Amazing Goat Eyes: I always wonder why their pupils are rectangular when I see them but I forget to look into it. Now I know, and so can you!

Extreme autotomy and whole-body regeneration in photosynthetic sea slugs: two species of sea slug can shed their bodies (including heart) and regenerate them from their heads. Oh, don’t worry, there’s video…

The RoboRoach Bundle: I had no idea this was so accessible. Read the ethics statement at the bottom for a laugh—it’s a freaking cockroach.

Green-haired turtle that breathes through its genitals added to endangered list: isn’t that thwarting natural selection? This thing obviously can’t hack it.

Patent US1926420 – Combined racing greyhound harness and rider supporting means: the 30s, what an era! Look at the first image. {via}

The Tardigrade – Practically Invisible, Indestructible ‘Water Bears’: so weird yet captivating. Here’s some video of them moving under a microscope. {via}

What should I watch out for when fighting a chimpanzee?: HOLY FUCK!

Think Nemo’s Bad? In Brazil It’s Raining Spiders: this should be a clue that it’s time to move.

Worlds biggest ever insect found called the Weta Bug: there go my plans to visit New Zealand ever.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the best pet Halloween costume of all time: agree wholeheartedly. My dog, however, would be the fastest damn AT-AT you ever saw.

Scientists undo evolution to create a chicken with a maniraptora ‘snout’: not allowed “for ethical reasons” to hatch the animal?! Come on, maybe it’s delicious! {via}

Spiders, Scorpions, and Crawlies: holy crap! I hate bugs for exactly this reason—who needs that kind of aggravation?

Ravoux’s slavemaker ant: yet another example of the insect world’s badassery.

Emerald Cockroach Wasp: it uses the cockroach’s antenna as a leash. I christen this wasp as Nature’s Second-most Badass Animal. First? Oh that’s easy.

Pile o’ Otter Babies: this is for You Know Who You Are (though you’ve probably already seen this).

Cats in Sinks: what is it with cats and porcelain?

You Don’t Understand, You Weren’t There: that dog must’ve seen a lot of action.

Soft Paws: stunned, I am.

Reticulated Giraffe Calf at the SF Zoo: awwww.

Shiba Inu Puppy Cam: awwww. {via}

Upside Down Dogs: dogs smile when upside down.

Pictured: The moment a grey heron catches a baby rabbit by the ears, drowns it, then swallows the thing whole: nature is badass.

Dog on Tramp: not exactly what I was expecting but still fun. {via}

Shazam!!!: I haven’t linked to a LOLcat in awhile. Don’t worry, I’ve been reading them dutifully—just waiting and biding my time for one that made me LOL.

I Has a Hot Dog: from the team behind I Can Has Cheezburger, but for dogs.

I Question: I think it’s not all felines, just kittens. Every adult cat I’ve encountered is quite comfortable with the strictures of grammar.

The Terrifying Toothpick Fish: I’ve had soap in there before and I think I’d rather die than have a devilfish lodge itself there. Mental note: avoid the Amazon at all costs.

River Dance Monkeys: when I first saw that Arby’s commercial (fast-forwarding on Tivo, I exclaimed, “Did I just see some dancing monkeys?” and immediately rewound) I laughed my ass off. {via}

Sea Lion Irish Dance Contest: I think it was fixed.

LOLcat of Death: and new life is breathed into this meme. {via}

Tiny Animals on Fingers Pool: photos of exactly what you’d expect.

Let’s Be Friends: real-life mashups. Or The Fox and the Hound for reals.

Mr. Lee CatCam: German cat gets wired. Must’ve removed all the photos of him licking himself. {via}

Straight Dope – “Why are the bees disappearing?”: excellent summary of the alleged crisis. Apparently, this isn’t a new problem, just a new name for it.

Dog Gas Neutralizing Pad: if your dog is farting so much that you’re seriously trawling the Web looking for this garment, you may want to change his diet or put him out of his misery. {via}

lolcats2: it’s derivative, but I just can’t get enough of the lolcat phenomenon.

For Sale – One Useless Cat: a story in pictures.

I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER?: I know some think the subject matter is sophomoric, but they crack me up. {via}

Kitty Goes Potty: video of cats doing it people-style. I wish I had the time to toilet train my kitten (though at 2 lbs. I don’t know that she’d be able to manage the toilet).

Cute Otters: this one’s for my otter-obsessed boss.

Kittens!: nothing but.

A Cats Christmas: two fairly large cats decorate a Christmas tree and proceed to defile it over the holiday season.

Captioned Cat Pictures: these are unbelievably cute and the captions are often clever.

Costume Dogs: wow, I can’t believe that niche hasn’t been exploited yet. They’re so cute and silly.

What Jeff Killed: the adventures of one murderous cat named Jeff.

Bunny Yawns: umm, pictures of rabbits yawning.

Jesus Appears on Backside of Beloved Pet: wow, it’s a miracle! {via}

Baby Animalz: aside from the utterly objectionable plural substitution, this site is nothing but cute. Sometimes you just need a whole lot of cute little critters and Cute Overload‘s one-a-day just isn’t sufficient.

Cats That Look Like Hitler: was ist dieses? They call them “kitlers,” which I’m still on the fence about whether I hate or not, and this one is obviously the closest in resemblance.

Meow Mix House: a reality TV show on Animal Planet where 10 cats live in a single house, are under constant surveillance, and vie for the top spot as a Meow Mix spokescat. Let’s see if my calculations are correct: Big Brother + The Apprentice + Survivor = WTF.

FrontRow versus the Kitten: you’re smiling right now, aren’t you?

Puppy Mover: this monorail’s gone to the dogs. Ugh. I’m sorry I just wrote that. {via}

Pets in Uniform: Awwww. Or, uhhhh. I’m torn between a WTF and the desire to put a dog or cat into a Nazi uniform. Sadly, that latter option isn’t available. {via}

Things That Make You Go Aahh: cute, widdle fuzzy-wuzzy animals.

Cat Helmet from an Orange: not much head protection, but it’s cute.

Confirmed Unprovoked Shark Attacks, 2000-2004: that’s their title. My title is “Places I’m Likely Never to Visit.”

CitiKitty: toilet train your cat. My wife’s grandmother had a cat that used the toilet, but it always seemed like an urban legend. On the other hand, there are fews things in this life that I’d rather not do more than training a cat to do anything.

Beedogs: bills itself as “the premier online repository for pictures of dogs in bee costumes.” You’ve got to have goals.

Toygers: domesticated cats bred to resemble tigers. Wha?!

The Moggy Horde’s Silly Sleeping Pose Olympics!: cats sleep in the oddest positions.

Pets in Clothes: awww, aren’t they precious!

Hummer Nest ’05: photographic series documenting a hummingbird’s nest. It took the two babies 21 days to leave the nest.

Jumping Cats: they’re cats and they’re jumping. Cute.

Cat Vomit Sign: these would be handy. Our cats are always horking everywhere. If it’s not hair, it’s masticated bits of cat chow. {via}

Oregon Cat Born with Two Faces: here’s a picture. I don’t understand how you could publish a story like this without a picture. {via}

The Birds at the Races: don’t know precisely where this occurred, but it does confirm why I hate birds. {via}

Sugar Bush Squirrel: I can’t decide which is more amazing/disturbing: a) the fact that the squirrel will pose for these pictures, b) the fact that someone would pose a squirrel for these pictures, or c) the fact that someone is actually making squirrel-sized outfits and scenes. {via}

Eat Liver: a source for those crazy pix on that Internet. Especially this one.

I Gave My Cat an Enema: I can relate—my cat’s been getting poo stuck in his butt fur and not enjoying the removal process (it wasn’t champagne and roses on my side either, Francisco). {via}

Strange Foreign Objects in Dog Feces: too bad, dogcrap.com is already taken. Look for the upcoming book wherever tasteful literature is found.

Sightings of the Tree Octopus: marine cryptozoography comes to the forest.

My Cat Hates You: cats, the pessimists of the animal kingdom.

Goggle Dog: just like it says. Poor dog!

Wheelchairs for Dogs: wow, I wonder how the dogs adjust to the contraption. {via}

Hippo Calls Tortoise Mom: aww, how cute!

Kat Wallks: death from above! {via}

Fish Highway: but would your fish appreciate it? {via}

Texas Reptiles’ Freaks of Nature Gallery: this is some serious animal kingdom weirdness. {via}

Awwww.

Oliver is a very special chimpanzee. No, he’s not a helper monkey; he’s a mutant chimpanzee with humanoid features including a proclivity for our unique vices. {via}

Awww.

Infinite Cat Project: pictures of cats looking at monitors with pictures of other cats looking at monitors with pictures of other cats looking at monitors with pictures of other cats looking at monitors with pictures of other cats looking at monitors with pictures of other cats looking at monitors with pictures of other cats looking at monitors with pictures of other cats looking at monitors with pictures of other cats looking at monitors with pictures of other cats looking at monitors with pictures of other cats ∞

Not for the squeamish: the story of one man’s tapeworm.

With a domain name like SkateboardingBulldog.com, what else would you expect?

Here’s the latest from the PETA-Ain’t-Gonna-Like-That department, a British ad from Ford.

Four-eared kitten: the latest mutant to grace this blog.

[UPDATE (11/29/2007): MSNBC took down the article, so here’s an alternate site about Lilly.]

AnimalYawns.com: though I have to question how a viewer would know that these are actual yawns rather than just pictures of animals opening their mouths.

Hate fat cats? Why? They’re so cute.

Animal husbandry just got taken to a whole new level. How touching!

Who knew that butterflies could be so beautiful and distinct? Or that they could spell out the alphabet?

If you thought dog and cat shows were bad, what sort of people show rats?

My friend found this funny, but I’m not sure why. I’ve seen footage of a moose stuck in an empty pool and heard about elk going down bobsled tracks, but this is a bear being shot out of a tree. The others I mentioned were so incongruous that you could empathize with the homeowner or track maintenance.

I have never seen sharks do this before. Amazing!

A well-designed site, PotatoBugs.com revels in hatred for the potato bug. Describing itself as “dedicated to the fabrication and perpetuation of fear, hate, and disgust for the Potato Bug,” the site features pictures, e-cards, surprisingly active message boards, and articles. The potato bug is definitely scary looking, but around here I’ve always heard the potato bug name applied to what are also known as pill bugs.

Poor Japanese dogs.

Poor, poor Japanese dogs.

Umm, Dognose Heaven anyone?

I’ve featured nice kitty sites on this page before, but here’s a new one on me: stories of the evil that kittens can do. The dark side of kittendom, indeed.

Wow: a two-headed turtle!

Squirrel hazing…exposed!