The spade-toothed beaked whale is one of the world’s rarest species. So rare in fact that no one had even seen one at all until 2010, when a mother and calf washed ashore in New Zealand dead. The spotting was so rare that the whales were misidentified as the more common Gray’s beaked whales — [...]
From the BBC: “Gregoire Bouguereau (France) won the Behaviour: Mammals category with this image of cheetah cubs chasing a Thomson’s gazelle calf that their mother had caught but not killed. At first, the cubs took no notice of the calf lying on the ground. But when it struggled to its feet, ‘the cubs’ natural predatory [...]
Jesus, I just had terrible flashbacks to the high school school yard. Metaphorically speaking, of course. Watch this video and marvel at poor rocky raccoon who gets abused by a gang of chimps. It’s about the saddest thing you’ll watch today. But also kind of hilarious. I should probably apologize to the kids I tossed [...]
From Abraham Piper: Buttons the Jack Russell and Kitty the Kitten are both residents at the Battersea Cats and Dogs Home in London. Buttons was rejected by her mother because she was the runt of the litter and Kitty was brought in by the person who found her alone when she was a day old. Usually dogs and [...]
Might have to watch this a few times before declaring Avenger Pugs mightier than the actual Avengers, but let’s just say it’s a pretty close race at the moment. [via uproxx]
Wait for it. The rare video, shot from a GoPro camera attached to the safari vehicle at MalaMala Game Reserve in South Africa, was captured by Martha Van Rensburg. A worthy addition to the pantheon of South African game videos. [via grindtv]
I hope one day I can make something as cool for my dog as this guy did for his cat Rufus. That’s love.
I’m posting this for several reasons: 1) Cancer sucks. 2) Banjo hates cancer, too. 3) This is definitely the cutest fundraising video I’ve seen in a long time. 4) Sawyer, my pup, also enjoys chasing squirrels, tearing things up and sniffing private parts. 5) I’d like to think if I got cancer, Sawyer would make [...]
Nifty Star Trek homage? Check. Starring cats? Check. With a mouse as the evil alien species? Check. Oddly well-made? Check. Makes me wish like hell this was a regular sitcom on tv? Check, check and more check. [via Geeks Are Sexy]
Cats may be inferior to dogs in every regard in real life, but on the Internet nothing can compare to the fuzzy felines, exemplified by this mashup by Pleated Jeans of famous movie scenes with cats. [via TDW]