Love at first sight ;)

Argyroneta Aquatica, aka Diving bell spider, Water spider or Airbubble spider

 This is the Diving Bell Spider. It is the world’s only fully aquatic spider, a native of Europe that uses its silk to create not a web but a bubble to call home. First, a net is woven. Then the spider collects air from the surface in the hairs on its legs and deposits it inside the net. Once the bubble is large enough to live in, it will never need to return to the surface again; unlike human aqualungs, it will never need to be replenished. The silk that contains the bubble facilitates osmotic gas exchange, bringing in dissolve oxygen from the water and diffusing exhaled carbon dioxide. All molting, feeding, and mating is done inside the bubble; the spider will only leave it briefly to hunt. The only other animal that can create a bubble that allows it to breathe underwater is a rare species of hedgehog.

 In the water, this layer of air around the abdomen creates an image of "mercury" surrounding it.

 The spider is very agile underwater and will catch prey, then subdue it with its venomous jaws. The spider carries the prey back  to its retreat to consume it.

Pair of Diving bell spiders (♀ left, ♂ right), found at Wien Prater park in Vienna, Austria (Photo credit: Norbert Schuller Baupi) Wikipedia

African Bullfrog

The African bullfrog is the biggest frog in Africa and very aggressive. But in spite of that, it’s a devoted father. Bullfrogs spawn in little pools around the margins of larger ponds and after mating is over, one male stays to keep watch over the newly hatched tadpoles. If the pool begins to dry up the dutiful dad digs a channel to a new water source:

 "An African bullfrog kept at the Pretoria Zoo in South Africa once ate 17 baby cobras."

  "In a single-sex environment, the African bullfrog can switch genders."

  "African Bullfrogs also bite when they are provoked. Its one of three frog species that have sharp teeth and bite humans when they are provoked or handled by humans."

                                                 Pyxicephalus adspersus, Boston Aquarium by Steven G. Johnson

This is a large frog, with males weighing 1.4 kg (3.1 lb), though can easily exceed 2 kg (4.4 lb); females are half the size, making it unique among frogs, as in most amphibians females are usually larger than males. Males can reach 10 inches while females only reach about 6 inches. (Wikipedia)

Way to go nice dude!!!!

"This morning on my bike ride into town, I came upon ths fox that had just been hit by a car. His eyes were slowely opening and closing, he was shaking out of control and his heart was beating out of his chest. All I wannted to do is help him but I quickly realized there was nothing I could do so I sat down next to himand gave him the wormth and company that I think I would appreciate if I was in thas situation. His eyes closed for good, the shaking was down to a minimum and as I rubbed his little head to comfort him, I literally watched his last heart beat. RIP little guy the world will miss you...."

But 8 hours later.....

"Went back to move his body 8 hours later and oh my god, he is alive!! Heading to the vet now..."

Via Scott

Pool Repairman Saves Squirrel With CPR

When Rick Gruber saw a squirrel drowning in a pool last month, he did something most people would never consider: he pulled the tiny animal out of the water and performed CPR.
"C'mon little guy. You can't die," Gruber, a pool repairman who lives in Phoenix, Ariz., told the waterlogged squirrel as he tried reviving it.

In an hour-long YouTube video that captures the rescue, Gruber can be seen draping the adorable critter -- which, according to CNN, is a round-tailed ground squirrel -- over a plastic pipe before gently pressing on its ribcage in an attempt to find its lungs.

Incredibly, Gruber's efforts paid off.
"I know you probably feel like crap," the hero told the squirrel as it started to stir. "You were just dead."
Gruber says he's since earned the nickname "Squirrel Whisperer." He insists, however, that his love for animals is not limited by species.
"I would do [CPR] for anybody. A rodent, a dog, a cat, anything," Gruber told CNN.

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Pigs in Bahamas

 If there is a Pig's heaven, this is it!! Apparently there is an island in Bahamas called Big Major Cay aka Pig Beach (how original)) that is inhabited only by pigs.

 

In Bahamas, you can actually fish the bacon ;P

photos courtesy of Trent Gordon from the Nina Lu Yacht via Christopher Dorobek

ANEGDOTAL HISTORY
 The pigs are said to have been dropped off on Big Major Cay by a group of sailors who wanted to come back and cook them. The sailors, though, never returned; the pigs survived on excess food dumped from passing ships. One other legend has it that the pigs were survivors of a shipwreck and managed to swim to shore, while another claims that the pigs had escaped from a nearby islet. Others suggest that the pigs were part of a business scheme to attract tourists to the Bahamas. The pigs are now fed by locals and tourists and the island is unofficially known as Pig Beach by the locals.

 

Prison Brake - Escaping The Slaughterhouse in Guangxi Zhuang

 Above, disgusting report by The Mirror.

A pig successfully broke the prison! It jumped from a 3-meter-high truck on the road to the slaughterhouse in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.