The Italian island of Alicudi is a true rural Mediterranean paradise. Visiting the island is like traveling back hundreds of years. There are no hotels or modern roads and transportation is handled by either your own feet or a donkey. Additionally, there are goats. Way too many goats. Over the last couple of decades, Alicudi …
Everybody loves watching animal videos on the internet. Some people, however, really shouldn’t. A year-long investigation by BBC journalists has revealed the existence of a sickening online network sharing horrific animal abuse videos over social media. Particularly, the group focused on torturing long-tailed macaques: small Southeast Asian monkeys. Few people, typically located in Asia, would …
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Fluffy hair, whiskers, claws, a heaping helping of attitude, and a purring engine in the chest cavity… That’s what makes a cat. Well, an average housecat, anyway. But the world of felines is wild and fascinating, from lions to ligers and even stranger creatures. Here are nine domestic cat breeds and wild cat species that …
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You step out of your home after a well-slept night on a bright morning, ready to go to work… And your car is a complete wreck. Who would you blame? Hooligans or no-good punk kids? Maybe aliens? How about dogs? Nah, that would be crazy. Unfortunately for one Florida woman, her car had just such …
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It’s nothing unusual to run into alligators in Florida. They’re everywhere, kind of like water-bound pigeons with more teeth. Recently, however, one beastie got a bit too close for comfort. Residents of Temple Terrace grew worried about a big alligator that had moved into the yard of the city’s old Coca-Cola plant. Most people were …
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The road to hell is paved with good intentions, they say. In this Canadian man’s case, that saying certainly is true. His personal hell, however, didn’t have fire, brimstone, and horned, goat-legged weirdoes poking him with pitchforks. No, it was full of cats. Bruce Robinson felt sorry for cats that were getting abandoned near his …
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We all know the basic gist of Frankenstein, right? It’s about a scientist who used parts from deceased humans to create his very own giant monster of a man. Whether or not this Montana rancher has read the story, he sure was determined to become a real-life Frankenstein. He, however, didn’t aim to build a …
It’s a real challenge to find a completely silent animal. Unless we’re talking about some kind of microscopic organisms, most creatures produce at least some noise. Of course, some are specialized to make sounds as loud as possible. We recently brought you the story of a fingernail-sized fish that’s louder than a gunshot. That story …
These polar bear fun facts are perfect for today. Because it’s February 27th, also known as National Polar Bear Day! Polar bears clean their fur by rolling in the snow or going swimming. They are classified as marine mammals. International Polar Bear Day is February 27th, today! Polar bears walk for about 19 miles a …
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If you want a quiet pet, you should get an aquarium. Fish have no vocal cords and whatever other sounds they make are typically muffled by water. Some fish, though, can be surprisingly noisy, like the black drum fish that keep a Florida town awake by having obnoxiously loud fish sex. But they’ve got nothing …
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