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Category Archives: wild side
Let’s hear it for the squirrels!
Happy Squirrel Appreciation Day! Today, I thought I’d share one of my favorite squirrel-themed videos – I remember this one from childhood and it always makes me smile. It’s my favorite way to celebrate the holiday. (That makes it sound like I have a favorite list of squirrel videos. I do not, but perhaps I should curate one.)
A few other ways to celebrate:
- Watch this adorable kitten playing with a squirrel.
- Learn how to appreciate squirrels every day.
- Check out some of last year’s squirrel-loving links.
- Get your news from a squirrel reporter.
- Befriend a squirrel (and maybe Clint Eastwood too).
- Buy some tickets to the squirrel ballet.
- Take some fashion pointers from a squirrel supermodel.
However, you choose to commemorate the day, watch out for the Jedi squirrels. Those guys are tough.
Ice Capades: Penguin Edition
(via Best Week Ever)
Someone totally needs to remake The Cutting Edge with an all-penguin cast, right? (Perhaps I should add penguin movies to my imaginary dog parody production company’s portfolio. On an unrelated note, apparently I’ve got ice skating on the brain this week.)
Bonus link: tiny penguins in tiny sweaters!
Sealed with a kiss
Today, we’re talking about seals… or as I like to call them, “the puppies of the sea.” They even call their little ones pups (well, humans call their little ones pups… I imagine that the seals have not adopted our terminology, but I digress). Anyway, in case you hadn’t already guessed, I find seals pretty irresistible. (Proof: I used to be obsessed with this animated version of Rudyard Kipling’s “The White Seal” and had a stuffed animal to back up that claim.)
Anyway… I have a pretty wonderful seal video to share with you today. Recently, two seal pups that were rescued and rehabilitated by the Pacific Marine Mammal Center were released into the wild. Their farewell scene was perfection:
(via Jezebel)
Could those two get any cuter?
Sadly, even as illustrated in the cartoon I linked to above, the topic of seals is not without a sad component. To learn more about the dangers faced by seals and what you can do to help, click here, here, and here.
Penguin in boots… er, boot
(via Best Week Ever)
I’m not crying… it’s just been raining on my face. (Also, more birds in shoes!)
Mine were named George
The right to bear cuteness
Take one polar bear cub. Add one blue bucket. Mix with an adorable soundtrack. Watch on repeat until you’re stocked up on cute for the next two weeks.
(via Jezebel)
Monday inspiration
Today, I shall channel my inner jumping penguin. (What? Doesn’t everyone have one of those?)
Watch it with the sound on for the full effect:
(via Best Week Ever)
B is for Bear
I’m not aiming for an alphabet series here (although I do have alphabet soup on the brain courtesy of To Dog With Love)… however, the video below was begging me to title my blog post this way. This Thursday, a show called Polar Bear: Spy on the Ice will debut on Animal Planet. Apparently filming polar bears in the wild is not that easy – luckily, a British filmmaker named John Downer spent the last two years using cleverly-disguised hidden cameras to get some footage of these amazing animals. (Check out this 60 Minutes segment for more details.)
This video clip from 60 Minutes is the one that caught my attention (it’s seriously adorable). However, a little searching revealed this gem from BBC One involving more polar bears and spy cams. Holy cuteness, Batman:
Fascinating. (I found some additional info from BBC One that’s also worth a read.) I will definitely be setting the DVR.
A is for Aardvark
I know, I know… my lack of a No Frown Friday post this week made me sad too. (I blame work – the real world is really cutting into my blogging lately. Not cool.) Anyway, I thought I’d share the adorable video below to make it up to you. I’ll even throw in a bonus punny name: Aardvark Wahlberg. (So versatile.)
(via ZooBorns)
Happy Saturday!