animals

Fat Cat Climbs Ladder

nightintern · 05/04/10 09:30AM

This surprisingly agile fat cat climbs up a ladder and tries to catch its own tail at the top.

Cat Adopts Baby Bunny

Robyn Caplan · 05/03/10 09:30AM

A cat adopts a baby bunny and raises it along with her own litter of kittens.

Finches Rock Out in London Art Installation

Jessica Poolt · 05/03/10 09:00AM

An installation by artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot features a walk through aviary furnished with guitars and other musical instruments. The flock of Zebra Finches which inhabit the space create a Hendrix-esq soundscape simply by landing on the strings.

On the Job Croc Attack

Daniel Barnum-Swett · 04/30/10 03:14PM

Kids always want to grow up to be veterinarians, to play with all creatures great and small forever. That dream ends now thanks to Weird, True, and Freaky, which showed just how terrifying a day at the zoo can be.

Ferret In Guitar

nightintern · 04/30/10 09:30AM

This ferret wants to play guitar, but it's so much easier just to climb into it.

One Mere Vote for a Meerkat...

Maureen O'Connor · 04/29/10 03:47PM

[As part of Great Britain's get out of the vote effort, the London Zoo's meerkats have been given mock ballots and a red post office box to demonstrate how easy it is to vote. Image via Splash.]

Sheep learns to Surf, Is Pretty Damn Good

Jon Martin · 04/29/10 02:02PM

Watch as these surfer's drag an innocent, cute sheep out into the rough waters of the ocean. The sheep is confronted with only two options, learn to surf, or perish like so many sheep before... what will he do?

Giant Bunny Takes Over The Today Show

Robyn Caplan · 04/29/10 10:08AM

Weighing in at 50 lbs, and 4'3'' from nose to tail, Sir King Darius is the largest bunny in the world. He might look friendly, but if movies have taught us anything, it might mean the end of the world.

The Best of Kitty Pratfalls

nightintern · 04/29/10 09:30AM

Cats falling, cats batting babies, cats hitting, cats jumping on dogs. and more.

Ostrich Attacks Girl On Pony, Dad Goes Vigilante

Elaine Moran · 04/28/10 02:48PM

We can all remember the terror of riding sweet ponies though the countryside and then being run down by an overconfident ostrich. Oh, how we laughed over hot cocoas later, remembering how Dad showed that ostrich who's boss! ...Wait, what?

Sleepy Tiger Cub

nightintern · 04/28/10 09:30AM

This little tiger tries to fight off sleep, but can't quite make it.

The Colbert Report Debuts Indecision 2010 with Adorable Animals

Henry Baker · 04/27/10 10:02AM

Stephen started his midterm election coverage by providing a menagerie's worth of animals to use as bartering chips with doctors. This is all to skewer a Nevada Senate challenger's idea, but who wouldn't want to carry around a little bunny?

Kitten Plays With Motorized Mouse

nightintern · 04/26/10 09:30AM

This adorable kitten loves playing with her motorized mouse toy. Stalking, jumping, running, she does it all.

Parrot and Cockatoo Danceoff

nightintern · 04/23/10 09:30AM

These birds look so happy listening to 'What is Love' and bopping with the beat.

Cute Kangaroo Takes Google's New York Office's Hostage

Jon Martin · 04/22/10 02:51PM

Today at Google, "Take your child to work "day was a little different than usual, a kangaroo showed up. You might think Google's "Do No Evil" Mantra is BS but they sure know how to surprise employee's.

Chameleon-like Octopus Literally Vanishes into Coral

Jessica Poolt · 04/22/10 12:06PM

In unbelievable deep sea footage shown at oceanographer David Gallo's TED talk, an octopus is shown changing shape, color and texture to camouflage itself into a bed of coral. Much like boisterous rapper, Eve, this Octopus will "blow ya mind."