I know what you’re thinking. It’s just a squirrel! Yeah, but look at this guy! He was just hanging out, lounging in the tree. Cute as hell.

Karen R. passed this little gem to me the other day, and she came into my office at work and was like… “you have to check out the extreme sheep herding!” I was like, “WTF?” But she was like, “just open the link I sent you.”

So, without having any idea of what the heck to expect, I blindly did as I was told, and was then rewarded for my faith with the following amazing video of… sheep herding. Enjoy!
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You know, there are an awful lot of things that we can be worrying about now days. Take the economy for example. Today, the market made a nearly 7% recovery in one day! But I’m worried that it will make a 4% dive during the week just to even things out.

But you know who isn’t worrying about things? Dolphins. Yep. They just swim around all day and eat fish, and play games. And just to prove it to you, here is a nice relaxing video of a dolphin playing with bubbles. You can thank me later…
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I first learned about this heart touching story over on The Australian. It seems that a group of fire fighters, who had been battling a massive raging inferno, responsible for killing at least 180 people, came upon a dehydrated and injured little Koala in a burned out area of the forest.

One of the firemen, Dave, got some water and approached the animal to try and care for it. Amazingly, she accepted his help, and he was able to give her 3 bottles of water. This story ends well, although as many as one million animals are suspected to have perished in the blaze.
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My wife loves bunny rabbits. Don’t get me wrong, I like them too, but she really, really loves them. We used to have a pet rabbit for 5 years. He was great, and his name was Casey. Casey the friendly fat bunny.

Anyway, I came across these amusing bunny videos, and decided to share them. Mainly for my wife… but you guys can watch them too. ;-) By the way, that photo there is Herman the giant german bunny. He has his own MySpace page and over 1,500 friends! Which makes him much more popular than me.

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I was watching a show on PBS tonight and it was all about the massive Smithsonian Zoo. This is the national Zoo for the US, and they take care of hundreds of species of animals – many of which are endangered and near extinction.

During the show they got to talking about pandas and they mentioned that you can watch the pandas live on the Panda Cam any time you feel like it! They have about 40 different cameras all over the panda habitat, so I figured I would share this little tidbit with you guys.
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Job opening in Fort McMurray, Alberta

Position: Surveyor
Salary: $200 per hour (tax-free)
Qualification: Must be fast on your feet.

Isn’t it comforting to know that when you are about to become a bears breakfast your mate is standing there taking photos.

Thanks to my dad and his entire e-mail social network for passing this one along.

I don’t care if you’re a card carrying member of PETA, this is funny…

By the way, couldn’t they have let the camel lay down before they tied his leg up? Geesh… give the poor guy a break!

Ok. This was e-mailed to me, and when I first saw the title I almost didn’t watch it. I thought it was going to be some sort of gimmicky video featuring exploited elephants or something.

But I went ahead and watched it. Wow! I’m simply stunned! I’m not going to spoil it for you guys, but you aren’t going to believe what you see…
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There is a specific breed of goat that “faints” whenever it gets startled. It is a breed of domestic goat whose external muscles freeze for roughly 10 seconds when the goat is startled.

Though painless, this generally results in the animal collapsing on its side with the side effect of everyone around laughing their asses off.
The characteristic is caused by a hereditary genetic disorder called myotonia congenita. Older goats sometimes learn to lean against something to prevent their falling over, and often they continue to run about in an awkward, stiff-legged shuffle.
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Here are a few fun / interesting facts about animals:

• Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand.
• The placement of a donkey’s eyes in its’ heads enables it to see all four feet at all times.
• On average a hedgehog’s heart beats 300 times a minute.
• In 1386, a pig in France was executed by public hanging for the murder of a child.
• Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

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