While a group were out fishing near Chiswell Islands, Alaska, they brought up an unexpected passenger with one of their lines – a Giant Pacific Octopus. The boat’s captain let the octopus go, and that’s when the human passengers are stunned to witness just how flexible an octopus can be! The captain wrote, “I pulled…
During one of his trips, trucker Milton Rodrigues, a resident of Santa Helena de Goiás-GO, Brazil, came across an unusual scene. A maned wolf crossed the road in front of his truck. Rodrigues stopped and thought he might take a photo, but instead the animal came towards him and collapsed under his truck! The rare…
When it comes to courtship, animals of all species have many elaborate practices. From intricate dances, to battles for dominance, male animals will do many elaborate things to attract a mate. But puffer fish do something that is so incredible it has to be seen to be believed. This clip from BBC Earth Life Story…
This amazing rescue video shows wildlife rescue workers giving water to a Cobra that was searching for water in the midst of a drought in southern India. The 12-foot long snake arrived in a village in the Kaiga township looking for water and the wildlife rescuers came to its aid. While one man holds the…
This adorable baby beaver was found orphaned at a golf course in Calgary, Alberta and was rescued by the Alberta Institute of Wildlife Conservation. The little beaver was taken to their care facility where she enjoyed a dip in the water. The rescue group wrote, “Our current baby beaver patient enjoying pool time – adorable…
Rhonda Miller was on her way to work when she captured an amazing moment on film. Running alongside her on the highway are two black wolves. Miller, who lives in Canada’s Northwest Territories (NWT), wrote on Facebook, “It was just past the Stagg River. They were running flat-out and not concerned about me at all….
The Wild Wings backyard nature store in Sherman Oaks, California shared this incredible video of 30 Allen’s hummingbirds having what looks like a pool party. They wrote, “A record 30 hummingbirds bathe together at one time during this morning’s wash! You’d never know they will be harassing each other in five minutes’ time…” The hummingbirds…
A man and a bear were minding their own business when they gave each other a big scare. A person was filming a young bear searching for food from their home in Lake Tahoe, unaware that a close encounter was about to occur. The bear is seen crossing the driveway of a home in the…
A clever wild elephant was caught on camera figuring out how to cross a railway track that was blocked to traffic in a wildlife park. The elephant is seen approaching the rail-guard gate in Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary northern West Bengal, India. Although the tuskless male elephant – called a Makhna – could probably walk right…
Wildlife photographer Barrett Hedges filmed this adorable footage of a river otter enjoying the snow at Yellowstone National Park. The photographer was watching a family of river otters on the Yellowstone River when an otter pup started running and sliding on the ice. The pup continued to slide on the ice repeatedly for over an…
Squirrels will do just about anything they can to get to some yummy food! This squirrel encounters a “squirrel proofed” bird feeder, but he’s not about to let a human’s contraption get in the way of a tasty snack. Share this cute video with your friends and family.
Over the summer, Chris a visitor and got an idea of how to cheer up a boy who had lost his pet frog. A toad was paying him a visit every night at his home in Alabama, he explains on Imgur. He thinks it was a Fowler’s Toad or American Toad, and got the idea…
When three men were fishing at the beach in Jensen Beach, Florida, they noticed a different kind of fish struggling at the shoreline – it was a shark! “Myself and two of my buddies were at the beach fishing for jacks and blue fish while we saw a shark struggling in the surf,” the man…
There’s a millipede that is very toxic, and yet wild lemurs seek them out. In this clip if from the BBC nature documentary series, Spy in the Wild, it’s revealed that the lemurs chew on the millipedes as a way of creating a natural insect repellent, which protects them from insects that carry disease (like…
When a man noticed a white swan with a nasty plastic ring around the its torso, he came up with a plan to remove it. Stefan Broeckling was feeding the swans in Duesseldorf, Germany, when he noticed that one swan was caught in a plastic ring. He knew the ring could ultimately kill the swan…
After a porcupine fish got caught in a net, his friend refused to leave his side. Instead, the steadfast fish waited as a snorkeler cut the net to free the fish. The team from Core Sea, who recorded the video wrote, “Our guys came across an entangled porcupine fish while snorkeling. The little guy was…
A couple are in a backyard (or park?) playing ball when a young deer joins them to play! It appears that the deer is tame, as the couple call it by name. The woman coaxes the young deer instructing her to “kick it”. Given the deer’s excitement it looks like she’s done this before!
It sometimes comes as a shock seeing wild animals enjoying activities I thought only humans enjoyed. In this clip from PBS’s upcoming nature series Spy in the Wild, a group of macaque monkeys from India take turns high diving into a pool. Actually, it’s an outdoor fountain, but one watching the young monkeys dive right…
When James Kenison and his father Doug learned that three deer were stuck on a frozen lake, they set out to rescue the wild animals and had just the equipment to do it. The owners of MedCity Hovercraft, the father and son ventured onto Minnesota’s Albert Lea Lake to save the stranded deer. A few…
This precious elephant calf named Asampu was just 6 months old when she was saved from starvation after being separated from her elephant family on the dry African plains. Luckily, The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (DSWT) stepped in after a call from a Big Life Foundation ranger who had spotted the calf wandering the Narraengolo…
Bison are once again roaming Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, after the species disappeared from their natural habitat over 100 years ago. The 16 bison are part of a plan by Parks Canada to re-establish a new wild population as part of a historic initiative that will help the conservation of the animal. “Restoring…
A couple in Sweden were just finishing lunch when they noticed something across the icy lake that looked strange. “It looked like someone had thrown a huge rock onto the ice, but through the binoculars we could see that ‘the rock’ really was a moose struggling to get out of the water,” explains the man….
A small group of elephants were attempting to cross the rough waters of the Sabie River, when they ran into a bit of trouble. Wildlife photographer Marijke Arends Meiring captured this dramatic footage from the Kruger National Park in South Africa. The elephants were trying to cross the river when they become almost completely submerged….
Symbio Wildlife Park has all kinds of visitors to their zoo in Sydney, Australia. But they weren’t expecting this duck to pay a visit like this! “This wild duck would have to be the bravest (or craziest) duck that ever lived, after it decided to play the most dangerous game ever of Marco Polo with…
Animals at the Oregon Zoo got to experience something they usually don’t – snow. There was so much snow at the Oregon Zoo in Portland that they had to close their doors to visitors. But that gave the animals an unexpected snow day and many of the animals went outside to enjoy the white, fluffy…
Nelson Wilson was about to feed his horses on New Year’s morning when he noticed a “solitary finch perched upon the steel fence near the water tank”. The poor bird had gotten stuck to the fence and couldn’t move. “The tank is heated to keep it from freezing. It is not uncommon for birds to…
They are brazenly carrying out their robberies in broad daylight, right in front of the shopkeepers and they keep coming back to steal again. The thieves are squirrels that are snatching candy bars from inside a Toronto convenience store, much to the shopkeepers’ dismay. Two videos show the rascally rodents entering through the open door…
The maned wolf is not a wolf, fox, coyote or dog. In fact, it is not closely related to any other canid on the planet, but it is the only canid of its kind on the planet. They are the only species in the genus Chrysocyon (“golden dog”), with other species in the genus being…
Max, the animal ambassador, gets a morning brushing from his caretaker and absolutely loves it! In this short video, Max the Canada Lynx is shedding his winter coat and needs a brush. He’s a playful cat, but listens to his caregiver when she asks him to roll over and let her brush him. He purrs…
A man out snowmobiling on Lake Nerpyache in Ust-Kamchatsk, Russia caught an amazing spectacle as a large herd of wild rabbits (or perhaps arctic hares?) race in front of his path. In the amazing footage, the rabbits can be seen running in front of him, their paw prints emblazoning the snow. (Note: the video is…
After a five-days-old calf got stuck in a big muddy pond, Kenya’s Amboseli Trust for Elephants came to its rescue. The baby elephant’s mother, Zahava, looked worriedly on from close by. The baby is finally safely pulled out of the hole and reunited with his very relieved mother! Please share this heartwarming video with your…
An officer with the St. Mary’s County Sheriff’s Office made an unusual call this week when shoppers reported seeing a wild beaver wandering the aisles of the bargain market in Charlotte Hall, Maryland. The officer was even more surprised when she found the animal in the Christmas tree section. Sadly for the beaver, it was…
With all the sad and depressing news being published daily about the world’s wildlife, the Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards offers a view of animals through a lighter, more humorous lens. The Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards 2015 highlighted the winners of the competition in a video. Selected from over 2000 entries, the photos that are timed…
These baby raccoons really, really like milk. The youngsters have a bowl of milk filled with what looks like cereal or kibble and one loves it so much he dunks his face right into it. Joel Rosenthal from the town of Hillsboro, West Virginia wrote about the video, “Here are the young raccoons that now…
A giant polar bear was captured on film petting a dog on the shores of Hudson Bay in northern Canada over the weekend. The bear gently pats the dog on the head and was filmed by a resident in the town of Churchill. It’s a fascinating encounter, and the video has since gone viral, but…
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