Category: animals

Medical Staff in Alaska Shocked by Moose Feasting on Lobby Plants in Hospital—And the Photos Go Viral

So this moose walks into a medical building … While that could be a setup for a bad joke, it actually happened in Anchorage on Thursday, Apr. 6. A young moose trudging through the snow looking for a meal spotted green plants in the lobby of a medical building in the Providence Alaska Health Park…


World’s Deepest Fish Discovered Over 27,000 Feet Below Sea Level, See How It Looks

Scientists from Australia and Japan have broken a new record after filming and catching the world’s deepest fish at just over an astonishing 27,000 feet (8.3 kilometers) below sea level. Teams from the University of Western Australia (UWA) and the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology have spent over 15 years researching deep snailfish….


VIDEO: Bird Humiliates 8-foot Florida Alligator After Tense Standoff, Sends It Scurrying Back to Pond

This stoic crane turned the tables on a stalking alligator after it stood its ground and scared the lethal predator back into the water. The gator was clearly eyeing up the large wading bird as lunch but was obviously about to bite off more than it could chew. Footage shows the sharp-eyed crane standing on…


Photographer Is Accompanied by an Adorable ‘Assistant’ While Taking Photos in the Wild

A North African wildlife photographer who took the cutest and most unexpected “assistant” to a photo shoot in the wild has wowed netizens. Wildlife photographer Djamel Hadj Aissa from Ghardaïa in Algeria, is a member of the famous family that founded the first zoological park in Algeria. Today, the Hadj Aissa family has six zoological…


‘We Needed a Bigger Scale’: Idaho Angler Reels In Monster Pike Weighing Over 40 Pounds for State Record

The second his lure hit the bottom of Hayden Lake, Thomas Francis felt his line peel with a ferocity he knew “wasn’t normal.” The avid angler from North Idaho would garner a new state record for his catch that day, March 21, reeling in a behemoth northern pike that weighed 40.76 pounds, measuring 49 inches…


Angler Sees Tug on Line, Battles 222-Pound Monster Catfish That Drags Him Half-Mile Downriver

In the biggest catch of his life, angler Ditch Ballard caught a humongous monster of a catfish in a Spanish river, weighing a staggering 222 pounds. The 8.2-foot (2.5-meter) long catfish—almost the length of a small car—dragged the British fishing enthusiast’s boat almost a mile downriver as he fought to hold onto it. Ballard, who…


VIDEO: Locals Hear Dog Stranded on Cliff Barking for Help After 4 Days—Here’s What They Did Next

Animal lovers in Malaysia crossed a river and hiked a steep mountain to save a stray dog that had been stranded on a cliffside for four days. They could hear the canine barking and see it on the cliffside from a far distance below. It appeared in distress. Francis Poh and three other volunteers set out…


Concerned Family Helps Rescue Giant Pacific Octopus Stranded at Low Tide in State Park

A young girl and her family who found a giant Pacific octopus stranded in a state park at low tide helped rescue the creature by alerting park authorities. The octopus likely would not have survived without all of their help. On March 15, a family from Vancouver, British Columbia, was visiting Bay View State Park, Washington, when…


Sheep Not Sheared in 6 Years Loses 37 Pounds of Wool—And She Can’t Stop Smiling, Hopping Around

A neglected, lonely sheep who wasn’t sheared in her six years of life has been given her first shear—and her first friends—by an Illinois animal sanctuary. When Laura Johnson, founder and manager of Harmony Hill Farm Sanctuary (HHFS) in Oregon, Illinois, received a call from a community member about a neglected sheep, she reached out to…


African Elephants Use Unique Body Odour to Communicate, Research Shows

African elephants use their unique sense of smell to communicate, distinguish their mates and outsiders, and maintain social cohesion. These are the findings of a group of researchers from the University of Queensland, who found that smell was used to distinguish characteristics including age, health, reproductive status, location, identity, social status and family relationships between…