I'm just glad the director didn't feel obligated to cast a white guy as the lead in the Lassie reboot. You hear that Marvel?

The Agriculture Department rounded up 400 Canada geese in Brooklyn's Prospect Park last week and killed them so they'd stop flying into jet engines. One Brooklyn resident said it looked like the geese had "been Photoshopped out." [NYT; pic]

After successfully predicting all seven of Germany's World Cup games as well as the final, Paul the octopus is retiring from the oracle business: "Paul will get back to his former job, namely, making children laugh." [AP, image via AP]

A trained dolphin attempted either an escape or suicide at Okinawa's Churaumi Aquarium: The rogue creature catapulted himself over the edge of the tank and flopped onto the sidewalk before a crowd of screaming onlookers.

Really Good Morning America? You felt this was breaking news? Watch as last week it was decided important to show George Stephanopolous' new puppy before reporting on Russian Spies.

This dog knows what he's doing. As the baby starts crying, the dog starts to sing the baby back to sleep. Will it work? You'll have to watch.

Paul the Psychic Octopus has some competition—a 13-year-old Singaporean parakeet named Mani has picked the Netherlands to beat Spain in the World Cup championship game on Sunday. Mani was right about the quarterfinals and Spain beating Germany.

San Francisco's Commission of Animal Control and Welfare will vote tonight on an ordinance that would ban the sale of all pets—cats, dogs, hamsters, birds, iguanas—in the city. This is a stupid idea.

Are we turtle? Or are we dancer? Enjoy this clip of a turtle really enjoying a toothbrush and some deep house rhythms. Someone strap a loin-cloth on him and call Lady Gaga!

This father's lesson to his child on high-fiving gets crashed by their dog. Who knew dogs were such good teachers?

Like all great geniuses, Paul the psychic octopus who predicts the outcomes of Germany's soccer matches is tortured: Argentinian soccer fans who blame their team's loss on him have threatened to cook and eat him.

Watch this reindeer as it berates it's keeper. It's almost as if it has a vendetta against her (go figure). This is what happens when you put wild animals in captivity... and continuously hit them shovels!

A group of marine scientists just got back from a science-type voyage with a bunch of totally bizarre, creepily beautiful new species. Wanna see 'em?

Paul the Psychic Octopus lives in a German aquarium and correctly predicted the outcome of every single match of Germany's now-ended World Cup run. He predicted Spain would defeat Germany; Spain beat Germany today. Six outta six for Paul! UPDATE:

Forget about the Puppy Bowl, here's the next best cute and cuddly sporting enterprise. Kitty Cage Match is both adorable and fierce.

[Researchers at the University of Cambridge say that meerkats have proven to be the first known mammals to pass on traditions, like sleeping in late, through generations. Telegraph; AP]

Here's video of a mounty arresting two people in Burnaby, BC last week as their RABID TERRIER tears at his leg. That's not the weird part. At :35 in, it seems a rodent disappears inside one suspect's... ass? Watch inside.

No one believed this woman when she claimed her cat sits on her head while she brushes her teeth. Here is the proof.

This goose is fed up and it ain't gonna take it, no it ain't gonna take it, no it ain't gonna take it anymore.

It's hot out. Don't you wish you were scuba diving? With a Dachshund? This Russian guy is teaching his dog, Boniface, to scuba dive. Aw. Click through for more pictures of this amazing scuba diving dog.