animals
This is the second board-bite we’ve heard about this year, the news this time coming from Australia.
A New South Wales surfer, Stephen King (no joke, his name is actually Stephen King), calls himself “the luckiest guy on two legs” after an encounter with a hungry shark left him with… Read the rest
This dog, Lily, may have little legs, but don’t let that fool you. She can keep up with a mountain biker with what looks like little effort on her part. The action begins at 1:08.
[Via: Rossimo37]… Read the rest
There have been a lot of reports about shark sightings and attacks recently, what with the surfer who rode one and the guy who had a huge bite taken out of his board, among others. So the news that some surfers and interested parties are looking for ways to get… Read the rest
The humpback whale activity off the coast of Santa Cruz has been pretty high the last couple of weeks, with some awesome photographs and videos surfacing across the web. As cool as it sounds to have a close encounter with these guys, though, authorities have warned that it’s definitely not… Read the rest
Patriot, a Bend, Oregon-area bald eagle, was brought back to life last summer after he was hit by a car near Crane Prairie Reservoir. Dr. Jeff Cooney, a volunteer Bend-area vet, was called in to help. And though Cooney nearly lost the raptor, he provided mouth-to-beak resuscitation and managed to… Read the rest
Totally disgusting and yet equally fascinating images of a nearly 16-foot Burmese python dead after devouring a 76-pound deer in the Everglades have been circulating the Internet over the past couple of days. The most graphic photos are enough to make the weak of stomach lose his or her lunch.… Read the rest
Yolanda Evert of Illinois became a widow last year when her husband was attacked and killed by a grizzly bear near Yellowstone National Park. The couple owned a cabin nearby and frequently took long walks in the forest, usually without bear-repelling spray or a gun.
On the afternoon of his… Read the rest
Alligator wresting has arrived in Gresham, Oregon and Richard Ritchey is the undisputed champion beating out Multnomah County Animal Services, who had set a baited trap Friday to no avail. Sunday morning Ritchey, who also goes by “The Reptile Man”, swam into the storm drainage pond that the five-foot gator… Read the rest
Ken Champion, a resident of Wilson, New York, an upstate town on Lake Ontario, found an alligator in a creek near his house. Champion called the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) immediately when he spotted the 30-inch long reptile. DEC officers then took the alligator to a local veterinarian where… Read the rest
Pictures like the one above have been making the media rounds the last couple of days after what was allegedly a great white shark chomped down on Hawaii-born surfer Bobby Gumm’s board on Thursday, just off the Oregon Coast. (Yes, this is the second story about a shark encounter in… Read the rest
That’s right. Tigers on surfboards. Like the cool cat Jazz pictured above. There’s also Blaze, who’s just trying to get something to drink, and Princess, who just needs a nap. I want to know how they deal with a shark encounter. Something tells me these big kitties don’t mess around.… Read the rest
This has absolutely nothing to do with anything, but it had to be blogged. Police in Zanesville, Ohio are on the lookout for dozens of exotic animals—including bears, tigers, cheetahs, lions and wolves—after a mysterious escape from the Muskingum County Animal Farm.
Actually, the escape might not be so mysterious.… Read the rest
Remember last week’s YouTube frenzy after the South African mountain biker was taken out by that massive buck? The mountain biker, 16-year-old Evan van der Spuy, is OK.
According to the AP, van der Spuy was competing in a race when the leaping hartebeest crashed into him. The antelope returned… Read the rest
Surely you’ve heard about Doug Niblack and his recent encounter with a great white shark. He was knocked from his board while surfing on the Oregon Coast, but instead of crashing into the cold water, he found himself standing on something he described as “rubbery like Neoprene.”
Niblack apparently rode… Read the rest
