animals

This normally graceful flamingo got in a flap when his normally finely-honed balance failed him in spectacular fashion. Usually known for their ability to stand on one leg without any trouble for hours at a time, this daft bird's balance totally escaped him as he took a tumble in a lake...

A jackdaw bird has become a real-life Kes after befriending schoolboy Emmanuel Adams while he walked to school - and has now moved into the boy's home. The jackdaw began landing on the head of Emmanuel Adams as he walked to school, and now comes with him into his home, perching on the...

A troop of monkeys at Longleat Safari Park was given a battered old Mercedes to play with and they quickly set about dismantling it… The meddling macaques haven’t had any cars to abuse for the past two years because their Monkey Jungle enclosure has been closed to the public while it was...

Amid the devastation in tsunami-hit Japan, video footage has emerged capturing the forlorn sight of a spaniel attempting to draw rescuers' attention to its injured canine companion in the country's Ibaraki Prefecture. Canine blog Life With Dogs uploaded the footage to YouTube after...

A big yellow snake terrified passengers aboard a train in Poland, after it escaped from its carry box and slithered through a carriage. Passengers travelling between Gdynia and Zakopane yanked the emergency brake and climbed up on their seats as the 3.5ft reptile crossed their paths...

Bart, the lamb rejected at birth by his parents, has become so devoted to his carer Peter Mortin that he joins him at work in Norfolk. Bart was rejected by his parents Marge and Homer after he was born too weak to stand up and feed. The lamb one of only 300 rare Hungarian screw-horned...

Meet Norman, the big, cuddly, scooter-loving dog who's thrilling YouTube viewers and his 500 Facebook fans alike with his antics. Norman’s owner Karen Cobb says he has had a passion for wheels ever since he was a puppy: ‘He began playing with our kid’s scooter in the backyard and we...

Photographer Bob Garas has revealed his favourite subject to work with are frogs and he can spend hours waiting for them to strike the perfect pose in his studio. Garas often spends hours working with his subjects – his frogs – waiting for them to stretch for the perfect pose. ‘Every...

YouTube users are loving internet moggy Maru, a Japanese cat whose latest web antics see him trying out various hairstyles via a nifty box-based contraption. In a video tagged simply 'Maru + a hole of the box = funny', the male Scottish Fold is seen sauntering towards the aforementioned...

It was a weekend of Twitter and Android malware and worm removal, but squirming in between it all was Charlie Sheen, trying his hand at live video streaming with mixed results. Beyond that weirdness, even more frivolity with animals taking center stage, where those Angry Birds started...

Jimmy's the cat with his very own party trick and Kyusha's the fluffy kitten who loves tight spots. Who will win this week's Freak Out: Battle of the weird photos? Kyusha the playful kitten from Moscow managed to knock Ambam off his feet in last week's Freak Out, and now she's up against...

They're more flying rats than desert rats but it has emerged China's army is training 10,000 messenger pigeons to serve in the event of a breakdown in mass communication systems. China Central Television (CCTV) announced that the mass feathered recruitment drive was being undertaken by...

In a clip entitled 'Amazing Cat Gives Thumbs Up', Jimmy's female owner can be heard asking him to do his thang while she films him. After gazing indifferently at the camera for a few seconds, our new favourite feline gives in and rolls out the trick. The video then cuts to later, when...

SAO PAULO — Firefighters say they have removed a 5-foot-long alligator who was hiding behind a couch after floodwaters washed it into a home in northern Brazil. Capt. Luiz Claudio Farias of the Parauapebas city fire department says that when the floodwaters receded on Tuesday, a woman saw...

This cat is getting a rather unwanted wake-up call – from a chirpy budgerigar that sounds like Star Wars robot R2-D2. The cat is ensconced in a cosy hammock next to a radiator, trying to sleep – but the brave white bird has other ideas. Despite the fact that it could be killed with one...

A cat trapped under the floorboards of a renovated house in Somerset survived for five weeks by licking the condensation off water pipes. Twinkle used to be chubby, until she slipped under the floor while workmen fitted a new central heating system in her house. The nine-year-old tabby...

A kitten who likes to squeeze into empty jars has no fear of getting into the tightest of spots. Ksyusha- a young Himalayan Cat - has been pictured in a variety of poses, including sat in the washing machine and under the kitchen table. The playful female kitten started squeezing itself...

An Eastern European hunter was outfoxed by his quarry when the fox he had wounded (not the one pictured here) ended up shooting him by pulling the trigger on the man's gun. The unnamed Belarus hunter was trying to finish the animal off with the butt of his rifle after having wounded it from a...

Link Removed due to 404 Error A Polish hunter who dreamed of shooting an elephant has sued a German-based travel company after it sent him to a part of Africa where he said there were no elephants to be found, a newspaper reported on Wednesday. The company, Jaworski Jagdreisen, which...

Link Removed due to 404 Error A strict diet may help the Leipzig Zoo's opossum Heidi to lose the crossed eyes that have made her an international attraction. The overweight white-haired opossum has been on a steady diet of lettuce, carrots and lean chicken to cut down on her fat -- which...