Feels like I’m taking a bath in a pool 🐻😍

This is crazy 😳

An exceptionally rare black deer was spotted in the forests of Poland’s Barycz Valley. Experts estimate that only about one in every 500,000 deer is melanistic. [📹 Jakub Wencek]

Today's mood..😅😴

Stunning slow-motion footage shows a cheetah sprinting at over 60 mph (96 km/h), captured at 1200 frames per second by cinematographer Greg Wilson.

A Nile crocodile’s bite is a masterclass in raw power, designed to obliterate flesh, bone, and sinew with relentless force. Delivering a staggering 5,000 psi (pounds per square inch), its bite packs enough pressure to inflict catastrophic damage on any biological structure it clamps onto. To visualize this, imagine the entire weight of a small car—around 2,000 to 3,000 pounds—focused onto the tiny, razor-sharp tips of the crocodile’s conical teeth. That immense force crushes bone and tears through organic material with brutal efficiency. In the wild, this incredible bite allows Nile crocodiles to snap skulls, crush rib cages, and tear through the tough hides of prey like warthogs, zebras, and even buffalo, effortlessly dismantling limbs and overpowering their victims. [📹 safaris.juan]

Check out these adorable baby foxes sprinting toward the cameraman! 🥺🦊

This is exactly how chill I want to be with life 😅

Monkey rescues a stuck kitten

A panda munches on a healthy snack, staying cozy and content on a rainy day 🐼🥕

They’re being unbelievably polite! 🦝♥️🥹

A coastal carpet python was caught dragging a brush-tailed possum right in the middle of the women’s toilets at an undisclosed campground near Wivenhoe, QLD, Australia. Luckily, this was recorded in daylight—because if it had happened at night, you might almost convince the Vatican to send an exorcist. The daylight reveals the true nature of the scene—and, just as importantly, what it isn’t: some ghostly apparition. This possum was a hefty one, likely because it wasn’t alone—the carpet python had just killed a female possum that still had a joey clinging to her. When the snake dropped the joey, the onlookers had just enough time to rescue it, while letting the python keep its meal. I don’t usually support human interference in nature, but if there’s ever a “right” way to do it, this is it—the joey survives, and the snake doesn’t go hungry. [📹 jkleidon_ & kaitlinfrost_]

Nara Park in Japan is home to over 1200 wild sika deer freely roaming around in the park and in the city, happy to be hand-fed by tourists. This is what happens when it rains [📹 zonghengjp]

Mangalitsa Pig — the fluffiest pig you never knew existed! 🐷😍

Meet the elephant that collects a road tax

Mantis shrimp boast the most complex visual system in the animal kingdom. With up to 16 photoreceptors, they can see ultraviolet, visible, and polarized light—and are the only known creatures capable of detecting circularly polarized light. [📹 MJ Ogata]

Today’s adorable parade of penguins! 🐧

Believe it or not, badgers hunting skunks is uncommon but does happen, especially in harsh environments like Western North Dakota where both species share overlapping habitats. The American badger is a fierce carnivore that mainly digs for rodents like ground squirrels and mice, but it also preys on small mammals, including skunks. Skunks usually deter predators with their powerful spray, earning them the nickname “fart squirrels,” but badgers—with their thick fur and their own strong musky scent—are less bothered by this defense than most predators. A 2019 study in Montana’s grasslands found that badgers may opportunistically hunt unusual prey like skunks during late fall or winter when their typical food is scarce. In this case, a family of skunks crossing a highway likely caught the badger’s attention, leading it to target a vulnerable individual, probably a juvenile. This behavior highlights the badger’s adaptability in making the most of available prey in tough conditions. [📹 matthew.vera & prestonoutdoors]

Some turtles species "slap" each other, specifically by fluttering their claws, as part of their courtship and mating rituals.

Those goats are casually running along a vertical cliff like it’s the easiest thing in the world! 🐐🥹