The Cutest, Funniest And Most Important Animal Stories Of 2009! (VIDEO, PHOTOS)

2009 has been an amazing year for animals. From scientific discoveries to some of the cutest videos to ever go viral, HuffPost Green has assembled a nice review of animal awesomeness. Take a look, indulge in some funny videos, and vote for your fave animal story of the year.

Two-Legged Dog Walks!

In one of the most incredible stories of 2009, Faith, a dog born with only two legs, learns to walk standing upright. Last weekend, faith visited McChord Air Force Base and Fort Lewis in Washington State-- where she was an inspiration to soldiers coming home from and going to war.

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[RockyMissouri]

12:31 AM on 12/25/2009

EinChicago- You sound like a soulless, stupid and selfish and ALONE.....! person! Dogs are wonderful- better than two-leggeds for sure.

[RockyMissouri]

12:27 AM on 12/25/2009

EinChicago- You sound sad and lonely.

[ipastor01]

10:50 PM on 12/22/2009

Octopus, cuttlefish, and cephalopods are amazing !

http://video.pbs.org/video/1150618835

[Agentlady007]

10:02 PM on 12/22/2009

My sister could have alterred time and milleniums with her doctor playing way of making you feel you are not in observation A tank, you are in L Tank, and thank you for saving my life over and over again, this is what our family does. Repete sil vous plait.. A cartoon can only be drawn perfectly by a true artist. i drew Brad Pitt over a super imposed photgraph I paused on the internet screen I bought from Austreailia, which turns pink when I want less stress, and less light and need to control the light in

I said,

Well, I guess I will try MGM again then.

[peacekitten]

01:49 PM on 12/22/2009

animals are the most amazing creations of nature ever.

how lucky we are that they are on this planet with us.

[margoharris]

12:31 PM on 12/22/2009

Life without dogs? No way. My dogs are a part of our family.

[EinChicago]

09:38 AM on 12/24/2009

Great. Then never, ever, ever dare to opine on climate change or the use of vehicles by others. You chose to infest society with an allergy carrier while creating a enough greenhouse gases to equate to two large SUVs, at least try to not be hypocritical about it.

[bdaved]

12:23 PM on 12/26/2009

But the article you're referring to doesn't support that statement.

[JanPoore]

12:20 PM on 12/22/2009

Faith is definitely the most inspiring story. But the kitten is the cutest kitten video ever.

[EinChicago]

11:20 AM on 12/22/2009

Kind of ironic this page appears on "Green" considering studies show that owning a dog is much worse in terms of greenhouse gas and climate change than owning and dringing an Escalade or Hummer:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091220/sc_afp/lifestyleclimatewarminganimalsfood

[JanPoore]

12:19 PM on 12/22/2009

What a h8ful scrooge you are.

[Davidthompson20]

12:32 PM on 12/22/2009

To EinChicago, you stated that owning a Hummer or an Escalade was more "green" than owning a dog. I imagine that a dog does consume a lot of resources, if you consider the thousands some people spend on health care for their dogs. But I doubt that the average dog consumes more resources than a hummer--especially if you factor in the manufacture of the hummer. Where did you get this fact? Can you defend it?

For more interesting stuff on animals and humans, see www.hitchhikinganimals.blogspot.com.

[bdaved]

03:25 PM on 12/22/2009

But there's a link, it must be true. Unless you go to the link. It's not very supportive of the statement (although "dringing" may be something I completely don't understand), even if you take everything in the article as gospel.

[maggiee]

04:51 PM on 12/22/2009

All living things have a carbon footprint. What's your's?

[Tommygun264]

11:06 AM on 12/25/2009

Whatever it is, we'd all be better off without it.