A Japanese railway station recently held a ceremony to appoint its new stationmaster. Although it sounds like a brief in-office event, maybe with a cake, the event was quite unusual and has drawn both domestic and international attention. After all, the new stationmaster is a cat. On January 7, Wakayama Electric Railway Co. (WERC) appointed …
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Zootopia, Disney’s 2016 hit animation, introduced the world to rabbit cop Judy Hopps and his reluctant crime-fighting partner, Nick Wilde. Released in late 2025, the sequel Zootopia 2 seems set to repeat the first movie’s success. This film introduced a new character, Gary De’Snake, who is unsurprisingly a snake. Zootopia 2 has done well at …
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Animals can have confusing names. For example, did you know the red-bellied woodpecker doesn’t have a red belly? These kinds of misleading monikers can be a result of outdated classifications, shared appearances between unrelated animals, or simple mistakes. Whatever the reason, though, an animal’s name or behavior can lead you to believe it’s related to …
It’s always fun when a bunch of dogs gets together for a play date. Recently, however, Argentina took the concept to a frankly ridiculous level. A group of people, led by social media influencer Fausto Duperré, decided to set a new world record. They wanted to get as many golden retrievers in one place as …
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Most people enjoy having a drink to celebrate or wind down after a hard day. Occasionally, however, four-legged creatures get into the liquor cabinet as well. Every now and then, animals happen to gain access to alcohol. It’s usually by accident and the critter has no idea what it’s consuming — but surprisingly, there are …
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After World War II, G.I.s returned from the front and got busy building families. That resulted in a baby boom, and that’s how we got today’s Boomers. It turns out that the same thing can also happen with our closest relatives. In the late 1990s and early 2000s, a bloody war raged in Uganda. This …
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Do you think you know a bunch of these fun facts about frogs? Because some of them are going to shock you. Frogs are amphibians and can live in water and on land. Their lives are shown in this dual water and land life as they are laid in water, hatch in the water and …
A Danish Zoo has recently stirred up a bit of controversy, to put things mildly. A few months ago, it asked people to donate their pets to the zoo. “Oh, that’s cute,” you might think. However, the donated animals wouldn’t become new attractions. Instead, they’d become food for the zoo’s carnivorous animals. Aalborg Zoo put …
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Seeing a rare and unusual animal is a… Well, rare treat. There’s just something about witnessing an elusive creature that few others have ever seen. Unfortunately, not all animals are rare simply because they live in remote places or are good at hiding. Some are being driven toward extinction, and may soon go from extremely …
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You see your friend in the distance, yell a greeting, and start reading toward them. But as you reach your friend, you realize it’s only a crude facsimile of a human being built out of severed body parts. Sounds like stuff from a horror movie. But building such gruesome monuments is everyday life for one …