If you think your pet is spoiled ask yourself this- does your furry family member have their own custom built, and fully furnished, room under the stairs?
If the answer is yes then you should contact Poncho the chihuahua's humans and arrange a meetup, because you're two of a kind!
Poncho became internet famous when his human's nephew Fatisbac posted pics of the pampered pooch's sweet sub-staircase doggy digs on Imgur, following it up with this video a few days later.
Shanthi is a 41-year-old Asian elephant at the National Zoo in Washington, DC. She suffers from arthritis. The pain affected her stance, which led to foot problems. To give her relief, the veterinary staff approached the problem from several directions. That includes an experimental procedure used on horses ...and a set of Tevas!
According to an article at the Washington Post, Teva’s Director of Innovation went to China to supervise the making of Shanthi’s custom shoes, which were given to the zoo free of charge. She took a little while to get used to the shoes, but now obediently wears them, enabling veterinarians to keep her feet bathed in medications for extended periods. -via Metafilter
There's no telling what runs through a cat's mind as they sit there staring at humans, but if their facial expression is any indication those thoughts are rarely good.
Which is why the memes shared by the Twitter account Black Metal Cats may actually be a faithful representation of what our feline friends are thinking.
Black Metal Cats masterfully combines lyrics from heavy metal songs with the appropriate cat pictures in order to slash away human sadness with the power of kitteh-style kerrang.
Because combining cats and brutal metal is like firing a furry bazooka at the darkness lurking inside you, so Black Metal Cats are the ultimate weapon in the war against boredom and ennui.
The 2017 Guinness Book of World Records will have a new entry for the cat who can do the most tricks in one minute. That’s Didga, the skateboarding cat (previously at Neatorama). The skateboarding put her over the top, because how many other cats do that?
The secret to training cats (or any animal) is to make compliance worth the effort to them. Didga may not show it on her face, but the opportunity to have as much fun as she does, plus a spot in the record book, is a big payoff. Trainer Robert Dollwet will tell you it’s certainly not as simple as explaining fame and fortune to a cat, but his methods work. And get this: since this video was made, Didga broke her own record by performing 24 tricks in one minute! Read more about Didga’s record at the Guinness site.
Herman the Cat is a little guy with big eyes and a deep soul. At least, he certainly seems to think a lot more about important matters than other kitties. Just here he seems to be wondering whether it's worth loving anyone if they're only going to die or stop loving you eventually.
And here he seems to have realized what hot dogs are really made of.
Of course, sometimes he does relax that big brain of his -and then he looks like one chill little kitty.
You know how you can tell a dog groomer loves their job? They literally dance through the work day, and if their canine client is agreeable they may even dance with the doggy.
Argentinian pet groomer Luis Antonio Caballero loves the business he's in, and while other 58-year-olds are thinking about retiring Luis is having too much fun with his furry clients to close up shop.
One day his wife Gabriela went off to make tea and came back to find Luis dancing to the B-52s with a cute little client, so she had to shoot a video and share the cuteness with the world.
Now their Buenos Aires-based business PetShop Perrito Feliz has tons of new clients who can't wait to have Luis dance with their dogs!
Photoshoppers of the internet beware- all that digital power is starting to go to your heads, and if your creations ever come to life Weird Science style the human race is doomed!
Take these lovely Meowls you've designed for example- they're majestic and appear to be harmless enough, but combine a cat's love of the hunt with flight and an owl's talons and you'll discover appearances are deceiving.
But Meowls may be the hybrid animal this world needs, considering how few rodents would be left to invade our homes after that predator X 2 goes to work on their population.
They also look like they possess a magical ability or two, like the ability to stare straight into our souls and determine whether we're their rulers or their servants.
Hermit crabs are facing a bit of a housing crisis lately, as good shells become harder to find (arguably) because humans keep collecting shells and polluting the water.
Okinawa-based photographer and nature lover Shawn M. Miller started shooting this series after he and his friends noticed a bunch of Blueberry hermit crabs walking around with trash "shells".
Shawn is hoping his photo series will raise awareness about the global plastic pollution problem by using the hermit crab as representative for the sea life affected by our wasteful ways.
Here's more from Shawn on his photo series:
It’s becoming more common to find crabs with beach trash homes. I have friends combing local beaches in search of more crabs for my series. While these are cute images, our trash is becoming a serious problem to the ocean and the animals that call the shoreline home. I often find hermit crabs using a variety of plastic caps from twist top pet bottles, laundry detergent containers, small propane tanks, sports water bottles and beauty supplies.
If you want a new dog, you can always look the classified ads of your local newspaper. However, you should be ready to puzzle out what the seller actually meant to say. Layout editing, autocorrect, and clueless spelling can turn a simple ad into a comedy of errors. These were all recently featured at Bad Newspaper.
Most of us take lightning for granted, thinking that as long as we aren't under a tree, out swimming or swinging a golf club, we'll be ok. But it's easy to forget how dangerous it can be. A recent tragedy in Norway reminds us just how deadly it can be.
In fact, one single strike of lightning killed a whopping 323 reindeer died all at once when a lightning strike hit the herd that was huddled together -presumably thinking that would keep them safe.
Most humans won't let another human climb all over them unless the climber is a child or potential mate, but rhinos are apparently far more patient and tolerant than humans.
Rhinos are so tolerant they'll even let a bunch of rambunctious little goats jump and climb all over them, sometimes two or three goats at a time.
* Cats can hear sounds as high as 50,000 vibrations per second— people can’t hear above the low 20,000s.
* Cats don’t have a great sense of taste, so they make food choices based on texture, scent, and appearance.
* Male cats were called rams or boars until 1760, when an anonymous writer published The Life and Adventures of a Cat. Its main character, Tom, achieved widespread popularity, and male cats got a new name: tomcats.
* Historians say you can probably thank (or blame) the Pilgrims for bringing the first domestic cats to the New World.
* Siamese cats are mostly white when they’re born. The markings come later.
* There are about 77.7 million pet cats in the United States.
* Nearly a third of all households have at least one cat. The average cat-owning home has 2.2 cats. About half of all American pet cats get presents during the holidays.
Tourists who get lost in the mountains while traveling abroad hope to come across a mountain rescue team or, at very least, a local who speaks their language who can help them get back to their lodgings.
But chances are they wouldn't see a cat as a rescuer, that is, until they hear about the cat Redditor sc4s2cg met in Switzerland.
Sc4s2cg claims he went hiking in the mountains near his hostel and got lost, eventually coming across an abandoned town.
According to his map the only official trail back to his hostel was closed, but then a helpful little kitty guide came up to him and showed him another trail down the mountain.
Tucker may not realize he's different from other dogs, but he suffers from MPS VI, a rare disease that causes a number of medical issues as well as certain deformities. Those deformities look different on everyone with the disease, but in Tucker's case, they happen to have created a dog that looks more like a bat.
He may not be able to walk like other dogs and he may have to wear goggles outside to protect his eyes, but Tucker is still one happy pup and he loves to make all kinds of friends -both human and K-9. You can follow his adorable adventures on his Instagram, Tuckerwearsgoogles.
Have you ever seen a picture of someone holding an animal and thought “what the hell kinda critter is that?”
It usually winds up being a cat or a dog or a ferret, or something just as basic, but the big black thing wilderness expert Coyote Peterson is holding in the picture above isn't basic at all.
It's a giant black slug, a giant black sea hare to be exact, and it can weigh up to 30 lbs.
Hunting a sea slug the size of a small dog for his new series "Beyond The Tide" is one thing, but if Coyote starts leash training one of these suckers we'll know he's in need of professional help!
