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New Zealand is reluctant to announce that the kākāpō is to be the bird of the year for a second time. With more than 61 bird species as candidates for the title, this flightless fat parrot was able to steal the show. Also known as the ‘mighty moss chicken’, the kākāpō won bird of the […]
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Who said Golden Retrievers weren’t the best dog breed out there? Gentle, fiercely loyal, friendly, and incredibly sweet – nothing can go wrong when you have a Goldie in your life. A mom in China recently captured the most adorable video of a Golden Retriever protecting her two-year-old from a scolding. According to Ms. Sun, […]
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We’ve all had that neighbor that suddenly gets too comfortable. You allow them a little benefit from your place, and all of a sudden, they’ve become entitled. It can be annoying, but in this raccoon’s case, she’s so cute that you’d just have to indulge her. Rocksy the Mama Raccoon is a regular visitor at […]
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You’d occasionally see cute pictures of dogs and cats with a small patch of their fur dyed a fun color, perhaps matching the hair color of their owner. As long as the dye is animal-safe, it’s all shades of cuteness and we love to see owners bonding sweetly with their animals. However, a trend that […]
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Not many people know that rats can be trained at all, let alone be trained to sniff out landmines. Many countries that have faced civil wars and were actively involved during the world wars are still covered in hundreds and thousands of deadly landmines today [1]. Working better than technological devices, trained dogs and rats […]
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Owls normally have a hard time functioning during the day, but imagine the fate of a tiny, defenseless small-sized owl that’s also blind. Later named Zeus, the Western Screech owl from California had been flying one night but his vision was so poor that he flew right into a wall and hit his head [1]. […]
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We all have those shower and house-chore moments when we sing so deeply in our feelings that we start feeling like Beyoncé in Black is King. Well, this little guy wasn’t joking around and he does a better Beyoncé impression than most of us. Little Chico is a cute nine-year-old yellow-crowned Amazon parrot that lives […]
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Now that’s a big boy! At 922 pounds (2013 weight) and over 11 feet in full body height, Hercules is the world’s largest living cat, currently holding the world record for the biggest carnivore mammal on earth. The liger is the hybrid offspring of a male lion and a female tiger, two big cat species […]
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Unusual animal friendships are some of the best things you could see on the internet. There’s always a lesson in these adorable relationships for humans to learn. Since we live in a world where we classify and separate one another based on physical appearance and supposed social standings, we can learn from lower animals how […]
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Get your tissues ready, people. This is the truest form of love. Two-year-old Bentley Boyers from Jackson, Michigan, was born with a cleft lip, an opening or splitting of the upper lip. Although it’s been impressively corrected, the young chap would probably wonder why he looks a little different from other kids. However, he now […]
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Whenever a colorful, beautiful bird lands at my window in the morning to stare at its reflection, I’m reminded of the sheer excellence in nature’s artistic skills. One of the most stunning birds I’ve ever seen is the fiery-throated hummingbird. From a distance, it looks like a randomly rainbow-colored little bird, but a close-up view […]
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Okay, can we now admit that meerkats are the cutest? You can’t see these photos and not feel the same way. Meerkats are exceptionally cool because there are not many wild animals that can stand up continuously on their hind legs, and this baby looked just a hiding little human. Japanese Photographer Mamekoro51 on Twitter […]