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A giant alligator has been discovered deep in the American South - so big, it took people a long time to be convinced it was real. Pictured lying on a dirt road after being pulled from a ditch near Lake Blackshear in the state of Georgia, the alligator has been…
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A hunter has sparked outrage after posting gleeful pictures of herself posing with a dead mountain lion on social media. Franchesca Esplin picked up the deceased wild animal's carcass and flaunted its blood on her manicured fingers in images posted to Facebook, boasting the experience had put her on "cloud…
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In early February, Travis Kauffman was jogging along a trail at the Horsetooth Mountain Open Space near Fort Collins, Colorado, when he was attacked. The runner has previously spoken about the experience, in which he escaped by the skin of his teeth. It just so happened that Kauffman had chosen…
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When most people choose a pet, they tend to pick something cute and fluffy to share their house with. But 31-year-old nursing assistant Keira Jarvis is different: she and her girlfriend Cathrine share their abode with all manner of creepy-crawlies. Keira has now amassed a veritable menagerie of seven tarantulas…
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A dead humpback whale has washed up ashore in the Amazon rainforest, but it is unknown exactly how the mammal died or why it was so close to the mouth of the river. Estimates put the carcass at roughly 10 tonnes - 36 feet long. It was discovered far from…
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A zoo in England has come under fire for its decision to charge visitors $20 to play tug of war with a lion. The "game" involves placing a large chunk of meat attached to a rope inside the animal's enclosure. Visitors, headed by a keeper, then hold onto the other end…
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In his neighbourhood in Lake County, Florida, Ben Pool says he's often heard coyotes - but he rarely sees them in the flesh. This all changed on Friday, when he came face-to-face with one, and ended up defending himself with - of all things - a coffee cup. According to…
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A group of workers plucked what they thought was a frozen wild dog from the ice, heroically carrying it to a nearby vets for treatment - before realising all too late they had actually inadvertently rescued a wolf. Workers in the Eastern European country of Estonia were working on the…
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One thing that separates humans from animals is that when someone points a camera our way, we're definitely aware of it. In fact, we get so self-conscious that it can make us look completely unnatural in photos. While we're struggling to find out what people really look like outside of Tinder,…
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Back in the day, there used to be loads of movies all about animals that were gigantic. You had King Kong, the story of a colossal ape, Them! which was all about huge, mutated ants, and The Deadly Mantis, which was all about ... well, to be honest, you can…
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People will literally do anything for their pets. Whether that means paying ludicrous veterinary bills, or in some cases, altering their home to make it animal-friendly. Seriously, was it just me who was floored by the woman who altered her bed so that some of her ninety adopted pets could sleep…
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A German man has been stripped of his firearms license after being shot by the most unlikely of assailants - his very own dog. Courts in Berlin dismissed an appeal against a ruling that stated a Munich man is unfit to carry a gun after an incident that occurred back…
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PETA has been slammed after releasing a "gobsmacking" press release on Karl Lagerfeld's death. The fashion icon's fans went into mourning today when it was announced the designer had died, aged 85, in Paris after a battle with pancreatic cancer. However, the animal rights organisation had a less than sympathetic response…
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On February 4th, Travis Kauffman was attacked by a mountain lion in Colorado. The runner had been taking one of his usual routes through Horsetooth Mountain Open Space in Fort Collins when he was approached by the 40lb animal, who apparently showed absolutely no signs of fear towards him. Kauffman had…
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A video of an Instagram model being bitten on the buttocks by a pig, while posing in a bikini at the beach, has gone viral on social media this week. Venezuelan model Michelle Lewin, who has over 13 million followers on Instagram, was visiting the shores during her vacation in the…
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A person who went into an abandoned US house to smoke marijuana ended up stumbling upon a tiger. The anonymous pot user initially thought they were hallucinating after discovering the wild animal in Houston, Texas. After confirming that the creature was, in fact, real, the concerned citizen phoned the police to…
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Veterinarians at Montana's Kalispell Animal Clinic miraculously revived an outdoor cat who was found "frozen and unresponsive" in below-zero temperature. According to ABC News, the owners discovered Fluffy buried in a snowbank, where she had likely spent hours in the freezing winter cold. The beloved feline, who was encrusted in…
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Knowing what to do in an emergency situation is a skill not all of us have. The panic that can set in means making plans on the spot doesn't always work out too well - but I doubt even the most prepared of us would consider the possibility of performing…
