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The Ultimate Unique Relationship

admin — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:30:02 +0000

Brutus the Brown Bear weighs more than 360 kilograms but that doesn’t stop him being best friends with an animal curator.

We definitely agree, don’t try this at home!

To view this video in high definition and other animal videos from across the globe, visit our Adore Animals Foundation You Tube channel

Have you seen a shark do this?

admin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 06:14:20 +0000

This video shows how we’re always discovering new things about animals. This shark is in tonic immobility, a natural state of paralysis.

Shark researchers often use this technique to gather information about sharks.

It also provides for some pretty awesome animal interaction, although we do not suggest you try this!

Thanks to one of our friends on our You Tube channel for showing us this video!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=slsIfINSKNU

To view this video in high definition and other animal videos from across the globe, visit our Adore Animals Foundation You Tube channel

It’s all about amazing relationships

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:03:24 +0000

This video clip is sure to enhance your day! It features two of our favourite animals, in what can only be described as amazing. And while it is amazing, as we already know at the Adore Animals Foundation, it’s not unusual. Animals never cease to inspire, fascinate and teach us something new every day. Incidently, this story was part of a National Geographic feature, however, we couldn’t find the link to the clip (which is brilliant, so sorry!) but here’s one the company themselves put together.

Click here to view the embedded video.

To view this video in high definition and other animal videos from across the globe, visit our Adore Animals Foundation You Tube channel

Pandas in the Wild

admin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 09:34:19 +0000

A few years ago, I was fortunate enough to attend the Chengdu Panda Research Centre in Sichuan, China. In fact, I went every day while in Chengdu, so fascinating were these Giant Pandas and their distant relatives the Red Panda, who are also at the centre. From the Giant Panda’s methodical stripping of leaves – one panda stripped exactly five branches of leaves before eating – to the rough and tumble play of four juvenile pandas, these amazing creatures kept me entertained for hours.

Pandas are an endangered species, in fact, in the wild it’s thought only about 1,000 remain. Worldwide, zoos help boost the population with roughly 100 Giant Pandas in capavity including pandas, Wang Wang and Funi who arrived at Adelaide Zoo last December. The only Giant Pandas in the Southern Hemisphere and the first to live permanently in Australia, it’s hoped Wang Wang and Funi will one day breed to boost population numbers.

Not only are Giant Pandas rare, they’re highly elusive. Imagine then, my delight at finding this BBC footage of Giant Pandas in the wild narrated by the guru himself, David Attenborough. I hope you enjoy it too!

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Founded in 1987, with six Giant Pandas, The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding is a non-profit organisation engaged in wildlife research, captive breeding, conservation education and educational tourism. They also care for the endangered Red Panda. To find out more click here.

To see this video in high definition and our other favourite animal videos from across the globe, visit the Adore Animals YouTube channel.

Elephants playing like boys

admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:06:56 +0000

As these elephants show, in this amazing video footage from National Geographic filmed in the Okavango Delta National Park in Botswana, just like humans, these young male elephants just want to have fun.

Elephants can be mischievous and cheeky and as this rare footage of elephants show, just like human boys, what good fun it is to act rough and tumble, splash and role-play.

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You can also view this clip in larger format on our Favourites list at the Adore Animals Foundation You Tube Channel.

A few too many – festive Vervet Monkeys

admin — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:00:55 +0000

It’s the festive season so we thought this video from the BBC’s animal show Weird Nature would be an apt way to bring in the New Year. These Vervet Monkeys on the island of St Kitts in the Caribbean have developed quite a taste for alcohol, so much so, they’ve even been the subject of several studies (with interesting comparisons to human populations).

As with these oblivious patrons, if you’re reaching for your cocktail on St Kitts and it’s suddenly not there, now you’ll know exactly who to blame!

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The flight of the Bumblebee

admin — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 00:00:11 +0000

Animals never cease to amaze me. And one of the finest examples is the Bumblebee. Their systems of hive organisation and individual rank and role seem highly evolved for such a small creature. Add in the facts that bees can fly at speeds of more than 45 kilometres an hour, carry 90 per cent of their body weight in pollen and contribute to about one-third of an average human’s diet (by pollination), they are a pretty amazing critter. And let’s not forget the honey!

This video from BBC’s Animal Camera on the flight of the Bumblebee provides another amazing insight into their behaviour with the discovery of ‘bee lines’. Tracked with radar transponders utilising the latest micro-technology, this is a three-minute reminder of just how sophisticated even the humblest of animals are.

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You can also view this clip in a larger format on our Favourites list at the Adore Animals Foundation YouTube channel.

Slow Motion Sunday – amazing animal video of rolling critters

admin — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:00:13 +0000

Could this be where man found the inspiration for the invention of the wheel?

In this clip from the BBC’s Weird Nature, we meet a salamander and a caterpillar with a great trick for getting downhill in a hurry. Why walk if you can roll?

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You can also view this clip in a larger format on our Favourites list at the Adore Animals Foundation YouTube channel.

White Collar – another great ad for dog rehoming

admin — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:00:41 +0000

Earlier in the week, we brought you an ad for the The Shelter Pet Project. So, to end the week, we thought we’d bring you another.

In this funny, 30-second TV ad, which aims to give shelter pets a voice, we hear a dog’s take on prison versus shelters! The reason this dog is carted to a rehoming centre is due to it’s dodgy owner, rather than anything the dog has done. It’s a point cleverly made, and one to remember.

So … if you’re looking for a pet and you’ve never considered the rehoming option, we ask you to reconsider! As my dog Mr Wiggly proves (snoring gently beside me) they can be great companions!

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You can also view this clip in a larger format on our Favourites list at the Adore Animals Foundation YouTube channel.

Bonsai – another great ad – cats need rehoming too

admin — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:00:13 +0000

Although our first project is dog rehoming, did you know that it also supports cats? There’s been some pretty amazing research on dog rehoming published recently (with other studies underway). Some of these studies, by Australian researchers, assess the success of research-based dog rehoming programs, which concentrate on destressing techniques in shelters, owner/dog bonding and training and post-training and care.

These programs are some of the most positive programs for dog rehoming success and, interestingly, early research shows that they’re also beneficial for cats! So, while our first project is dog rehoming, we just wanted to let you know, it also helps cat rehoming and we’re all for that.

To that end, we wanted to share with you this classic TV ad from the Best Friends Animal Society; their take on how much fun owning an adopted cat can be. The Best Friends Animals Society’s vision is A better world through kindness to animals, and their mission is No More Homeless Pets.

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You can also view this clip in a larger format on our Favourites list at the Adore Animals Foundation YouTube channel.

Did you know our affiliate program for aligned animal non-profits, also supports cat rehoming organisations? If you know of a cat rehoming organisation who want to raise funds for their organisation and help other animals, go to our affiliate page for more information.

Click here to visit the Best Friends Animal Society.

Click here to learn about our dog rehoming project.