a small pool at an abandoned aquarium in Japan. We originally featured Honey’s tragic story back in October 2018, when footage shot by Japanese animal rights activists showing a single bottlenose dolphin floating […]
This Company Creates Awesome Portraits of Your Pets as Lords
If you’re looking to have some goofy fun while quarantined in your own home, how about investing in a high quality portrait of your pet as a pompous royal? Enter Crown & Paw, a company dedicated to helping pet owners honor their bundles of joy by creating hilarious digital portraits of them as generals, princes, […]
Pet Cat Survives 40 Days Locked in Apartment After Human Family Is Hospitalized with Coronavirus
Le Le, a British Shorthair cat from Wuhan, China, has become a symbol of resistance during the current pandemic, showing us human that if she could survive by herself in a locked apartment for 40 days, then we can handle a bit of social distancing and isolation too. This story of feline endurance and survival […]
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 […]