Dogs truly are our best friends, and even more so, they’re part of the family. They’ll be there for us through thick and thin. So the fact a dog’s life is so much shorter than our own is devastating.

When this 6 year old boy’s best friend was taking his final breaths, his explanation of why dogs have such short lives stunned everyone there. It’s a tear-jerker, and may very well break your heart. Sometimes it takes a child to remind of things we adults overlook. Hope you have a box of tissues ready...this story is heart-breaking.


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In Oklahome it’s legal to keep a fox as a pet and although it may seem unusual, Ron is just like any other pup! Ron, who was rescued from an animals shelter, has a large outdoor pen and gets to live inside, just like any other pet!

This little cutie pie has so much energy and gets to roam around like the wild animal he is. I’ve never heard of anyone having a red fox as a pet, but he sure is adorable! If you would love Ron as a pet, please SHARE this pup’s adorable video!

Parrots are known for having better cognitive and vocal abilities than most of other birds. Some of them even go as far as to develop their own vocabulary, like this African grey parrot.

The word birdbrained would perhaps require redefining if used in reference to this special parrot aptly-named Einstein. She loves to talk a lot and reply on cue. She also can imitate a wide range of sounds. Read on to know more about Einstein’s vocal adventures.


Einstein, the African grey parrot, is from Knoxville Zoo in Knoxville, Tennessee, and is a part of an outreach program to educate the visitors about the natural world. She was donated to the zoo in 1992.

Since she lives at the zoo, Einstein knows a lot of animal sounds and can make the sounds of chimpanzee, tiger, rooster, cat, dog, penguin, and pig on cue.


According to her trainer White, Einstein loves to mimic and babble. When she hears a sound she likes she starts repeating it over and over. The trainers use this to train her to make that sound on cue. She also learned to say “Yee-haw!” with Tennessee as the cue word. Many visitors who watch her speak are often astonished by her abilities and would say that the trainers are just ventriloquists.

Here is Einstein, giving her TED Talk with her trainer Stephanie White:


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I was ready for the pounce, but what I got instead was an eyeful of precious! Bubbles the rabbit was only a week old when her mother died, leaving her all alone – but not for long!

Who else but the the family cat picked Bubbles up by the back of her neck just like one of her own kittens and took her to her bed where the other kittens were nursing – and with them Bubbles has been, ever since.


Tell me this isn’t just the cutest pet family in the history of pets. An affectionate mother, her cuddly kittens and the tiny orphaned bunny Bubbles?! I have to admit… I’m in awe of Snaggle Puss and her little family, but a little bit jealous of their pet parents! I could watch these guys all day!

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