If a corgi and a baby are not able to make a go of their friendship then what hope is there for the rest of us? In this adorable video, Tucker the Corgi is trying his hardest to let some of his puppy like energy out.
Recently a baby chimp that is just 2 months old undertook a very exciting journey, travelling to the Lowery Park Zoo in Tampa from the Maryland Zoo. She will meet her new surrogate mum which is thrilling because Keeva who was born in March was abandoned by her biological mother after birth.
After spending the first 10 months of his life stuffed into a cramped chicken coop and eating only condensed milk, Budi the orangutan was thankfully rescued earlier this year. Upon being rescued, the little fella could hardly even sit up on his own. Budi now has a new lease on life and is settling in with his room-mate Jemmi at the International Animal Rescue in Indonesia.
In the wild the tiger likes to hunt the orangutan, however at a nature preserve in South Carolina, one particular primate has become best friends with three tigers. A male orangutan who lives at the Myrtle Beach Safari has taken three tiger cubs under his wing after seeing his human handlers nurse the baby big cats.
Recently Discovery Channel’s Shark Week which we all know and love unveiled an amazing photo of a 14 and a half foot great white shark getting rather too close to a cameraman. The man in question, David Riggs is seen holding his camera in the photo which appears to show the great white about to attack.
Who says pacifiers are only for human babies? puppies don’t speak actual words, they have no table manners and, if they’re anything like this baby Boxer, they love their pacifiers just like a human baby would. This little puppy falls asleep each night with her pacifier firmly stuck in her mouth and it is completely adorable. The eight month old boxer is called Princess Leia and just like any newborn is completely addicted to her binkie.
Watch this amazing video of two swans that amazingly enough got tangled with one another and were then saved from this unusual situation after they approached a couple of people on the river bank for help. After being untangled the first swan seems relatively unscathed and just wanders off without any apparent injury.
Many animals come to be associated with specific personality traits. For example the fox is said to be sly, whilst dogs are considered loyal and cats are thought to be clever. The trait that is most associated with otters is love. In fact these cute critters are so loving that in some countries they are a symbol of Valentine’s Day.
These red pandas certainly know how to make the most of unseasonably cold weather that hit the United States last month. Lisa Browning who works as an animal handler at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden shot footage of two very cute red panda’s messing about in the snow following a recent snowfall. Lin aged 2 and Rover aged 9 can be seen swinging, jumping and running in the frost covered trees in this adorable video which is about a minute long. According to the Zoo’s website, red pandas are able to maintain warm body temperatures in cold weather because of their thick tails which they wrap around their bodies.
Compared to human beings, hippos are much cooler than people are when they are three days old. Come to think of it, hippos are actually cooler than humans for the rest of their lives as well. Remember when you were three days old? Probably not, but it’s not a hard assumption to make that you cried a lot whilst being passed amongst relatives in between naps. This particular hippo was born at the end of last month at the San Diego Zoo seems to be having an awful lot of fun swimming around at its pool party with his mum. Check out the video above.
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