animals

Cat Uses a Ram as a Mode of Transportation

Ajay Mehta · 02/23/11 11:05AM

Walking in the snow is annoying for all species, so this brilliant cat has found a way around it: ride around on a ram from place to place.

America Faces Epidemic of Fat Pets

Max Read · 02/22/11 11:18PM

Finally, we have new data on the number of fat pets in the U.S., and it's not looking good. Over half of all American dogs and cats are at least overweight, and some 20 percent of them are obese.

Women Smell Like Manipulation

Hamilton Nolan · 02/22/11 05:17PM

Woman smells! Animal behavior! Old people brains! STD testing! Allergies forever! Oil cleanup health! Fat dogs! Fat surgery! From death to business! And other conventional wisdom! It's your Tuesday Health Watch, where we watch your health—with ulterior motives!

Single Styrofoam Peanut Drives Cat Crazy

Richard Blakeley · 02/21/11 09:15AM

Cats make for great internet video because they act ridiculous, especially when their owners are messing with them. Watch what happens when someone places a styrofoam peanut on the back section of this cat.

Fat American Gorillas Cured by Salad Diet

Max Read · 02/21/11 01:07AM

Gorillas are so much like us! Not in the sense that they're magical creatures filled with empathy and understanding or whatever; in the sense that the ones who live in the U.S. are fat-asses dying of heart disease who love to throw up eat their own vomit in order "to taste sugar again and again." Really! Heart disease is the number-one killer among the type of gorillas that live in the U.S., and zoo gorillas really do barf up their meals and eat them again, apparently four times an hour on average—even though their diet consists entirely of totally delicious-looking, definitely healthy and not-at-all gross red vitamin biscuits!

Demon-Faced Dog Lets Out Perfectly Timed Fart

Matt Cherette · 02/17/11 04:48PM

Of this video, Best Week Ever's Michelle Collins said, "It is, in my internet expert calculations, a perfect video." And that's before she discovered the fart. Seriously, you guys, just watch this now—because it is, in fact, perfect.

Mysterious Japanese TV Show: Kittens in Bowls

Maureen O'Connor · 02/16/11 06:03PM

I do not know the rationale behind this mysterious Japanese TV show where dozens of kittens are set loose in a room full of casserole dishes in which they must curl up and sleep. I do not know if the rationale matters.

And Now, a Corgi on a Swing

Matt Cherette · 02/16/11 05:35PM

Are you having a depressing winter Wednesday? If so, then this video—of a Corgi on a swing... yes, a Corgi on a swing—will undoubtedly pick up your spirits.

Turtle Interrupts Wedding to Chew Bride's Dress

Preksha Kumar · 02/16/11 09:30AM

If you choose to marry underwater in a British aquarium, be prepared for uninvited guests who may decide to snack on your clothes. It'll make for a great story though.

Baby Gorilla Named "Tiny" Takes First Steps

Marisa Gladstone · 02/15/11 03:45PM

A 3-month-old baby gorilla named Tiny, who is the first gorilla to be born at the London Zoo in 20 years, takes his first steps. Miracle of life never ceases to conjure up a resounding, "awww!"

When Nap Time Becomes Nom Time

Matt Cherette · 02/14/11 05:13PM

For your Valentine's Day—and Monday—edition of "BAWWWWW!" we have this: a bunch of cute and tiny sleeping puppies being woken up by the sound of a spoon hitting a feeding bowl. Needless to say, they're a bit excited.