This is a short video of a golden retriever repeatedly trying to attack a beam of light that appears on a sofa cushion. It’s not trying to bite it though, it’s trying to poke it with its nose like it’s playing Whac-A-Mole or something. And, just like my day job

This is a video of Odile getting her nails cut while the groomer wears a cling wrap hair covering smeared with peanut butter to keep Odile distracted. Hey — whatever works. At least *parting hair to reveal stitches* until your dog decides to try taking a bite out of your

This is a video of a currently unnamed newborn female southern white rhino calf doing zoomies around her mom Jamila in their holding pen at the Aukland Zoo in New Zealand. The calf was born August 14th and marks the first rhino birth at the zoo in the last 20

This is a short video from the BBC’s Super Cute Animals of a rescue hummingbird snoring. Obviously, the show’s title is not a misnomer. Family Feud? I’ve never seen a single punch thrown. American Ninja Warrior? No swords or blood. Survivor? Unfortunately they all do. I could go on and

This is a slow motion video from the folks (and bugs) of Ant Lab, featuring a bunch of different insects (spanning 8 different taxonomic orders — that’s the one between class and family) spreading their wings and taking to the sky, shot at 3,200 frames/second. Beautiful, wasn’t it? “Gross I

This is a short video of a little lamb with a heavy metal baa. Be sure to stick around to the very end for the full effect. You think this is Mary’s? That fleece doesn’t really look as white as snow, but I’m sure after a bath it could be.

In news that shouldn’t surprise anyone who wants no part of whatever the hell is going on in the photo above, researchers have discovered that painting large eyespots on cow asses helps deters predation from large carnivores. Some more info from the recently published Communications Biology article while I paint

This is a video of very good girl Tesla the miniature Australian sheepdog rolling herself up in a tortilla blanket when her caretaker gives her the ‘burrito’ command. That is impressive. For reference, my dog pooped on the bed yesterday because it was raining outside and she refused to spend