Meet the dog loving artist who has spent 12 months painting the portraits of 100 shelter dogs.
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Cats love to wander — but just how far they go is pretty wild. Australian researchers put GPS trackers on a dozen cats and tracked down their movements. The resulting maps are surprising, we knew cats are used to roam around the neighborhood during the night, but nobody could imagine that some of the cats walked as far as 3km. Look at these maps to understand the way cats actually move at night.
The two inspirational travelling soul mates are travelling for over 800 days and 50,000 km since their incredible adventure began back in May of 2015. Via: The Purrington Post
Kangaroos are one of the weirder animals on earth. They hop, balance on their tails, can be super muscly, can also be super cute, and they have boxing matches. Weird, right? Well if you're a fact collector, here are some random facts about kangaroos that will up your trivia knowledge tenfold. Kangaroos are obscure animals and these facts about them are pretty obscure too. Use them wisely.
The Bilby is an endangered marsupial native to Australia. There is a campaign to use him as Australia's version of an Easter bunny to raise awareness of this precious, big eared cutie.
Um, where can we get a pet joey? And who names a girl Damien!?
Via Nikki Erickson
From Nikki's FB page: "For those that didnt know the story... one day i came home from work ready to dance the shitty day away when i came home to this beautiful creature who turned my whole day around!! She sat there while i talked to her and took photos and did not growl once. She wasnt so impressed with my shiny slipperey crome tree but definitely made the ladys at daisy hill koala conservation resuce day and made their staff xmas card as their first poledancing koala. I will never forget this day #onlyinaustralia"
What do you do when your internet goes out? Just sit at home like a dummy and wait for it to start working again? Laura Carrie from Australia had other ideas.
Little Louise fell out of a tree during a storm in Australia and then her mother rejected her. Luckily some very nice people found the baby koala and took care of her. The tiny cutie immediately caught the attention of The Daily Telegraph who shared her story and took these fabulous photos. You can follow Louise's journey over on the HKPS Koala Rescue Facebook page.
Cuejo was recently rescued by the Cue Police Department after its mother was killed. Scott Mason, an officer at the dept., adopted the orphaned joey because he has experience in animal husbandry. Looks like he's doing an awesome job taking care of the little one.
