Call him Hoo-dini. Frankie Floridia, president of Strong Island Animal Rescue League, fished a drowning owl out of a backyard pool Thursday in Long Island’s Commack. The daring stunt, which required a pool net, was filmed and posted on the Facebook pages for Floridia and the Port Jefferson Station rescue group. “Strong Island Animal Rescue … Read more
A 4-year-old is being dubbed a “mini Steve Irwin” after taking the internet by storm by cuddling deadly pythons, chasing wild wombats and rescuing koalas. Millions of people on TikTok have watched Ashlee Neille interact with many wildlife creatures at her family’s shelter in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. Her dad, Josh Neille, said she’s already fallen … Read more
This raccoon got a new stripe — postmortem. A city road crew in Memphis apparently painted a line right over a dead raccoon that was lying in the street, according to a report. Richie EsQuivel told WREG he had to do a double-take when he saw the roadkill covered with a fresh line of white … Read more
Angela the Malayan sun bear isn’t letting accusations that she’s not fur real bruin her good time — she’s doing whatever suits her. In new photos obtained by The Post on Wednesday, the controversial creature that some suspect is actually a human in a bear costume can be seen adorably munching away on food and … Read more
Summer is heating up for Florida manatees. The Pinella County Sheriff’s Office shared on Facebook that they get calls “all the time” about passersby seeing manatees by the shore clumped together. People will call after seeing this startling sight assuming that the manatees are in distress — but they’re actually just mating. “If you see … Read more
Lucky dog! Fur mama Shannon Arney, 32, loves to whip up sumptuous meals of caviar, salmon and game in her home kitchen on a daily basis, but the fancy feasts aren’t for her to chow down on — the doting dog parent is cooking for her “fussy” Smithfield/border collie cross, Echo. The Australian mom-of-three feeds … Read more
Social media users are being challenged to see if they can spot a rabbit hidden in a photograph. The photo was posted in the Reddit thread called Find The Sniper, dedicated to finding objects or animals hiding in plain sight. The image shows a Mountain Cottontail rabbit hidden against a rocky, dessert terrain. A challenge … Read more
Scientists have revived a 46,000-year-old parasite, previously thought to be extinct, that has been “living” in the Siberian permafrost. Detailed in a study published in PLOS Genetics, scientists found through carbon analysis that the microscopic nematodes, better known as roundworms, dated back to the late Pleistocene era. “This little worm could now be in line … Read more
One could call it “sex-lax.” A California veterinarian raised eyebrows after devising an unorthodox way to relieve a tortoise’s constipation — by administering a pair of vibrators to facilitate the feces. A giggle-inducing video detailing the backed up bomb-“shell” is currently creating ample online buzz. “This is actually a very normal and often used technique,” … Read more
How do you eat a python? One giant cobra at a time. Footage captured the incredible moment a “cannibal” cobra decided to turn on its own kind and devour a monster python in India. The spine-tingling footage, shot by onlookers in Mysuru, Karnataka, shows the venomous Indian cobra ingesting the three-foot Burmese python, a giant … Read more
New Zealand home cooks are frying up possum as meat prices soar, but food safety experts have warned it’s not a good idea. Possums are a protected species in Australia and it’s illegal to hunt them without a permit, but in New Zealand, where they are an invasive species, the marsupials are fair game. This … Read more
She almost had the weight of the world — or, actually, a sea lion — on her shoulders. When Florida-based influencer Micah Diaz, 20, recently visited Marineland, an aquarium in Mallorca, Spain, he witnessed a dangerous near-accident as a sea lion escaped its enclosure and slid onto an employee. In the shocking video, the sea … Read more
The claws are coming out — purr. A showdown of catty neighbors is exploding to viral acclaim as an angry pet owner accuses the guy next door of being a “cat pervert” because his four-legged friend regularly wanders into the man’s yard. And virtual vultures are getting a kick out of watching the men fight like … Read more
A man set out for what he thought was going to be a regular day of kayaking — but was met with a giant gaggle of jellyfish instead. Chris Denehy is a sea kayak tour guide and runs his own company, Clearwater Paddling, outside of the Isle of Barra in Outer Hebrides, an island off … Read more
Its eyes were bigger than its brain. A New Mexico rattlesnake was left looking a bit more rectangular than usual after the reptile swallowed a mouse — while it was still in a mousetrap. “When you think you have seen it all,” Espanola’s Cottonwood Rehab, an animal rescue service that saved the rattler, wrote in … Read more
They’re one big happy — and furry — family Nearly all pet owners, 97 percent to be exact, say their pets are part of their family, according to a new survey by Pew Research Center. Andmore than half — 51 percent — even consider their animals as much a part of the family as their … Read more
Slow and steady wins this race. An annual snail racing event — which holds a Guinness World Record as the longest running humane snail-racing world championships — is making a comeback post pandemic. The Snail Racing World Championships in Congham, England, returns Saturday after being on hiatus since 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Snail Master starts … Read more
A hedgehog in Scotland rolled into some trouble last week after she expanded to the size of a football due to a rare condition called “balloon syndrome.” The strange ailment occurs when gas gets trapped under the animals’ skin, typically after they’ve suffered some kind of traumatic injury, according to the Wildlife Aid Foundation. “She … Read more
What’s worse than a frog in your throat? How about a whole octopus? Doctors were flabbergasted after discovering that a Singapore man’s throat discomfort was caused by an eight-legged mollusk that had become stuck in his gullet. The unnamed patient had reportedly first realized something was awry after he started vomiting following a meal that … Read more
This gig certainly isn’t boar-ing. Rachel Lewis, 38, is not your typical taxidermist — she transforms dead piglets into real piggy banks. The Arizona mom of two told SWNS her pre-order list has become sow long since she began the project in May. “I thought a piggy bank would be really cute to do,” Lewis … Read more