These animal control officers from Spain demonstrate an explosive technique for turning a peaceful flock of pigeons into a seething mass of wings and beaks. Is this snare cruel and unusual, or surprisingly humane?

[This wallaby probably regrets going after that giant bale of delicious hay as it sits in the middle of a huge flood in Australia today. Image via AP]

Here it is, your moment of Zen. Soda can resting on top of a sleeping cat. Can eventually (eventually) falls off. Let's not mull over the destination, but rather enjoy the journey.

Did you know that baby tortoises climb rock walls? Have you ever seen so many baby tortoises together? Here they are, in a tank at a pet store.

Not entirely sure if this penguin is on drugs or is just happy to be alive, but either way it's adorable.

Each year, the Internet blesses us with a seemingly endless array of cat videos, and 2010 was no different! From cute to curmudgeonly, sappy to scary, tame to thrilling, and more, here's our compilation of the year's best feline-focused offerings.

[A young boy pisses off a tiger (behind glass) with his paper horn at the Malabon Zoo in the Philippines today. Image via AP]

Meet Rebel, the 8-month-old German Shepherd who stuck his head into an 18-inch wall and couldn't get it out. (It took about an hour, but Riverside County Animal Services officers were able to free him.) [Image via AP]

Last week, we showed you a pair of stranded deer who were blown to safety by a helicopter. Now, another rescued-by-helicopter video—this time starring a calf who was stranded on a frozen Oklahoma pond. The harrowing footage, inside.

Kentuckian Mark Cothren shot this hairless animal earlier in the week because he "feared what it was, since he did not recognize it." Mark! It's definitely a chupacabra. You know, a goat-sucker? They have them in Texas now, too.

We approach this cat lounging, window-side, on it's chair. The cat somehow takes this as a cue to put on the rabbit costume / hat that has been designated to him. Ta-da! He hates us all.

Watch as two cats take a playful approach to today's blizzard.

It is unclear whether the cat thought the trampoline would be a good place to relax, or if the little girl and camera-mom dragged the poor thing to it. The cat wants out.

Ōkunoshima Island, a former Japanese WWII gas factory, is now home to over 300 rabbits. Recently, Rabbit Island is receiving special attention because next year's Zodiac animal is the bunny. Woohoo.

Thought parrots and cockatiels were the only animals known to get down? Meet the slowly-crossing-the-road gecko. He does not care that it's your birthday.

Cockfighting is apparently still huge in Texas, despite being illegal for decades and being extremely cruel and all that. The Texas Tribune tagged along with officers from Dallas Animal Services as they busted up a "medium-sized" cockfighting ring.

Kids at the Jirasartwitthaya elementary school in Ayutthaya, Thailand, are paid a visit by an elephant dressed as Santa Claus earlier today. [Image via AP]

[A confused and depressed-looking bear eyes a papier mache snowman inside the Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, today. Image via Getty]

A team of Japanese scientists unintentionally bred a mouse that "sings like a bird." So they did what any self-respecting team of Japanese scientists would do, and bred 100 more of them.

"Is this the world's ugliest cat?" muses the BBC, about "Ugly Bat Boy," a cat who lives at a veterinary hospital in New Hampshire. Alas, BBC, no, Ugly Bat Boy is not the world's ugliest cat. Chase No Face is.