Someone's been eating too many fermented apples--and that will reportedly get you stuck in a tree. Police in Sweden decided to let a drunk moose "sleep it off" after the animal got itself stuck in branches following one too many fruit 'cocktails' that put the wild beast in a stupor. Read more
It's no 'deer in headlights', it's a deer in a pool. But not just any swimming pool. It's not often you see a wild animal--normally dedicated to land--taking a dip with water-loving creatures like seals. Visitors at a Norwalk, Connecticut, aquarium captured video of a misplaced deer share the swimming waters of in-house seals August 2, 2011. Read more
While 11-year old Skylar Capo rescues a baby woodpecker from the jaws of her cat--rescuing a bird slated for certain death--a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee at Lowe's allegedly issues threats that her mom could face a year in jail plus a $535 ticket fine over the rescued bird in Virginia. Read more
Six researchers from South Africa get to encounter a great white--at a much closer distance than nearly anyone prefers. Try a close-up encounter, in a boat. After a thrashing shark boards a boat but never attacks, boats tow the dying animal to safety--twice. The great white beached itself after researchers had sprayed water to ventilate gills and keep it alive. Read more
Again it's the same argument: Monkeys may be more intelligent than man thought. Perhaps it's man that needs the reassessment. Mandrill monkeys in the UK have now been spotted giving pedicures in July--using twigs as 'crude' tools. Read more
It's the mug shot of a lifetime: A monkey captured some self-portraits after professional photographer David Slater left his camera laying around while visiting a national park in North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Read more
No one wants to be dubbed the "crazy cat lady" -- making Brenda Hoch one brave woman, to be housing 15 skunks. But she's got an excuse: the Florida woman and her husband Don do it all for a good cause--sheltering skunks that need a new home and owners for adoption. No scent included. Read more
The last sighting of a penguin in New Zealand is 44 years ago: A baby Emperor penguin has washed up on Peka Peka shores roughly 4,000 miles from Antarcticca. Nicknamed "Happy Feet" by locals, the country's not planning on getting the lost baby home. Read more
Why did the sloth cross the road? To (kind of) get to the other side, at some point -- when he's not sleeping throughout the process. Sloth crossings on Costa Rican roads may not be the most uncommon event, but the best video -- of the famous crossings -- is this particulary slow-moving personality who seems to suffer from narcolepsy. Read more