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Only a few animals pose an active risk to humans, but almost every animal has the potential to be dangerous, especially if picked up and thrown with enough force. Here are 10, normally dangerous or badass animals that look positively adorable when they’re born. 10. Hyenas The hyena is an animal best known for killing [...]
Posted by Karl Smallwood on Friday, April 5, 2013 at 12:01 am
Filed under Animals, Nature · Tagged Animals, babies, baby, baby animals, caiman, calf, crocodile, cubs, elephant, gorilla, hippo, hippopotamus, honey badger, Hyena, komodo dragon, lion cubs, predator, pups, shark
Mother Nature isn’t the kind-hearted, elderly matron that the hippies make her out to be. She’s, in fact, a remorseless, half-insane danger junkie with a taste for blood and death that would make an Ancient Roman wince. Don’t believe me? Then check out these ten scenes of animals pitted against each other in brutal combat, [...]
Posted by Rick Raule on Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Animals, Misc, Nature, Photos · Tagged Africa, animal fights, Anne-Marie Kalus, battle at Kruger, bears, buffalo, David Budzinski, eagle, fox, hippopotamus, India, Jason Schlosberg, Lion, lionness, Martin Nyfeler, Nature, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Rajasthan, Rick Raule, Steve Bloom, Thomas Whetten, Tiger, Vaclav Silha, Wildlife photographer, Winfried Wisniewski, wolf, zebra, Zebras
In both nature and fiction you can usually spot who the biggest badass is by how huge they are, how many scars adorn their battle-fatigued bodies or how many females line up to tell them that they don’t have any plans tonight and are up for like, whatever. But that is not always the case. [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Animals · Tagged cassowary, Chernobyl, Chuck Norris, hercules beetle, hippopotamus, hummingbird, immortal jellyfish, Jellyfish, koala, koala bear, Madagascar, mantis shrimp, Maryland, Nutria, pacific salmon, River Tam, The Koala, The River Rat, Wombat, Zoology
There is reason animals are called animals, and that is because they are wild. They are hard wired for survival, and if the heavens made them one of the most adorable, docile looking creatures on earth, that has absolutely nothing to do with this drive. Most animals will do whatever is necessary to remain free, [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Monday, November 30, 2009 at 12:01 am
Filed under Animals · Tagged Animal, Animals, attack, chimp, chimpanzee, chipmunk, creatures, cute animals, deadly animals, death, dolphin, dolphins, elephan, hippo, hippopotamus, loris, Nature, pets, platypus, poison, polar bear, predator, rabies, siberian chipmunk, slow loris, stingray, swan