Face-to-face with a Shark
hese terrifying pictures show the moment a photographer was circled by a hungry shark – for two hours. (Sam Cahir / Barcroft) Continue reading »
Buttons and Kitty – Two Baby-Friends
Little cat named Kitty found in the garden all alone. She was only one day old. Fortunately, the man who found it was concerned and brought the baby to the center of rescue cats and dogs. So she was not alone, workers put it in the center of a room with a puppy named Buttons, who was born at the center, but was rejected by her mother. Since then, the two are inseparable. Photos by Casey Gutteridge / SWNS.com Continue reading »
Ginny –The Dog Who Rescues Cats
Ginny, a seventeen-year old schnauzer-husky mix from Long Beach, Long Island who was famous for rescuing cats, was killed off by her owner, Philip Gonzalez, on August 25th. At the time of her death she had stopped eating and was incontinent and arthritic. Continue reading »
Four Month Old Northern Lynx Kittens get their First Public Outing
Northern Lynx kittens, explore their enclosure at the Highland Wildlife park on October 9, 2012 in Kingussie, Scotland. The feline twins are believed to be the type of lynx found historically in Scotland. The Highland Wildlife Park specialises in Scottish animal species, both past and present, and species that are well adapted to cold weather. In photographs by by Jeff J. Mitchell. Continue reading »
Giant Eyeball Found on the Beach
A giant eyeball from a mysterious sea creature washed ashore and was found by a man walking the beach in Pompano Beach. No one knows what species the huge blue eyeball came from. The eyeball will be sent to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute in St. Petersburg to be examined. (Carli Segelson/Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission)
A Pair of Curious Young Polar Bears Play Together
A pair of curious young polar bears play together in Bernard Spit, Alaska. These in-yer-face polar bear pictures are the closest most of us get to one of natures most powerful predators. (Barcroft) Continue reading »
The Cutest Panda Ever
These delighted schoolchildren were given a rare treat when they met the cutest bear on the planet yesterday. (Getty) Continue reading »
South African Leopard Catches Sandgrouse
Deftly he finished with a birdie that they fly so low? Continue reading »
Beluga Whales: Play with me!
Baring teeth and charging upwards, this rare beluga whale makes a dash towards wildlife photographer Joe Bunni. But rather than an act of aggression these 4m long mammals are just messing around in the sea, enjoying the company. (Barcroft) Continue reading »
Their First Steps
Baby Red Pandas make some of their first steps in their enclosure after they were born at the Coltswold Wildlife Park in Oxfordshire. (PA)
Close Up
A remote-controlled, camouflaged camera allows Will Burrard-Lucas to capture intimate snaps of some of the continents most fearsome animals – without the risk of being savaged. (Barcroft) Continue reading »
Animal Orchestra
China’s Xiang Jiang Zoo has established an animal orchestra. The orchestra has members including a chimp on drums, elephants on big drums and chimes, a hippo on bass and baboons on flute. (Rex) Continue reading »
Beluga Whales Blowing Bubbles in Japan
The talent in bubbles unfurled the white Beluga whales living in Shimane Aquarium in Japan.As shown in the picture, have learned to make bubble rings, indicative of high intelligence.Whales blowing air from the mouth to create a stream and immediately after xanafysoun powerfully in the same place so that the bubbles to form a ring.Beluga whales are organized in groups and are social animals. They live in Arctic and sub-Arctic and known as “sea canaries” and mimic a wide range of sounds. Continue reading »
Spangles, the Cross-Eyed Cat
From his owner:
“Meet Spangles the cross-eyed kitty who is quite a charmer. He was born on July 4. So I came up with his name, Spangles! Spangles loves to take photos. He will pose for me, and let me know when he’s in a glamorous mood. He has one cross eye, and he was born that way. He can see perfectly fine.” Continue reading »
Roaring with Joy
A Amur tiger cub looks out of a basket during weighing in the Leipzig Zoo in central Germany. Two twin cubs were born on 20th July. They are still nameless tigers have achieved a weight of about 9 kilogram in the meantime. (AP) Continue reading »
“Kater Murrs Galerie berühmter Katzen”. Artworks by Michael Mathias Prechtl
Michael Mathias Prechtl (April 26, 1926, Amberg – March 19, 2003, Nuremberg) was a German artist, illustrator and cartoonist. He served as a soldier on the Eastern Front during World War II and spent 1945-49 as a prisoner of war in the Soviet Union.
He is well known for illustrating German editions of literary classics such as works by E.T.A. Hoffmann, Thomas More, Dante, Goethe, Benvenuto Cellini, and the letters of Mozart. He received more publicity for the numerous front page illustrations he made for Der Spiegel in the 1980s. Continue reading »
Cat Fashion Show at the Algonquin Hotel
Manhattan’s most fashionable felines dressed their best to help Matilda, the famous Algonquin Hotel cat, celebrate her 15th birthday on Aug. 11, 2010. The party was held in the hotel’s lobby and centered around a good ol’ fashioned cat fashion show. (Photo by Katie Sokoler/Gothamist.com) Continue reading »
Unlikely Friendships
Don’t forget to check a previous one – Animal Instinct: The World’s Most Unlikely Friendships.
An orphaned rhesus monkey and white dove that seemed to have lost its mate forged a special bond at the Neilingding Island-Futian National Nature Reserve in China. The monkey was born on the island but had strayed from its mother. Luckily, it was taken in by work staff in the protection center and became friends with the pigeon that had lingered there after possibly losing its mate. (Photo by CNImaging/Photoshot) Continue reading »
Humpback Whale Close Encounter Off California Coast
Bill Bouton, a retired high school biology teacher, was on an unsuccessful outing to photograph birds in San Luis Obispo, California, when he happened upon a breathtaking sight beneath the skyline: a pod of humpback whales feeding in shallow water.
The 69-year-old captured one of the enormous mammals breaching the surface while feeding on a “bait ball,” a dense mass of sardines that forms to ward off predators. But the defense mechanism just seemed to be attracting more hungry creatures, Bouton said, as hundreds of pelicans and seagulls were diving in the water and flying up again. Continue reading »
London Zoo Staff Conduct Their Annual Weigh In For the Animals
Zookeeper Grant Kother, at ZSL London Zoo, weighs and measures a giant tortoise during the zoo’s annual weigh-in on August 22, 2012 in London, England. The height and mass of every animal in the Zoo, of which there are over 16,000, needs to be recorded. The measurements are collated in the Zoological Information Management System, from which zoologists can use the data to compare information on thousands of endangered species. (Photo by Oli Scarff) Continue reading »
Einstein: The World’s Smallest Horse
The World’s Smallest Horse according to Guinness World Records is Thumbelina from Missouri, but another tiny horse named Einstein may take her place when he turns 4, which is the minimum age required for the record. Einstein is from New Hampshire and unlike Thumbelina, he doesn’t have any dwarvish features, he has the same proportions as any other horse – he’s just much much smaller.
Einstein is only 35 cm tall (14 inches) and weighs 2.7 kg (6lb). Thumbelina is 44.5 cm (17.5 in) tall, so even if Eisntein grows a little, the chances of he becoming the official smallest horse in the world are quite high. He was born in April 2010, so he still needs to wait for almost 2 years until he becomes eligible for the title. Continue reading »
Trapped Raccoons Saved from a Waste Container
A guy saw a family of raccoons that couldn’t get out of the trash container… Continue reading »
Swimming Pig Off The Island Of Big Major Cay
A swimming pig off the island of Big Major Cay, in the central Bahamas. These amazing pigs swim every day in the crystal clear waters of the Bahamas. They show off their piggy-paddle to visitors who flock to their beach to see the extraordinary site of wild pigs making a splash in the beautiful turquoise sea. Continue reading »
The Copycats: Cats Imitating Famous Works Of Art
Who needs Rembrandt when you’ve got a saucy little tabby? In the Renaissance, you needed to have years of formal training in painting or sculpting to be considered one of the masters. Now, all you need is a cat, a camera and a decent internet connection. Here’s a collection of pretty remarkable recreations of cats as famous works of art. More than anything, this just makes me want to go pull my old Far Side: Wiener Dog Art book of the shelf.
Salvador Dali, “Woman At The Window” (1925) Continue reading »
Advertisements of Sea Shepherd Organization
“Sea Shepherd – Until they can defend themselves, we will do it for them.”
Established in 1977, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) is an international non-profit, marine wildlife conservation organization. Their mission is to end the destruction of habitat and slaughter of wildlife in the world’s oceans in order to conserve and protect ecosystems and species. Continue reading »
