24 posts tagged ‘animals’
Huge deadly cobra interrupts golf game (video)
Boing Boing,
Elitha Peachey's tee time was interrupted when a huge Cape cobra slithered onto the course at the Atlantic Beach Golf Club in Cape Town, South Africa. Video below. Seen in the background is a mongoose, the Cape cobra's main predator. As the Fark headline noted, it's like a Far Side cartoon come to life. — Read the rest
Did you know conch snails have googly eyes?
When I first saw this video, I thought for sure it was fake. The eyes on this conch look absolutely, delightfully cartoonish—how on earth could this possibly be real? Turns out that conchs actually DO have ridiculously awesome googly eyes! — Read the rest
What Comes After Panda Diplomacy?
The New Yorker,
Biden meets with President Xi as U.S.-China relations get less warm and fuzzy.
Watch sweet hungry kitten morph into ferocious beast (video)
A very cute and hungry calico kitten with a high-pitched "mew" knew how to sweet-talk a man into giving her a bottle of milk. Until… …she got her paws on it — and morphed from baby putty-tat to claw-baring beast. In fact, the longer she sucked on the liquid ambrosia, the more aggressive she became, growling like a roaring tiger as she tried to scratch the hand that feeds. — Read the rest
Huge lion escapes circus and strolls around Rome suburb (video)
On Saturday, a huge lion escaped from a circus in the Rome suburb of Ladispoli and took a stroll around town. The animal's handler, Rony Vassallo, implied that someone may have assisted Kimba the lion in fleeing the big top. Around seven hours later, authorities found the animal and sedated it with a tranquilizer dart. — Read the rest
Cast your vote for Aotearoa New Zealand's "Bird of the Century" (and listen to dozens of bird songs while you're at it!)
Every year, the registered charitable organization Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand Inc.—aka "Forest & Bird"—asks the public to determine Aotearoa New Zealand's bird of the year. Well, this year the organization is turning 100 and to celebrate its birthday, they're asking for help to determine the "Bird of the Century." — Read the rest
Dog led owner to lost cat trapped down a mine shaft
For almost a week, Michele Rose of Cornwall, England was searching for her missing cat Mowgli. She had "almost given up hope" when her dog Daisy went "berserk" in nearby woods. Daisy led Rose toward an old mine before "stopping dead in her tracks." — Read the rest
Silly doggo thinks he's "stuck" inside taped square on floor (video)
We've written dozens of posts about dogs who go to great extents to find ways out of their enclosures (such as this nimble French bulldog). But here's a law-abiding Frenchie who makes sure to stay within his boundaries — even when said boundary is just a few strips of masking tape. — Read the rest