Mirror and Cache index - Offbeat: Pets and animals
429 votes | submitted 2008-09-07 19:14:22 by MediaSight | 51 comments
This is the breathtaking moment a humpback whale was caught on camera leaping from the sea. The
extremely rare photograph of the 50ft mammal was taken by wildlife enthusiast Ross Newham just two
miles off the Isles of Scilly, near Cornwall.
349 votes | submitted 2008-09-07 16:44:45 by chris1234 | 56 comments
Huge creatures that went extinct, and other big animals that still roam this planet for now anyway.
352 votes | submitted 2008-09-06 06:48:42 by chris1234 | 17 comments
A rattling dog had to have 13 golf balls removed from his stomach after swallowing them during walks
on his owner's local course.
704 votes | submitted 2008-09-05 13:14:07 by chris1234 | 134 comments
Which Cutie Destroys The Most?
454 votes | submitted 2008-09-05 23:29:16 by jaybol | 55 comments
Baaaaaaaaaah.
692 votes | submitted 2008-09-05 06:46:33 by D14BL0 | 62 comments
703 votes | submitted 2008-09-04 17:30:48 by akpwnz | 106 comments
A former heroin addicted elephant has emerged from rehab clean after a three-year detox programme.
778 votes | submitted 2008-09-02 17:34:55 by kianat | 62 comments
The unique moment was captured by a photographer at the Oltremare Aquarium at Riccione in
Italy.Normally after a year-long pregnancy, captive dolphins give birth at night and away from the
public gaze.But this Bottlenose dolphin unusually gave birth in broad daylight and close to a
viewing window so that photographer had a grandstand view.
489 votes | submitted 2008-09-01 22:32:26 by miranda622 | 74 comments
While owls and foxes have earned a reputation for wisdom and cunning, the humble goldfish has become
popularly known for its ignorance, swimming contentedly around its bowl as its memory was wiped
every three seconds. But scientists now claim fish are as intelligent as rats.
2512 votes | submitted 2008-08-31 03:47:54 by akpwnz | 246 comments
My buddy tells me at least once a week how scary his Rottweiler is. This is what happened when his
wife brought home a kitten the other day.
1377 votes | submitted 2008-08-31 15:01:38 by insaincain02 | 103 comments
It’s no secret: animals are out to kill us. While we spend hundreds of billions of dollars
fighting the terrorist threat overseas, animal sleeper cells are biding their time, developing
strange and fabulous powers far beyond those of man.
2228 votes | submitted 2008-08-30 06:02:07 by TalSiach | 205 comments
The deadliest (and easy to miss) critters lurk in dark silence, ready to strike with either the
barest of warnings or none at all - and with absolutely fatal venom.
402 votes | submitted 2008-08-30 04:41:19 by louiebaur | 38 comments
Tiny orange clownfish, made famous by the Disney character Nemo, use the smell of leaves and
anemones in the water to find their way home on the coral reef.
2210 votes | submitted 2008-08-30 17:31:02 by msaleem | 469 comments
Struggling against the waves, this polar bear faces almost certain death after becoming lost at sea
in the Arctic.
548 votes | submitted 2008-08-28 09:29:42 by broalexinfo | 69 comments
A nearly fatal bite by a poisonous snake led to the arrest of a man Wednesday for keeping 51 deadly
cobras and mambas in his Tokyo apartment without permission, police said.
2947 votes | submitted 2008-08-28 07:05:27 by MrBabyMan | 320 comments
Not to be confused with KittenWar.com
1087 votes | submitted 2008-08-28 05:54:35 by chris1234 | 261 comments
The family of a British paratrooper has moved out of their home after a dangerous spider hitched a
lift back from Afghanistan with him.