Awesome Animals

YouTuber ghiblilover25 shows us how to make a furry pancake out of a hamster. All it takes is patience and a sleepy hamster. We’re no experts, but we think you should never ride a hamster. Unless you want to flatten it permanently.

Carry-on luggage with wheels is pretty easy to pull around the airport yourself, but if you’re too lazy to even do that, why not hire a 3-pound Yorkie and put them to work like these folks did?

We all know that honey badgers are the crazy, nasty, badasses of the animal kingdom but Stoffel here takes things to a whole other level. He just refuses to stay locked up, continuously outwitting his keepers and escaping again and again.

Rocco the springer spaniel gets excited when he sees a squirrel outside of the car window. But instead of barking or scratching at the window, he unleashes one of the weirdest streams of sounds ever. Did he swallow a chicken?

Spare a couple of minutes and hang out with these cool cats. The shironekoshiro cats are famous for not minding having random objects put on their bodies. This time their owner turned them into one long Deal With It response.

A clip from the BBC show Monkey Planet showing Kanzi the bonobo (supposedly) making a bonfire to toast marshmallows. The editing is suspect, but the 33-year old monkey has long been famous for his exceptional intelligence.

(NSFW: Language) Something amazing or horrifying must have happened to this parrot. Did he become aware that he was a parrot? Did he just realize that he can talk like a human? Or is he just a fan of The Wire?

Abe-chan is a common hill mynah, a species of bird known for its ability to mimic sounds, including human voices. Listen to Abe-chan speak Japanese phrases. If you don’t believe your ears, head to his YouTube channel for more.

While most of us would choose a pack of huskies or malamutes for our dogsledding team, George Evans clearly thinks outside of the box, being pulled at breakneck speeds by his four pit bulls while riding his skateboard in Florida.

These beautiful handcrafted basswood wall sculptures pay tribute to these majestic horned wild beasts without having to hunt them down and chop their heads off. Perfect for the pacifist’s drawing room.

YouTuber Marca Blanca collected clips of goats – and a couple of sheep – bleating and made them sing the title theme of Game of Thrones. If a bunch of Dothraki drunkards formed a rugby team this is what their haka would sound like.

It might look like a primitive CGI animation, but this short film by DBLG was made by creating numerous 3D prints of a bear climbing a flight of stairs, then shooting them frame by frame. We’d love to see more of this technique.

This first-person (first-animal?) video game puts you in control of a not yet another gun-toting protagonist, but in the body of a bear. You’ll have to forage for berries, go on the prowl for meals, and explore a huge open world along the way.

(Gross) ZeFrank resumes his True Facts series with an episode that’s as enlightening as it is hilarious. Watch and learn about the dangers of touching an octopus arm, how to compare the weirdness of two animals and more.

Daniel Stoupin shows corals and sponges brimming with life in this artificial time-lapse. Daniel focus stacked 150,000 shots to make the video. Thank Daniel by donating to the Australian Marine Conservation Society.

Photographer Ernest Goh talks about the subject of his latest book: ornamental chickens. To document these unusual models, Ernest went around Malaysia, where chicken beauty pageants are held nearly every week across the country.

Bl00d Blitz put a Bane costume on his cat and appropriated the masked murderer’s lines from The Dark Knight Rises to expose the feline’s villainy. We’re amazed he was able to make such an evil creature wear a costume.

YouTuber rhys assan was walking on a beach in southwest Australia when he spotted a mahi-mahi. Strangely enough, it seemed like the fish spotted him too and made a beeline for him, neglecting the fact that rhys was on the shore.

Magician Jose Ahonen tricks dogs by making a tasty treat disappear in front of their eyes. It seems like Sälli and Torsti are not fond of wizards. Here’s a similar prank from a Japanese show.

Amazing footage of Alaskan grizzly bears frolicking and enjoying the day. Though one of the bears gets a little too personal with the GoPro. Contrary to the title, we don’t see him chomp down, but we do get a good look at his teeth.

Apparently the person who made this video allows his cat to stay on his bed. He doesn’t give his dog the same privilege. One day he setup his camera to record what happens when he leaves the house. Wait for it…

During the 2014 Puerto Rico Open, a curious iguana trotted onto the green at 16, and decided that golfer Andrew Loupe’s ball was some sort of tasty treat. We wonder what the PGA rulebook says about iguanas moving your ball.

This smart lady figured out an effective way to wake someone up while letting her pet have a bit of fun. With enough mirrors, a laser pointer and a bit of training we may be able to turn dogs into masseurs.