Animal Photos Of The Week

This was certainly a good week for heartwarming animal stories.

Two sick dogs in Texas walked to a human hospital and waited patiently for medical care. The clever pups were looked after by doctors and then transported to a local Humane Society shelter.

We also learned that baby bears and wolves can be friends. This adorable video shows a rambunctious bear cub and wolf pup wrestling together. Even years later, they're still friends.

It seems like other animal friendships might only be transportation arrangements. These videos of animals riding other animals is sure to brighten your day.

If animals giving rides to each other surprises you, be sure to check out this video of a dog who's also an adept turntablist.

Sadly, over 50 pink flamingos died recently as a result of the cold spell that continues to cause problems in Europe. The birds were unable to escape from frozen water in France.

An interesting new study found that noise from ships may increase stress in some whale populations. Decreased shipping around the Bay of Fundy in the days immediately after September 11, 2001 allowed researchers to examine changes in whale stress-hormone levels.

Below, check out some of our favorite animal photos taken around the world this week.

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[ibra]

09:22 PM on 02/15/2012

Beautiful Animal Pictures, So cute
Well heres my collection of some of the cutest baby animals ever I hope you it

http://www.weird-strange-facts.com/baby-animal-pictures.html

[ronhacker]

12:49 AM on 02/14/2012

too bad AOL finds it cool to stick an ad in the way of the photos.

[rayngi]

03:52 PM on 02/12/2012

Question. Are there more of these polar bears available for zoos now that their population has increased due to the non-shrinking of the polar ice cap? Just asking.

[Gas-Bag]

11:18 PM on 02/12/2012

I found this if it helps: http://www.polarbearsinternational.org/polar-bears/faq

Where did you get your information about the, "non-shrinking ice cap"?

[rayngi]

07:45 AM on 02/13/2012

http://thenewamerican.com/index.php/tech-mainmenu-30/environment/2871-are-the-ice-caps-melting

Arctic Conditions
All this ice loss must mean the Arctic is heating up, right? On the contrary, DMI admits little difference in Arctic temperatures between 1958 and 2009, and data from NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) indicates a cooling trend in the Arctic since the 1940s. Indeed, some climate scientists — even those who support the idea of anthropogenic (human-caused) global warming (AGW) — are predicting Earth will experience a period of cooling for the next two or three dec-ades.

A top climate modeler with the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Mojib Latif, said as much at last summer’s UN World Climate Conference in Geneva. A confirmed adherent to AGW, Latif explained that cyclical changes in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans cause EARTH'S TEMPERATURES TO FLUCTUATE BETWEEN WARM AND COLD MODES EVERY 20 TO 30 YEARS. He said we are at the beginning of a cooling period. The head of climate prediction at the U.K.’s National Weather Service (the Met Office), James Murphy, agreed and added that ocean cycles are contributing factors in the loss of Arctic sea ice. “The oceans are key to decadal natural variability,” Murphy said.

Now please cease and desist emitting that gas, yer gonna warm things up.

[Judy Gabaldon]

03:09 PM on 02/12/2012

I'm happy for the good news, of course, and grateful for the Huffington Post and Facebook for spreading these stories of progress and redemption. We also learned of the tragic loss of Catherine Buggs, animal rescuer and her "precious cargo", Elyse. So heartbreaking - and especially for her family, and those who knew her. And poor Elyse - she was rescued from certain death in a shelter to the hope of being transported to a new "furever home" with a family who wanted her. Then this. I'm still devastated. I suppose there's a reason for everything that happens - beyond our understanding. Thank you for sharing the good (and sometimes bad) news, Huffington Post.