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So you think your pet is Badass! (652 diggs) Does it get you dinner?

Snow Pups Enjoy a Good Run in the Snow (Iditarod Photos) (239 diggs) A race over 1,150 miles of the roughest, most beautiful terrain including jagged mountain ranges, frozen rivers, dense forest, desolate tundra and miles of windswept coast. Add to that temperatures far below zero, winds that can cause a complete loss of visibility, long hours of darkness and treacherous climbs and side hills, and you have the Idita

First Condor Nest in Pinnacles National Monument in 100 yrs (314 diggs) A lonely cave on a cliff in the rugged Pinnacles Monument is the setting for a story of two love birds who found one another despite unimaginable hardship and decided to bring new life into a world that almost destroyed them. They are giant corpse-munching vultures, but wildlife biologists could not be more thrilled if they were Romeo and Juliet.

The Bully Dog [PIC] (2,458 diggs)

You can't hurry love... (333 diggs) You can't hurry love. No, you'll just have to wait. Just trust in a good time. No matter how long it takes. by Phil Collins

"Cove" Movie Assails Dolphin Hunt, Gets Oscar Boost (402 diggs) National Geographic With its 2010 Oscar win for best documentary, the movie The Cove has reignited debate over annual dolphin hunts in Taiji, Japan. This now sheds a whole new story & light on the murderous Dolphin Hunt, it's not................. ...........

Happy Dogs Wearing Coats (PIC) (502 diggs) 'nuff said.

Police Shoot & Kill Barking Labrador in Backyard (479 diggs) The owner said he was away when his burglar alarm went off. Officers responded and started to check the back door to see if anyone had broken in. The family dog came running out and was shot in the head by Officer Mark Morales. Morales was not bitten or scratched by the dog and he neither tried to kick the dog away or use a taser or pepper spray.

Meanwhile in Russia [PIC] (2,778 diggs) Еб твою мать!

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superdog! (859 diggs)

Mama Elephant Gives Birth To First Known Male Twins (391 diggs) Happy - and very unusual - news! Delivered to a cheering crowd, two male calves were born in the north-eastern province of Surin to a 35-year-old mother named Phang Thong Khun. They're the very first known male twins, and follow the birth of a set of female twins born in Thailand 15 years ago.

Creepy Crawlies Up Close [PICS] (450 diggs) Amazing Scanning Electron Microscope pictures of insects and spiders.

'Astro-squirrels' use coconut shells as helmets (1,135 diggs) There two squirrels looked like astronauts after putting coconut shells on their heads.

World's laziest predators [Pics] (515 diggs)

Pregnant wife pulls ranger husband from crocodile's jaws (325 diggs) A pregnant woman dragged her ranger husband from the jaws of a crocodile after the killer beast attacked him while he was washing his feet in a river.

Nowhere to Hide [Pic] (1,203 diggs) A great grey owl swoops down on a tiny meadow vole as it scurries across a snow-covered field in Ontario, Canada. The bird has a face shaped like a radar dish which helps it locate its prey... Picture: JODY MELANSON / SOLENT

Maybe If I hide the creepy guy will leave... [Pic] (2,664 diggs)

The Girl or the Goose? Take your pick [Pic] (455 diggs)

Hoppa the Two Legged Roller Dog (252 diggs) Hoppa, a four-year old mixed breed dog born without front legs, uses a prosthetic device to walk in his home in the central Israeli city of Tel Aviv February 28, 2010.

Guinea Pigs In Costume: Dress Your Rodent in Lace & Spandex (236 diggs) Cats in costume. Dogs in costume. Monkeys, yes, yes. But guinea pigs?

Two-Legged Dog Gets a New Set of Wheels (272 diggs) Hoppa the dog was born four years ago without his two front two legs. He was lucky enough to be adopted by Avi Kozi, chairman of Israel's Society for the Protection of Animals. "From the moment I took him to my house, I knew I had to build something that would help him to move." Kozi said.

26 Cats Who Love Beer (PICs) (347 diggs) A more accurate title might be alcoholics who like to give their pets empty bottles of booze and then break out the digicam.

Rare Black Penguin Photographed (488 diggs) "He looked like a single black king moving across a chessboard of so many white pawns. Our first glimpse was puzzling until we drew closer and realized that this was not some other bird but indeed another penguin of a different color."

A 40,000 Year Old, Perfectly Preserved Baby Woolly Mammoth (1,866 diggs)