This is what we’ve all been dreaming of folks! The tiniest glass octopus i could manage! Smaller than a penny they are the perfect size for earrings — via Etsy
It’s lucky number seven for one proud mother at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo — following the birth of cheetah septuplets. The litter of Northern Cheetah cubs spent their first weeks tucked up behind the scenes with mum Dubai before making their public debut in the Zoo’s Cheetah Rock enclosure. At 12-weeks-old the playful youngsters are just beginning to develop their own personalities, with keepers spotting them climbing on rocks and chasing each other in the summer sunshine, becoming more adventurous by the day — via ZooBorns
This is a limited edition plush, featuring an adorable apple print on the belly and underside of the tentacles.
This big, huggable plushie is sure to be your new best friend! My octopuses (or octopi) love to play and pose. This guy measures about 12 inches from toe tip to stem tip, and his arm span is about 15 inches — via Etsy
Helsinki Zoo in Finland is known for successfully breeding Snow Leopards — more than 100 of them since 1960. On 23 June, one of their adult females gave birth to three cubs in her her den. All three are girls! The little family was allowed to bond and grow in those first weeks in the protection of the nest, but for the first time they ventured outdoors — via ZooBorns
Scottish wildcats will be extinct in the wild within months as numbers of pure-bred cats have fallen to about 35 individuals, conservationists warn.
A team put together by the Scottish Wildcat Association (SWA) reviewed 2,000 records of camera trap sightings, eyewitness reports and also road kills.
SWA said the analysis suggested there could be 35 wildcats — far fewer than previously thought.
Other research has estimated that there could be less than 400 pure-bred cats.
Last month, a report on a project funded by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) estimated that there were 150 breeding pairs left.
Disease and inter-breeding with domestic and feral cats are among the main threats to numbers of pure-bred wildcats — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A species of monkey previously unknown to science has been discovered in Africa: and boffins say that it has an extensive
bright blue bottomwhich rivals that of the largest and most colourful known monkeys on Earth.
The new monkey was first sighted by scientists in 2007, when boffins found one being kept as a pet in the town of Opala in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It transpired that the unusual monkey was well known to local people, but had never before been catalogued by scientists. Following some research, the new species — dubbed lesula
— has now been announced to an astonished world.
The lesula, which is the first new monkey found in Africa for 28 years, is remarkable in particular for its vibrant colouring. It has a pink face, golden throat, massive whiskers and a vertical white stripe up its nose, which gives it some resemblance to the already well known owl-faced monkey — via redwolf.newsvine.com
The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo roared with new activity last week as three Amur Tiger cubs born in April made their public debut. The cubs, one male and two females, are vitally important to the future of wild Tigers: in the last 100 years, the global wild Tiger population has plummeted 97 percent. Only about 3,200 Tigers remain in the wild, with only 1,000 breeding females. Amur Tigers, also known as Siberian Tigers, are among the rarest big cats on Earth — via ZooBorns
A four-month old baby Skunk is the newest star of the live animal show at the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. Thurston makes his debut this weekend in the zoo’s twice-daily show entitled Captain Adventure vs. Dr. Do-Nothing: The Quest to Get Outside!
— via ZooBorns
Brand new to the OctopusMe family! Beautify your naked wrists with these delectable tentacle bangles. Lovingly hand cast from real octopus tentacles, the detailing and clarity of each sucker is striking — via Etsy
A Taronga Zoo keeper is caring for two Ringtail Possum joeys that arrived at the Zoo via the Taronga Wildlife Hospital. Although they’re about the same age, the little boy is much more fragile than the little female, which was found separately. The male joey was found in a nature strip and it’s thought that after many hours of being unable to feed from his deceased mother the youngster ventured out of the pouch looking for food. Lucky for him a Good Samaritan saw the joey and brought him into Taronga’s care. Taronga officials reminded the Australian public, With spring almost here there will be lots of young about, so if you see a dead possum please check its pouch
— via ZooBorns
This necklace has been crafted out of several antique sterling silver-plated forks. The result is a delightful recycled piece of Eco-chic wearable art. A true fashion statement, I call it The Flying Squid. This is some stunning neckwear and one of my favourite pieces, hopefully it will make a great addition to your collection — via Etsy
Michelle Curley runs online media for the Cincinnati Zoo. This is what she saw when she arrived at work today. Best morning of my Zoo career!
she said. Photo from Michelle’s @CincinnatiZoo Twitter feed. More photos at her Google+ page — via Boing Boing
May I introduce You my friend Octopus from Amsterdam’s Zoo? — via deviantART
The St Augustine Alligator Farm Zoological Park announced their first ever birth of a Prehensile-tailed Porcupine (Coendou prehensilis). She’s been named Pollie. Olivier, the Porcupette’s father, has been at the zoo since 1998 and is a star education animal. His mate, Miss Piggy, arrived in 2010 as a breeding companion and to ease Ollie’s show schedule — via ZooBorns
Give Me a Hug!, originally uploaded by Chris Smith.
A woman at a Japanese nursing home has been bitten by a redback spider, with a search of the home uncovering 30 of the venomous Australian natives.
The 86-year-old woman was bitten on the leg at a nursing home in Fukuoka in the country’s west.
After suffering from breathing problems, she was given anti-venom and her condition improved — via redwolf.newsvine.com
This magnificent creature will make a statement wherever he may go. As if coming up from the depths of the ocean, our octopus carries a half sphere of hammered and polished stainless steel on his head that is held high by three writhing tentacles. Created by a skilled wildlife artist, the pewter octopus is cast in splendid detail down to the individual sucker pods on each of his eight tentacles. The stainless steel half globe makes the perfect ice tub, punch bowl, or use to chill wines for your special occasion — via Source Collection
The RSPCA has said it was faced with a very odd sight
when called to rescue a fox trapped in a floorboard.
Builders spotted the trapped animal’s head poking out of a hole in the floor while renovating an office.
It is thought the fox was trying to wriggle through a section of flooring when it became stuck at the de Havilland campus in Hatfield.
RSPCA animal welfare officer Kate Wright, who freed the animal, said: I just had these big eyes staring at me
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
It seems love was in the air for two Red Pandas earlier this year at South Dakota’s Great Plains Zoo and Delbridge Museum of Natural History. Zoo officials are now hearing the pitter-patter of little feet. The Zoo’s eight-year-old Red Panda Ruth
gave birth to a litter of cubs earlier this summer. The two cubs weighed 3.45 ounces and 4.23 ounces at birth, and were born with their eyes and ears closed — via ZooBorns
Taronga Zoo’s Tasmanian Devil keepers got their first hands-on check today of three little Tasmanian Devil joeys, the first to be born at Taronga this breeding season. The youngsters, born to second-time mother, Nina, were snuggled tightly in their maternal nest and keepers gently lifted them out to check their body condition and determine their sex — via ZooBorns
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