This is a video of a pet sulcata tortoise named Seamus (aka the Bulldozer and The Crazy Dinosaur on TikTok) vigorously humping a basketball when he decides to bring his new girlfriend inside to meet the family and attempts to come through the dog door. Meanwhile, the family’s actual dog

After her cat fell in the tub three times trying to join her during bath time, equine behavioral specialist Shelby Dennis of Milestone Equestrian used a clear plastic Rubbermaid bin to make a “boat” so he can join her without the hassle/trauma of getting wet. Shelby actually supports the boat

This is a video of doctor of evolutionary biology ChuckDarwin (I guess he was cryogenically frozen?) discussing the extra ocelli (Latin: little eyes) some insects have, and their purpose. According to research, the simple eyes only gather information about light and dark, and help flying insects maintain their orientation to

Athena, a shephard husky mix in Florida escaped her crate, ditched her collar, and was on the lam for over a week before returning home on her own, ringing the video doorbell to be let in on Christmas Eve. Classic dog, coming back for the milk and cookies. She roamed

In news that shouldn’t surprise anybody who’s ever been tasked with working with other people, large groups of ants were able to solve the piano mover’s puzzle better than large human groups in recent experiments conducted by the Weizmann Institute. The study found that individually or in small groups humans

This is a video of dogs at the Humane Education Society of Hamilton County, Tennessee each picking out their own Christmas present from two lines of plush toys. Every single one seems to carefully sniff out a special toy, except BamBam, who just charges in and changes his mind several

A barred owl in Arlington, Virginia recently flew down a family’s uncapped chimney (that’s your bad) and perched atop their Christmas tree, knocking the star topper to the side and taking its place. Admittedly, that’s a great Christmas tree topper. In other news, apparently somebody’s going to be a freshman

This is a clip of Cornish Rex cats Arya and Keiko playing a game of leapfrog with each other on a giant exercise wheel. Hey, whatever keeps them active and burns those calories. “I burn calories eating.” Garfield! “What?” Put down the lasagna, Jon has let this go on long