Animals
…Three people were inside – a couple and their 14 year-old daughter. The girl’s cat woke her up, which was a life-saver, officials say, because there are no smoke detectors in the home. The teen woke up her parents and the family was able to get out of the home without any injuries.…
Montana bow hunter is recovering after he survived a grizzly bear mauling by remembering a tip from his grandmother and shoving his arm down the animal's throat.…
…"The little girl was coming off the curb and the dog stepped out in front of her keeping the car that was coming down through here from hitting her," neighbor Charles Saxton said. … "That truck came speeding down. They always do. He saved her life. Saved her from getting hit. I don’t know if it would have killed the girl or not but it mangled the dog pretty bad." The dog, nicknamed "Angel," is …at the Oklahoma City Animal Welfare Department. …being treated for a fractured leg. …
Rusty didn't seem sweet or playful at all when Jared Piper first met him. He was chained up in a yard in Phoenix, Arizona, barking at passersby all day. But one day Jared decided to stop and say hello.…
The goats in Morocco climb trees!
Yellowstone National Park… Australian shepherd named Jade was found in the Canyon area Friday, 42 days after she went missing. "She's skin and bones, but otherwise she seems perfectly fine," owner David Sowers of Denver said. …ran off July 23 after an auto wreck…
Dogs are well known for being loyal and devoted companions, while their feline counterparts are typically aloof and detached. Now researchers have discovered that this is because cats don't see their owners as a source of safety and security in the same way dogs do… cats don't suffer from separation anxiety and any noise they make when their owner leaves is more likely to be out of boredom or frustration.…
…'fantastically preserved' fossils of the largest and oldest species of sea scorpion… unearthed in Iowa. Dating back 460 million years, the eurypterid species would have measured more than 5ft (1.5 metres) long and had unique 'paddle-shaped' legs to help it swim and dig. … bizarre shape resembles that of the Greek warship penteconter, and the species has been described as 'Pentecopterus decorahensis'. …
Apparently there are killer, crazy ants in Birmingham which are addicted to electricity, and can bite, sting, and spread salmonella.
……whale appeared to be asking for help as it swam closely to their boats … One of the men removed fishing lines and rubbish bags out of its mouth … whale apparently showed its appreciation by flapping its fin…
…The shelter did a microchip scan and found that the owner information actually belonged to someone else in Tennessee. …led to a man named Lloyd Goldston. He said his dog went missing at the age of one when the family moved nine years ago from Tennessee to Alabama.…
…She shouted the word "danger" to her service dog, a golden Labrador named Yolanda, prompting the dog to dial 911 on a specialized phone. …
A 21-year-old mother in Queensland, Australia gave birth to Ella who was born without her left arm from the effects of Amniotic Band Syndrome. Ella is an otherwise healthy, adorable baby.
Ella’s mom saw a posting for a one-year-old abandoned dog named Snowy and emailed The Animal Welfare League asking if they could hold the dog for her at a rehoming center. She knew instantly that Snowy would be the perfect companion for her one-year-old daughter. You see, Snowy has only three legs.…
The Cass County [Texas] Sheriff’s Office said the man told deputies he was shooting at an armadillo just before 3 a.m. Thursday when his bullet ricocheted off the animal and hit him in the head.…
…That's when Beiswenger brought him a shovel.
"It was quite a shock to pull the dog up and the gator is still attached to the dog," he recalled.
Bloodied, but with all her legs still attached, Hope ran onto the dry land and the gator followed.
Daniels recalled hitting the gator on the top of the head with the shovel and the gator swimming off.
Beiswenger picked up Hope, put her in a golf cart and drove her to the clubhouse. Once there, she grabbed a tablecloth and used it as a tourniquet. She managed to get Hope to an emergency vet nearby.…
A Calgary bird who lost his feet to frostbite is now walking thanks to a pair of artificial talons created on a 3D printer.…
Why Oklahoma Had the Nation’s Highest Percentage Of Bee Deaths Last Year … “Bees are pretty heavily impacted by drought, and we’ve had a five-year drought here in Oklahoma,”
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