animal videos

This armadillo at the Cincinnati Zoo shows some real talent on the gridiron as he gleefully attacks a football over and over.

A poodle named Nigel couldn’t be more amped about his birthday, and practically bursts with enthusiasm when his family sings him the Happy Birthday song. However, when he gets a closer look at the cake — which looks just like him– he becomes confused and is reluctant to eat the treat.

A dog in a kiddie swing is as happy as a pig in the mud, or a clam at high tide, or a flea in a doghouse. That’s how happy this corgi pup is. The animal is simply trying to find his child within, and makes us want to do the same. Of course, that would be a really bad idea as we would probably get stuck, so maybe we could just find a hammock.

It looks like chipmunks are neck-in-neck with squirrels when it comes to liking peanuts. They’re flexible mouths allow them to literally shove multiple nuts, almost the height of their own bodies, into their mouths at once. See one of the glutenous little creatures perform the feat after the jump.

Cats are haughty little creatures. Their superb sense of balance combined with virtually no fear of heights gives them a sense of superiority usually only seen among Wall Street bankers. But like their human counterparts, they are sometimes destined for failure. The kitty in this video begins with what could easily pass for a Cirque du Soleil audition, easing his way onto two parallel clotheslines

This baby emperor penguin looks out of place in a lab and away from his Antarctic home, but the sterile environment acts to accentuate the flightless bird’s magnificent coat of fur. Watch him being fed from a bottle like a baby below. Aww! Where’s the ‘Happy Feet’ gang?

Whatever else happens with the Occupy Wall Street movement, it will always been known as the setting in which a jumpy bulldog named Frenchie and reserved police horse become fast friends. Watch the inter-species buddies get to know each other below.

After losing her vision to the fast-developing hereditary condition Stargardt’s disease, 16-year-old cross-country athlete Sami Stoner wasn’t sure if she’d ever be able to run again. With the help of the one-and-a-half-year-old golden retriever guide dog named Chloe, however, the Lexington, OH teen declared herself ready to represent her high school.

A chihuahua in Hawaii was born with only two legs, but through an incredible adaptation it was able to learn how to walk on it’s back feet. Watch as this adorable pup joyfully skips and hops around despite its disability. (Good luck not getting misty-eyed.)

Ginger, the feline version of Harry Houdini, is able to effortlessly contort himself into a tissue box seemingly smaller than his body. This cat would be quite the whiz and hide-and-go-seek.

We’d accuse this woodpecker of pecking up the wrong tree, but the problem is his target is actually the metal pole of a ham radio tower. The confused bird apparently kept trying for days.

These suburban explorers have captured on camera the most mystical of beasts — a pugicorn. And a smashing “pugicorn” she is. (Though he does not look happy.) Catch a rare sighting of this mythical beast below.