Animal And Pet Stories

Apparently, humans are not the only mammal that likes to drink alcohol, and drink way too much of it. In fact, if given a choice between alcohol, or any other beverage, elephants prefer alcohol. An event in India’s Dumurkota village, spawned newspaper headlines such as, “Trunk and Disorderly!”, and “Herd of Elephants Goes on Drunken Rampage After Mammoth Booze Up”. …

Thryonomys swinderianus, more commonly known as a grasscutter, looks like a cross between a rat and beaver, but it isn’t. Imagine having a living lawnmower that gets a bazillion miles to the gallon, works all day, every day, and when you’re done with it, makes a delicious stew? Well, we found the rodent for you! Domestic grasscutters, a rodent prized …

Canis latran predators, better known as coyotes, are appearing within urban settings all across North America, and in increasing numbers. This has a professor of wildlife ecology at the Ohio State University, Stan Gehrt, saying that urban coyotes, the largest of the mid-size carnivores, may be setting the stage for even larger carnivores to begin to migrate to cities. Gehrt …

Okay, just how much alcohol did the inventor of the Dog-O-Matic drink in order to incubate it? I bet that it was a lot! I don’t think that France’s Roman Jarry meant for his coin operated dog wash to be cruel, as a matter of fact, he flatly denies it, but seriously, does this photo look like the dog is …

Is the human trait of bed wetting common in the animal kingdom? Do dogs or cats pee while asleep? What about animals as diverse as squirrels, lemurs, and bears, who all hibernate for stretches of time during the year? Do hibernating animals wake up and go relieve themselves? Do birds and reptiles do the dirty while slumbering? Well, despite our …

Cairo is a purebred Belgian Malinois, a shepherd breed that few were familiar with, until Cairo’s story became news. After Cairo trained to be a military working dog at a young age, he advanced to Navy SEAL training. Cairo was the only canine to accompany Navy SEAL Team 6 on the secret raid of Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan. …

The Annapurna Post, in Nepali, reported on August 23rd that a man had been bitten by a cobra snake while working in his rice paddy. What happened next caught everyone by surprise. Now, most people would have panicked and feared for their lives when bitten by a known deadly poisonous snake, but not 55-year-old Mohamed Salmo Miya. After he was …

The Stewart Family, from the Hearts of the West, put on an amazing wild west show with trick riding, whip cracking, trick roping, roman riding and a little bit of line dancing, to get the crowd going before the bull riding competition started at the Prince George 100th anniversary PGX These kids were fearless and amazing, as you will see …