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A man hunting rhinos in the Kruger National Park of South Africa felt the force of karma when he was then trampled by elephants and later eaten by a pack of lions, The Sun reports. Police were informed of the incident after fellow poachers ran out of the game reserve in fear and told authorities […]
A monkey known as being among the animals assembled for noted wildlife fan Swae Lee‘s understandably lavish offstage lifestyle has reportedly been seized. California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials apparently informed The Blast Wednesday, that the Rae Sremmurd member’s Chatsworth residence was visited by authorities, at which point a spider monkey was taken. The report […]
If you needed another reason to be disappointed in humans today, look no further. The government of Indonesia (home to the largest bee) has announced that the popular tourist spot Komodo Island will be closing to the public because poachers are abducting the namesake lizards. Tempo, an Indonesian publication, reports that the island will temporarily restrict access until 2020. The […]
When Petco says “all leashed pets are welcome,” they truly mean all leashed pets. Texas rancher Vincent Browning put their policy to the ultimate test when he walked into a Houston-area store with an African Watusi steer named Oliver — on a leash, of course. Even though the African Watusi steer has been described as docile, its […]
On Tuesday, Angels slugger Mike Trout made news by establishing a new MLB standard after signing a 12-year/$430 million contract. Also, some Belgian pigeon did the same for pigeon racing…though it didn’t generate quite as much buzz. That Belgian pigeon, named Armando, was purchased by a Chinese buyer who ponied up $1.4 million in a […]
A Philippines museum says that this past Saturday they found 88 pounds of plastic inside the stomach of a dead beaked whale. The 15-foot long creature was discovered off the coast of the country’s Mabini, Compostela Valley: A young Cuvier’s beaked whale washed up in the Philippines with a gut as hard as a […]
It doesn’t matter how cultured you are. You could be fresh off of breathing sharply out of your nose at a New Yorker cartoon. There’s something intrinsically funny about an animal who is bigger than you expect that animal to be. The latest big boi to cause a stir is a buff monkey from Finland. […]
An Arizona woman in her 30s was attacked by a jaguar at a zoo after she attempted to get a photo with the big cat. The Wildlife World Zoo in Litchfield Park, Arizona confirmed the reports of an attack on Twitter, stating that the unnamed woman sustained “non-life threatening injuries to their arm.” In a […]
Animal rights organization PETA is facing backlash after criticizing Google‘s decision to honor the late Australian conservationist and television personality Steve Irwin with a Google Doodle. He was known as “The Crocodile Hunter,” but Steve Irwin wasn’t exactly hunting crocodiles… he was saving them 🐊. He & his wife spent their honeymoon capturing crocodiles & the footage […]
A wild leopard strayed into a residential area of Jalandhar city in India on Thursday, injuring four people before its ultimate capture hours later. The wild animal was reportedly discovered after it entered a house. The Forest Department officials were promptly called thereafter, using a tranquilizer gun to anaesthetize the animal as well as a net to restrain its movement. Once […]
