If you have a pet, you have hair. Piles and piles of hair — fur, really — gathering in corners of your home, settling on top of freshly-baked lasagnas, ticking the eyes of every allergic visitor. Dogs are easy to clean; throw them in the tub and have at it. Cats, however, are more persnickety, […]
The story of Lana, the 3-year old Labrador is well-known. After her first family left her at a shelter, and the photograph of her, looking unhappy, circulated quickly, people named her ‘’The Saddest Dog in the World.’’ Lana provoked strong emotions amongst the people all around the world, and soon after donations and adoption applications […]
A recent study of fruit bats found cunnilingus to be a major part of their repertoire. While following a colony of 420 bats roosting in a fig tree over the course of 13 months, researchers witnessed 57 incidences of sex — both oral and intercourse. The female bats who received oral sex before intercourse were […]
Lately, my mom has been getting her kicks by emailing me photos of animals she thinks I’ll find terrifying and asking me if I like them. Very funny. See, she knows all about my fear of birds, and I’m pretty sure she thought my slideshow on the scariest-looking animals on earth was the funniest thing I’ve ever […]
If you aren’t into cats staring at you from every direction, this new advertising campaign will be a nightmare. But it’s also sort of adorable. In London’s Clapham Common Tube station all ads have been replaced with pictures of cats — the turnstiles, the ads on the wall, anywhere there would be an ad, there’s a cat […]
Sometimes all you need is an adorably rage-filled music video to kick off your work week in a positive way — something that effectively channels the anger we all feel at waking up in the morning. Luckily, for those of us needing that dose of emotional catharsis, there is this fabulous video of angry animals covering […]
According to some old, bald, mustachioed man with a PhD writing for Psychology Today, it’s bad for dogs to hug them. This is based on what “Canine Corner” columnist Stanley Coren calls “new data,” but as far as I can tell, this data was compiled from his personal impressions of 250 photos of dogs being hugged by their […]
It seemed like a good idea at the time. She looked so small and sad in that cage at Animal Care and Control, her little yellow eyes all sleepy from being knocked out to do the surgery. Your little kitten. You took her home in a cardboard box and she only meowed a little — […]
August 8th is International Cat Day, also known as World Cat Day and is very important to all of us here at The Frisky because we are on the internet and we love cats, duh. Grumpy Cat memes have clearly dominated the market for cat appreciation, but there is just so much more out there and we are here today […]
