Sparta is getting a little older as you can see in this update from Mr. Safety. He's still as adorable ever. Sparta's now wanting to have his food dishes in the sink. Sparta's YouTube hit The Mean Kitty Song now has over 4.6 million views.
All the cute Internet animals are going on strike in solidarity with the striking WGA writers. Video from Colbert Report writers Frank Lesser and Rob Dubbin. (via United Hollywood)
Some great footage of wild horses in this National Geographic video that shows groups of wild stallions including a lone wild stallion protecting his harem of mares.
This is a video collection of photographs of Bodie, a Labrador puppy. Photos of Bodie were taken every day from seven weeks to six months.
A video collection of photos of Bodie, a Labrador puppy, everyday from age 7 weeks to 6 months. I shot over 5,000 photos to get the 200 used in this video. Think of this as a cross between two YouTube classics - "Cute puppy" and "Noah photos himself everyday for six years". The music was created using Sony Cinescore.
If you are curious what they meant by "Noah photos himself everyday for six years" you can see the Noah video here.
This amateur video called the Battle at Kruger shows an extraordinary battle taking place at a water hole at the Kruger National Park between lions, alligators and buffalo. The video has over 12.5 million views. You can read more about the video here on Negative Space and here on BloggersBlog.com.
Allya the Beluga whale is featured in this video. At an aquarium in western Japan Allya has learned to blow bubble rings. The video's description says that in the wild, some dolphins and whales blow bubble rings by inhaling air through their blowholes and releasing it through their mouths underwater. In the tank Alya can blow bubbles anytime thanks to the help of scuba diving equipment. In the video Allya sends a few bubble towards a little girl.
An octopus squeezes himself through a tiny 1-inch hole in this video which is part of a research project.
Octopuses have an amazing ability to squeeze through tiny crevices, cracks and holes. My fall BIOS independent studies student, Raymond .. all Deckel is investigating just how small a hole Octopus macropus can fit through as well as how long it takes them to squeeze through different sizes of holes.
This is a very silly short clip of a very dramatic prarie dog. Perhaps the prarie dog attended acting school? Originally the video was called "Dramatic Chipmunk" before they realized it was not a chipmunk. The video has millions of views over the past week or so on YouTube.com. The video has many responses including O RLY?!, Dramatic Peep and Deniro Taxi Driver version.
Here's a video of a cat named Nora that loves to play the video. The description for the video says Nora began sitting at the piano at age one.
"Don't miss it! This is not a trick that was taught to Nora. She began sitting at the piano at about one-year-old. She's three now. She plays only when the mood strikes her, which is usually several time a times a day for short periods."
The Daily Mailsays Nora is an Internet sensation with 2.5 million viewers and climbing. A sequel to the video below can be found here.
The Guinea Pig TV channel on YouTube is starting to get noticed. Here are a couple episodes of Guinea Pig TV (GPTV). In the first one Chatterboy, the guinea pig, has tea and the second one (actually the very first episode of GPTV) is Chatterboy going trick or treating.
Here is a video about Knut, the adorable Polar Bear cup being raised by German zoo veterinarians after it was rejected by its mother. Note the reporters are speaking German in the clip.
The Lyrebird is a Australian bird that has an incredible ability to mimic sounds both natural and manmade. In this video David Attenborough captures the bird mimicking a variety of other birds and other sounds like cameras and chain saws.
This is a video of a rare frilled shark that was recently discovered in shallow waters off the coast of Japan. The shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus) is a very primitive species and it is sometimes referred to as a living fossil.
This video from Yahoo! Current Traveler shows goats munching on the top of Argan trees in Morocco. You can also see photos of the goats on top of an Argan tree on this website.
