Marcela Hernández was doing the laundry on the river when she saw a box with puppies that some heartless person had thrown into the water so that they would drown. She thanks the Virgin of Zapopan she could save and to raise those three puppies and now they are the joy of her life.
My husband brought home a horrible pig. It came to the kitchen and began to eat everything on its way. I didn’t know how to get rid of this pig. I prayed the Virgin of Guadalupe and she made so that pig ate my husband’s dinner. Thanks to that he took it to the ranch of his loyal friend.
A Description of Three Hundred Animals, 1768
A HEDGE-HOG is about the Bigness of a Rabbet, but more like an Hog; being covered all over with sharp thorny Hair, as well as on the Face and Feet, and those sharp Prickles covered with a Kind of Moss; but, when ‘tis angry, or gathers its Food, it strikes them by a natural Instinct, as sharp as Pins, or Needles. He has two Holes under his Tail to discharge his Excrements; which no Creature living has besides. His common Food is Apples, Worms, or Grapes. It is reported, that when he finds Apples on the Ground, under the Trees, he rolls himself upon them, until he has filled all his Prickles, and then carries them to his Den; never having above one in his Mouth. When it is apprehensive of Danger, it draws itself up as round as a Foot-ball; so that nothing appears but the prickles.
North American River Otter with fish, Minnesota River at Fort Snelling State Park, MN, USA.
photograph by Christina R. | Flickr CC
Deep sea Brisingid sea star, Gulf of Mexico.
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Gulf of Mexico 2017.
WATCH: The Oregon Zoo in Portland was closed to the public today due to heavy snow – but the zoo’s residents had a blast.
Oh my GODD THE POLAR BEAR GOT SOME SNOW HE MUST FEEL SO REFRESHED
relatable seals at the end there
“Hey Joe! Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe, Joe look!!! It’s snow!”
I need more of this shit!
Those happy elephant sounds cleared my skin and watered my crops.
Northern slimy salamander
(Plethodon glutinosus), Eastern and Central U.S.
The
northern slimy salamander might be better named sticky salamander. When
threatened, they secrete a gluey substance that discourages would-be
predators!Photograph by Megan Seymour/USFWS and Patrick Coin | Wiki
The I’iwi was once one of the most common forest birds in the Hawaiian Islands.
Today, the ‘i’iwi — also known as the scarlet honeycreeper — is
protected as a threatened species. Ninety percent of the ‘i’iwi
population is now limited to a narrow band of forest on East Maui and
the windward slopes of the Island of Hawaii.Read the whole story: http://usfwspacific.tumblr.com/post/165516810205/iiwi-receives-protection-under-the-endangered
Urocyon's Jaunts 2.0 
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