Awesome Animals

If there’s one thing we know about dogs – it’s that they like to fetch stuff. This man has harnessed this innate canine ability and put it to good use – to retrieve his beloved vodka.

A soothing Sunday video brought to you by YouTuber MrNuraT, featuring a common owl whose body seems to have been engineered by Mother Nature for petting. WE WANT ONE.

Fred is one smart kitty. One smart douchebag kitty. He figured out how to make the phone stop ringing. Sooner or later he’ll just cut the cord. Of course, he could actually be waiting for a call.

Can Bat-Cat top Nyan Cat for most addictive musical feline? Nyan Cat makes way less sense and has background music. On the other hand, Bat-Cat has a sidekick. Either way, our minds lose.

YouTuber StarWarsChick01 made her pug Chubbs a Wampa costume for Halloween, and he seemed stoked about it. You better not gut this one Luke. The Web wants more Wampug!

One thing is for sure – dogs love sticks. So let us go on a twig’s-eye-view ride along with this enthusiastic dog as he takes a GoPro camera along for a romp around the yard.

A montage of animals showing their rude or mischievous sides. Plus a horny dolphin. You’ve probably seen a few of the clips before, but they’re worth watching again. Especially that dolphin.

We’ve seen our share of commendable fetchers, but this dog can retrieve with the best of ’em. There is no backyard fence high enough that will keep him from getting that ball back to his master.

Berkley Illustration is the same team that gave us Strelka the Space Dog’s portrait. Their other portraits are not based on real animals, but they’re awesome nonetheless. Badass cheetah is badass.

Men can easily pee standing up, but let’s see you take a leak like Oscar the dog – handstanding up. Actually we don’t want to see any man do this. Props to thekingbeyondthegate for the awesome pun.

A single purpose tumblog that revamps classic album art… with kittens. We can’t decide if we like the Björk or Devo cover best. Though Nevermind is pretty great – that cat isn’t wearing any clothes!

A pack of wolves manage to wound and separate a bison from the rest of its herd. But not all of them have fled. There’s one more bison, he’s huge and he’s galloping straight at the wolves and OH SH-

Despite the fact that cats can occasionally be trained like dogs, most of the time they’re way too stubborn and self-centered to do the bidding of us humans. There’s a reason you don’t walk cats.

Behold the magic, beauty and poetry that nature surrounds us all with in this video, which shows a chance encounter and shared moment between two humans and a collection of starlings. (Thanks Raz!)

While dogs are pretty good at learning tricks, we’re impressed that any cat will take this much direction. Richie, the kitten seems to thrive on the whole training thing. The secret? Sausage treats.

Get in the spirit of the season and take 25 seconds to enjoy this creative canine costume, made from cardboard and paper clips (for the tracks). It may only be chihuahua-size, but it’s mighty.

YouTuber MrRCJtube was kayaking on Redondo Beach, California when he spotted a couple of blue whales lunge feeding. He even got a few underwater shots of the huge creatures.

(NSFW: Language) You’ll never guess who’s behind the director’s chair of this epic battle scene. One clue – it’s someone who’s seen more movies than most of us. A well done little promo for Canal+.

Here ye, greedy NBA players: don’t think for a minute you couldn’t get replaced by this number one feline draft pick. Looks like all the moves are solid, plus, bonus: payment in Friskies.

Apparently frustrated by the oversaturation of cat videos on YouTube, Hugapug the pug takes out her aggression out on some poor, unsuspecting dogs trapped inside this computer monitor.

A puppet play depicting what happens after a whale dies. The whole concept doesn’t seem particularly intriguing, until the final part where you find out just how significant the whole process is.

Penguins are known for being charming, but we had no idea Chilly Willy could be so devious too. This particular guy goes around stealing rocks from the nests of other birds while they’re not looking.

At least Jerry had a master kind enough to build him a robotic fetch machine. This little Jack Russell has to fend for himself entirely, but Sid does a surprisingly good job keeping himself occupied.