Horse-drawn and dog-drawn ski racing. An Olympic sport? February 18, 2014 How is it that we at Critter Files have never heard of skijoring before? It’s a Norwegian word which roughly translates into driving by… Continue Reading
Farting, burping cows cause fire at German dairy farm (and giggles everywhere) January 29, 2014 We badly need to see the police report on this one – or meet the officer who took it without bursting into laughter. But… Continue Reading
Endangered eagle killed by branch in conservation cage January 28, 2014 The Phillippine Eagle is the country’s national bird and there are fewer than 250 of them left. Now there’s one less. One of the… Continue Reading
Elephant seal vs hagfish: trust us, this is unusual January 24, 2014 The elephant seal is not the most attractive creature out there. It’s large proboscis resembles an elephant’s trunk, hence its name. Perhaps even more… Continue Reading
The way to a chimps’ heart is through their stomachs January 21, 2014 Why do we as critters of the human kind like companionship with other human critters? Human critters have had biological success because we have… Continue Reading
Wolverines making a home in an unusual place: B.C. Great Bear Rainforest January 15, 2014 Most of the 3,000 to 4,000 wolverines in British Columbia are known to keep to themselves in the backcountry of the Interior of the… Continue Reading
Stowaway scorpion hitches ride to Manitoba January 14, 2014 A Manitoba woman now has an unusual kind of visitor from South Africa holed up in her home. Theresa Arnott told CBC she spotted a little… Continue Reading
Conjoined grey whale twins considered a world’s first January 14, 2014 Whoa. The discovery of conjoined grey whale twins is considered a world’s first. The twins washed ashore in Baja California, Mexico on Jan. 5…. Continue Reading
Dogs plus magnetic field = pooping alignment January 11, 2014 These signs don’t represent a new scientific discovery about how dogs align themselves when they poop. If you took these “Don’t let your dog… Continue Reading
Canadian woman falls off horse begins speaking with Scottish accent January 9, 2014 Sharon Campbell- Rayment may have ancestors who were from Scotland, but the Ontario woman, who runs a horse riding school, has never been to… Continue Reading