日本の柴犬

Nihon-no shiba-inu

Shiba-inu means brushwood doggie in Japanese... shibas are one of six original dog breeds from Japan, where they are very prolific (of course)... with thick coats to insulate against the bitter Asian winters, and distinctive curly tails...

Watch this cute video about a Japanese pet:

Pig-on-dog action!!

Look at this pig-n-doggie action I purloined from the Cute Overload blog... highly entertaining!!

Angelo the trotterdonkey baby goat

Look how entertaining he is:



This purloined from Cute Overload

Snowball the Amazing Dancing Cockatoo...

WHO SAID white men can't dance..? White birds can! Here's Snowball the sulphur-crested cockatoo, native to Australia, but resident in Indiana, USA, dancing to the Backstreet Boys.

Owner Irene Schulz, who got Snowball from the bird rescue centre called Bird Lovers Only she runs with her husband Chuck said she nearly fell over backwards with shock when she first saw the white parrot's polished performance.

Thanks to Youtube, Snowball is now world famous ~ and has also found his way onto numerous Animals Do the Craziest Things type TV shows across the globe.

"He makes a great spokesbird for the rescue," said Irene's husband Chuck Schulz, who co-manages the lost birds centre.

And Snowball has at last found his permanent home. "He's my baby," said Irena Schulz, referring rpesumably to the cockatoo and not her husband: "He will stay here and be loved."

I first heard of Snowball the cockatoo's amazing talents at Bimbimbie's "place of the birds" blog... then he was on Channel 4's Rude Tube show...

Butter the Tame Roborovski

"Butter the tame white faced roborovski hamster sits still on someone's hand for an entire minute" (looking faintly terrified to me)... but have a look anyway...

Disgustingly Giant Tarantula vs Scorpion vs Toxic Centipede

This is one of the grossest things I've ever seen. Three of the most revolting creatures on earth pitted against each other ... (Japanese voice-over..!)

The Bravest Rat in the World

Posted on Youtube as "leopard vs mouse" ~ I'm pretty sure this is actually a rat. Coming in for dindins at the big cat's feeding time, the expert predator barely has the heart to nuzzle the durry-furry rodent out the way ...