Crows Rolling in the Snow
If you thought the crow who goes snowboarding was just a one-off, this video, also from Russia, would seem to say otherwise. Or maybe it’s just…
Pig ‘Rescues’ Goat? Not Quite.
It really looked too cutesy to be true. Now we learn that the hugely viral video of a baby pig “rescuing” his friend the baby goat…
Horse d’Oeuvres, Colbert & Stewart
Count on Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert to cut to the heart of how screwed up our tastes, our psychology and our culture are when it…
Hanging Out with Baby Bats
A typical day at the Australian Bat Clinic and Wildlife Trauma Center includes feeding, health checks, laundry, rescue expeditions and getting the baby bats ready to…
A Day at Yosemite
One day, 30 videographers, nine kinds of cameras, 14 minutes of video. Produced by Steve Bumgardner, a former park ranger who, he says, spends his time…
David Attenborough’s Swan Song?
The indefatigable David Attenborough is back on PBS’s Nature Tonight with the three-part series “Attenborough’s Life Stories“, which looks back over his 60 years of film…
Just Visiting
The face at the window this morning – and with all his family in tow.
. . . "A Propos" of French Philosophers
Albert Camus (previous post) might have appreciated Henri the Cat’s take on the celebration of Halloween and the Holiday season: [readon]
Penguin Speed Secrets Revealed
How do emperor penguins manage to reach a maximum speed approaching 20 miles an hour when swimming in Antarctic waters where they have to avoid hungry leopard seals? The secret is in the bubbles!
Colbert Goes Veggie for a Day
In order to get rock star Morrissey to appear on his show, Stephen Colbert had to agree to his entire studio being free of animal products…
The Real Sea World
Orca experts visit Puget Sound, off the coast of Seattle, and compare the life of a killer whale in the wild (the real sea world) with…
Existentialist Cat Admits to Depressive Realism
Henri is back with a new video. The French-Canadian feline describes himself as a depressive realist – a condition described by psychologists as being when a…
Rescued Crow Now Family Friend
When a family in Ottawa found a baby injured crow, they took him home. When he was back in good health, they released him. But by then he’d made friends with the Renauds – mom, dad, the kids and the cats. and while he’s free as a bird, he keeps coming “home” to visit. Check out this delightful video.
Nonhumans Are Conscious – the Video
Here’s the video from the Francis Crick Memorial Conference at Cambridge University, England. In July, we reported that science leaders from around the world had reached…
Mama Scorpion Gives Birth – Photo Award
A mother scorpion gives birth, and is captured in an award-winning photo. The photo is part of a set, “New Life”, about the birth of insects…
Counting Sheep in a Shop – OMG!
How many sheep can fit inside a village sports store? (Try counting them in this video.) [readon] The sheep were trotting through the village of Sankt…
Proof that Cats Are Better than Dogs
From Buzzfeed.
Internet Cat Film Festival
(Update: The winner of the Festival was Henri reflecting on his existential angst in a classic homage to the French New Wave movies of the 1960s.…
Colbert Takes Rep. Steve King Apart
Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, is made to order for Stephen Colbert. You could have bet that his idiotic remarks about why we should allow dog-fighting would…