animals

  • Farmer Gives Chickens Glasses to Save the Roost

    Some might say it’s a spectacle to see but the roosters wearing the glasses would probably say the opposite. A Chinese farmer who was frustrated with his constantly fighting roosters has fashioned them with glasses so they’d stop attacking each other. Instead of helping the birds see better they...
  • FarmVille Comes to Life as MyFarm

    FarmVille fans can now take their skills to the real world… in a virtual kind of way. It’s MyFarm created by the UK’s National Trust, an organization dedicated to protecting nature and treasured areas in the country. MyFarm will allow 10,000 people to virtually run a real life farm...
  • Police Bust Cockfighting Ring Disguised as Kids Party

    It looked like the ideal kid’s party, with a water slide, picnic table and children. What police found inside was anything but. Responding to an anonymous tip police raided the property in Dayton, Texas, which was about 65km (40m) outside of Houston. At first the children’s party disguise had...
  • Snakes in an Engine Bay… It Does Happen [video]

    This video shows a truly frightening spectacle. A very annoyed looking anaconda had somehow found its way into a car’s engine bay – and had to be removed by some very brave emergency services personnel. If you come from anywhere that has a lot of snakes you might have...
  • Dog plucked from ocean after three weeks at sea

    A dog that is believed to have spent three weeks at sea was rescued by the Japanese coastguard 1.1 miles from the coast of Kesennuma in north-eastern Japan. The dog, which was believed to have been swept out to see by the March 11 tsunami, had taken refuge on...
  • Accidentally ski into a mother bear’s lair… that’s a mauling

    A 12-year-old Swedish boy was lucky to survive an encounter with a protective mother bear on his last ski trip in Funäsdalen, northern Sweden – when a wrong turn sent him into a bear’s lair, that was occupied by a mother and three cubs. The subsequent mauling only ended...
  • Anapka, the para-sailing donkey, dies of heart failure.

    Last July, in what became possibly the worst publicity stunt in advertising history, a Russian para-sailing company, strapped Anapka, a 39 year old female donkey to a parachute, and forced it to sail over a southern Russia beach. Onlookers soon posted videos of the terrified wailing donkey on Youtube...
  • Man killed by well-trained cock

    An Indian man is believed to have been killed by a reluctant fighting cock. According to witnesses Singrai Soren was killed by his cockfighting rooster after it emerged victorious from the ring. In the brutal sport of cockfighting, attach razor blades to the legs of their birds – and...
  • Scientists Ready to Clone Extinct Wooly Mammouth

    Once again the world of science is looking to mess with the natural evolution of things. This time they’re looking to clone the woolly mammoth which has been extinct for thousands of years. And they’re saying it could be done in as little at 4 years. Attempts to accomplish...