ANIMAL INDEX

Holy Crap, We Didn't Expect This Owl To Be Such A Lethal Killer For us, owls may be all cuteness and associations with magic and Hogwarts. For the mouse that has just been swallowed whole, not so much. January 31, 2019 at 01:36PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2G1lkCB

Dude Can't Stop Laughing At A Squirrel Bobbing In And Out Of The Snow This squirrel thinks its a prairie dog. January 30, 2019 at 08:34PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2HSYTSb

The Biggest Salamander In Japan Is Pretty Freaking Big "I feel like my entire head can fit inside its mouth, but that's not a place you'd like to find yourself." January 29, 2019 at 08:51PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2BcomzU

Ending The Age Of Animal Cruelty Billions of animals die each year for our plates. What if they didn't have to? January 29, 2019 at 08:00PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2sQIdjG

This Bird Preserving Its Balance On A Ship Is Oddly Mesmerizing Tired from the back and forth of the sailing vessel it was perched on, this bird decided to just give up and go with the flow. January 29, 2019 at 06:54PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2RSWKud

Loyal Ferret Helps His Injured Friend To Safety Leave no ferret behind. January 29, 2019 at 05:23PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2DEPGbG

This Puppy Hugging Its Electric Heater Is Us During Winter A puppy in eastern China tried to keep warm by standing beside an electric heater, and we can relate. January 29, 2019 at 03:05PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2FXn7IO

Why China And America Fight Over Chicken Feet International squabbles have stopped a once-mighty chicken-foot trade. January 29, 2019 at 12:48PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2HCqdnu

Scientists Turn Birds Into Activity Trackers For The Sea This cheaper, easier way to map surface currents could be a boon to the renewable energy industry. January 29, 2019 at 02:09AM via Digg http://bit.ly/2DDkQ3c

Even Alpacas Know That Crocs Are An Abomination While it's easy to take aim at crocs — just like it's easy to take aim at Guy Fieri or Nickleback — we think you should ignore the haters (even the furry ones) and do you, Croc wearers. January 28, 2019 at 03:53PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2RmrL4s

Cat Does Some Impressive Core Strengtheners To Eat A Hard-To-Reach Meal Having already eaten dinner, this little acrobat insisted on eating his brother cat's food, even though it was in a stretch of a location. January 28, 2019 at 03:41PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2DFdIDy

Australia's Extreme Heatwaves Have Killed A Million Fish, Dozens Of Horses Temperatures in Port Augusta soared to 49.1ºC (120.4ºF) on Thursday, making it the hottest spot in the country. January 26, 2019 at 11:39AM via Digg http://bit.ly/2TlpnwV

This Magpie Can Play A Bird Version Of Fetch We've watched a lot of online videos featuring angry magpies attacking humans who dared to walk by their nests. We presumed they were nothing more than angry douche bags, but this intelligent bird is making us change our tune. January 25, 2019 at 03:52PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2G0b4tK

Here's A Good Reminder To Give Wild Tigers A Wide Berth A group of tourists in India's Ranthambore National Park got the full, terrifying experience. January 24, 2019 at 10:55PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2MuQy5F

This Horse Is So Gosh-Darn Happy To Be Alive Icecream the horse doesn't have a care in the world now that she can finally stretch her legs. January 24, 2019 at 09:06PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2S68nx3

If A Rhino Wants A Spot At Watering Hole, Don't Worry, He'll Scare Away Plenty Of Buffaloes To Get It "You've had your turn, and now it's MINE." January 24, 2019 at 03:23PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2AZM6qQ

Robert Irwin Covers Jimmy Fallon In Baby Servals, Lets A Camel Spit In His Face Steve Irwin's son Robert brings out a myriad of cute creatures and creepy crawlies for his "Tonight Show" appearance. January 24, 2019 at 02:24PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2Rb1K8f

Please Stop Buying Your Pets Grain-Free Food Veterinarians are increasingly concerned about health risks posed by the grain-free pet-food craze. January 24, 2019 at 01:58PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2FUxyfI

This Cat Is Gonna Catch All The Snow, Just You Wait Boot the cat uses his little paws to catch every last flake. January 24, 2019 at 01:37AM via Digg http://bit.ly/2T9YjR3

Nothing — Not Even Gravity — Can Stop This Cat's Pursuit Of The Red Glowing Dot Hipster kitty was into bouldering before it was trendy. January 23, 2019 at 08:51PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2FIFdyk

Here's A Gnarly Sight Of A Lion Clinging To A Giraffe's Back, Trying To Take It Down According to the filmer, the giraffe was later able to successfully shake the lion off and fend itself against the attempted attacks of the rest of the pride. January 23, 2019 at 03:34PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2R5O0M0

We're Not Sure If This Whale Wants To Eat Or Be Best Friends With This Dog We're leaning best friends — but, just in case, here's hoping that the oceanarium glass is very, very thick. January 23, 2019 at 03:22PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2B0H2mm

Thieving Eagle Quietly Swoops In To Steal A Leftover Fish For America's favorite bird of prey, there is such thing as a free lunch. January 22, 2019 at 10:50PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2HmSLkC

This Video Of A Sea Cow Grazing On Seagrass Is The Most Magical Thing You'll See This Week There's something inexplicably peaceful about a sea cow just enjoying its life to its fullest in the ocean. January 22, 2019 at 08:46PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2CCcWFz

Two Guys Were Fishing For Smaller Fish, But Then They Accidentally Hooked A Mako Shark Life is like a box of fish bait sometimes — you never know what you're gonna get. January 22, 2019 at 08:35PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2FVVdfP

Woman Rescues Bird That Got Stuck In Her Car's Grill, And, Oh No... No good deed goes unpunished, at least if you're a bird. January 22, 2019 at 03:11PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2AY1MLs

Why Gators Go Where The Golfers Are We've all seen those viral videos of giant alligators casually strolling across the links. Why do these scaley behemoths like to call luxury golf resorts home? January 21, 2019 at 01:50AM via Digg http://bit.ly/2R2XeIG

West Virginia's 'Recovery Boys' "The connection of human beings with animals and the earth is a unique catalyst for compassionate change and is an amazing thing to witness. Seeing the broken, suffering individual become a healthy, hopeful person in recovery, armed with tools to continue their journey has been the most rewarding experience of my life." January 19, 2019 at 10:03PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2CvN0LO

Divers Get Way, Way Too Close To 20-Foot Great White Shark On the one hand, stop crowding animals in their natural habitat. On the other hand, *that's a 20-foot great white, get the hell away before you die.* January 18, 2019 at 05:25PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2R1VEqQ

This Octopus's Camouflage Is So Good We Dare You To Try To Find It We spent most of our time watching this video wondering why the diver wasn't focusing on the octopus (he was, in fact). January 18, 2019 at 01:53PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2DgtoNe

Why It's Time To Start Eating Roadkill Alaskans have been enjoying free, organic meat for the past 50 years. Should other places stop turning their nose up? January 18, 2019 at 04:03AM via Digg http://bit.ly/2SWfYLT

Man Resigns Himself To The Fact That His Pet Duck Is Going To Brush His Teeth This one-month-old ducking named Riceball either wants kisses or simply for his owner to shut his trap. January 17, 2019 at 08:15PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2MfDCQU

What Might Animals Look Like Thousands of Years From Now? A new pop-up book imagines how Chicago's ecosystem might evolve in a world with fewer humans. January 17, 2019 at 12:55PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2DdbN8Z

This Cat, Uh, Makes Quite An Interesting Sound When It Gets Its Tush Scratched Whatever you're into, kitty. January 16, 2019 at 08:11PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2Ddrhd4

This Moment Between A Girl And Her Cat Is So Simple And Tender Something tells us these two are going to be best friends for a very long time. January 16, 2019 at 06:05PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2Fuyisz

This House Cat Is An Amazing Goaltender Nothing will stop this tabby from pursuing its dreams to be the first feline keeper in the big leagues. January 15, 2019 at 05:59PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2QP6foL

Wonderfully Kind People Make A Path For Moose To Cross Ice Safely After watching a moose circle a skating rink and fail to cross it for two hours, these Alaskans made a crossing for her using an ingenious combination of yoga mats, carpets and dog towels. January 15, 2019 at 05:59PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2VSdLTy

Our Pets: The Key To The Obesity Crisis? Even animals that aren't eating too much or exercising too little are getting fat. If we can figure out why, we may have the key to our own rise in obesity — and how to stop it. January 15, 2019 at 05:07PM via Digg https://bbc.in/2VWZuoS

Rise of the Golden Jackal A species that was barely known in Europe now vastly outnumbers wolves there, and is rapidly spreading north and west. January 15, 2019 at 03:29PM via Digg https://nyti.ms/2MdCjC3

Pet Owner Leaves A Camera On To See What Her Dog  Dog may be man's best friend, but video evidence confirms that *this dog* is *this cat's* best friend. January 14, 2019 at 11:27PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2VSeYdK

Tiger Sharks Bite Huge Chunks Off A Sperm Whale Carcass Of the sea, it was born. To the sea, it returns. January 14, 2019 at 09:47PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2QOEqwG

Sensitive Dog Reacts This Way Every Time Her Dad Has Been Gone For More Than A Few Hours Sophie the dog feels very strongly that her owner should never, ever be allowed to leave her side. January 14, 2019 at 04:34PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2D9SpcY

This Buck Has A Truly Stunning Set Of Antlers This 350-pound boy is only four years old and already has 519 inches of antlers. January 11, 2019 at 10:09PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2M3NxJr

Guy Turns His Back To Get A Selfie With A Baby Elephant, Who's Having None Of It This elephant just wants you to put your phone down and live in the moment. January 11, 2019 at 03:17PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2M7aivK

Forget The Werewolves Of London — Watch Out For The Wild Boars Of Kleinmachnow, Germany Welcome to Kleinmachnow, Germany, population 20,000 (plus a whole bunch of feral pigs). January 10, 2019 at 07:16PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2D2XEv5

Mischievous Elephant Stops Traffic So He Can Steal Sugar Canes From Trucks The government wildlife officer who filmed this video said, "The elephant was checking every car that passed. I think he believed he was a police inspector." January 10, 2019 at 05:32PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2RmEuJc

Snake Can't Figure Out Why It Can't Pass Through A Lens A little hognose snake named Twix slithers up to a pair of spectacles, thinking it can pass through. January 9, 2019 at 07:27PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2HdORdE

Why Oh Why Does The Head Of A Fireworm Look Like Something Out Of 'Aliens: Aquatic Edition' And now that we've seen it, we can never unsee it. January 9, 2019 at 06:08PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2H1Ixpy

Dense Boy Tries His Darndest To Climb Into A Car But The Universe Will Not Allow It Through no fault of his own — seeing as humans selected for his breed to have small legs and big bodies — he can't seem to make the leap. January 9, 2019 at 03:59PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2TBBSUH

Young Buck Approaches A Pair Of Hunters Looking For Cuddles How could you ever hunt again after this? January 8, 2019 at 09:48PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2RhqzUX