A dog show is already a magical land where dreams come true, but one innovative attendee made a good thing even better.
Sally Kuchar arrived at the Golden Gate Kennel Club Dog Show on Saturday with one goal: Pet 100 dogs. It was an optimal place for …
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How Pete Souza’s adorable tortoise Charlotte became a Trump-resisting icon
Have you ever wondered how to be Instagram famous without needing to know how to take a perfectly-framed photo or write an inspiring caption?
It’s possible… if you’re Pete Souza’s pet tortoise Charlotte. Thanks to the former White House photographer under President Barack Obama, Charlotte — better known as @charlottethetortoise to her 20,000-plus Instagram followers — has not only become the internet’s latest viral animal sensation, but also a rallying soldier in the resistance against Donald Trump.
The Washingtonian has published a short chronicling of Charlotte’s rise to fame and unexpected modeling career in Souza’s photography, which often throws shade at Trump and his administration in the cleverest of ways by contrasting the embarrassingly chaotic White House with the dignified and more orderly administration under former President Obama. Read more…
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View More How Pete Souza’s adorable tortoise Charlotte became a Trump-resisting iconPeople have the weirdest nicknames for their pets and yep, it’s a meme now
Pets are like family, only furrier and cuter.
Just like we’d never call our grandmothers by their real names, calling pets by their given names is just unnatural.
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On Twitter, pet owners are sharing their nicknames for their pets, after Twitter user @metroadlib first shared their list of names for their dog, Cooper.
my dog’s name is cooper.
i call him—
boubba
boub
honeybunny
coopypoopy
heyloverthisismorethanacrush
stinkboy
& sweetboy.i use sweetboy the most.
i call this mfer “cooper” exactly 7% of the time.
— fooler initiative (@metroadlib) January 23, 2019 Read more…
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Dog and dolphin swim together like lifelong friends
Pixar, we’d like to pitch a movie to you about interspecies friendship.
Consider this black lab and dolphin, recently seen frolicking together in Patawalonga Creek in South Australia. Look at how this dog paddles alongside the dolphin, who respon…
Boo, the precious internet-famous Pomeranian, is dead at age 12
It’s a sad, sad day for fans of the “world’s cutest dog.”
On Friday, the owners of Boo the Pomeranian announced on social media that Boo died in his sleep at the age of 12. The precious and beloved pup has hundreds of thousands of followers on Facebo…
Rescue cow loves to get his back scratched by a rake
It’s 2019 and even cows are hopping on the self-care train.
One hefty Pennsylvania cow, Babe, needs more than a helping hand when it comes to his daily routine. Thankfully, someone from his new farm sanctuary recognized this and used a rake to gi…
Spiders ‘rain’ in awesome, but kinda unsettling event
Rain is already annoying enough when it’s not seemingly made of spiders.
So spare a thought for the people who had to keep an eye on a group of arachnids that appeared to be raining down over rural Brazil, thanks to hot and humid weather.
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Moose casually wanders into hospital on a snack run
Don’t say ‘moose on the loose.’ Don’t say ‘moose on the loose.’ Don’t say ‘moose on the loose.’
Staffers found a moose on the loose (argh, sorry) in a hospital building in Anchorage, Alaska on Monday, seemingly on a mission to snack on some tas…
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View More 2018: The Year Humans Called Animals HotMagical pooch performs tricks to ‘Harry Potter’ spells, deserves 10 points for Gryffindor
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A long-haired, mini dachshund with the name Remus is frankly adorable enough already.
But when you add a miniature Hogwarts uniform, and a video of the little chap doing tricks in response to Harry Potter spells, the whole thing goes to another level.
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The following video was tweeted by actor and YouTuber Anna Brisbin on Monday, after it went (understandably) viral.
On Tuesday morning, the video got the official Pottermore seal of approval.
10 points to Gryffin-paw! https://t.co/1a8u50zuTq
— Pottermore (@pottermore) January 8, 2019 Read more…
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View More Magical pooch performs tricks to ‘Harry Potter’ spells, deserves 10 points for GryffindorThis squirrel eating an egg roll in a tree is New York’s newest mascot
From the city that brought you the original pizza rat, some bagel rats, an avocado rat, a milkshake squirrel, and so many others, comes the newest furry food-loving sensation: Egg roll squirrel.
On Wednesday, Twitter user @whatisny, who shares a vari…
Police called after man heard shouting death threats… to a spider
Sure, spiders are scary enough to send some people into a tizzy.
For one Australian man with a serious fear of the arachnid, his rather intense vocal reaction resulted in multiple police units attending the scene.
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