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Tino, a parrot who sings the Pink Panther theme tune, has left his owner in a puzzle after going missing. The mystery of the missing parrot is surely a case for the Pink Panther himself, Inspector Clouseau. Owner Joan Huskisson, 59, said the bird was startled into flight by the sound...

Bulldog Lucy Brown's slobber, sloth and bloodshot eyes helped the precocious pup grab the greatest crown a drooling canine can ever dream of. The three-year-old from Johnston, US, with a squat stance and slobber to spare, edged out 49 dogs to be named this year's Beautiful Bulldog for the...

A 10-year-old girl was terrified when she discovered a five-foot corn snake lurking in her family's bathroom after it slithered up through their loo. Roberta Vaituke spotted the snake when she popped in to use the toilet. She ran to alert her parents and brother. They plugged up...

With the weather brightening up and two long weekends on the way, there’s every reason to smile and here are some pictures of some cute animals to start you off. Kalea the dachshund seems to have got the message. The five-year-old has been grinning since she was a puppy. ‘Kalea is by...

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A couple tried to check a dead cow onto a transatlantic flight, Virgin Atlantic has revealed in a list of the most bizarre items passengers have attempted to bring onto flights. The couple in question arrived at New York’s JFK airport with the carcass wrapped up on a trolley and attempted...

Elephants made a bit of a splash as they soaked crowds with their trunks in Thailand to mark the Songkran water festival. In Ayutthaya province, 50 miles north of Bangkok, the animals filled their trunks to drench tourists and locals who were celebrating on the streets. The natural...

Feline sleepy? Andre Potgieter has a pet lion called Storm that likes to cuddle up to him in bed in his South Africa home. Luckily, animal lover Andre Potgieter has nothing to fear from this particular 160kg (25st) predator as the two have been best friends for the past four years. The...

Link Removed due to 404 Error NEW YORK (Reuters) – The venomous Egyptian cobra that slithered its way to fame by escaping its enclosure at New York's Bronx Zoo for a week before being recaptured has been given a name -- Mia, as in "missing in action." The winning name announced on...

The escaped Bronx Zoo cobra that became an internet star after spoof posts from it appeared on Link Removed has been found 'alive and well'. The deadly 24-inch Egyptian serpent went missing from the world-famous zoo's Reptile House last Saturday, sparking a frantic search and rescue...

The Marin Humane Society is investigating allegations that a dog was fatally poisoned by alcohol and marijuana during an unsupervised juvenile party in Mill Valley. Tamalpais High School contacted authorities this week after picking up campus rumors about the dog's death at a large party in...

Smokey the cat, whose purr as loud as a Boeing 747, to make it into the Guinness world records. Smokey's owner Ruth Adams hopes the moggy can be entered into the record books as the loudest purring domestic cat on the planet. The 12-year-old moggy is 16 times louder than the average cat...

What's this monkey business? It would appear an enormous baboon has gone on the rampage at a popular animal park, flattening cars with a single blow. The monkey pictured is in fact a normally proportioned baboon. It's just an optical illusion unwittingly created by photographer Chez Owen...

A terrified seven-year-old girl lifted the lid on the family toilet and found herself staring at a seven foot long boa constrictor, say police in Hanover, Germany. Police managed to photograph the monster snake and call in wildlife experts before it disappeared back down the S-bend...

A sheep gave birth to a dog on a farm in China, claims its owner Liu Naiying, who has had people flocking to see the woolly 'lamb-puppy'. Liu says he came across the lamb-dog in one of his fields shortly after it was born. And by 'born', he means his sheep was licking the creature and...

A cat that chased a rabbit into a pipe found himself in a tight spot, literally, when he became lodged inside and had to be freed by firefighters and vets - who got a surprise in the middle of their efforts. When the black-and-white tomcat was discovered struggling with the pipe inside a...

Looks like Yoda, it does. This curious little animal bears a startling resemblance to a certain Star Wars Jedi Master. The remarkable animal shares many similarities with the diminutive character from the legendary sci-fi film series. As he was trekking through the jungle in the...

An ostrich stolen from a farm in Romania showed homing pigeon skills after managing to escape from her captors to run all the way home at 40mph. The big flightless birds, native to Africa, are famous for their ability to run at high speeds but are not so well known for their homing...

A penguin has defied all odds by hopping aboard an aeroplane and joining paying passengers on a flight to San Diego - whoever claimed that penguins can’t fly clearly hasn't met this little chap. Pete has defied nature – and fasten seatbelt signs – by taking to the skies and waddling down the...