The animal thread

This one doesn't look nearly as cute as the ones in Finding Nemo.

Giant jellyfish the size of a human spotted by divers off English coast

https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/07/...english-coast/

The second of two red pandas born at the Milwaukee Zoo was introduced yesterday. She's so cute!

'Adorable and perfect' red panda cub born at Milwaukee Zoo

https://www.independent.ie/world-new...-38343483.html

Video: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxb0rklsrJY

In 2009, Usain Bolt set a record for the 100-meter dash, running it in 9.58 seconds at a speed of 27.8 miles per hour. Not even Usain Bolt is fast enough to catch this emu. Emus can reach speeds of 30 miles per hour.

An emu has been loose in North Carolina for five weeks

https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2019/0...ource-orig.cnn

In the penguins' world, every penguin is either gay or straight. There is no in-between. Everything is black or white. And now that I wrote that, I'm sorry I did.

A gay penguin couple adopted an egg in a Berlin zoo

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/13/us/ga...rnd/index.html

¡Ay, caramba, qué terrible! ¡Este pobrecito!

Fidel Castro's crocodile bites man at aquarium party

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/21/europ...cli/index.html

Japanese agricultural scientists have discovered that striped cows are far less likely than solid-color cows to be bitten by insects. Mosquitos usually start swarming in June and July – so I plan to paint stripes on myself next summer.

Why painting zebra stripes on cows could save the agriculture industry major money

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/zebra-s...-deters-flies/

As far as PETA is concerned, there is nothing objectionable about the Washington Redskins' name, the Cleveland Indians' Chief Wahoo logo or Atlanta Braves fans' chants and tomahawk chops – but an English bulldog for a mascot? Oh, the horror!

'He looks miserable': PETA urges University of Georgia to retire Uga, the school's mascot

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/peta-ur...ot-2019-11-26/

Aww, Santa, please don't put this dog on your naughty list. He just wanted to play with the toys.

Police therapy dog identified as culprit in stolen toys case
The Franklin Police Department in Massachussetts discovered an unlikely culprit was responsible for taking toys from their charity drive collection bin.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2019/1...-goods-vpx.cnn

I wonder if the bird sang Owl Be Home For Christmas. (Ouch!)

Family find owl living in Christmas tree, feed it chicken

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a9254711.html

I'm not being cocky or going off half-cocked when I say this is one of the most cockeyed, cockamamie stories I've ever heard.

Indian man dies after getting attacked by his rooster on their way to a cockfight

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/22/india...cli/index.html

Her brother said he would do this. She thought he was joking. He wasn't. What is especially cute is that the llama caught the bouquet.......and then ate it.

A man brought a llama to his sister's wedding, delighting just about everyone but the bride

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/03/us/ll...rnd/index.html

A newborn panda weighs between 90 and 130 grams and is only 1/900th the size of its mother. Because of their small size, newborn pandas are very fragile and have a high risk of disease and death. It appears this one, however, will survive:

Shrieks of excitement as panda cub makes first video appearance at Dutch zoo

https://www.startribune.com/shrieks-...nce/570399842/

This dog runs into flames to rescue koalas. He's my new hero.

Australia Fires: Rescue dog Bear saves scores of koalas
An Australian Koolie dog who was abandoned by his family has been rescued and retrained to detect
koalas. Bear has been following the aftermath of Australia's bushfires since January, finding sick,
injured or starving koalas that otherwise would have perished. He has now rescued more than 100.

http://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-aus...ores-of-koalas

We've all heard of homing pigeons. Here's a homing labrador.

A Kansas dog went missing for days. Turns out, she had journeyed to her previous house in Missouri, 57 miles away.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/19/us/ka...uri/index.html

And now we also have a homing horse:

West Virginia horse decides he wants to go home – before the race ends
River Crosroad Rvf "just thought he was going back to his barn" and decided not to finish the 6½-furlong sprint.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...-ends-n1233462

The World Wildlife Fund estimates there are between 22,000 and 31,000 polar bears in the world. Around two-thirds of them are in Canada. Experts say rising temperatures, melting sea ice and decreased food supplies will cause the polar bear population to decline by one-third by 2050 – and all the polar bears could be gone by 2100. Yikes!

Polar bears could disappear by 2100 due to melting ice, climate change, study says
A new study suggests the Arctic species is at risk of being starved into extinction by the end of the century.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/p...hange-n1234439

Red pandas are native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. There are fewer than 10,000 red pandas in the wild. Their numbers are decreasing because of habitat loss and poaching.

Red panda born in Berlin as part of global breeding program

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation...eeding-program

Somewhere there is a bald eagle who needs glasses.

Bald eagle attacks government drone and sends it to bottom of Lake Michigan
Drone was about 162 feet in the sky when bald eagle attacked and tore propellor off, possibly mistaking it for a rival bird or snack.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...-lake-michigan

This woman was dragged by a bison and knocked unconscious but, miraculously, escaped serious injury. She's lucky.

Bison attacks, rips pants off woman who sat in middle of herd to snap photos
A disturbing video shows a female motorcyclist getting a little too close to a bison mother and her calf in Custer State Park in South Dakota.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bison...b6960c0671e59d

I wonder if their previous owners were drunken sailors. :D

Parrots in British wildlife park moved after swearing at visitors

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/s...ntl/index.html