Awesome Animals

In Soviet Russia, they use kittens instead of crash test dummies in what can only be called extreme animal testing. PeTA, we’ve been assured that no kittens were harmed in the making of this video.

We’ve posted our share of silly animal videos, but we want to know if you love ’em or hate ’em. State your case over on Facebook, then check out something else that people either love or hate.

Determined to get a clean shot at his distracted opponent, this mutt takes a page out of his unwitting prey’s book. We’re sure even cats would approve of the dog’s stealthy approach.

We wish the quality of this clip were better, but when we got to the part where one of these Australian cattle dogs runs across all those benches without missing a step, we had to put it up anyhow.

A video showing fire ants making a nigh-unsinkable raft out of their bodies, taken by Georgia Tech graduate student Nathan Mlot. The ants can also make a bubble of air if submerged underwater.

Takauki Hori printed these skeletons of endangered species onto translucent paper. When flat, they just look like a bunch of random bones, but properly assembled, they form a 3-dimensional skeleton.

We always had a childhood fantasy of Charlie the Poodle dragging us around the neighborhood on our skateboard. It never worked out, but Quila the Pit Bull shows us that the fantasy is reality here.

Baby Molly isn’t too impressed with bubbles. But she does find it utterly hysterical when she sees their dog Bennie pop them with his mouth, though he seems to think it’s serious business.

A lively Jack Russell named Jesse is happy to help his owner around the house, and now he can help you stay fit with his exercise video. Although we suggest leaving the treadmill handstand to Jesse.

While it’s more than likely it took a pair of penguins to pull off this stunt, we like to think it was one insanely fast penguin darting through the water. Don’t blink, or you might miss it.

A girl named Mel shows off her uncanny ability to sound like just about any animal you can throw at her. And no, we don’t advocate throwing animals at anyone, even if they do make faces like this.

Two fierce animals face off in this clip from Disney’s documentary African Cats. You know someone is really powerful when they can win without getting into a fight. This now makes sense.

Jerry the wiener dog really likes to play fetch, so his owner built him a robot fetch machine, and trained Jerry to load the ball all by himself. Humans, you’ve been officially outsourced.

That title is misleading. If you’re looking for a polar bear on skis in this video, you’ll be disappointed. You’ll also miss the white-on-white big bear that nearly makes this skier crap his pants.

A video from the 60s showing badass herpetologist Ross Allen and his son Tom take turns in wrestling a 20-foot anaconda at Silver Springs. Check out the comments on YouTube for bonus laughs.

Unlike her companions, who are all still as statues, for some reason Patsy the penguin is fighting the sweet, sweet urge to take a nap, but that soothing music in the background isn’t helping.

A delightful exchange of affection between two unfamiliar but nonetheless friendly animals. Well, we’re pretty sure the dolphins are friendly, but we’re not so sure what’s on the cat’s mind.

You can rest assured you won’t be seeing videos of some random dude’s junk on CuteRoulette. The site is 100% full of ridiculously cute clips of animals being adorable. Nawwwwwww.

We assume this cat is watching Animal Planet, or maybe he just likes CNN. We really can’t tell since the show is in Russian. Either way, kitty needs to get out of the house more and get some exercise.

There’s not a whole lot to be said about this 9-second clip, other than the fact that it deserves just as many views as Dramatic Chipmunk. Plus, it’s got “wiener” in the title.

After being rescued from a pile of debris floating off the coast of Japan since the March 11th tsunami, Ban the wonder dog is reunited with her owner – and much tail-wagging did ensue.

Earl seems like a mellow and healthy cat, so imagine our surprise when he resorts to a human gesture we only use when we’re desperate. Come on now, give him… whatever it is that he wants.

A set of plastic hot dogs strung on a nylon rope. If this doesn’t convince your lazy pooch to get off his ass and walk with you, nothing will. Keep away from dogs (and babies) when not in use.