Animals are Magical

[RunningDeer]

Posted by RatRodRob...RRR (here)

Posted by RunningDeer (here)

This Pitbull Wasn’t Loved Because of Her Scary Look
Until People Saw Her True Face (3 min)

What a wonderful neighborhood and beautiful dog

RRR

More often than not I’ll rewatch the latest vids on the thread. And Tubs? It’s been about ten times. (Shhh! Our secret. )

[Johnnycomelately]

Posted by RatRodRob...RRR (here)
I love the Top End of Australia, its wild.
The crap part is that you Cannot expect any lake, dam, river or oceans or even large tracts of land in the Top End due to predators such as Salt water crocodiles, Lots of deadly Snakes, Big Sharks, Box Jellyfish, Cassowary, Spiders, and some species of plant in the Rain Forrest's can leave you in agony from simply brushing against it.

This vid is good and shows you why you NEVER stand near the edges of any body of water, its quite funny but these two blokes used to it.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=RyxmQPmt6Aw

Bugga, just watch it on YT................................RRR
RRR

Fun vid, mate, but he was no Dundee*. Prolly would run away from a buffalo too, not to mention a hot smart NYC socialite.

* was going to say Mick Dundee, but obvs Mick’s dad and ancestors were likely Demi-gods as well. If AI fulfills only one wish, please that it make a bunch of prequels to the Holywood ones.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=6w_RNrrfh0g

[RunningDeer]

Watch Dolly’s calf being born @13:11.

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New Calves & the Farmall 856 Gets a Canopy

• Just a Few Acres Farm
• June 22, 2025

Calves are popping out all over! Patti had a bull calf that we are keeping as a potential future breeding bull, and while I'm walking the pasture in this video, Dolly delivers her calf. Afterwards, I install a new canopy on the Farmall 856. It turns out the job isn't as easy as I thought it would be.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=FmoZFiUYApg

[RatRodRob...RRR]

Posted by Johnnycomelately (here)

Posted by RatRodRob...RRR (here)
I love the Top End of Australia, its wild.
The crap part is that you Cannot expect any lake, dam, river or oceans or even large tracts of land in the Top End due to predators such as Salt water crocodiles, Lots of deadly Snakes, Big Sharks, Box Jellyfish, Cassowary, Spiders, and some species of plant in the Rain Forrest's can leave you in agony from simply brushing against it.

This vid is good and shows you why you NEVER stand near the edges of any body of water, its quite funny but these two blokes used to it.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=RyxmQPmt6Aw

Bugga, just watch it on YT................................RRR
RRR

Fun vid, mate, but he was no Dundee*. Prolly would run away from a buffalo too, not to mention a hot smart NYC socialite.

* was going to say Mick Dundee, but obvs Mick’s dad and ancestors were likely Demi-gods as well. If AI fulfills only one wish, please that it make a bunch of prequels to the Holywood ones.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=6w_RNrrfh0g

Haha, and i would be spewin about losing that big fish to a Croc

[RunningDeer]

Red-tailed Hawk Fledgling "O1" Visits Cornell Hawks Cam For A Close-Up

• June 21, 2025

One day after fledging, O1 returns to the nest for a close-up with the Cornell Hawks Cam. Now that the chicks have fledged, they may return to the nest site on occasion to perch or meet one of their parents for a meal.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=J-C9T9QL8Dw

[RunningDeer]

Big Red Drops A Chipmunk For Fledgling (2 min)

Big Red rings the dinner bell at the Cornell Hawks nest with this chipmunk delivery for her fledgling.

Watch the young hawk scramble to mantle over its meal before digging in. Even though both chicks have fledged, the adults' work isn't over. Big Red and Arthur will continue to supplement their offspring for up to two months as they learn how to hunt for food.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Bn3HVqIIacY

[RunningDeer]

Watch GLG step into view and deliver a hefty meal to her chick in New Zealand. After the feeding, weight checks showed that GLG provided an impressive 1.6 kg of food, bringing the nestling’s total weight to a healthy 8 kg.

Royal Albatross Chick Gets A Big Meal From Mom In New Zealand

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=1m2X7aBCpx0

[RunningDeer]

Wild Fawn Waits at the Porch for Her Favorite Human Every Day (4 min)

• 221,957 views
• June 21, 2025

Jeff's act of kindness towards a helpless baby deer created an amazing bond. This heartwarming animal story shows how helping animals can lead to unexpected reunions. The man helped the baby deer survive, and the deer showed its appreciation a year later.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=_YEQnilE2Z4

[RunningDeer]

Kayembe’s Story: Saved by a Surrogate, Now a Big Brother

On October 26, 2021, history was made at Cleveland Metropark Zoo. The first ever gorilla was born in the zoo’s 139-year history. Baby Kayembe arrived prematurely and faced an uncertain start to life. His birth mother, Nneka was unable to provide the maternal care he desperately needed.

Then came an unexpected act of compassion by Fredrika, or Freddie for short. She’s the troops eldest female and a seasoned mother of seven. Freddie stepped in within minutes of Kayembe’s birth. Freddie’s maternal instincts were extraordinary despite being 47 years old, having undergone a hysterectomy and not having given birth herself, Freddie began to lactate. It was a rare and remarkable scientific phenomenon, allowing her to nurse Kayembe naturally.

Freddie remained a constant presence. His surrogate mom, protector and teacher guiding him through the early stages of gorilla life and social development.

Kayembe’s birth mother began lactating and nursing him as well. He nursed from both along with supplemental bottle feedings. Kayembe also sought his father, Mokolo’s attention. There were touching moment and plenty of playtime with his dad.

Then in early 2024, history repeated itself. Another infant gorilla named Jamila arrived at Cleveland Metro Park Zoo. Like Kayembe, Jameela was born prematurely and faced maternal rejection after complicated birth of Fort Worth Zoo. Once again, the zoo turned to Freddie and once again she answered the call.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ojHRFkkNmeI

[Bill Ryan]

I'm adding this in here simply because it's such a wonderful action photo.

This is a black rhinoceros, a truly magical animal and worryingly now extremely rare. (I saw one in Kenya just once, in all my many visits there.)

Rangers from the Kenya Wildlife Service — wonderful, dedicated people, btw — were trying to sedate it so they could move it safely to a new location. But the rhino didn't want to be sedated. The rangers were all running for their lives because an angry rhino is absolutely NOT to be messed with.



To illustrate the point, here's a fun video of a different angry rhino, this time in Germany. (We can say it's kinda fun, because miraculously the park keeper in the car was quite unhurt apart from a few bruises. )

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=wZYe3LqN8q0

[RunningDeer]

Golden Retriever puppies reunite with nurse who delivered them.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Cx3MWQ60UhA

[Kryztian]

[mountain_jim]

https://x.com/catturd2/status/1938572445444669834

Catturd ™

😂😂😂 We don't deserve dogs.

[Eva2]

Touching the Dragon
A special bond between a person and an alligator

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=03VilAdvnKo

[Bill Ryan]

Off the coast of Western Australia, a pod of dolphins escorted a young humpback whale from the confines of a shallow bay into deeper water.

Lost Humpback Whale Rescued by Friendly Dolphins

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rvIdxMkSKCk

[Mark (Star Mariner)]

https://x.com/TheFigen_/status/1869881122475086200
The Figen
@TheFigen_
Funny moments of dogs that are afraid of cats. ❤️🤣

[grapevine]

Turtle Rescue

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=c4oFI58lNbg

[mountain_jim]

https://x.com/catturd2/status/1940878767767146761

[Ravenlocke]

Posted by Bill Ryan (here)
Off the coast of Western Australia, a pod of dolphins escorted a young humpback whale from the confines of a shallow bay into deeper water.

Lost Humpback Whale Rescued by Friendly Dolphins

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=rvIdxMkSKCk

Thank you for this, I actually saw a similar one years ago, but in California, and it was so neat to watch. At the time I thought it was just dolphins playing with a young whale. But they were all close to shore and this young whale seemed to be playing and turning on its belly, which was white and the dolphins were jumping over it and directing the whale to go out to sea. I kept expecting to see the mother whale which did not happen now I know why.

[mountain_jim]

https://x.com/ClownWorld_/status/1941615130313359659

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