ANIMAL INDEX

Biker Narrowly Escapes Death By A Tiger In Incredible Moment Caught On Camera This biker had a close call with death by tiger at India's Bandipur Tiger Reserve. June 29, 2019 at 07:01PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2XdWdWc

The Secret Behind Cephalopod Brains That Give Them Amazing Camouflaging Abilities Revealed Marine biologist Roger Hanlon explains why cephalopods have an incredible ability to blend in to their environment. June 29, 2019 at 01:32PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2FHgzwn

The Art Of Identifying Birds By Their Songs How to tune out everyday sounds, and find the songs you've been missing. June 28, 2019 at 02:01AM via Digg https://ift.tt/2LmHyRz

Pudgy Dog Can't Scratch Himself Because Of The Pudge His owners, who also named him "Fat Boris," need to stop filming and give this chunky pup a hand. June 27, 2019 at 07:54PM via Digg https://ift.tt/31VTv6x

Wall Of Vultures Waits For A Jackal To Finish Feasting On A Carcass They Have Their Eyes On This video of a hoard of vultures descending onto a dead impala is positively nuts. June 27, 2019 at 05:56PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2xgGd6t

Fisherman Tries To Reel In Fish, Loses To Hungry Killer Whale Finders keepers rule don't really apply on the sea. June 26, 2019 at 10:28PM via Digg https://ift.tt/2xpdKvz

Let's Fix All The Bird Logos In Pro Sports There are 12 teams across the Big Four leagues named after birds, and to be honest, it's a pretty raw deal for the birds. June 26, 2019 at 08:04PM via Digg https://ift.tt/31SzrCd

A Group Of Seals Chill On The Rudder Of A Massive Ship Just a crew of chunky rubber ocean doggos going for a cruise. June 25, 2019 at 06:13PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2KE9SiC

These monkeys are 3,000 years into their own 'Stone Age' While capuchins won't use tools like us any time soon, the species now "has its own individual archaeological record," scientists report. June 25, 2019 at 02:34PM via Digg https://on.natgeo.com/2KAWsUH

Please, Stop Flushing Live Goldfish Down the Toilet Why nonprofit organization Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper has a "Responsible Flushing Society" program to encourage people to keep anything unusual — including medications, criminal evidence and anything alive — out of the toilet. June 25, 2019 at 01:16PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2IEHZF8

The Squirrel Census Answers a Question You Weren’t Asking How many squirrels live in New York City's Central Park? Finding the answer was surprisingly complicated. June 25, 2019 at 01:16PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2YcA870

Did Neanderthals Catch and Kill Golden Eagles for Their Feathers and Talons? New evidence suggests that the ancient hominids held raptors in high esteem — and might have even passed that practice to us. June 25, 2019 at 12:32AM via Digg http://bit.ly/2XxC1hs

This Rubber Chicken Toy Will Regret The Day It Landed In The Mouth Of This Horse We sense in some alternate universe the two could live as friends or at least co-exist peacefully. This is not that world. June 24, 2019 at 10:05PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2FpbVmD

A Bizarre New Species Of Mollusk Eats Rocks, Poops Sand And Shapes Rivers Lithoredo abatanica, a very weird shipworm found in a river in the Philippines, represents both a new species and genus. June 23, 2019 at 09:25PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2XtKuCk

The Case For Eating Jellyfish A few summers ago, Stefano Piraino was walking along the rocky shoreline on a small island off the coast of Sicily when he spotted a washed up jellyfish. Naturally, he tore a piece off and popped it into his mouth. June 23, 2019 at 12:52PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2xcBGC9

Joe Exotic Built A Wild Animal Kingdom. He Was The Most Dangerous Predator Of Them All A cunning and cuddly persona created an empire. A murder plot brought it crashing down. June 22, 2019 at 06:04PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2IzHgVK

These Lions Are Nonplussed By This Zoo's Lion Escape Drill A zoo in Japan conducted a lion escape drill with one of their employees wearing a furry costume. June 22, 2019 at 05:19PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2Y2fMNE

May You Experience As Much Happiness As This Domesticated Fox Getting Its Head Scratched We care about you and hope you have a good weekend. June 21, 2019 at 09:07PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2L9lKZt

This Bee-Infested Bedroom Is Our Worst Nightmare Come True Say goodbye to your bed, your drawers, your sanctified personal space. The bees are here and they are not going to go away. June 20, 2019 at 03:24PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2WWUk00

Man Spoon-Feeds A Very Happy Bear Some Delicious Yogurt Stepan the Russian bear loves getting spoonfuls of this dairy-based snack. The hungry and jolly bear seems to want more yogurt with each bite. June 19, 2019 at 09:06PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2KZVroB

Should Zoos Exist? Should the future of educating the public about exotic animals be in sanctuaries and virtual zoos, not places where animals are kept in cages? June 19, 2019 at 07:48PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2WSRFjd

From Two Bulls, 9 Million Dairy Cows In the US, just two Y chromosomes exist within a population of 9 million Holsteins. Researchers want to know what traits have been lost over time. June 19, 2019 at 04:37PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2ZzQTte

We're Definitely Not Going To Sleep Knowing House Spiders Have Fangs This Big After finding a much-more-massive-than-usual house spider in his yard, British YouTuber jms elt decided to provide the big fella with a meal so he could see his chompers in action. June 19, 2019 at 03:23PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2WMYEKl

Man Goes On A Run, Is Joined By Several Curious Deer Nothing to help keep your spirits up while you're running than the intrusion of friendly wildlife. June 19, 2019 at 02:23PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2Y7QzRO

How Starting A Pet Euthanasia Business Saved My Life I was devastated when I lost my dream job as a mortician. But I found a new sense of purpose guiding pet owners through the worst days of their lives. June 18, 2019 at 11:16PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2MZ6Bwk

Fossil Teeth Reveal Ancient Hyenas In The Arctic In ancient times, these powerful carnivores inhabited the frigid Arctic during the last ice age, according to a new study led by the University at Buffalo. June 18, 2019 at 08:07PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2IRIScl

Young Tiger Tries To Attack Sloth Bear, Things Don't Go As Planned A sloth bear might look and sound cute and cuddly, but you don't want to mess around with this bear. June 18, 2019 at 03:53PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2WRiZ6l

Photographer Chases Away A Uncomfortably Curious Polar Bear We've seen what these cute but vicious creatures can do to lowly seals and, well, this man has balls of steel. June 17, 2019 at 07:14PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2MV3XaZ

Buffalo Is Giddy As Heck Playing With A Huge Tire Billy the Buffalo is a near-domesticated animal, having been bottle fed as a baby and ridden around like a horse by his owners. June 17, 2019 at 02:51PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2MSfXdp

Which Extinct Animal Would Have Made The Best Pet? The cat/dog paradigm has reigned for far too long; whole new realms of cuteness and companionship might be in store for us, once we start reviving dodos and Great auks. June 17, 2019 at 12:53PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2FfSnB7

Hunting The Elusive Rhino-Horn Cartel Of Thailand From an outpost in northeastern Thailand, a couple of shadowy men have for years been running the world's most elaborate poaching ring. Now can an enterprising vigilante finally bring down an untouchable smuggling syndicate? June 17, 2019 at 12:29PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2WTNrNe

A Very Silly Chase Scene Ensues After A Fox And A Badger Meet In The Nighttime A husky badger goes after a terrified fox. June 17, 2019 at 01:04AM via Digg http://bit.ly/2Xd3ViI

This Town Comes Alive Once A Year, As Thousands Of Snakes Mate More than 70,000 snakes slither out of dens to breed each spring at a Manitoba wildlife area. Thousands of people just can't keep away from the writhing show. Just don't call it an orgy. June 17, 2019 at 01:04AM via Digg https://nyti.ms/2ZrGejZ

This Gator With A Knife In Its Head Is The Most Metal Animal On The Planet An alligator in Sugar Land, Texas is swimming around with a damn steak knife sticking out of its skull, which is just stupendously hardcore. June 14, 2019 at 04:27PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2Zrmygm

Clumsy Baby Elephant Takes A Tumble After Chasing Away Dog At the Rai Aomgord Phu Kao Organic Farm in Thailand, T-noi the baby elephant has a bit of a rivalry with the dogs on the ranch. June 13, 2019 at 08:49PM via Digg http://bit.ly/31w15o5

Cows Slowly Walk Up One-By-One To Listen To A Man Singing This old folk ballad clearly speaks to the bovine heart. June 13, 2019 at 05:20PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2IFw7S5

Giraffe Tastes Another Giraffe's Pee, Immediately Regrets It We're not trying to anthropomorphize his reaction here, but this seems like the exact face of someone who's realized, "Geez, that was a bad idea." June 13, 2019 at 01:12PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2wT5q6V

The Incredible Sight Of A Bald Eagle Swimming Across A Lake Sometimes you just want a change of pace and take a break from all that flying, you know? June 12, 2019 at 08:09PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2MJpfZe

Koala Hilariously Chokes On His Own Mating Call A passerby spotted a koala making a racket and got more than he bargained for. June 12, 2019 at 03:51PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2WFgaVJ

Sex, Drugs And Mosquitoes To stop malaria, Flaminia Catteruccia wants to medicate — not annihilate — the world's mosquitoes. June 12, 2019 at 03:17PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2XJUmoy

Man's Home Turns Into An Adorable Zoo As He Rehabilitates Wild Animals We want to hug them all. June 11, 2019 at 06:48PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2IxXWLR

Prison Dogs Of Angola The working dogs of America's largest maximum-security prison. June 10, 2019 at 12:55AM via Digg https://nyti.ms/2WBc551

American Bull The story of American beef is like the story of the nation as a whole: a mashup of history and myth, bloody and contested. June 9, 2019 at 10:59PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2Z9pTjY

You Might Have Nightmares After Seeing This Bobbit Worm Chomp Down An Unsuspecting Fish One of the ocean's creepiest looking creatures takes a bite out of an unlucky critter. June 7, 2019 at 07:51PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2Iq0lsc

Way Dog Do Way Better At Jenga Than Your Clumsy Ass Ever Could Not only is Secret an extremely cute Australian shepherd, she also has better fine motor control than most preteens. June 7, 2019 at 06:16PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2WT5v9h

Hunter Hilariously Tries To Talk Down Black Bear From His Hunting Platform A hunter was shocked when he discovered this massive, 250 pound black bear up in his perch. June 7, 2019 at 05:31PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2wDEpUX

Poor Raccoon Stuck In The Power Lines Gets Rescued According to bystanders, the raccoon had been caught in the power lines for awhile before a team came to its rescue. June 7, 2019 at 04:23PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2KAyVCu

Guy Gets Chased By Herd Of Deer During Morning Jog Jared Wein was overwhelmed when a parade of deer decided to follow him on his Sunday morning run. June 6, 2019 at 09:36PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2Wm9YNk

Bless This Duck Confidently Marching Into A Walmart Huey here makes friends as he (assumedly) waddles over to the bread department. June 6, 2019 at 04:12PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2WqxCgL

This Kestrel's Head Stabilization Skills Has To Be Seen To Be Believed ​Birds have excellent natural head stabilization abilities and this clip of a kestrel attempting to hunt in strong winds is one of the best demonstrations we've seen. June 6, 2019 at 03:54PM via Digg http://bit.ly/2I0mfmS