Reindeer Games

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Listening to: Christmas Jazz

 

Corky the cat born with back-to-front rear legs

Corky was found by a boy crawling the streets of North Dakota and taken to a local shelter. One only knows how Corky has managed to survive this long. He seems to have adapted by strengthening his front legs to drag himself around quite well. He does not seem to put off by his condition and can move quite fast when needed.

Luckily, CATS Cradle Shelter co-founders Gail Ventzke and Carol Stefonek were intent on saving Corky from being put down. Corky suffers from the congenital deformity Arthrogryposis, where his legs were born the opposite way around.

CATS Cradle requested the help of local veterinarian Dr. Dan Burchill, Castleton Veterinary Services, who invented a surgery to bring Corky's back legs the right way round. Corky had surgery in the spring and is apparently doing well post-op and in physical therapy sessions.

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Yosemite Time Lapse

Yosemite Range Of Light by Shawn Reeder

 

 

Packaging Tape Art

Max Zorn, Dutch artist, makes portrait art with packaging tape.

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Zoo Elephant Plays Harmonica

Shanthi, a 36-year-old Asian elephant, at the Washington Zoo, likes to tap things and rub against things to make repeated noises.

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Blind, epileptic Golden Retriever gets own guide dog

Tanner, a blind Golden Retriever who suffered from epilepsy, had a challenging life until he met Blair, a black Labrador. Blair had also had a troubled life, until meeting Tanner, where he started to lead Tanner around by the leash. Blair arrived at the shelter after being homeless and shot. Now they are inseparable.

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Coolest Parents Ever Recreate Beastie Boys “Sabotage” Video

As a tribute to MCA, a pair of cool parents from Portland recreated the Beastie Boys' video Sabotage with their children. Superb.

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Animals Being Dicks

 

 

Polar bear smashes aquarium glass with large rock

A polar bear in the Rotterdam aquarium threw a rock at the glass wall to apparently tell two gentleman to "get off my lawn!".

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Students tricked into eating moose poop by school staff

Manitoba junior high students at Selkirk School were tricked into eating moose poop by the school staff. During a canoe trip, the adult that duped the Canadian students insisted the poop was nutritious because of it berries and grass mixture. The incident is being investigated by Lord Selkirk superintendent Scott Kwasnitza.

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Lion disapproves of man's haircut

 

 

US mother arrested after driving off with newborn on car roof

A 19-year-old mother in Arizona is being charged with child abuse and DUI after driving her car away with her five-week-old newborn in a car seat on the roof of the car. At about 1:00 am in the morning, the newborn was found in the middle of the road and taken to the hospital. The mother and her boyfriend were partying around the neighbourhood and only realized the child was missing when she returned home.

Definitely a strong contender for mother of the year.

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Police dog called to testify in court

A man fighting a driving offense in Florida subpoenaed a police dog as a witness to defend his case. Rodney McGee was shocked when K9 officer Azor was lead into the courtroom. However, his drug-sniffing experiment was denied and he was fined for failing to use a turn signal.

 

 

Moustache

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Listening to: Jules Larson - I Want It All

 

HemLoft - Secret Treehouse in Whistler Woods

 

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Grandmother Carries Disabled Granddaughter Through Mountains To School

 

 

A 57-year-old Chinese Grandmother carries her granddaughter, who has cerebral palsy, 5 kilometres daily through the mountain roads throughout all seasons. Her granddaughter qualifies for free school and meals because she is disabled. Her grandmother has assisted her granddaughter for over three years and will continue as long as she is able.

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Giant Red Watch Dog

 

Sculpture designer Florentijn Hofman created Max, a giant red dog, out of locally sourced, recycled scrap material for the Dutch Village. Max is now a local landmark in the village of Leens.

 

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Mini Caravan For a Stray Cat

 

 

A tortoiseshell stray cat wandered into Cosford Caravans one day and won the heart of owner Mervyn Hughes. He believes she was left behind when the Royal Air Force moved on. The company started to feed her but put her out at night to sleep outside. During a meeting with managing director of Bailey Caravans, Nick Howard asked about the cat. Hughes explained the stray had made Cosford Caravans her home. Not too long after, a miniature Bailey Orion caravan built by the Bailey engineers in Bristol arrived to the location specifically for the cat. Everyone at Cosford Caravans was amazed and Hughes had never seen anything like it in all his 28 years.

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Dog is thatcher's rooftop companion

 

  In Scottow, North Walsham, a Newfoundland cross dog named Axel accompanies the thatcher roof team to the roof of the Three Horseshoes pub. One day Axel, who weighs 44 kg, climbed up the ladder to the roof to join the crew. He has become a bit of a celebrity in the town, however, he has not figured out how to get back down. He has to be carried back down.

 

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Glee Flash Mob & Marriage Proposal (Seattle)

 

 

Listening to: MNDR - Stay

 

Ondrej Pakan's Dew Covered Insects

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Lion Love

Douglas Hamilton saying goodbye to lion cubs at SeaView Lion Park he worked with during a summer in South Africa.

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Do Tigers Like Cat Nip

 

 

Hitchhiking Around The USA: 1 Year of 5,000 Miles and 930 People

Benjamin Jenks' hitchhiked across the United States for one year. While traveling over 5,000 miles, he shot 3 months of footage and met 930 people.

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Frame of Mind

 

 

Lamborghini Batman, Superhero

Business Lenny B. Robinson has a secret identity. On his days off, he spends his money and spare time visiting children at the Children’s National Medical Center in Northwest Washington. He also brings Batman toys and memorabilia gifts for the children (over $25,000 a year). Once he was pulled over in Montgomery County, Maryland for driving his lamborghini without a license plate.

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Elephant Plays with Smartphone

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Listening to: Massive Attack - Protection  

Happy New Year!