Tiny kangaroo rescued by local tradies
THIS is the heart-warming moment a Queensland tradie grabbed the paws of a small kangaroo after it had become trapped in a ditch.
Animals
‘I have a boa constrictor on my face’
A WOMAN has placed a frantic 911 call after her pet boa constrictor latched onto her nose and wrapped itself around her neck.
CIA trained cats to be spies
IT WAS a short-lived idea and it wasn’t long before the CIA worked out these not so secret agents were actually pretty bad spies.
Yes, this monster croc is real
THE Adelaide River may be about to get a new boss croc, as two massive reptiles face off in an insane fight to the death.
‘What the hell, that’s a baby seal pup’
A NEW Zealand farmer who lives 10km from the nearest beach made the surprise discovery while checking for lambs. The problem was what to do next.
Elephant tramples handler; ‘destroyed’
AN elephant was shot to death after trampling and killing a handler who worked for a company in Zimbabwe that offers elephant rides to tourists.
Phelps shredded over shark race fiasco
IT WAS dubbed “Great Gold vs Great White” as Olympic legend Michael Phelps took on a shark. But viewers were left fuming.
Huntsman travels from Brissy to UK
REMOVAL workers in the UK received a shock when they discovered a 18cm huntsman spider after it hitched a ride all the way from Brisbane.
Cecil the lion’s son killed by hunter
THE son of Cecil the Lion has been killed by trophy hunters just two years after his father suffered the same fate.
Sleeping whales caught on camera
A PHOTOGRAPHER has captured the moment a large pod of sperm whales quietly slept at around 65ft under water for 10 minutes.
Great White ‘tweets’ its location
A GREAT White Shark named Hilton, who has been spotted off the US, now has his own Twitter account and probably more followers than you.
Whale entangled in rope off Fraser Island
A HUMPBACK whale was discovered by Hervey Bay whale watching crews in Platypus Bay with “rope wrapped around its tail, mouth and fins”.
The major plot hole in Finding Nemo
FINDING Nemo would have been a very different movie if it reflected the true lives of clownfish, scientists say.
Shark caught inside Sydney Harbour
SYDNEY residents have been warned to be aware of what lies beneath the water after a monster shark was captured.
Truck carrying slime eels overturns
IT’S the stuff of nightmares. More than three tonnes of slime eels were dumped on a highway in the US after a truck crashed. See the extraordinary pictures.
Elephant found 16km out to sea
AN elephant has been rescued by the Sri Lankan Navy after being discovered swimming out to sea 16km off the country’s coast.
Massive court battle over monkey selfie
CAN animals own the copyright to their selfies or this the most ridiculous legal case that just won’t go away?
Sixth mass extinction already underway
EARTH is already in its sixth mass-extinction event, meaning three-quarters of all species could soon disappear from our planet, scientists have warned.
Whale kills fisherman after rescue
MOMENTS after Joe Howlett untangled a whale from fishing lines off the Canadian coast, it crushed him under a “big flip”.
‘Teeth were scraping against my skull’
A TEENAGER who woke to hear a “crunching sound” before realising his head was inside the mouth of a bear has told of his miraculous escape.
World’s funniest animal photos
ENTRIES in the Comedy Wildlife Photography competition prove that our furry friends can look pretty ridiculous sometimes.
Why these blighters ‘will rule our oceans’
UNIVERSITY of Adelaide researchers have discovered what our oceans will look like at the end of the century, and what they found will surprise you.
This shark could hold secret to long life
A SHARK that lives for nearly 400 years and is the longest living vertebrate on the planet could hold the key to the fountain of youth.
What elephant rides don’t show
CHAINED day and night, kept in dark sheds and tied up on concrete flooring — welcome behind the scenes at elephant venues across Asia.
Our waste has created mutant toads
THE cane toad is mutating into a deadlier creature thanks to a common household item.
Proof your cat is in control
CATS were once worshipped as gods. Now a survey of feline influence over each Australian state reveals things haven’t really changed all that much.
‘There’s a bear in my room!’
A YOUNG Alaskan boy got the shock of his life when a black bear crashed into his room, the latest in a series of close encounters.
Massive 6m ‘Boss Croc’ spotted in NT
THIS big guy has been dubbed ‘the Dominator’ and took some tourists off guard in the Northern Territory this week.
Koala body found in logged forest
A CRUSHED koala has been found in a logged forest, after the Victoria failed to follow the advice of its own scientific committee to protect the environment.
Cobra was lurking in home for days
DERRICK Koh was horrified when a giant king cobra slithered into his home. Three days he thought it was gone. He was wrong.
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