Category: animals

Video: Woman Captures Special Moment She Hand-Fed 2 Red-bellied Woodpeckers One After the Other

A woman from Michigan has captured the rare and special moment she hand-fed two Red-bellied woodpeckers one after the other. “I was incredibly surprised,” Jocelyn Anderson, a programmer in her forties, told The Epoch Times. “My first thought was ‘oh wow!’” Anderson, who got into photography a little over five years ago, largely focuses on clicking…


Piglet the ‘Deaf, Blind, Pink Puppy’ Is Inspiring Others With His Growth Mindset Program

Piglet is deaf and blind, but he’s the feistiest, most determined little dog you’ll ever meet. After being rescued in 2017, he was adopted by a loving family and is now inspiring people all over the world with his own classroom-support materials, and his next children’s picture book is in the pipeline. He has grown…


Texas Family Dog Went Missing 3 Years Ago, but Is Finally Found 1,200 Miles Away in Indiana, Reunited

A Texas family who lost their dog three years ago were overjoyed when they received a call telling them that she had been found—how she ended up in Indiana, over 1,000 miles away, remains a mystery. Sugar Land mom 28-year-old Katrina Skelton, along with her husband, Mark, adopted fur baby Daisy before their first child…


VIDEO Spots ‘Lab’s Head’ on Rooftop, But It Turns out to Be Super Surprising Optical Illusion, And Goes Viral

A man named Joe vacationing in New Mexico captured a video that went viral while out walking one day a few months ago. Joe spotted on a rooftop in Santa Fe what looked like the head of a Labrador dog. No body, no tail, no legs, nor paws, just the head of a Lab on…


Avian Photographer Snaps Stunning Shots of 2 Female Cardinals Having Midair Duel That Lasted a ‘Split Second’

Stumbling on bird photography quite haphazardly after suffering a debilitating injury, Wisconsinite Andy Raupp was afforded a chance to immortalize an avian spectacle—recently capturing on camera a pair of female cardinals in a midair duel. One snowy day last January, Raupp, 28, was all set up in silent mode for wildlife shooting, in his photo blind in…


Orphaned Baby Rhino Saved From Near Death Develops Unlikely Friendship With Zebra Calf at Sanctuary

Difficult starts in life only brought one pair of South African orphan animals—of two different species—closer together. A newborn baby rhino, named Daisy, was rescued in early December from a known poaching area at Kruger National Park and brought to Care for Wild Rhino Sanctuary. She was found close to death, with her umbilical cord still…


Photos: 2 Giant Humpbacks ‘Blow Rainbows’ Into Air, Leaving Whale Watchers Stunned

These whale watchers were stunned when two giant humpbacks approached their boat and started shooting “rainbows” out of their blowholes. The friendly humpback pair greeted delighted tourists by swimming right up to their boat before spurting water from their blowholes; the droplets caught the sun creating spectacular rainbows. The amazing trick was repeated several times,…


VIDEO Shows Bear Cub Rescued From Animal Traffickers Enjoying First Bubble Bath—And It’s Adorable

A bear cub rescued from wildlife traffickers in Vietnam has enjoyed her first bubble bath in the safety of her new enclosure at a bear sanctuary—and the footage is heartwarming. The bear cub, named Wonder, for the W-shaped crescent of fur on her chest, was confiscated from a trafficker who was trying to sell her…


Magical Moment Woman Surprises Bambi-Obsessed Dying Mom With Bedside Visit From a Fawn

A woman has shared a heartwarming video of her Bambi-obsessed, terminally-ill mother’s joyous reaction upon receiving a surprise bedside visit from a fawn days before she died. Phyllis McDonald, 81, a retired nurse in Melbourne, Australia, had made the brave decision to leave hospice care and spend her last days at home after a long…


VIDEO: Adorable Dog Can’t Hide Her Joy Seeing Homeless Man Who Visits Her Each Day

Friendships can be made anywhere. Edna Kobari, 62, a public education administrator, sees a daily reminder of this when her adopted dog Mimi anxiously awaits a regular visit from her friend, Mr. Sebastião. A resident wanderer on the streets of São Paulo, Brazil, where Kobari grew up and lives, Mr. Sebastião makes it a point…