A CURIOUS kitten launches an adorable attack on a bemused dog in a heart-melting bid for attention. Frisky feline Sophie paws at the dog's snout and quickly runs off before launching another attack. Customs officer Jessica Manning recorded the footage of her two pets Bishop, a three-year-old doberman, and two-month-old kitten Sophie in her home. Sophie was found abandoned in a gas station restro
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When Xena the pitbull arrived at an animal shelter in Georgia in September 2012, she weighed four pounds and was close to death. The pup, whom doctors believe must have been locked up somewhere with no food or water at all, was given a one-percent chance of survival. This little pitbull was a survivor though — perhaps knowing she had much bigger work ahead of her. After she was nursed back to
While hydroelectric dams are able to generate electricity without coal or oil, they act as obstacles for wildlife, and migrating salmon in particular. When salmon are ready to reproduce, they migrate from the sea back upstream into rivers, where they spawn on gravel beds. Swimming upstream requires the ability to fight against obstacles including rapids and up over drop-offs. Traditional ladders f
Could a UFO have visited Texas this week? Several people have taken it to Twitter to post pictures showing a strange object floating through the Houston clouds during a storm last Monday. Some of the pictures show a bright oval object hovering. An unrelated picture shows a similar object through clouds. There are others, some showing what appears to be lights underneath the 'thing.' Several
photo credit: Milan Boers. Tilikum, the orca that has fathered many of SeaWorld's stars may also be the reason its profits are falling over SeaWorld profits are, er, tanking and the company has blamed the bad publicity from the documentary Blackfish. SeaWorld denies it is mistreating its stars, but is still planning to build bigger and better enclosures for the orcas in the hope of turning th
Everyone likes dancing, but when was the last time you saw a dancing Frenchie? In this funny video, a man has taught his dog a few hip hop dance moves, and after a little prompting, the dog is able to bust them out just as good as his owner! I love the Frenchie head tilt! There is just nothing cuter! My favorite part of this video is the end, where the guy realizes he’s being recorded! Tha
Romeo and Juliet of the Bronze Age: two in Russia are embracing human skeletons The work of a team of Russian archaeologists had an unexpected finding: during excavations in the Russian region of Rostov, were two skeletons from the Bronze Age embraced each other perfectly. Correspond to two adults who were so carefully stationed to stay with their arms and legs intertwined, facing each other.
More than 30,000 elephants are killed per year for their ivory. The number would probably be higher, if it weren't for the diligent work of conservation organizations in Africa that are dedicated to protecting and preserving the endangered and threatened species. Just last week, a newborn elephant who had followed a herd of cows became separated from his family and had to be airlifted from a re
When this dude decided to dive from Manly jump rock at Sydney Harbour in Australia, he never imagined he would land right next to a great white shark. Lets face it, Jumping off cliffs is fun but dangerous anyway, so landing next to a shark makes it just a little more hazardous. What would your first reaction be?
This is great! There are more tips than just strawberries in this video, but the strawberry trick was definitely my favorite! I’m usually painfully cutting the strawberry stems off, and that usually means that I trim off quite a bit of the strawberry, just like the video shows. I definitely wasn’t aware of this hack – were you? Please sound off in the comments below, do you do it this w