Mirror and Cache index - Offbeat: Pets and animals
130 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 22:22:10 by JollyLizard | 9 comments
A pair of penguins appear to have posed for their picture to be taken by photographer Adam Foster.
308 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 17:48:36 by bixby1 | 25 comments
342 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 21:13:39 by stevehnsn | 39 comments
Time has changed.
278 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 10:24:39 by mekkamen | 47 comments
Eleven rare Siberian tigers die at a zoo in north-eastern China, rising fears over treatment of
captive animals in the country.
211 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 22:24:09 by Valay | 35 comments
Ever seen a fish rhino before? Now you can say you have!
202 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 20:57:57 by RandomEyes | 19 comments
The human affinity for monkeys and apes can easily be explained by our fascination with a species
that is so much like us. When we see monkeys fighting, however, our empathy for the weaker one is
overpowered by our admiration for the stronger fighter and his or her animalistic grace and
ferociousness.
437 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 17:58:52 by Janinco | 44 comments
A momma jaguar named Lolo plays with her new cub at the JordanZoo. The mother is a melanistic, which
is why her coat is black anddifferent from her spotted baby. You can tell by her face that
she’sstill adjusting to being bitten…constantly
825 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 15:01:20 by janinekahn | 188 comments
The absolute worst thing about coconut crabs? They ate Amelia Earhart. It’s true! Recent
discoveries suggest that coconut crabs ate her flesh and hoarded her bones in their crab burrows.
Researchers hope that some of her remains can still be found in those crab burrows on Nikumaroro,
the desert island where she died.
1080 votes | submitted 2010-03-12 14:41:39 by kylescousin | 229 comments
This is a "king of herrings" fish (oarfish) - they can grow up to 17 meters in length...
274 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 23:12:12 by ChronicColonic | 43 comments
During almost 24 hours on the loose, a huge heifer repeatedly evaded capture. And it wasn't subdued
until after a four-hour pursuit involving cops, veterinarians and an animal-control officer that
didn't end until the fugitive was gunned down with two shots from a tranquilizer pistol.
688 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 19:39:08 by CB810 | 26 comments
Lost dog signs are a universal bummer, but they wouldn’t have to be if more people went about them
like this.
367 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 17:42:15 by wjappe | 47 comments
In the name of science, we decided to find out and put a dog named Sammy to the test.
220 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 20:26:26 by MediaSight | 18 comments
Zookeepers thought that "Mr. Shuffles" had died during labor, but the calf pulled through.
1373 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 22:21:12 by FlippinKittin | 111 comments
1912 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 01:58:53 by LtGenPanda | 84 comments
875 votes | submitted 2010-03-11 05:55:29 by zetadog | 91 comments
Does it get you dinner?
226 votes | submitted 2010-03-10 17:51:40 by Nick217 | 28 comments
A race over 1,150 miles of the roughest, most beautiful terrain including jagged mountain ranges,
frozen rivers, dense forest, desolate tundra and miles of windswept coast. Add to that temperatures
far below zero, winds that can cause a complete loss of visibility, long hours of darkness and
treacherous climbs and side hills, and you have the Idita