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cat and guinea pig pair Credit: Courtesy of Charlotte Mecklenburg Animal Control in North Carolina It’s a happy ending for this highly unlikely pair. Meet Angel and Halo, a 4-year-old shelter cat and her best bud who happens to be a guinea pig! Friendships really do come in all shapes and sizes. So, it’s no big surprise that this rare relationship attracted the attention of animal lovers everywhere. A video of the precious pair that Charlotte Mecklenburg Animal Control posted on Facebook generated more than 1,700 likes and 560 shares in early October....

female moose running across snowy and frozen lake Credit: Magnus / Adobe Stock Canadians. You know I love ’em. And now there’s at least one moose out there who loves them, too. Why? This video from Instagram user Byron Holbik with the caption “We couldn’t stand by and watch so we acted. Saving this beautiful moose from the icy tomb she found herself in.” Hiking across a frozen Ontario lake, Holbik and his friends came upon a female moose who had fallen through the ice and was trapped, keeping her head above the water but unable to get her front feet up far enough to climb out on her own....

corgi hears rice and comes running tiktok Credit: Courtesy of yourbestiebutters / TikTok We’ve been known to rush to the door when we think we hear our DoorDash driver—why should dogs be any different when food is in the picture? In a TikTok fittingly captioned “Food is life 🤣🐾🐶,” Butters the Pembroke Welsh corgi is splooted out in a dead sleep—until he has a valid reason to wake up, which turned out to be a single grain of rice....

The Australian Mist cat is a mixed breed of the Burmese, Abyssinian, the Australian Moggy, and other domestic shorthair cats. The Australian Mist can be found in seven colored patterns and is moderate in size. This breed was first developed in 1975 by Dr. Truda Straede with the intention of developing a short-haired, patterned, easy-going, and happy-to-stay indoor cat. However, it took 10 years for Dr. Truda Straede to finally develop the present-day Australian Mist....

Black-Throated Magpie-Jay, Calocitta Colliei as it is scientifically known, belongs to the Corvidae family. The habitat of this bird includes woodlands but is known not to inhabit or prefer humid woodlands. The Black-Throated Magpie Jay range includes Sonora, Jalisco, Colima. The oldest pair in the family is known to breed during the breeding season. 3-4 eggs are laid and the incubation takes place for about 16-21 days. The Black-Throated Magpie-Jay ( Calocitta colliei) is blue on the upperparts and white on the underparts with tail tips ending in white color....

The bongo is also known as the lowland bongo or mountain bongo. It is a species of antelope. These animals are native to Africa. These are the heaviest and the biggest forest antelopes found only in Africa. The antelope species is easily recognizable among other wildlife of their kind for the vertical white stripes on their bodies. Both the male and female animals have a chestnut-orange coat and long horns. These bongo antelopes are the only horned species in the world where both sexes have long, wavy, horns....

The all-black carrion crow (Corvus corone) is one of our most intelligent and adaptable species. It is usually fearless, but it can sometimes be afraid of humans. They have adapted to all habitats in Europe and Asia. It’s pitch black and makes a hoarse, cawing noise. These fascinating creatures build large nests out of twigs, rags, bones, and whatever else they can find and conceal them in tall bushes; unlike rooks, they do not nest in groups and are mainly solitary....

Crab spiders are spiders mostly from the Thomisidae family; however, a few species of other families are also considered crab spiders. These are found all over the world in forests, meadows, gardens, and plant-covered dunes. Evidently, they get their name from their striking resemblance with crabs. They are brilliant ambush predators, i.e. they sit and wait for the prey rather than going after their prey. They produce silk webs but only for reproductive purposes....

Dholes might look like a dog or a wolf, but their genetics differ a lot. They are a highly skilled and elusive jumper that is classified into the taxonomic family of Canidae and are classified with coyotes, foxes, jackals, and wolves. However, they don’t fit with any of the subfamilies and are, therefore, classified in a genus of their own, known as Cuon.They only have two molars instead of three on either side of their lower jaw....

The cuckoo is named after its melodious sound usually produced by males. There are a total of 54 species of cuckoos in the world. Most species of cuckoos are found in Asia, Africa, and Australia. The Guira cuckoo is a species from the same family. These cuckoos are carnivorous beings and feed on caterpillars, eggs, insects as well as reptiles. They use their beak to cut through the meat since its beak is sharp, thick along with a downward curve....

It’s said that the most beautiful gifts come in tiny packages. Behold the Jamaican tody in all its splendor with a bright green head color which changes into a bright red hue at the throat, giving it the title of robin redbreast. The birds prefer the Island of Jamaica and are more commonly found around the humid blue mountains. These birds are monomorphic as there is not much significant physical difference between the male and female birds....

A Leonberger is not a natural dog breed. It was the result of experiments conducted by a breeder from Leonberg Germany, Heinrich Essig. In the 1830s, he began mating female Newfoundland dogs with male Saint Bernard’s. He further developed the breed by using a Pyrenean Mountain Dog in later phases. The final result was Leo, a Leonberger puppy named after its original location in Leonberg, Germany. Heinrich Essig is hence considered the first breeder to register this species....

Painted Bunting is a species of bird belonging to the Cardinalidae family. They are native to North America and are distinguished by their colorful plumage. These North American Birds are usually short to medium distant migrants. They are sub-divided into eastern and western groups according to their breeding habitat. The western population is located in the south-central U.S. The range of the eastern population extends from North Carolina to Central Florida....

Are you looking forward to getting a dog? You have come to the perfect place, as we are going to learn about the St Berdoodle. It is a mixed breed dog formed by mating a St Bernard usually with a Standard Poodle. Most of them inherit the big size of a St Bernard and the look of a Poodle. So, they essentially look like a giant Poodle in the body of a Saint Bernard....

What type of animal is a southern right whale dolphin? The Southern Right Whale Dolphin (Lissodelphis peronii) is a dolphin (cetacean, mammal). Fun Southern Right Whale Dolphin Facts For Kids What do they prey on? Mesopelagic fish, squid, lanternfish, bigeye tuna What do they eat? Carnivore (piscivore) Average litter size? 1 How much do they weigh? 132-221 lb (60–100 kg) How long are they? 70-117 in (1.8–2.9 m) How tall are they?...

With white plumage, a black crown, dark tail, and red facial skin near the eyes, the white eared pheasant (Crossoptilon crossoptilon) is an exotic wild bird native to western China, India, and Tibet. Even though it is named such, it doesn’t have white ears; instead, it has tiny white ears tufts. It dwells in alpine meadows located at 9186.4-15091.9 ft (2800-4600 m). There are four subspecies of these birds. The local Himalayan people call these birds shagga, which in their local dialect means snow fowl....

The RMS Titanic was a luxury ship sailing from Southampton, England, to New York.The Titanic ship submerged into the North Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Newfoundland, by colliding with an enormous iceberg. When it sank, the water temperature was 27°F which is around -2.7°C.The Titanic was built in Belfast and was described as one of the world’s fastest ships built during that era. This luxury British passenger liner was designed by an Irish shipbuilder known as William Pirrie....

puppy biting a woman's hand Russell terrier puppies should be trained and socialized from an early age to deter any undesirable behaviorsu2014like hand-chewing! | Credit: castenoid / Getty When my beloved Rottweiler, Sweetie, was a puppy, the puppy biting was relentless. I tried everything: loud yelping (from me), hot sauce on my arm (that burns!), handing her a toy, walking away, free play with other puppies and dogs, and time outs....

chick that is fostered by same-sex penguins Credit: Courtesy of Rosamond Gifford Zoo This New Year’s Day, Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, N.Y., announced the successful hatching of the organization’s first Humboldt penguin chick raised by a male pair of same-sex penguins, Lima and Elmer. It’s certainly a celebratory occasion, but why were these foster dads needed? Some of the zoo’s penguins have a track record of inadvertently damaging their eggs, leading keepers to occasionally switch out accident-prone penguins’ fertilized eggs for dummy eggs and give their healthy eggs to foster parents....

Have you ever tried to read a doctor’s prescription and wondered why do doctors have bad handwriting?Doctors’ handwriting is sometimes used as a parameter for judging their level of competence in the medical field. Supposedly the sloppier a doctor’s handwriting, the more that doctor has practiced in their field.It is a kind of pre-requisite for a person to become a successful doctor if he or she possesses bad handwriting. Many people think that people with bad handwriting will become good doctors....