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A baby elephant named Ellie was discovered alone in the wild in South Africa, having been rejected by his herd due to a severe umbilical abscess and hernia. Ellie remained lethargic and deeply depressed, showing no will to live. Recognizing that elephants are intensely social creatures, the team introduced him to Duma, a retired service and sniffer dog residing at the sanctuary. The effect was instantaneous. As soon as they met at the sand pile, Ellie’s demeanor shifted from despair to curiosity. The two became inseparable, with Duma’s playful energy teaching Ellie how to be a joyful calf again. She finally had a chance to heal and enjoy life. [📹 Earth Touch News] [📍 Thula Thula Rhino Orpha…

Polish mountaineer scaled his country's highest peak, Rysy, which is 2,499 metres (8,199 feet) high and found a cat. [📹 Wojtek Jabczyński]

Even sharks can have scoliosis and malformations. Obviosly they tend to survive if in captivity only. This is Stella, the sand shark that lived at Mississippi Aquarium.

Abused zoo bear still circles in imaginary cage seven years after being freed.

Technically still a death roll

Kitten Wind Chill needed a blood transfusion, but at the emergency room, they discovered his blood type was B, rare for cats. Area hospitals didn’t have any available. So this little cat got a transfusion of dog blood that was his blood type. It’s called a xenotransfusion, which means a species-to-species blood transfusion. There can be significant complications involved in xenotransfusions, which is why his doctors only recommended it as a last resort to save his life due to his critical condition. Thankfully, it worked. Wind Chill is now doing much better and is well on his way to recovery. [📹 Flatbush Cats]

If you missed the solar eclipse, this is what it looked like:

Seattle has recently sighted a Raccoon that frequents the local parks with Short Spine Syndrome (SSS). The locals have endearingly nicknamed him, "Jimothy".

The tardigrade (often called the "water bear" or "moss piglet") is widely regarded as one of the toughest animals on Earth due to its remarkable ability to survive extreme conditions. These microscopic creatures can endure boiling temperatures, being fired from guns, exposure to the vacuum of space (including on the Moon), intense radiation, and more, often by entering a dormant state known as cryptobiosis. A 2021 preprint study uploaded to arXiv explored whether a tardigrade in cryptobiosis could interact with quantum systems in a meaningful way. In the experiment, researchers placed a frozen tardigrade near a superconducting qubit (a quantum bit used in quantum computing) within a circuit…

Green vine snakes don't bite. They do better: they judge you.