This is a video of an African jacana father gathering his chicks to move away from a hungry crocodile by letting them climb up under his wings, giving himself the appearance of a mutant bird with a bunch of extra legs in the process. Those aren’t his legs though, those

These are several videos of Monte, a 28-year old donkey rescued by Pinky Ruggles of Conroe, Texas, when he was 26. Since his adoption he’s learned that serenading Pinky with his sweet baritone song earns him treats, so he often comes to the front door to perform. And he’s clever

These are several videos from a Chinese pet owner who built some insane accomodations for his animals, including individual air-conditioned rooms, covered bridges for his cats, and an observation deck, complete with a corkscrew slide down to ground level for his dogs. Wow! Whatever you do, don’t go showing this

Because toddlers will be toddler no matter what the species, this is a video of a mama bear attempting to herd her four cubs (a rarity) across the street in Winsted, Connecticut. No sooner does she get one across the street that another heads back across the road. Kids, am

This is the ‘Magdeburg Unicorn’, a fossil reconstruction assembled a few years after the bones of a woolly rhinoceros were discovered in Germany in 1663. Allegedly the reconstruction was performed by Prussian scientist Otto von Geuricke, who, I think we can all agree, did a stellar job. I wish I

This is a video report from a news agency (BBC) that attacks the hard-hitting stories just like I do, reporting about a baby seal that broke into the home of a New Zealand marine biologist (“Study me!” I imagine the seal thinking) via a cat door, raising heck (even harassing

Because friendships are hard and you often have to choose sides, this is a video of a small pack of dogs rolling up on a gate to bark at the dog who lives there, when one of them jumps through the gate and starts barking at its own crew. Some

This is a video of a Cheetah family trying to make off with Scottish wildlife videographer Gordon Buchanan’s jacket. Gordon had been following the South African Cheetah family on foot and documenting their lives for the past year, so it makes sense to me why they’d want something to remember