158 juvenile giant tortoises were recently reintroduced to Floreana Island in Ecuador’s Galapagos archipelago, where the local subspecies went extinct in the 1840s thanks to being easy pickings for sailors on long voyages to keep fresh meat at sea. Those sailors are lucky the Ninja Turtles weren’t around back then.

Sea otters hold hands while they sleep floating on their backs, an incredibly precious behavior known as rafting, so they don’t get separated while they’re napping. The behavior is particularly useful to young sea otters, who haven’t quite developed their sea legs yet and need to stay close to mom.

This is a video highlighting the life of Kiki the sheep, who was born paralyzed after her mother contracted Cache Valley virus from a mosquito while pregnant. Young Kiki was brought to Massachusetts non-profit animal sanctuary Don’t Forget Us, Pet Us, which cares for farm animals with permanent disabilities, where

This is a video highlighting the work of conservationist Shawn Miller’s ‘Make The Switch 4 Nature‘ program, which aids in providing hermit crabs living in plastic waste shells with real shells. It also encourages humans to leave potential hermit crabs shells on the beach instead of taking them home to

This is a video from the Brookfield Zoo Chicago of Adelaide, a 56-year old Tasmanian short-beaked echidna (aka spiny anteater) celebrating her birthday with a special cake made out of ground mealworms and chicken puree. Yum! I wonder if visitors got a slice, I’ll never say no to cake.

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 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

This is a heartwarming video of Instagram user thatboysnipes23 surprising his mom with her favorite ice cream: Private Selection Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, which was apparently out of production for years. At first she guesses he got her flowers or Super Bowl tickets, but then she’s even MORE excited when