Tiger, Cubs, and Conservation Oh My! Celebrate Global Tiger Day

 Photo credit: law_keven/Creative Commons

Last year was declared the "Year of the Tiger," and though the global population still hovers below 3,500 individuals in the wild—making it one of the most critically endangered animals on the planet—some advances were made to protecting the much-loved species. At the end of the year, 13 nations with natural tiger habitat pledged to work together to double populations by 2022.
(via  David DeFranza, Washington, DC )

Tiger, Cubs, and Conservation Oh My! Celebrate Global Tiger Day : TreeHugger

L is for Llama « Flickr Blog

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L is for Llama « Flickr Blog

Giant Boner-Inducing Spider Rampages in Supermarket

  A five-inch Brazilian Wandering Spider—the most poisonous spider in the world, which "can also cause priapism in humans"—stowed away in a box of bananas and leaped out in a German grocery store, running through the aisles and causing pandemonium on Friday
(via Maureen O'Connor)

Giant Boner-Inducing Spider Rampages in Supermarket

Chicken adopts baby ostriches in Texas

  (photo)This black hen is raising five baby ostriches as her own at Crowes Nest Farm in Manor (Kate Weidaw, KXAN)

Chances are you've heard stories before about animals raising animals of a different breed.
Like cats nursing puppies.
At Crowes Nest Farm, a nonprofit organization a few miles east of Austin, there's a similar situations playing out with some baby ostriches .
"We have all your basic farm animals with a few additions," said David Williams, director of Crowes Nest Farm.
(via Kate Weidaw )

Chicken adopts baby ostriches in Texas