This is a short video of radiated tortoise (named because of the starburst patterns on their shells) Turnip shaking her rump while she receives a shower at the Tennessee Aquarium. Radiated tortoises have actually been documented doing this sort of rain dance during periods of heavy precipitation in their native

This is a video from Chiba, Japan’s Ichihara Elephant Kingdom of a comical looking overambitious seagull repeatedly trying to eat an entire capybara. Talk about having eyes bigger than your stomach! I actually knew a kid in high school that really did have eyes bigger than his stomach. Took up

This is a video of young goats Jimin and Yogurt doing battle after their caretaker Dan Lasher pool noodled their horns so they can’t actually cause each other any harm. That’s smart, and it would probably be a good idea to pool noodle my fists because *kissing knuckles* these things

WARNING: SPIDERS. This is a video of Australian woman Claudia welcoming a bunch of baby huntsman spiders into the world with a “they’re so cute!” and not a gas can and lighter like many would be tempted to do. Apparently Claudia discovered the babies upon walking into her daughter’s room

This is a video from a trail cam of a bobcat encountering a rattlesnake, and the two battling to the death while a crow cheers them on. Who wins? SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER: after several missed strikes by the rattlesnakes (deftly dodged by the bobcat), the bobcat bites it right behind

This is a video of Youtuber Maya interviewing a variety of different animals with a tiny functional microphone. All the animals she interviews live at a rehabilitation center and are unreleasable into the wild as the result of a permanent injury or handicap that would make survival improbably. Thankfully, they’re

This is a video from the St. Louis Zoo during a recent snowfall of some of the zoo’s penguin inhabitants taking a field trip to visit the nearby polar bear and grizzly bear exhibits. Now I know what you’re thinking, but the answer is no, dummy, polar bears don’t eat

This is a video of two waddles of Rockhopper penguins meeting in the Falkland Islands, sharing a few choice words, then continuing on their own ways when one penguin gets mixed up with the other group and starts to leave with them. Thankfully, another member of his crew realizes they