More dogs should be filmed in slow motion

Until recently, I felt like our society had fallen into the trap, a delusion really, that only exotic animals like cheetahs and gazelles could be compellingly filmed in slow-motion. In the below video, Pedigree really works to break us out of that box:



Yes, Virginia, dogs jumping to catch kibble in their mouths can be every bit as exciting as some hoity toity "Planet Earth" special in HD. Two words: Ba-roo.

Mobile Puppies!!!!!!!!!!

The day has finally come: it is now possible to access the Shiba Inu Puppy Cam's reincarnation (Kika's got a new litter, yay!) on your mobile device. An artist's rendition:



Just download the UStream viewing app on your iPhone, click on "Shiba Inu Puppy Cam" (easy to find; it's one of the Featured sreams), and BAM! It's live, it's mobile, and it's PUPPIES!!!!!! Technology: you have outdone yourself.

Breaking News: Panda

Behold: Panda Cam. Provided by the San Diego zoo, this black-and-white feed (no color necessary... they're pandas) provides non-stop panda-viewing action.

Currently, the panda is eating some leaf- or tree-like substance, possibly a tree branch with leaves on it. Developing.

OMG pink dolphin!

Spotted: a PINK dolphin! For realz!! Check this guy out:

Only three letters are appropriate here: O, M, and G. I mean, look at it--that isn't a pale shade of sorta, kinda pink; it is BRIGHT, flamingo, TOTALLY pink. Plus, it was found in a lake in Louisiana, which is bizarre in itself. Maybe he or she is donning the wild color in a late celebration of Mardi Gras, or maybe it simply wants to cheer us up during a bad recession. Whatever the reason, I stick by my original statement: OMG pink dolphin!

And meow back to John in the newsroom

Check out this weatherguy! After enduring decades of cat-free weather reporting, he decided to end the oppression:



I like how he not only picks the cat up, but also nuzzles him quite overtly. Me-ow is right. You go, weatherguy!

Thx CuteOverload; you're the bestest. Heart!

Oooooh, Foxy!

PBS re-aired an awesome Nature special last night called "Christmas in Yosemite" and I was miraculously able to find my favorite segment, "Outfoxed", on YouTube. It is below.



Apparently he is hunting for mice under the snow, and he identifies their locations only by sound, without the benefit of sight. He's pretty good at it, too, as you can see at the end ("mmm mouse, munchmunchmunch" -fox). Awwwww... circle of life.

BTW, I already submitted it to CuteOverload, so don't even try it!

Dancing Lizard

Teehee, animals are funny. Check out this rockin' lizardo:



Thanks for the tip, Cute Overload! Oh and I read a fun factoid in the comments that may interest you lizard luvahs: these guys are biologically "programmed" to dance like that; it tricks predators (because it makes them look like a leaf flowing in the wind). Cool!