Awesome Animals

(PG-13 Language) It seems as if ducks are the new cats on the internet. The latest clip to go viral is this hilarious Vine in which both the waterfowl and the exclamation work together in perfect harmony.

If you thought sleeping with your face buried in a pillow was strange, check out some of the unusual sleep habits of wildlife, captured by the watchful lens of National Geographic. And yes, never wake a sleeping hippo.

Recently spotted on a hillside in California, this impressive beast may look like a golden retriever with a wig, but he’s actually a rare canine-feline hybrid who subsists entirely on soap bubbles. Or not.

While there were many doubters that the screams of The Duck Army were in some way faked, Mythbusters’ Adam Savage did what he does best, and proved that the horrifying wails are real. And they’re spectactular.

It’s the internet, so naturally everything is made better with cats. Mr. TVCow made his kitty cats take on an army of the undead, armed to the teeth with automatic weapons, and setting off deadly booby traps. Sadly, they were later distracted by a ball of yarn and turned.

YouTuber FrontYardVideo captured a monarch butterfly’s metamorphosis from a larva, into a pupa and finally into an adult. It’s one of the animal kingdom’s most wonderful life cycles, perhaps second only to David Bowie’s.

The BBC and SpongeBob SquarePants‘ Sheldon J. Plankton defend his namesake animals, reminding us that without them we would have much less air to breathe, food to eat and fuel to use.

During the Canadian Football League Labor Day Classic, a rabbit ran onto the field and proceeded to make a break for the endzone. With no defense blocking his way, he not only scored a touchdown, he did a little showboating as he crossed the goal line.

We already know that cats can be real assholes. To further prove this point, CFS compiled a series of kitties wreaking havoc in the bathroom. Now we know why they don’t wipe after the litter box.

Every year, Japan’s Niigata Prefecture takes leftover straw from the rice harvest into art. The Wara Art Festival showcases these impressive creations, which take the form of huge animals and monsters. Photos by @amymauscd, @kiyukatawani, and @waraartmatsuri.

While at Monterey Bay, California, Big Blue Live host Steve Backshall involuntarily waxed poetic when their crew’s helicopter spotted a blue whale in their vicinity. An appropriate reaction to the presence of an ancient giant.

Visual effects artist Aaron Benitez lives with his pet cat Prince Michael. Here he shares some of the challenges of having a feline for a roommate. Michael’s mostly the same as a human roommate. Down to his eyeballs.

Cuzzie the dog has a very special love for hanging out in the hot tub. Apparently, he doesn’t mind the hot water, and just loves the way the jets feel on his back. Who needs petting when you can have this?

Field Day presents a new soap opera by Mark Douglas of Barely Productions. It perfectly captures the intrigue, romance, and melodrama of the Vaseline-lensed daytime TV genre. Except with cats.

A grizzly bear amused visitors at Denali National Park by rolling down a hill. And then it charged and everyone wet their pants. Just kidding. Jim Carrey came out of its butt. Nah. We’re just mad we didn’t get to see this in person.

We always wondered if cats actually used those cat flaps you install in your door so they can come and go as they please. Philo the cat demonstrates why humans shouldn’t even bother making an effort to please their spiteful little furballs.

Several years back, British researchers on an exploratory mission in Antarctica came back to their inflatable boat to discover an unwanted guest had taken over, and he didn’t seem to want them to leave.

If your cat isn’t fazed by tinfoil or the mystical knot, YouTuber 郭恩劭 offers a last resort: a smelly foot. Watch as this cat tries to attack the source of the smell, causing it to be poisoned further with each attempt.

“You know they’re here, you just can’t find them.” While filming a BBC special on Monterey Bay’s wildlife, host Mark Carwardine was explaining how hard it can be to spot a blue whale. How hard? As hard as this owl is calm.

“You don’t have to zoom or anything…” Actually, you do, so we can get a better look at this 3-day-old miniature horse who already has the smarts to follow around his human companion, Sterling everywhere he goes.

While exploring shark behavior in Mossel Bay, South Africa, Skyler Thomas and White Shark Video came across a great white shark as it breached the water, capturing a moment that is at once awe-inspiring and terrifying. Skip to 1:36.

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. That’s the phrase that kept going through our minds after watching this brief clip of an owl who is apparently in a very relaxed state. We’d hate to see her on edge.

YouTuber Andre Bachman shares his strange encounter with a goose that decided they were buddies. It followed him around even when he drove off, so he led it to a lake where it finally decided to stay.