Adorable News

Orphaned baby hedgehogs adopt cleaning brush as...

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 11:14:37 -0400

Orphaned baby hedgehogs adopt cleaning brush as mother

“The smells on the brush, which is used to sweep a yard, remind the hedgehogs of their natural habitat.”

Dog survives eating nine golf balls

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:24:09 -0400

Dog survives eating nine golf balls:

AND … in surgery … doctors found a BULLET in his abdomen. His owners did not know he had ever been shot.

Miracle dog!

Zoo pelican swallows cell phone

Fri, 07 Aug 2009 13:11:06 -0400

Zoo pelican swallows cell phone :

The pelicans were playing with a cell phone that a visitor had dropped in the pelican pool when, while no one was looking, one of the birds swallowed it. The pelican coughed it up later and no harm was done to the bird. No reports yet as to the state of the cell phone.

Zookeepers raise baby wallaby in Tokyo zoo

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:26:09 -0400

Zookeepers raise baby wallaby in Tokyo zoo

Injured sea turtle gets prosthetic flippers

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:33:26 -0400

Injured sea turtle gets prosthetic flippers:

Adorable technology: A sea turtle that was rescued in Japan last year is getting a trial pair of plastic flippers that should allow her to be released into the wild when she recuperates from surgery.

Phone recharged, returned after four days lost at sea

Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:16:54 -0400

Phone recharged, returned after four days lost at sea:

A cell phone lost during a snorkeling expedition washed ashore four days later in Taipei “after floating past numerous towns and rocky outcroppings.”

The park lifeguard who found it recharged the battery, then called the owner’s wife, whom he found saved in the cell phone’s favorite contacts.

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Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:47:23 -0400

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Bobcat and Fawn Find Friendship after Fire

A trio of unusual baby zoo animals

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:34:52 -0400

A baby rhino at the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa …

An aardvark calf at the Omaha Zoo …

And a rare baby donkey at the Sedgwick Zoo in Kansas …

The first baby poitou donkey born in a North American zoo.

MAZEL TOV, UNUSUAL, ADORABLE BABY ZOO ANIMALS + FRIENDS!

Rare bald bird breed discovered

Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:28:24 -0400

Rare bald bird breed discovered:

SO ADORABLY BALD!

” ‘Whenever you come across a bird that’s bald, it’s a prominent characteristic,’ [Wild Conservation Society Assistant Director Peter] Clyne told LiveScience.”

Seven-year-old skips church, starts a car chase

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:03:35 -0400

Seven-year-old skips church, starts a car chase:

From the desk of recklessly adorable endangerement: a seven-year-old in Utah steals his dad’s Dodge Intrepid and leads police on a 40-mph car chase.

“When the boy’s father later confronted him, the boy said he didn’t want to go to church. The boy is too young to prosecute and no citations were issued, although police did urge the father to make his car keys more inaccessible to children.”

Beluga whale saves drowning diver

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:43:06 -0400

Beluga whale saves drowning diver:

Baby beluga in the deep blue sea … swim so wild, swim so … life-savingly!

Monkey herds goats; farmer approves

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:10:48 -0400

Monkey herds goats; farmer approves:

National Geographic reports that Mani, an untrained monkey, herds goats on a farm in India, without the assistance of a human shepherd.

“She is as good as a shepherd,” says the Estate Manager. “The only thing is that she does not speak, but otherwise carries out all responsibilities.”

3000 Afghani donkeys taking ballots to the polls

Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:08:30 -0400

3000 Afghani donkeys taking ballots to the polls:

Amidst a war, the threat of Taliban insurgency and a fragile security situation, citizens of Afghanistan are going to the polls. And thousands of donkeys are helping! It’s adorable democracy in action.

Blind dog finds friend in guide dog

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:34:00 -0400

Blind dog finds friend in guide dog:

Blind border collie Clyde and his guide dog Bonnie were found wandering the streets of Norfolk together in a rain storm and brought to a shelter. Bonnie appears to have taken up the role of guide dog for Clyde voluntarily, belieing the commonly held belief that it is a dog-eat-dog world.

Thanks, convincingindie.

Panda birthday party at the National Zoo

Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:10:09 -0400

Panda birthday party at the National Zoo :

Four-year-old Tai Shan was feted with a frozen birthday cake made from ice, shredded beets and bamboo.

Baby hedgehog rescued by St. Tiggywinkles Hospital

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:01:21 -0400

Baby hedgehog rescued by St. Tiggywinkles Hospital:

Adorable may be in the eye of the beholder, but whatever you think about this scaly pink urchin, it’s hard to argue that “St. Tiggywinkles” may be the all-time most absurd, adorable name for a wildlife hospital ever. We’re consulting our copy of “Lives of the Saint” to see where St. Tiggywinkles fits into the canon.

Thanks to A Well-Respected Tumblr, a member of the worldwide Adorable News crack reporter network.

Great bunny heist of 2009 comes to an end

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:59:57 -0400

Great bunny heist of 2009 comes to an end:

Cracker, a 7-week-old baby bunny that was stolen from the Waukesha County Fair this weekend, has been located and is expected to be returned Thursday night.

“Police said a woman was leaving the fair when a man approached her in the parking lot and asked her if she wanted a bunny.”

Surprise reunion between firefighter, long-lost dog

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:58:27 -0400

Surprise reunion between firefighter, long-lost dog:

After dramatically rescuing several dogs from a cliff and taking them to a shelter, the fire chief was told by the shelter director that they had a perfect dog for him. IT TURNED OUT TO BE HIS DOG, which he’d heartbreakingly parted with five years ago because of a move. Someone call 91-adorable-1.

Aquarium fish get lonely

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 13:40:15 -0400

Aquarium fish get lonely:

“A new study found that common aquarium fish fight more and act less like themselves when they’re lonely. Just as people choose to squeeze into a crowded nightclub rather than roam around an empty bar, it seems, certain fish prefer to have lots of companions.”

Baboons at safari park learn to open rooftop luggage

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:38:08 -0400

Baboons at safari park learn to open rooftop luggage:

Keepers at the Knowsley Safari Park have issued an “anti-social baboon order,” warning cavalier visitors that, yes, that monkey will steal your clothes. They even made a precautionary video.