Author: Hei

She’s so fluffy ? Prue Barber was driving through Bali, Indonesia, when she spotted an interesting-looking creature on the side of the road. What at first looked like a “hyena-looking animal” with tufted, scraggly fur along her back, was actually a dog, later named Hilary. “We were driving through the back streets, returning from our…

Researchers have confirmed the discovery of fossils belonging to a 24-million-year-old whale in Dorchester County. The newly discovered bones belonged to Eomysticetus, an extinct ancestor of baleen whales, according to experts. A team from Palmetto Fossil Excursions unearthed the fossils earlier this month along the Chandler Bridge formation near Ridgeville. “It was extremely exciting knowing…

Honey badger picks a fight with a python and wins (photos) An adult African rock python can weigh at least three times as much as your average honey badger, but what the badger lacks in size, it more than makes up for in daring ferocity. Image © Susan McConnell This python-badger face-off was captured on…

A touching set of pictures taken in the Sabah region of Borneo show the calf getting into difficulty as it tried to clamber up the steep bank after crossing the river Kinabatangan with his mother. With the youngster distressed, mother tries to come to his aid by pushing him up the bank with her trunk.…

Deformed Dog Gets Ignored Because Adopters Think He’s Hideous, But This Woman Loves Him So Much And Gives Him A Happy Life Despite His Rare Genetic Disorder All dogs are gorgeous. It doesn’t matter if they have special requirements, permanent scars, or untraditional characteristics, they are still lovely animals that need to be treasured. One…

Someone told Kokkachi Shelter about a little puppy with a wound around his stomach, so the volunteers team went there and investigated at the time he was outside the cave, but they didn’t have anything to catch him. So they returned to the shelter and obtained all required supplies such as cloth, milk, and a…

This poor dog was in terrible shape. Someone had intentionally hacked off his lower right leg. A groupe of recuers from Dumaguete Animal Sanctuary were searching for him a number of time but couldn’t locate him. When they eventually located him, he had pretty much given up and appeared to be waiting to die. The…

If this turtle looks a little sorry for itself it has good reason – after suffering horrific injuries in a suspected collision with a boat. Luckily the 100kg creature is now making a good recovery after vets at the Animal Ark Hospital in Darwin, Australia, inserted huge stitches to clamp its deep wounds together. The…

Time was running out … Recently, the staff at City of San Antonio Animal Care Services (SAACS) received a frantic call about a dog who was trapped on an active train track. The caller couldn’t tell if the pup was intentionally left there or if his leash just happened to get caught on the rail, but…

Too many flashy nature documentaries with slow-mo predation scenes and all those overheated online forums devoted to predator-on-predator matchups can obscure a cold hard truth: Being a carnivore ain’t easy. Intense footage lately out of the Great Smoky Mountains in the southeastern U.S. underscores that fact, plus another one: Pigs sure are gritty. We’re talking…