Zoo Welcomes Trio of Cubs
Peekaboo! Can you spot the clouded leopard cubs triplets in this pile of animals?
Meet the playful babiesAmy Sinatra Ayres
Amy is a freelance writer and editor who worked on breaking news for ABC and AOL before she started writing Pet Scoop for Vetstreet.com. (Don't tell anyone, but pet news is much more fun!)
She lives in Northern Virginia with her husband and two young daughters, who all share a love for their very spoiled chocolate Labrador, Grizzly. Now closing in on age 10, Grizzly has taken up a new hobby: stealing food. The whole family has learned that they can't turn their backs for a second if they still want to eat what's left on their plates.
Grizzly spends his days lying by Amy's feet in her home office as she writes for Crittr and Vetstreet.
Epic’s Amanda Seyfried isn’t the only one in her household with acting chops.
Her Australian Shepherd, Finn, is getting ready for his first film, she told Ellen DeGeneres during an interview on Thursday.
“I got him cast in his first movie," Seyfried said. "I can't really talk about his character, but it's going to shoot in September. I'm really excited about it. He's really excited about it."
The proud stage mom admitted that DeGeneres was right when she described her relationship with Finn as “borderline.”
"Oh, yeah. I know," Seyfried confessed. "He's with me right now. He's actually backstage. I really can't go many places without him."
The talk show host showed some of Seyfried’s photos of her and her pup from her own Twitter feed on the big screen behind them, and presented the actress with a gift: a larger-than-life framed photo of Seyfried and Finn by a roaring fire that the actress had tweeted as a joke.
Just before Memorial Day, a Marine had an extra-special reunion with the dog he worked with in Afghanistan.
Sgt. Ross Gundlach, 25, served in Afghanistan alongside Casey, a yellow Labrador Retriever. Gundlach became very close with his companion, and promised her “if we made it out alive, I'd do whatever it took to find her," reported the Associated Press.
Is Justin Timberlake the cat's meow?
Clearly.
We’re pretty sure this parody of his “Suit & Tie” video is better than the original — thanks to the cats. And if you enjoyed the goat remix of Taylor Swift's "I Knew You Were Trouble," then this video is right up your alley.
Watch more Crittr funny cat videos.
National Aviary
Well, hello there, bright eyes!
A Eurasian eagle owl hatched at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh, Pa., on March 13 — the first of her kind to hatch in an Association of Zoos and Aquariums facility in five years.
The baby bird is thriving, doubling in size in just five days. And she’s already losing some of her downy feathers to look more like an adult.
The hand-reared owlet’s parents are education birds who are trained to fly free during shows and perch on a glove, and this little one will follow in their footsteps.
“She’s been doing well in her first public interactions,” says Cathy Schlott, manager of animal training at the National Aviary. “Her visitors love seeing her up close, and she’s well on her way to being a great education bird.”
Easy there, little guy. Milk is for drinking, not for bathing!
Berlin Zoo
They may be small now, but within a year, these three emu chicks will stand at a whopping 5 to 6 feet tall!
Hatched at the Berlin Zoo, the 3-month-old babies are ready to earn their stripes — with Dad at their side. Interestingly, an emu mom lays and incubates the eggs, but her job with the little ones stops there. All of the other duties of raising the chicks go to dad, reports Zooborns.
Native to Australia, the emu is the second-largest bird in the world, behind the ostrich.
We adore the striped look they’re sporting now, but the chicks will turn almost entirely black before their feathers eventually change to a mix of tan, brown and black.
Berlin Zoo
Two of the chicks go for a walk with Dad.
