Even big cats pull pranks on occasion. Do you like to prank people? Now, we’re not talking about those extreme YouTube videos where some schmuck assaults/harasses complete strangers and later says, “It’s just a prank, bro”, as if everything is just fine. We’re talking about pulling harmless pranks on your friends and/or family. If you […] More
A group of wildebeest drinking at a waterhole got quite the surprise when, out of nowhere, a crocodile emerged from the water looking for a snack. The incredible footage was captured on a safari with Chasin’ Africa in South Africa’s Kruger National Park. The surprising interaction demonstrates just how close danger always seems to be for animals in […] More
By now we all know that Australia is full of frightening creatures. But one of the most terrifying of all might be the tiny redback spider, which can trap and eat snakes more than 50 times its size. Larger spiders, like golden orbs, have been known to take down snakes, but what makes the redback […] More
Tigers are ferocious predators whose sheer size often allows them to dominate their enemies. But an intense battle between this Bengal tiger and sloth bear ended in a surprising victory for the bear, proving that fearless defiance can get you far in the animal world. The bear and her cub had approached a watering hole […] More
Meet “Deep Blue,” the largest shark ever filmed. The awe-inspiring beast was first discovered in 2014, when she was documented by researcher Mauricio Hoyos Padilla off of Mexico’s Guadalupe Island for Shark Week. The 50-year-old female was heavily pregnant at the time and measured a whopping 20 feet in length. Later, she was spotted feeding […] More
A fan recently submitted this intriguing footage of what they report to be a Coywolf strolling through their backyard, mere feet from a tent. A coywolf is a cross between a wolf and coyote. Also known as the Eastern Coyote, this canid is actually a four-in-one hybrid of coyotes, eastern wolves, western gray wolves, and […] More
This unlucky crocodile found himself in quite an unusual predicament. Despite its reputation as one of the fiercest predators in Africa, the reptile was nearly killed after it ventured a bit too close to dozens of aggressive hippos. Likely thinking the reptile posed a threat to their young, the adult hippos came together to defend […] More
This octopus isn’t messing around. The incredible footage below shows a giant Pacific octopus successfully attacking and killing an unsuspecting spiny dogfish shark at an aquarium in Seattle. Octopuses are generally prey to these sharks, but this octopus wasn’t having any of that. The murderous cephalopod had been sharing an aquarium with several dogfish sharks […] More
This bonobo named “Kanzi” can start a fire and cook food on his own. Kanzi is a thirty-eight year old bonobo (a cousin to the common chimpanzee). He was born in captivity and is currently a resident at the Ape Cognition and Conservation Initiative in Des Moines, Iowa. The center is focused on research and conservation […] More
No, this is not a still from Jurassic Park. This is a very real animal that exists on this planet. Who knew? These birds, called shoebills, are described as large, secretive stork-like birds. They can be found in swamps in tropical east Africa. Thanks to its enormous foot-long bill, this terrifying bird can hunt prey […] More
This is the amazing moment a buffalo taught a young lion a tough lesson. It all started when a pride of lions surrounded a monitor lizard. One young lion grabbed the lizard and was ready to make the kill when a large buffalo appeared on the scene and dramatically flipped the feline into the air […] More
Burmese pythons are devouring the Everglades’s wildlife one species at a time, and not even the American alligator is safe. In South Florida, invasive Burmese pythons have infested the territory of native American alligators, leading to some rather unprecedented encounters between the two. Interactions like this are becoming increasingly common, as tens of thousands of […] More
