3/31/09

Newborn otters at SeaWorld Orlando




Pictures by Jason Collier/SeaWorld Orlando

SeaWorld animal trainers in Orlando have their hands full with four baby Asian small-clawed otters. Born just three weeks ago to parents Simon and Sophie, the pups are nursing and will open their eyes in about a week.
Asian small-clawed otters live in the rivers, creeks, estuaries and coastal waters of Southeast Asia, from northern India to southeastern China, the Malay Peninsula and parts of Indonesia.

3/30/09

Parrot saved girl's life

This undated image from video released by CBS4Denver, shows Willie, a Quaker parrot in Denver, Colo., whose cries of alarm alerted his owner when a little girl choked on her breakfast. Willie has been has been given the local Red Cross chapter's Animal Lifesaver Award."

Yahoo News is reporting about a parrot that saved a little girl from choking. Parrot Willie warned the babysitter by screaming "Mama Baby, Mama Baby!", while flapping his wings until babysitter Megan Howard returned to the room just in time to perform the Heimlich maneuver. Awesome story.



Watch hero parrot Willie on the news....

3/29/09

Cat licks Fennec Fox



Cutefinder Andrew R. has found us a great video again. A cat that is licking a fennec fox. How adorably hygienic that is...

3/28/09

Hitchhiking birds...




Pictures by Alan Stankevitz

Okay, I will go if you go first...

Two gutsy Red-Winged Blackbirds are taking a ride on the back of a Red-Tailed Hawk...

3/27/09

Cat gives massage



After a hard day's work.... All you want is a good cat massage....

3/26/09

Cat vs fly



Cat tries to catch a fly...

3/25/09

Meet Shiva







This beautiful Husky dog is Shiva. According to her owner Sara S. she is very good with the kids, so good that they call Shiva their nanny...

Check out Sara's stores here and here.

3/24/09

Francois Leaf-monkey born at the Taronga Zoo



Elke, a four-day-old hand raised Francois Langur is shown for the first time at the Taronga Zoo in Sydney.
The Leaf-Monkeys native habitat is Northeast Vietnam and Southeast China.

3/23/09

Mini cows at the Memphis Zoo


Picture by Lance Murphy/The Commercial Appeal

This are Cloudy and Darwinia, two mini moos that are the newest residents at the Memphis Zoo. Darwinia is 3 feet tall and Cloudy is 25 inches tall... Or should we say small?

(via commercialappeal.com)

3/22/09

Pink baby elephant spotted in Botswana


Picture by Mike Holding

Okay first we've had the pink dolphin, but now the BBC is reporting about a pink baby elephant that's been pictured by wildlife cameraman Mike Holding in the Okavango Delta, Botswana....
Experts say that it's probably an albino, which is a very rare phenomenon among African elephants.

3/21/09

Hair-raising experience for zookeeper


Picture by AP

Kasper, a three-month-old white lion cub, plays with zookeeper Nadja Radovic's hair in the lion's enclosure at the Belgrade Zoo, while the other lion cub warns the photographer to back off...

Found at the UK Telegraph.

3/20/09

Otter has a teddy friend


Picture by Richard Austin

This tiny otter that was found wandering alone on the roads of Exmoor, England, has found a friend to snuggle up to at the Secret World Wildlife Rescue Centre ...

Found at the UK Telegraph.

3/19/09

Rat loves cat



This is one of the cutest videos ever. Rat Peanut follows cat Ranj everywhere and loves to give him hugs and kisses...

3/18/09

Cat attacks cat photo...



Ooooh cat, how many times do I have to tell you that cat is NOT real?!?

3/16/09

Red panda twins







Awww, check out these cute red panda twins Li Ming and Xiao Li on the Red Panda Blog.
It's a blog with news from red pandas from the Red River Zoo in Fargo, North Dakota.

3/15/09

Otters just wanna have fun



Two otters playing on a frosty dock in Cowichan Bay, British Columbia... Don't you wish you could run and slide like that?

3/13/09

Dolphin bubbles



Watch the dolphins at SeaWorld Orlandos Dolphin Cove as they artfully create and play with underwater bubble rings. These dolphins are so... bubbly!

3/12/09

Flossing monkeys...



Macaques in Thailand are teaching their kiddo's how to floss their teeth...

New season of DogTown on the way



Attention dog lovers! A new season of National Geographic's DogTown is on the way. The first of ten episodes will be aired on Friday, March 20 at 10pm ET/PT.




Watch the preview of the first episode of DogTown's new season.

3/11/09

Shorty the short-legged pony...


Picture by Solent News and Photo Agency

No I is not sinking in tha mud. I just happen to have short legs, so please stop calling tha fire crews people...

Check the Cute Daily Mail for the article about Shorty.

3/10/09

Talking baby goat...



Awww, this baby goat sounds so cute...

3/9/09

Polar bear mom and cubs...



Yay, spring is (almost) in the air, so the polar bears are waking up and coming outside with their little cubs...

3/8/09

Dolphin meets tiger






Pictures by AP

Awwww, can it get any cuter?
Mavrick, a 14-month-old male Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, gets a surprise visit from a six-month old female Bengal tiger at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California.

Found at the UK Telegraph.

3/7/09

Nose to nose with a jaguar cub...


Picture by Martin Meija/AP

Or maybe the two-month old black jaguar cub would rather bite in it?

Found at the LA Times.

3/6/09

Funny cats...



Cats can be so silly...

3/5/09

Very hungry cat....



Relax, dude. It's all yours...

3/4/09

Otter with a video camera



Awesome shot made by professional wildlife photographer Enrique Aguirre at Elkhorn Slough in California.

Enrique on his blog:
About half way though the trip we spotted an otter that appeared to be holding a very large clam. As we got closer I got ready to start shooting, I aimed the lens, focused and saw what is possible the funniest thing I have ever seen a wild animal do... this crazy otter was filming us with a camcorder!!!!
I didn't really have a good shooting angle and the otter swam away before I got a really god shot but here is a crop of the only (and slightly blurred) photo I got.

3/3/09

Pink dolphin spotted in Louisiana



Oh my, it really is a pink dolphin... Check the UK Telegraph for more details.
Thanks for tipping Sjeltur.

3/2/09

Fish with transparant head...



Check out the first video footage ever of the Pacific barreleye fish (Macropinna microstoma)...

3/1/09

The science of cute...



Made by some very cute science of youtube nerds...