Here are kittens discovering that the world is full of amazing things they never expected.
I love it when kittens first find out that they can make puffy tails and run all around, doing it. My cats don’t bother to fluff their tails out anymore, but they had a grand week or so when they first learned how to do it.
Hi, Mr. Nature here.
I don’t know how many of you have ever had a pet octopus. I never did, although I’ve heard they’re very popular in certain quarters.
Anyway, the interesting thing about an octopus is how smart it is. The one in this video was hauled out of the water by Alaskan shrimp fishermen. It had gotten into their shrimp trap through a three-inch hole and proceeded to eat the shrimp. Then it unscrewed the lid from the jar containing shrimp bait and ate that, too.
Really–how can an octopus figure out what a jar is and how to open it? It’s not like they get a lot of practice. If you had never before seen or heard of a screw-top jar, how long would it take you to discover how to open it?
The fishermen in this video allowed the octopus to escape back into the sea. They could have eaten him. They could also have named him Johnny and made a pet of him.
What would you have done?
We don’t often associate armadillos with playfulness. A lot of us don’t associate armadillos with anything. This video was taken at the New Zoo in Green Bay, Wisconsin–featuring Rollie, the playful armadillo.
Play takes imagination, by the way, and imagination takes intelligence.
Thanks, “LifeisGood,” for suggesting this video. You and I have had our problems in the past, but your recent friendly overtures are much appreciated.
If there’s one thing guaranteed to put a dog into an embarrassing position, it’s a penchant for over-enthusiasm. But it takes more than a tumble to keep a good dog down!
The column’s done, my lunch is eaten, and I’d better fold my tent while I still have a tent to fold.
Is this little guy for real?
Hi, Mr. Nature here, with something to wash out the bad taste of the last news report. You’ve seen jerboas (Old World jumping mice) before, but none like this.
The long-eared jerboa has never been filmed before, and we’re lucky to have this clip. When they say “long-eared,” they’re not kidding. I can’t think of any creature that has bigger ears than this, proportional to its size.
Are we sure we’re not looking at a special effect in a movie?
The work of God’s hands–endlessly wonderful and fascinating.
One thing about dogs–they do like to have fun, which includes sliding around on a slippery wooden floor. Nor do they seem to mind if the joke’s on them.
For some reason cats don’t like you to sleep if they’re not sleeping. So here are some cats employing various tactics for waking up their owners.
My cat Henry used to get very upset if the phone rang and we didn’t answer it. You know, sometimes you are engaged in something that simply won’t allow you to go to the phone. But Henry accepted no excuses. “I don’t care what you’re doing! Answer the phone!”
And he used to wake my wife by putting his nose against her eyes.
Watch what happens when these two little boys stop petting this lemur. I should say, “try to stop.”
What do you feel, when you compare man’s creations to God’s?
Maybe I should’ve saved this for tomorrow, but I couldn’t wait to share it with you.
Here are cats doing some very clever thinking, plus one thought that was not so clever. I like this because it isn’t someone setting up situations: this is cats being cats.
My old friend Ed used to have a cat who used the people toilet instead of a litter box; but he never could get her to flush after using. Better not to try, probably.
Well, don’t that beat all! A baby squirrel falls out of its nest, the people put it in the box with the kittens, and the little fellow fits right in. The mommy cat treats it just like one of her kittens, loves it, feeds it, grooms it–and the baby squirrel has learned to purr.
God’s stuff not only works. It works better than we can imagine.