Category: Animals

Mariya and Aleksandr Dmitriev share a one-bedroom apartment with one of the biggest names in soccer – Messi. No not the star himself, but his namesake – a 90lb puma. The Russian couple first spotted Messi at the Saransk Zoo in Penza when he was just eight-months-old and decided that they had to have him.…

Unbelievable footage of a polar bear chasing a reindeer into the water, dragging it ashore and eating it was captured on video in the arctic. The young female bear drowned the sizable male reindeer in the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, which lies about halfway between Norway and the North Pole. Rare events like these are…

When a crocodile is poised to harm her fawn, a mother deer jumps into the river to save her baby. A distressing video of a mother deer saving her kid (fawn) from a crocodile assault has gone viral on social media. The video depicts a mother’s pure love for her loved one, as well as…

It’s no ѕeсгet that different ѕрeсіeѕ of animals can create amazingly ѕtгoпɡ friendships, but these friendships are even more meaningful and inspiring if they come from the “abnormal” beings like the little pigeon and the baby chihuahua in this astonishing story. Meet Herman and Lundy, two іпсгedіЬɩe creatures that can melt the hearts of even…

The sight of two American bison locked in a head-clashing battle for dominance is enough to stop just about any tourist in their tracks – especially when the skirmish takes places in the middle of a snow-covered road in the white haze of winter. Bison typically spar like this during the peak rutting season which…

Incredible footage captures a painter jumping into a freezing canal in his underwear, risking his own life to rescue a drowning deer. Marc Headon from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, was filmed swimming in the canal to help the struggling deer He said: ‘Madness just driving past the canal in Saxilby, and saw some ears in the water.…

Her jaws clamped firmly around the scruff of her tiny cub’s neck, this plucky lioness is taking no chances as she tackles a risky river crossing. As her nine-week-old youngster dangles beneath her, the mother skips gingerly between impromptu stepping stones. You’re too old to be carried, Simba: The mother starts her perilous journey across…

Often times, we tend to only see the beautiful parts of nature. However, there’s also a very dark side to nature, and can get incredibly brutal when it comes to a creature’s efforts to survive. And here is a prime example. It’s uncertain where this incident occurred, but the jackal is indigenous to eastern and…

When it comes to bodyguards, you really couldn’t do much better than these guys. In a heartwarming display, a mighty herd of elephants huddles around a female to protect her from prowling lions and hyenas as she gives birth. The protective group circled the mother, scratching the soil with their enormous feet and closing any…