Raccoons will eat anything. They also like to wash their food before consuming it. Those two traits sadly clashed when this raccoon got hold of a big hunk of cotton candy. It disappeared instantly on hitting the water. You can almost feel his excitement turn to confusion and then to disappointment. Poor raccoon! We could have warned you, if you only understood human words. -via The Daily Dot
Update: The original Vine was deleted, and has been replaced by a YouTube video.
The footage in the video below features a gray Bengal cat named Boomer who comes from an lllustrious feline family (his big sister is Didga, a cat who has an amazing talent for tricks). Thus far, Boomer has shown that he has a flair for having fun. This video of him entertaining himself with bunch of rubber balls shows his commitment to the pastime of being playful. Via Laughing Squid
You don’t often see a budgerigar, or common parakeet, flying free in Manitoba in the winter. They are native to Australia, and aren't made for cold weather. Sylvia Cassie of Winnipeg spotted a green and yellow parakeet as early as November 22, eating out of bird feeders in the company of sparrows, which had apparently taken the bird under their wings, so to speak. Several reports to Avian Welfare Canada got organization president Melanie Shura involved in trying to catch the bird before he succumbed to the cold weather. She set up a cage at Cassie’s home, complete with food, heat, and a trap door. Shura also helped Shelley Corvino and her husband set up a similar cage when they spotted the bird.
On New Year's Day, Corvino's husband saw the bird in the yard. It slowly made its way into the cage.
"He pulled the string, which he'd MacGyver'd to capture the fellow, through the little gate on the setup here … and that was it! He was still feeding!" Corvino said, referring to her husband capturing the bird.
"We high-fived and actually went and drank a toast and then we called Mel and Sylvia [Cassie] right away," she said.
Remember the guy who bought a pair of bear cubs thinking they were dogs? This picture shows how that can happen. TheRedFoxx posted this picture to reddit with the title Somebody brought this bear into doggie day care. It’s supposed to be a Pomeranian, but someone remarked that it looks more like a cross between a Pomeranian and a Teddy Ruxpin. Yeah, if you want a real, live teddy bear, this is the kind of dog you want. -via Buzzfeed
But, like Tom Cruise, he's still short. So his human made him a set of stilts. Now he can take up much taller roles as well as have a better shot at stealing treats off high counters.
Human hearts bleed for those poor innocent animals who are burned trying to help their humans, and human blood starts to boil when somebody posts a fake animal story online to garner sympathy or donations.
But what happens when the story is simply a harmless joke Facebookers felt was in poor taste? People get all kinds of mad anyway, because the internet.
It all started when Stephen Roseman slapped a piece of ham on his dog's face and snapped a pic, posting it to Facebook with a silly caption asking people to pray for his dog via likes and shares.
A silly pic posted by a playful dog owner quickly became a comment crapstorm simply because of what Stephen wrote, or more precisely, because people believed what he wrote.
The post got over 100,000 shares and brought the craftiest and most ham fisted commenters out of the woodwork to weigh in on the issue.
However, the real problem is that people are far too willing to believe everything they see posted online, and yet they blame the original poster for "deceiving" them when even a three-year-old can tell it's a fake.
YouTube user 10 Cats has 10 cats (I checked by counting because I'm a professional). By feeding them with carefully arranged bowls and appropriate angles, he can use their bodies to write letters and numbers. In this video, the herd wishes you a happy New Year.
On February 8, the Chinese New Year inagurates the Year of the Monkey in the Chinese zodiac. To mark the occasion, YouTube user 10 Cats dressed one of his cats in a monkey costume--much to the mockery of the other cats in the house.
A year ago, we introduced you to Derby, the dog with 3D-printed legs. Derby’s front legs are deformed, so he rests his weight on his elbows atop the prosthetics. Tara Andersen of 3D Systems tells us how the design of the legs had to change as he grew.
And you can see here how it doesn’t matter whether the prosthetics actually resemble legs, as long as they work for Derby. You can read more about Derby at gizmag. -via Uproxx
Getting to work in the morning is a pain when you have to shovel a few inches of snow to get anywhere. This squirrel gets around by way of overhead cable, and it will take him a while to get his walkway cleared.
Where does your pet belong when you go to sleep? Right with you, of course! The Brazilian company Colchão Inteligente Postural makes that possible with a box spring that has a little pet bed built inside.
It comes with a cushion, a pillow, and even privacy curtains.
Colchão Inteligente Postural has been developing the idea for 2 years after a client expressed a need for a bed that would permit her to sleep with her dog. The resulting product is available in a variety of sizes. You can remove it from the box spring to clean it.
Yesterday, the question was posed as to how a dog would wear pants. More than 80% of Neatoramanauts declared dogs would wear pants on their rear legs only, with the waist going vertically around the middle of the pup. Today, redditor Falcrest123 shows us dog pants that are actually sold in pet stores. They’re called Muddy Mutts Dog Apparel, and they are designed to protect your dog from getting snow and ice stuck in their fur, or wet when the weather’s cold, although they also keep you from having to wash off mud every time your dog ventures out in certain seasons. Some will argue that these are coveralls instead of pants, but on the other hand, why do we want to argue about dog pants?
Watch out, Pizza Rat, there’s a raccoon ready to steal your thunder! A masked bandit entered a doughnut shop through the ceiling and brazenly lifted the goods right in front of customers -with cameras.
Redditor goldenstate30 said his girlfriend’s cat Nala came home with a note attached to her. The cat was called both a “grief whisperer” and a “baloney whore.” Then people started telling stories about their cats who befriended other households, with both good and bad results.
This uplifting National Geographic footage of the Life Care Center of Nashoba Valley in Littleton, Massachusetts shows their residents engaging and developing ear-to-ear grins as a result of a visit from Travis the llama. A staff member there explains how such an animal has advantages over others in certain therapy environments. Regardless of what the experts say, the faces of these happy residents are proof enough that this visit is a good idea. Via Laughing Squid
