Category: Animals

Spot, the robot dog of Boston Dynamics and plaything of YouTubers, has been taught to “piss beer” on command. https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2021/4/12/22379501/boston-dynamics-spot-pee-beer-michael-reeves (Photo courtesy of YouTube)

MIT researchers want to raise the prospect of someday communicating with spiders, using their vibrational world as a medium for language. https://gizmodo.com/mit-researchers-want-to-talk-to-spiders-1846665150 (Photo courtesy of…

Eagles filled with rat poison are rebounding . https://earther.gizmodo.com/eagles-are-filled-with-rat-poison-1846635728 (Photo courtesy of AP)

Researcher claims werewolf could be terrorizing 170 year old cemetery. https://popculture.com/trending/news/werewolf-could-be-terrorizing-170-year-old-cemetery-researcher-claims/ (Photo courtesy of University of Notre Dame)

Bears put on treadmills hate hills just like humans do. https://www.popsci.com/story/animals/why-you-find-bears-hiking/ (Photo courtesy of popsci.com)

Idaho parrot goes viral on TikTok For friendship with puppy. https://people.com/pets/idaho-parrot-goes-viral-on-tiktok-for-friendship-with-puppy/ (Photo courtesy of Mix 108)

The Loch Ness Monster has reportedly been spotted for a fifth time this year after a dark shape appeared on the surface of the water….

A tree frog has been named the 2021 Cadbury Bunny. https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2021/03/23/2021-Cadbury-Bunny-Betty-frog/3841616527898/ (Photo courtesy of UPI)

Horrific swarms of spiders invade homes and up legs of residents of Australia’s east coast, due to flooding. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/mar/22/horrific-swarms-of-spiders-flee-into-homes-and-up-legs-to-escape-nsw-floods?CMP=oth_b-aplnews_d-1 (Photo courtesy of The Guardian)  

A once-every-17 year hatch of periodic cicadas is set to occur across parts of the eastern United States – and it is expected to be…