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Pigs Fed Marijuana to Taste More Savory and Grow Bigger

If you are not a vegetarian, vegan or a person that does not eat pork, then parts of a Pig may seem pretty delicious to you. Bacon is by far the most popular meat consumed from the Pig, but Pork has a loyal following as well, but what if I told you some pigs are given Marijuana to make your meat taste juicer? A farmer named Susannah Gross who operates a farm in Seattle, WA is doing just that. Gross... 

14-Foot Alligator Caught in Texas by Teen Breaks State Record

Wildlife animals can be seen by many people as very interesting and majestic creatures throughout the world. Alligators in particular are one of the more ferocious, deadly and complex creatures roaming thousands of swamps around our nation. Shows like “Swamp People” does a great job at giving viewers a detailed oriented and first person point of view of alligator hunters in Louisiana. Meanwhile,... 

Ice Age Bison Fossils Found in San Diego During Freeway Improvements

A paleontologist from the San Diego Natural History Museum found Ice Age bison fossil bones, in early April where crew workers were working on freeway improvements. According to the San Diego Natural History Museum, the fossils were found at the junction of State Route 76 and Interstate 15, the highway construction site for the State Route 76 East Project near Pala Mesa in the North County. The... 

FlipperBot: Robot that Mimics Baby Sea Turtle Movements

Scientists have created a robot that mimics the way a baby sea turtle can dig itself out of the sand and crawl to the ocean. A team of physicists and engineers out of Georgia Tech and Northwestern University analyzed 25 baby loggerhead sea turtles at night from nests on Jekyll Island. They investigated how the turtles crawled on beach sand, that was housed in a truck parked near the beach. The turtles... 

Cat Shot in Eye with Paintball Available for Adoption at Edmonton Humane Society

A cat that was shot in the eye by a paintball gun in Canada will be available for adoption at the Edmonton Humane Society. An eight-month old orange tabby cat was found stray in Fort Saskatchewan, Canada with his face covered in red paint and his left eye dangling from the socket. “We can’t believe that someone actually did this. Animals can’t defend themselves and truly deserve dignity... 

Sea Lion Keeps Beat to Music: Ronan Becomes First Non-human Mammal to do so

A team from the University of California at Santa Cruz says Ronan, the Sea Lion, is the first non-human mammal to prove the ability to “keep the beat” with music. Prior to the study, keeping beat was only seen in humans and birds talented in vocal mimicry. Researchers used a metronome and fresh fish to train Ronan to match movements to rhythm of music played over speakers in her concrete... 

New England Cottontail Rabbit Habitat Needs Restoration to Avoid Extinction

The New England cottontail’s habitat is disappearing and conservationists are trying to prevent the rabbit from becoming endangered. More than 80 percent of their habitat disappeared over the past 50 years, according to the nonprofit Wildlife Management Institute. Conservationists, scientists and private landowners are working together to restore the cottontail rabbit’s habitat, according... 

10 Human Surrogates Raising Baby Gorilla, Gladys in Cincinnati Zoo

For majority of people raising a kid can be a very excited process filled with tons of emotionally events along the way. There will come a time when those little kids grow up and start to live on their own, now what if I told you instead of raising a kid through this process you raise a baby gorilla? Such is the case for an orphaned 8-week-old western lowland gorilla named Gladys who is currently... 

Toddler Mauled to Death by 7 Pitbulls in Georgia

A 21-month old toddler was mauled to death by seven pitbulls on Wednesday evening at her family’s home in Georgia. Monica Renee Laminack crawled through the doggie door, which wasn’t unusual because she had done it before. Once the toddler was outside, she was viciously attacked by seven pit bull and pit bull-mix dogs. According to Bryan County Sheriff, Clyde Smith, her 12-year-old brother... 

Live Bomb in Squid Found By Chinese Fish Market Worker

Image Source: Guangzhou Daily It has to be quite surprising to be gutting a squid in your market on the table and to hit something metal inside. Even more surprising is when you finish cutting out the metal and reveal that there is a three foot bomb inside the ocean creature. That’s what happened to a Chinese fisherman that works in a market gutting and selling fish. The area of China the squid... 
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