animals

Hungry, Sex-Crazed Swine Terrorize New York

Leah Beckmann · 03/12/12 09:31AM

A group of feral pigs are plaguing upstate New York, ravaging crops and ground-nesting birds, breeding like crazy, and generally causing a gross ruckus all around.

Lost Hiker Forced to Cuddle With Cat for Warmth

Louis Peitzman · 03/11/12 12:09PM


Here's a short but sweet palate-cleansing story: lost hiker Margaret Page was stranded for three and a half weeks in a New Mexico forest. In order to stay alive, she cuddled with her cat Miya in her sleeping bag — both were able to brave below-freezing temperatures.

Why Not Spend the Rest of Your Day Watching the Polar Bear Cam?

Max Read · 02/29/12 02:36PM

Siku, the Scandinavian Wildlife Park's polar bear cub, has his own LiveJasmin-style webcam. It's only live four hours out of the day, but they've got reruns up the rest of the time, so why not check out early? Unless you are, like, a doctor, there is literally nothing you could possibly be doing right now, in the big picture, that is more important than watching a polar bear cub fuck around. [Polar Bear Cam]

McDonald's Kindly Decides to Torture Mama Pigs Less (At Some Point)

Hamilton Nolan · 02/14/12 09:17AM

Food simulacra purveyor McDonald's has announced that it will "take actions" to "phase out" the use of gestational crates—tiny little pens for pregnant pigs that don't allow the pregnant pigs to turn around for four months, fucking them up in all sorts of ways—among the company's pork suppliers. "There are alternatives that we think are better for the welfare of sows," a McDonald's executive said in a statement that was probably a real chuckle for pregnant pigs. "I'll say!" said the tortured pigs with a good-natured laugh.

Woolly Mammoth Sighting in Siberia

Danny Gold · 02/09/12 07:57PM

An engineer in Siberia caught what some are saying is a woolly mammoth on video last summer, and the media is having a field day with it. According to The Sun, scientists believe the last of them died out 3500 years ago.