Outrageous: Dog Beating Caught on Video

Warning: Graphic Footage


Video showing a woman beating an 11-month-old English bull dog with a snow shovel.


One more outrageous case of torture of creature who can not fight for themselves.

Shamu: The Killer Orca

The name Shamu means "She-Namu" and was given to the second female orca ever captured. She was only the third orca ever displayed in a public exhibit and was originally intended to be a companion for the orca Namu at a Seattle public aquarium. But the two orcas experienced social conflicts and Shamu was eventually leased to and then purchased by SeaWorld San Diego on December 20, 1965.


According to wikipedia, Shamu was a Southern Resident orca, likely born in 1961 and captured in Puget Sound in 1965. She performed in several SeaWorld shows and eventually died on August 23, 1971. Her final year of performing in front of an audience was mired in controversy. She was retired from performing after an incident caught on tape where she attacked Annette Eckis, an employee of SeaWorld at the time, who was supposed to ride her.


Today, "Shamu," "Namu," and "Ramu" are trademarked stage names given to all of the orcas residing within the SeaWorld parks. The first Baby Shamu is named Kalina. She is the first surviving orca born in captivity on September 26, 1985. Notably, ten orca calves had been born in captivity before 1985, but five were stillborn and the others all died within two months of their births. Kalina's parents, Katina and Winston, were bestowed the names Namu (Katina) and Ramu (Winston). The stage name Grandbaby Shamu was given to Kalina's first calf, which was born on February 2, 1993 - a male named Keet.


The first Great Grandbaby Shamu was Keet's first calf, born on December 21, 2004 - a female named Kalia. The first ever calf to be born to captive-bred parents (Kayla and Keet) is a female named Halyn, who was born on October 9, 2005 and died on June 15, 2008.

Killer Whale Kills SeaWorld Trainer

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A killer whale who killed a trainer in front of a live audience at SeaWorld Orlando on Wednesday has been involved in two other deaths, including one in Victoria, B.C., almost 20 years ago.

Officials say the whale, called Tillikum, grabbed Dawn Brancheau, 40, in its jaw and thrashed her around underwater as the horrified Florida crowd looked on. It's not clear if Brancheau, an experienced trainer, drowned or died from the physical attack.

Spectator Victoria Biniak told WKMG-TV that the veteran trainer had just finished explaining to audience members a show they were about to see when the whale grabbed her. Police said Brancheau slipped, or fell, into the tank, but several witnesses said the animal leaped out of the water and dragged her in.

A former SeaWorld contractor told the Orlando Sentinel that Tillikum is typically kept isolated from other whales because of the animal's history of danger. Trainers are also not allowed to get into the tank with it.

SeaWorld spokesman Fred Jacobs said that in 1991, Tillikum was one of three whales involved in the death of trainer Keltie Byrne, who had fallen into the pool at Sealand in Victoria and was dragged under water by the whales.

In 1999, after Tillikum was moved to Orlando SeaWorld because he was considered a threat to a calf, the body of a naked man was found scratched, bruised and draped over the whale.

The man, 27-year-old Daniel Dukes, had reportedly made his way past security at SeaWorld, remaining in the park after it had closed. Wearing only his underwear, Dukes either jumped, fell or was pulled into the frigid water of Tillikum's huge tank.

An autopsy ruled Dukes died of hypothermia, but it also appeared Tillikum bit the man and tore off his swimming trunks, likely believing he was a toy.

Fauna: Deadly Mates

For such a small creature, the diamondback caterpillar and moth can do major damage to a field of crops.


But researchers have found a ingenious way to stop it.


Source: National Geographic

Chihuahua Adopts Two Rejected Kittens

The saying:"Like cat and dog!", will chnage totally its meaning since you watch this.


Two kittens abandoned kittens have found an unexpected adoptive mother in a.. chihuahua!


She is a recent new mom herself, and she immediately accepted the kittens into her brood.

Hunting in Namibia

Ray Mears joins a tribe of Namibian hunters as they search for food on the African plains.


Ray Mears is a British author and TV presenter on the subject of bushcraft and survival techniques, best known for the shows Ray Mears' Bushcraft, World of Survival and Extreme Survival.


In This Video, Ray learns some more survival skills from the Jo'hansi bushmen of Namibia. According to Wikipedia, The indigenous people of southern Africa, whose territory spans most areas of South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Mozambique, Swaziland, Botswana, Namibia, and Angola, are variously referred to as Bushmen, San, Sho, Basarwa, Kung, or Khwe.


These people were traditionally hunter-gatherers, part of the Khoisan group and are related to the traditionally pastoral Khoikhoi. Starting in the 1950s, through the 1990s, they switched to farming as a result of government-mandated modernization programs as well as the increased risks of a hunting and gathering lifestyle in the face of technological development.


The Bushmen have provided a wealth of information for the fields of anthropology and genetics, even as their lifestyles change. One broad study of African genetic diversity completed in 2009 found the San people were among the five populations with the highest measured levels of genetic diversity among the 121 distinct African populations sampled.

Wildlife: Battles Of Crocodile

* 1st Video: Crocodile Vs Lions

The wild lions are hungry and they've selected a strange prey in the form of a crocodile.


Unfortunatly for lions, crocodiles have big teeth too.



** 2nd Video: Crocodile Vs Anaconda
 




Snake versus crocodile!


The world's largest rodent, the capibara, roams the Amazon jungle and attracts fierce predators such as the crocodile and the anaconda.



From the BBC Wildlife