A rare white elephant was captured in the jungles of Myanmar and has been transported to the capital, where the 38-year-old animal will live out its days caged in front of a temple. The country's military leadership named her Bhaddavati.

Animal rights group Animals Asia has released photographs of Chinese maltreatment of animals, including "toothless tigers riding on the backs of horses," pigs on diving boards, and bears riding motorcycles on tightropes. Which is awful! But: Wow! [Telegraph]

Aviarios Del Caribe in Costa Rica is the only established orphanage for sloths. Although we previously got a brief look at the sloths, this more in depth video will send your heart over the edge.

Red is a pomeranian. He was abandoned by his previous owner, found on the streets of San Bernardino, and taken in by a nice lady. Red also recently underwent gender reassignment surgery, because he was a hermaphrodite. His story, inside.

Marek Rosin is the latest victim of what Montana authorities believe is a lone black bear that breaks into homes and raids freezers looking for food. Rosin found the bear in his kitchen eating a frozen pizza at 1:30 am.

Time magazine is a little embarrassed this morning, after Jack Shafer pointed out that Time ran "Can Animals Think?" stories in 1993, 1999, and this week. Psht. That's nothing compared to Newsweek's Historical Jesus coverage. Some things are always important.

The animal kingdom never ceases to amaze us with its majesty, splendor, unpredictability... oh, yeah—and horniness. Sometimes, all you can say is "Wow," and that's exactly what this turtle does—repeatedly, and enthusiastically—during sex with his boo. Video inside.

You're all familiar with the song, "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer," right? Well, life has decided to imitate art: watch as this poor Finnish woman falls victim to a randy Rudolph (or Connor, of Vixen, or whomever).

The third episode of Confessions: Animal Hoarding continued profiling people who hoard animals, and the effects it has on not only their life, but those around them. This episode featured Robin and Lolette.

Winston is an Exotic Shorthair, pet to fourfour's Rich Juzwiak, and the world's weirdest/coolest cat. After Juzwiak watched several YouTube videos that featured cats going crazy for watermelon, he decided to see if Winston would fall in line. Video inside.

Jerry Douthett wouldn't get his severely infected toe examined. Then one night, after drinking "five or six beers" and "huge margaritas," he passed out and his dog, Kiko, crawled into bed and ate his big toe. It saved Jerry's life.

[These baby Chilean Flamingos are wandering in the Uyuni salt desert in Bolivia, abandoned by their parents after a late nesting triggered by extremely cold weather. The adults, hungry and disoriented, have been appearing in urban environments. Pic via AP.]

The YouTube description for this video reads, "Like anyone at a rave, he's either really feeling the music, or he's got rabies." Regardless, though, this dog knows how to pop, lock and drop it like a true pro. Video inside.

Western lowland gorilla Mouila, who lives in a British zoo, just turned 50 years old! She has eight offspring and is a grandmother. Mouila had a blowout party with six other gorillas, and opened packages filled with treats and straw.

Earlier in the week, a mama grizzly bear and three cubs attacked hikers in Montana, killing one of them. Yesterday the mother was euthanized, and the cubs are being shipped off to ZooMontana to join its grizzly exhibit. [Billings Gazette]

Things got crazy at the Jersey Shore yesterday! Snooki was arrested, and a shark swam up to the beach at Seaside Park. But video shot there proves that nothing can fully stop an afternoon of fist-pumping at the shore.

Plenty of people listen to the calming sounds of nature, few dare to autotune them. In the alliance of nature and machine, there can only be one Internet Animal Orchestra.

Last night we caught the second episode of Animal Planet's new series Confessions: Animal Hoarding. This episode focuses on Janice and J.D.—two people who are hoarders of dogs. Exactly how allergic are you to pet hair?

A black bear on Tuesday walked into a New Hampshire home, ate two pears, some grapes, took a sip from a fishbowl and grabbed a stuffed bear on the way out of the house. The stuffed bear was later recovered.

[This is a four-day-old zedonk standing with its mother at the Chestatee Wildlife Preserve in Georgia. A zedonk is 50 percent zebra, 50 percent donkey, and 100 percent CUTE. Photo via AP.]