When Linda Koebner arrived at the chimpanzee habitat, she wasn’t sure how they were going to react. Sure, she spent several years with Doll and Swing, two former lab chimps, in the past while helping them acclimate to living on the outside. But that was 18 years before, when Koebner was a 23-year-old grad student.…
Like all arachnids, tarantulas molt. But when a tarantula molts, it’s definitely a uniquely heinous spectacle, since these giant spiders have to slide out of all 11 inches of their skin. For some reason, it’s even more disturbing that they do all of this upside down. Here is a time-lapse video of a tarantula molting…
When it comes to urban exploration, learning the histories of targeted locations is important so that you can get some context for what you’re seeing. But sometimes, not knowing is much better. Redditor tylerpaduraru was exploring an abandoned facility in Lithuania when he started noticing signs of occult activity that should’ve convinced him to get…
If you’re like me and you panic every time something grazes your foot in the ocean, then you’re not going to like this. A huge swarm of small crabs was spotted by researchers more than 1,000 feet below the surface off the coast of Panama, stampeding like wildebeests across the ocean floor. At first, the…
Her dad was away at war for so long that when she first saw him at school, she hesitated. Her first instinct when he walked into the classroom was to call out to her dad, but she was so stunned that she had to pause and assess the situation. That’s what makes this footage amazing.…
We’re all familiar with the movie “Babe,” the Oscar-winning film about a pig who was raised to be a sheepdog, and while Olive the pig doesn’t herd any sheep, she definitely thinks she’s a pup. Why? Well, she’s grown up with three best doggie friends. Olive was adopted by a couple who own a farm…
In Spring City, Pennsylvania, lies the notorious Pennhurst State School (also known as the Pennhurst Asylum), which is a mental hospital with a history that’s marred by controversy. In the 1960s, a local news station did a five-part report on the inhumane conditions to which Pennhurst physicians and nurses subjected patients. In 1983, nine employees…
In his most recent State of the Union address, President Obama spelled out his desire to lift the embargo on Cuba, which will allow us to have closer ties with the island nation, and, whether he knows it or not, a creature we call Monkey Pig. What is Monkey Pig? Oh, it’s just this piglet…