This scary looking creature is, in fact, a dog. Its short, patchy pieces of hair, spindly, hairless little legs and protruding tongue were enough to ensure that “Yoda” now officially holds the title: “World’s Ugliest Dog”.
The Chinese are being weird again. But since they gave us paper, the compass, and dominoes, perhaps we should let this one slide. The latest craze over there involves dyeing their pets to look like wild animals such as pandas and tigers. See pics inside.
We’ve been following the developments of the Greek financial crisis closely here at 2oceansvibe. What’s more is that dogs have been absolutely killing it this year and so we bring you, Loukanikos, who has hated Greece’s austerity measures, corrupt politicians, and the plight of the Greek people since 2008.
Here at 2oceansvibe we are very much about the “vibe”. And this canine has it! If animals could read, I’m pretty sure this dog would be a regular visitor here. He has become the latest “awww cute, man!” thing on the internet due to his ability to crack a grin just like us humans. Day made!
Boy, those Russians are tough! Take this 36 year-old scientist for instance – swimming naked with Beluga whales in minus 1.5 degrees Celsius! Natalia Avseenko wants to explore the possibility of taming them before they are transported to dolphinariums around the world. Why naked? They do not like to be touched by artificial materials such as diving suits, duh!
While the rest of South Africa spent last night enjoying the lunar eclipse, Cape Town was battered by a storm that dropped as much as 50mm of rain in the space of a few hours in places. The storm was accompanied by gale force winds and lighting that have caused widespread damage in parts of the city.
Wind farms are big business in Italy, and the sun-soaked and wind-swept island of Sicily is no exception. Hardly surpising then, that the Sicilian mafia has cottoned on to the idea of harnessing wind and is cashing in on the green movement too.
A hiking trail for nudists opened about a year ago near the town of Dankerode, Germany, about 320 kilometres west of Berlin. The trail was an instant hit and also saw one open in Switzerland, where the issue of nude hiking will soon be taken up by the Supreme Court. Nude Hiking Day coincidentally takes place on June 21.
The Australian government appears to be seriously considering a culling-for-carbon-credits plan to reduce the methane emissions from the estimated 1.2 million wild camels roaming the outback. Earlier today we reported that domestic cats in parts of Sydney have a curfew. Now camels are in trouble for burping and farting too much.
The Aussies are extreme at the best of times, but now pet cats in several of Sydney’s suburbs will be forced to curl up inside their homes from dusk to dawn under a new curfew rule that hopes to curb overnight attacks on native wildlife.
Footage of a bunny born without ears has emerged from just outside the exclusion zone, near Japan’s crippled Fukushima plant. Thanks to help of local media and Japan’s online community, the inhabitants of this area now fear the possibility of one day bearing kids with no ears.
At the Harbin Siberian Tiger Park in Northern China, feeding time has become something of a spectator sport. The park is reportedly home to around 1 000 tigers and it’s also one of the world’s largest and most successful conservation parks for the endangered animals.
A stray collie named Star has managed to survive despite being bound and shot in the head 40 times before being buried alive. She managed to wriggle her way to the surface of the shallow grave she’d been left in to die. It is near impossible not to judge the kind of “people” responsible for this, but at least the story has a good ending.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has been handing out the warnings lately. But it shouldn’t come as a surprise that what’s been happening across northern Europe is actually becoming quite a dangerous problem. It’s reported that the E-coli bacteria responsible for the deaths of 18 people so far is from a strain “never seen before” in an outbreak.
2oceansVibe staffer and avowed earthchild, Bearded Wiseman, sinks his teeth into the weighty issue of hotel development in the Kruger National Park, and nails his colours firmly to the mast of the godless neo-conservative capitalists who critics say want to turn the Kruger National Park into Disney Land. Notes from the thinking man’s greeny – here’s […]
Cats hate water – fact – but clearly no one told the one in this video! See how he lounges in a bathroom sink under a stream of running water from the tap. In between expertly washing himself, playing with the water, and occasionally taking sips straight from the stream, he might actually kill you with the cuteness of it all.
Hampshire police were alerted at about 16h00 on Saturday afternoon to the presence of a white tiger in a field in Hedge End, near Southampton on the south coast of England. The force quickly coordinated with a local zoo to arrange a tranquilliser dart, before enlisting a helicopter and team of police officers to help capture the animal.
A chain of particularly violent storms ripped through the American Midwest on Sunday. Joplin, Missouri, has become iconic of the increasingly-depressing storm season blighting the US.
The Tokyo Electric Power Company has released dramatic new photographs showing the immense power and immediate devastation the tsunami waves caused at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant on March 11. The moment-of-impact images were taken from the fourth floor of the radioactive waste disposal building.
Controversy surrounded the initial trailer’s release because it involved a monkey sexual simulation segment. This saw it pulled from theatres in America as it emerged that it hadn’t been appropriately evaluated by the Motion Picture Association of America. Warner Brothers has now decided to treat us with a few more preview videos ahead of the international release.
Sometimes there just isn’t anything more important in life than to watch videos like this. Yes it is cute, but more importantly it is the realisation afterward that hits hardest. If a cat and a dolphin can connect on such an intense level why can’t a black and a white human? Or a Palestinian and an Israeli. Take your pick, but hopefully you get my point?
A 36 year old United Arab Emirates citizen, who was waiting to check in for his first class flight at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi International Airport, has been detained by undercover anti-trafficking officers for attempting to smuggle a bizarre mix of rare creatures. The animals had been drugged and were headed for Dubai.
Water for Elephants is a film currently showing in our cinemas. The plot revolve around a circus and it stars Reece Witherspoon, Robert Pattinson, and an elephant named Tai. But an animal rights group is claiming that Tai was physically abused in preparation for her movie role and has released this video as evidence. Have a look at the footage and decide for yourself .
The crew of National Geographic Channel’s hit series Shark Men announced this past Friday that they had broken the previous record for the biggest Great White Shark ever caught and released alive. They exhibited their capture on Sunday night on the US version of the show. We’ll unfortunately have to wait a bit to see it over here in Africa.
Second to us, scientists reckon that dolphins are the most intelligent animals on the planet. They can learn up to 100 human words but previous attempts to converse with them have been primarily one-way – our way. But we may soon be able to decipher the chirps of dolphins, then create and project an appropriate response, all in real time.
June is men’s health month and Britain’s #1 glamour model, Rhian Sugden is in town to raise awareness for testicular cancer. Because she is supporting such an important cause. You can read more about that here. And you can click ‘continue reading’ to watch a video of Rhian doing the weather report in a bikini […]
You may or may not be aware of television programmes like Trawlermen or Deadliest Catch. Times can be more than just physically and emotionally tough aboard these fishing vessels, they can go ages without catching anything substantial too. Now the EU is planning to offer the fishermen an alternative income stream. And hopefully curb pollution obviously.
Government has decided to mull over the idea of legalising the trade of rhino horn in a bid to curb the illegal trade and protect the endangered species. This comes in the wake of the news that we have lost over 138 rhinos in the first quarter of 2011.
A further tornado outbreak yesterday has killed at least 210 people in Alabama, prompting President Barack Obama to sign a disaster declaration to assist the clean up of the aftermath of the twisters. Tornados have been ravaging the southern states of the USA for days now, and the death toll has risen to 300.
Tornadoes are just fascinating, aren’t they? So much force and destructive power wrapped up in a crazy cone of wind. In the last few days, the southern states of the USA have been hit by a spate of storms which have given birth to deadly tornadoes. Check out this video, captured by CCTV cameras from inside Lambert Airport, in St Louis.