Today is World Cassowary Day! Don’t feel too bad about not being aware of that, since we weren’t either. It makes sense that there’s an awareness day for cassowaries. After all, these big birds are seriously endangered. We should protect them, too, because cassowaries are delightfully quirky and bizarre animals. Quirky, bizarre, and completely psychotic. …
Continue reading “Meet the Cassowary — 8 Facts About This Bizarre Bird”
Do you remember The Incredible Journey or its ‘90s remake Homeward Bound? If not, they tell the story of two dogs and a cat that make a dangerous journey through the Sierra Nevada to return home to their owner. A California housecat recently re-enacted the premise of the movies. This cat just did so in …
Continue reading “Lost Housecat Hikes 800 Miles from Yellowstone to Home in California”
We all love otters. The slippery water weasels are so adorable when they play around, stack rocks, or crack clams with a stone balanced on their little bellies. But they get a lot less cute once they start pulling your child to a watery grave. That strange yet horrific scenario recently played out in Washington …
Continue reading “Otter Drags Child Underwater, Bites Mother in Washington”
What do Texas and prehistoric Earth have in common? At least one thing — everything is bigger in both places. Many types of animals that still roam the planet today already existed millions of years ago. Many of them were just a whole lot bigger. We’ve covered some monstrous versions of modern animals before. That …
Continue reading “Another 7 Monstrously Huge Relatives of Modern Animals”
“Enough is enough! I’ve had it with these mother***ing snakes in this mother***ing snake!” bellowed Samuel L. Jackson in the famous movie Snakes in a Snake. Wait, that doesn’t seem right. Oh yeah, it’s not movie. It’s just what Georgia wildlife authorities discovered by complete chance. Georgia Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently shared a …
Continue reading “Snakeception: Four-Foot Snake Throws Up Two Smaller Snakes”
It’ll be very awkward if you call somebody’s baby by the wrong name. Animals, fortunately, won’t mind. In fact, it’s perfectly acceptable to call a critter’s offspring simple a “baby something.” Still, though, if we call our pets’ spawn puppies and kittens, maybe we should extend the same courtesy to all animals. To help you …
Continue reading “11 Unusual (But Adorable) Names for Baby Animals”
Did you know the teeny tiny hummingbird has 100 different species and that they don’t eat with their long beak but rather lap up sweet liquids like a cat and milk? Here are more teeny tiny hummingbirds. There is a lot of variability with the color and look of the iridescent parts of hummingbirds. The …
It’s not the time when summer is over and fall is here but it’s about that time. Which of these activities will you get into before the end of the summer? Go see small town America Make tomato recipes-because they’re in season and they taste great right now! You could use them for canning as …
Continue reading “Do These Things Before The Summer is Over and Fall Is Here”
Bears are complex creatures. Depending on the individual bear, the time of day, and the position of the stars, they can go from raging monsters to silly furballs of the forest. Over the years, we at Oddee have encountered a lot of bear-related stories. Sadly, not all of them have enough substance for a dedicated …
Some parents might tell children that a big bad wolf will come and eat them if they don’t behave. In northern India, they wouldn’t have to bother. They could just point at the wolf and go: “See that?” The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has a serious problem with the biggest and baddest kind of …
Continue reading “India Fights Man-Eating Wolves with Dolls Soaked in Children’s Pee”