Weird Animal News

“Nazi Bears”: auf Deutsch

There is a new thread on this topic, in German. New image.

Consider The Coconut Crabs

You think those hermit crabs on the beach are creepy? Take a look at their bigger cousin. Image.

Cuero Chupacabras Caught on Dashcam

New footage of a running “Chupacabras” – i.e., in this case, a mystery canid – has been caught on a dashboard camera by the DeWitt County, Texas, sheriff’s department. This occurred near Cuero, Texas, the new “capital” of Chupacabras activity since the “mystery canid” body was found there. Contributed Photo: Phylis Canion The DNA results for Phylis Canion’s find have not been accepted kindly by the local residents. Here is a silent YouTube version from the local television station KENS 5. The link to the tape, with audio, playing on CNN.com today is here. There is also a new documentary [...]

Big Bird Attacks in Nova Scotia

Are these the leading suspects? What kind of new winged attack is coming through a ground assault? Reporter Beverley Ware of the Chronicle Herald in Nova Scotia writes of “‘Damn big bird’ giving some South Shore folks a fright ~ Enormous winged creature rushes, swoops at Crousetown residents,” for Wednesday, August 6, 2008. Myles Rafuse carries a big stick on his daily walks after a “damn big bird” came at him during a recent stroll after church. “I had quite an experience with it, I tell you,” said the Crousetown resident who turns 80 in a couple of weeks. In [...]

New Mystery Cat Photos Questioned

Is there another unknown felid being seen on the University of Maryland campus? Should we question the quick identification being given to this cat? C & C Savannahs shows off one of its prize examples of the breed. Carol Streit/Callie Ingram Photo. According to the Sunday Washington Post article entitled, “Authorities Take Photos Of Elusive Large Cat” by Martin Weil and Clarence Williams, the phantom feline has been identified. But I wonder if the identification is wrong? Authorities at the College Park campus were able to obtain photographs of an unidentified feline that, while not quite a cougar, they said, [...]