What could possibly be cuter than a miniature horse? A baby miniature horse, of course! The lifespan of a mini horse ranges from 25 to 35 years, outliving the full-grown horse by an average of five years. As pictured below, this baby Appaloosa miniature horse won’t grow any taller than 38 inches.
Any taller and this miniature horse ceases to be a mini horse and is instead classified as a Shetland pony. And while this height cut-off is seemingly simple, still there is no unanimous consensus as to when exactly a miniature horse is no longer a miniature horse.
A Rare Shot of the Secluded Clouded Leopard
Take it in while you can—the clouded leopard is notoriously known to keep to itself, preferring to live deep within the wild and rainy forest habitats of Southeast Asia (including parts of China and the Himalayan foothills), and very much out of sight from the rest of the world. This animal's unique and prized pelt has led to the widespread poaching of its skin, teeth, bones, and meat—which is commonly used in several traditional medicines as a substitution for tiger. Despite its name, it is not actually closely related to the leopard.
In actuality, this species is the smallest of the species of “big cats.” It is the clouded leopard that bridges the evolutionary gap that links the ‘big cats’ (includes jaguars, lions, snow leopards, tigers and snow leopards) to the “small cats,” or the group of cats that includes the cheetah, ocelot, lynx, cougar, along with the domestic house cat. First officially recorded by scientists as a species back in 1921, today the clouded leopard exists just as mysteriously as it did nearly 200 years ago.
Cats Catching Squirting Milk During Cow Milking at a Dairy Farm in California, 1954
Titled, “Cats Blackie & Brownie Catching Squirts of Milk During Milking at Arch Badertscher’s Dairy Farm,” before the invention of the internet, this comical photo was widely considered of the most popular images of its time. Shot by famed photographer Nat Farbman back in the early 1950s, this photograph was first introduced to the public after its publication in Life magazine.
With subjects including livestock, a smiling farmer, nutritious and fresh, warm milk, and — of course — a cute little cat, this photo is the epitome of life of the farm in the U.S. Despite the sobering fact that cats are actually lactose intolerant, all facts aside, all facts aside, it comes as no surprise that the image is considered a classic photograph of American farm life.
Look Deep Into My Eyes…The absolutely Mesmerizing Eyes of the Ghost Glass Frog
Captivating us in the below photo is the amazing Limon ghost glass frog of Central America. The largest of the glass frogs in Central America, this type of glass frog has a uniquely translucent body, with a mostly opaque, bright emerald green back, and an extremely pale underside. Believe it or not, the inner organs of this frog species can actually be seen through its translucent skin. But what sets this glass frog apart from all other frogs of its kind? Its bulbous, forward-facing eyes, defined by their horizontally slit-like pupils and blue-streaked sclera.
Found in humid foothill forests anywhere from southern Nicaragua, all the way down to northern west Colombia, as well as a small area in northern Ecuador, this species of frog, while presently listed as a “Least Concern” species, similar to a number of other amphibians, faces an extreme threat from habitat loss.
The Tantrum of a Visibly Cranky Baby Elephant
For any parent who has the extreme displeasure of dealing with the tantrums of his or her baby, this photo of an elephant parent standing next to its clearly upset baby elephant is especially relatable. The largest of all land animals on planet Earth, similar to humans, Elephants are also highly intelligent mammals. In fact, like man’s tendency to be right or left-handed, elephants too can actually be either right-tusked or left-tusked!
Of all the similarities between us and these gentle giants, perhaps the most relatable of these is the often erratic behaviors seen in both young elephants and humans. Indeed, as seen in the above photograph, like human children, young elephants also often have irrational fits of rage, in order to get attention from members of their family.