Awesome Animals

Each day, hundreds of Indian Runner ducks make their way to their day jobs – eating snails that might otherwise damage crops at South Africa’s Vergenoegd vineyard. Benny Hill version here. Original footage via Reuters.

Truckee the labrador helps out people in distress as part of South Lake Tahoe’s Avalanche Rescue Dog Program. But when he’s not hard at work, he likes to slide down the slopes of Heavenly Mountain, occasionally chomping on the snow for a quick pupsicle.

LEGO builder Kristal – the “K” of JK Brickworks created this amazing kinetic sculpture, designed to mimic the wing movements of a fruit bat. Its wings flap up and down, sweep forward, and expand and contract. Jason Allemann walks us through how it works.

This cat is very excited at the prospects of a delicious dinner of fish, though one small obstacle stands in its way. Will kitty find a way to get the tasty sea creatures inside the aquarium, or will the fish have the last laugh?

This group of seven dogs likes to eat their meal together. As they gather around their circular bowl, an unusual phenomenon occurs, and they start to spin. We assume that as their speed increases, a black hole is formed. Though we did miss that day in astrophysics class.

We already know that it’s possible to bio-mechanically steer a cockroach, but that requires surgery. So to get his bulldog to go where he wanted him to on command, engineer William Osman came up with a harmless, and much sillier approach. Doggy action at 6:10.

The archerfish has both the name and the ability to fit right in Pokémon. It catches land-based critters by spitting on them, causing them to fall into the water. It’s so good at aiming that a scientist tested the extent of the archerfish’s intelligence.

Animals and t-shirts go together like peanut butter and chocolate. So there’s sure to be a design you love in Sharp Shirter’s collection of animal tees, which feature everything from an a kitten with an RPG launcher to sloth on a stripper pole, and of course, bear pong.

We’re just going to file this one under the “WTF” category. What this guy captured while driving through an office parking lot is strange indeed, as a group of three turkeys decided to endlessly chase each other around a tree trunk. We can’t wait for the turkey tilt-a-whirl to open.

While filming the series Spy in the Wild, nature photographer John Downer came across a wild orangutan who figured out how to use a handsaw all on her own. Before you get any funny ideas about cheap construction labor, just remember how Planet of the Apes turned out.

YouTuber funny japan shares this hilarious segment from a Japanese talk show in 1994. A housewife asked the show to find out how her free-spirited dog Sacchan got so fat. What follows is investigative reporting at its finest.

We want a personal zoo filled with these polygonal stoneware animals from Brooklyn ceramicists Bronsen Company. Choose from Gerard Giraffe, Leo Lion, Calvin Crocodile, Grayson Gorilla, or Hamilton Hippo. Available in white or black, individually or in a complete set.

“All of our cats are self-cleaning and cleaning and cleaning…” Check out all of the top-of-the-line felines being offered at FurKids’ Atlanta, GA animal shelter. They’ve even got an actual human inflatable man, and of course Sarah McLachlan playing in the background.

YouTuber Tal Solomon’s pet dog snores as loud as a human. He recorded her sleeping then gave her a rude and meta awakening. Not good enough doggo. Next time try to snore so loudly that you’ll wake yourself in real time. That’s how we do.

(PG-13: Language) YouTuber Sam O’Nella Academy woke up just in time for a New Year’s episode. It’s about how chickens evolved to be seasonal egg factories, and how ancient humans tricked the bird into laying eggs all the time. It involves bamboo, egg puns, and Croatia.

YouTuber Snake Buddies gathered and edited videos of peacock spiders from fellow YouTuber Peacockspiderman to make it seem like the Casanovas of arachnids were partaking in the Holiday spirit. The snowspiderman is somehow both cute and creepy.