Splish splash he was taking a bath! Check out this incredibly cute 2 month old baby elephant enjoying himself at the Dallas Zoo as he messed around for the first time ever in his kiddie pool. A zoo spokesperson said the kiddie pool was brought out when the little fella’s handlers felt he was big enough to step into it. This being summer and all, pool time is a requirement.
If you have time, you should check out this amazing video stream of a mama grizzly bear teaching her cubs how to fish. At least that is what we believe is going on here. We’re not exactly bear experts, but you can see they start off in the water and it looks as if they might have been fishing. They seem very happy to watch the salmon jump upstream. There is a real possibility that these cute little critters are actually hanging out with their dad rather than they mum. Regardless of who is teaching the bear cubs to fish, they are incredibly cute.
Check out this lovely video of a panda cub having a ball whilst undergoing a health exam at the San Diego Zoo. This little fella is called Xiao Liwu and the video shows him hugging a plastic ball during his 18th exam. The panda’s handlers like to call the critter Mr. Wu and gave him the balls so they could test his coordination. Mr. Wu has been encouraged by his keepers to handle new objects and as you can probably tell from the video, his frequent toppling over delighted his handlers.
A video of a dancing gorilla has gone viral with more than a million people having seen the clip of the primate engaging in some ballet dancing. Helen Fairhead shot the video of the three-year-old animal named Lope whilst she was visiting Twycross Zoo in Leicestershire. The video of Lope pirouetting was uploaded to Facebook which attracted an audience of over a million with hundreds of people leaving comments. Dr Charlotte Macdonald, the zoo’s director of life sciences says Lope dancing was evidence that playing is an important aspect of the development of a young ape.
If you are a parent or someone who has had to give a child a bath, you have probably heard them yell “but I don’t want to get out of the bathtub yet!”. Whilst that is perfectly normal for a child to say, it is very rare for a puppy to experience bath time blues. However, the Siberian husky Zeus in the video proves that even puppies love baths. Watch him cry loudly from the tub as he attempts to get his owner to turn on the tap.
ZSL London Zoo recently announced the birth of two extremely rare Sumatran tiger cubs. The zoo keepers were able to capture the cubs first moments courtesy of some hidden cameras. So far the zoo has not been able to determine the sex of the cubs who were born to a Sumatran tigress named Melati at the end of last month following a pregnancy lasting 108 days. The zoo carefully watched the pregnant tigress and when she finally went into labour, they were able to monitor the births through a remote camera which they have dubbed cubcam. The cubs have not yet opened their eyes and are still firmly ensconced with their mother inside a special cubbing den.
Sometimes you just need to nap following a huge meal. That is unless you are a nine foot or 3-metre-long snake. Recently a carpet python was found catching a quick 40 winks on a homeowners kitchen counter following a massive meal in Australia. Naturally Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers were called in to transport the snake to a more suitable place on the outside.
Now here is a cute clip with a lovely back story. The video shows Meg an 11-year-old Labrador playing with a baby bunny that was named Little John Stamos by Meg’s owner David Jackson. It is incredibly adorable to see Meg and the baby bunny bump noses and horse around in Mr. Jackson’s yard in the Ottawa Valley, Canada. The video is sure to warm your heart, but if for some reason it’s not enough, then when you hear the reason why Meg was watching the bunny, you can be sure your heart will melt.
The Aspinall Foundation is delighted to offer your priority booking for a special screening of Jurassic Park 24 hours before tickets are officially on sale to the general public. The Aspinall Foundation is partnering with Port Lympne Reserve and The Open Air Cinema Company to bring patrons an outdoor screening of the original Jurassic Park.
If you aren’t having a great week, then you should check out this video of little Harry a lovely little koala joey orphan. This little fella was rescued by the Symbio Wildlife Park in New South Wales where he is now a full-time resident. You will see the obvious affection he has for his keep Tami Wilson and always rushes to meet her as soon as he sees her. The moment he lays eyes on Tami, he climbs down from the trees so that he can get a cuddle and a belly rub. This cute critter was orphaned at the age of four months after losing his mother to leukaemia. In order for Harry to survive he was successfully cross surrogated into the pouch of another koala.
If you need to be reminded that Mother Nature can be terrifying, you should watch this video of what is basically a one-sided battle between two alligators. Alex Figueroa was taking a morning walk near his home in Lakeland Florida. However what he thought would be a peaceful walk ended with him coming across and then filming a huge alligator eating a smaller one. Mr. Figueroa reckons the bigger gator was anywhere between 3.3 metres to 3.6 metres (11 to 12 feet) long.
A group of tourists on holiday in Mexico received an unexpected surprise when they chanced upon a dolphin pod whilst on a boat trip. The crowd lapped up the performance of the dolphins who were showing off the way dolphins do by splashing around and playing close to the boat. In fact, the dolphins got so close to the boat that they had to turn off the engines so the tourists got to enjoy the show.
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