The Tailor Bird Uses Its Beak as a Needle to Literally Stitch Up Its Nest
As children, we learn that birds build their nests out of twigs and dry grass, but the truth is that bird nest architecture varies greatly, as demonstrated by the tiny Tailor Bird, which uses as its beak as a needle to stitch a protective nest out of leaves. Orthotomus sutorius, or the Common Tailor Bird, […]
Japan’s Ingenious Solution to Help Turtles Cross Train Tracks
Turtles may be cute, but they are also slow and clumsy, which doesn’t really help them when they are trying to cross train tracks. Luckily, for the turtles in Japan’s Hyōgo Prefecture, railway operators and a local aquarium teamed up to find a solution. Between 2002 and 2014, disruptions of train operation caused by turtles […]
Adorable Pooch Breaks World Record for Most Tennis Balls in a Dog’s Mouth
A six-year-old Labrador Retriever from Canandaigua, New York recently set a new world record befitting his playful personality – most tennis balls held in a dog’s mouth at once. Finley the dog loves tennis balls so much that he has developed a very special skill – picking up and holding up to six balls in […]
You Can Get a Cash Prize for Removing a Tyre from a Full-Grown Crocodile’s Neck
Indonesian officials are offering a monetary reward to whoever manages to remove a motorcycle tyre from the neck of a 13-foot-long crocodile. The full-grown crocodile has reportedly been wearing the tire around its neck since 2016, but authorities in Palu, the capital of Central Sulawesi, are worried that it may end up strangling the reptile, […]
Pack of Eight Dogs Exterminate 730 Rats in Just Seven Hours
Most people think that cats are nature’s ultimate rat catchers, but they’re actually a lot less efficient in catching and killing rodents than dogs. Rats are known to breed at an alarming rate, and in the English countryside it’s easy for farms to be overrun by disease-spreading rodents. When rats become too much for farmers […]
“Picasso Fish” Goes Viral for Looking Like a Real-Life Painting
A Japanese student recently uploaded a picture of a small fish he had caught to Twitter, where it quickly went viral because of the creature’s likeness to a painting. Featuring unusually large eyes, and blue-ish scales of various shapes and sizes, the unusually-looking fish instantly caught people’s attention. Taking a good look at it, it’s […]
Cat Goes Crazy, Keeps Owner Captive in the Kitchen for Two Whole Days
A Russian woman was allegedly unable to leave her kitchen for two days after her pet cat started behaving aggressively and tried to attack her whenever she tried to exit the room. This is the kind of news story that sounds so crazy, it has to be fake! At least that’s what I thought when […]
Adorable Puppy Conquers Internet with Her Mesmerizing Eyes
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past week, you’ve probably seen one of the many videos of an adorable cocker spaniel with amazing eyes doing the rounds on social media. Her name is Winnie, and at only three-months-old she had already won hearts of millions around the world. With over 211,000 followers […]
Woman Spins Cat and Dog Fur into Textile Yarn as a Keepsake for Their Owners
45-year-old Theresa Furrer, a lifelong knitter and crocheter, is helping pet owners keep their beloved animals close to their hearts by knitting their hair into garments and accessories they can wear. Theresa is part of a community of artists that specialize in a form of yarn spinning known as “chiengora” – ‘chien’, the French word […]
Austrian Teen Develops Uncanny Bond with Alpine Marmots
Marmots are usually shy and don’t like interacting with people, but a colony of Alpine marmots in Austria has taken a liking to a teenage boy who has been visiting them ever since he was three years old. Matteo Walch, a 14-year-old boy from Innsbruck, first made international news headlines back in 2012, when photos […]
Meet Anuko, the Canine Version of Grumpy Cat
You may think it’s the most wonderful time of the year, but I know one canine who definitely disagrees. Well, at least he looks like he does anyway, as Anuko, a five-year-old Siberian Husky has one of the grumpiest faces I’ve ever since on a canine. Anuko first rose to internet stardom in 2015, when […]
Someone Is Putting Tiny Cowboy Hats on Las Vegas Pigeons, And No One Knows Why or How
It’s not every day that you see pigeons with cowboy hats on their tiny heads walking or flying around. Unless you live in Las Vegas, where cowboy-hat-wearing pigeons are actually a a thing these days. It all started on December 5, when a Las Vegas resident named Bobby Lee noticed two funny-looking birds pecking the […]
Spray-Painted Polar Bear Baffles Russian Wildlife Experts
Footage of a full-grown polar bear with “T-34” spray-painted in black on its side has left wildlife experts in Russia scratching their heads as to who or why branded the animal this way. The T-34 was a legendary Soviet tank that played a crucial role in Russia’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War 2, […]
Family Discovers That Their Cat Had Been Living A Double Life Complete with Different Name and Other Owners
A Mexican family recently discovered that their pet cat had been leading a double life, meaning he had a second home, a different name and another family just a few blocks away. Cats like to be independent, so whenever her cat Pixi went away for longer than usual, Mary Lore Barra assumed that he was […]
Farmer Paints His Dog Like a Tiger to Scare Away Invading Monkeys
Desperate to reclaim his farmland from a gang of invading monkeys, a farmer in Karnataka, India decided to pain his dog to look like a tiger in the hopes that it would scare the monkeys away. Srikant Gowda, a farmer from Karnataka’s Shivamogga region, recently made international news headlines after it was reported that he […]