Uneasy Rider Chased By Wolf On Alberta Highway

Creature Features — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:05:53 -0700

Is it lupus? Motorcyclist Tim Bartlett doesn't like being tailgated, especially when the tailgater HAS a tail... and a mouthful of wickedly sharp teeth! Figuring if he told his experience to anyone he'd be accused of, er, crying wolf, Bartlett snapped a photo of the loping lupine before it could snap him back.

Stoic Zen Cat Outclasses IKEA Monkey

Creature Features — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:25:48 -0700

You think the IKEA Monkey was fashionably frocked? Fuggedaboutit! A certain silent and stoic cat from Japan has got the shearling-sporting simian beat every which way but loose.

Pet Turtle's Cuddly Crocheted Sweater Channels Super Mario Bros.' Bowser

Creature Features — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:30:37 -0700

Sure shells are swell but a sweater's mo better and the best turtle sweater is a Bowser sweater! Jennifer Olivarez crocheted this awesome reptile warmer inspired by Bowser from Super Mario Bros. and thanks to her handy dandy instructions, you can do it too!

Cat Caught Smuggling Contraband Cell Phones Into Russian Prison

Creature Features — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:27:28 -0700

Cat-ch me if you can! Guards at an isolated Russian prison colony nabbed an unusual sort of cat burglar the other day: not only was the burglar actually a cat, the foiled felonious feline was attempting to break INTO the jail.

Custom Embroidered Cat Shirts Put A Puss In Your Pocket

Creature Features — Fri, 31 May 2013 13:28:26 -0700

Goodbye Cat in the Hat, hello puss in my pocket! Hiroko Kubota's cute custom embroidered Cat Shirts combine classic Internet meme Ceiling Cat with the horrifying chestburster from Alien... in a good way, of course.

Endangered Whale Jerky Dog Treats Are Now Off The Menu

Creature Features — Wed, 29 May 2013 11:09:49 -0700

Don't be a jerky, save the whales! Tokyo-based pet food and pet products company Michinoku Farm had been advertising Whale Jerky dog chews at their website for over a year but when pressured by anti-whaling campaigners, the company dropped the cetacean-based snacks from their product line.

Handmade Sloth Ring Takes Cute “Digital” Jewelry To The Next Level

Creature Features — Sat, 25 May 2013 10:29:28 -0700

Old and busted: A bird in the hand. New hotness: A sloth on your finger! The handmade Sloth Ring from Etsy member Curious Burrow features a tiny sloth that hugs your finger, smiling sweetly all the while.

Giant Plush Big Nose Dog Is Way A Head Of Other Stuffed Animals

Creature Features — Thu, 23 May 2013 06:15:49 -0700

This oversized plush stuffed animal sports an enormous leatherette nose and looks just like the famous fisheye-lens photographed Fidos from the phenomenally popular THE DOG Artlist Collection.

Portable Pet Stairs Help Furry Friends Get On & Off Your Furniture

Creature Features — Mon, 20 May 2013 11:19:56 -0700

The Pet Stairs Slope from Japan's Iris Plaza was designed to help pets safely navigate the oft-difficult journey from floor to sofa and back. What's that you say? You didn't know the vast chasm separating floor and sofa instills within your pet a sense of indescribable dread? Well then, you're a bad pet owner and you should feel bad!

Extinct “Scissorhands” Fossil Arthropod Named After Johnny Depp

Creature Features — Thu, 16 May 2013 10:41:30 -0700

A half-billion year old fossil of a previously unknown lobster-like creature has been given the name Kooteninchela deppi in honor of actor Johnny Depp. The small but formidably clawed ancestor of many modern insects, spiders and crustaceans possessed a fiendishly spiky set of claws that immediately reminded researchers of Depp's well-loved film character, Edward Scissorhands.

SmartPet Robot Dogs from Bandai Rock Your iPhone Dock

Creature Features — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 21:00:01 -0700

Japan's Bandai wants to be your partner in pet ownership: they provide a robot dog body in black or white, you provide the brain – and by brain, we mean your iPhone 4S, iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS or iPod Touch. The Bandai SMARTPET Robot Dog for iPhone and iPod Touch is a smartphone dock taken to the next level. It's also the coolest virtual pet to come along since the legendary Tamagotchi.

Niconico Nekomura Cat Earphone Jack Plug Accessories, Mustache Edition

Creature Features — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 10:17:05 -0700

These cuter than cute mustachioed kitten phone jack plug accessories take the wildly popular series of Nyanko Type Earphone Jack Covers to the next level. You can choose from ginger Tora or gray striped Mimi but it's impossible to pick which one's the cutest: they BOTH are!

THE DOG Earphone Jack Accessory: Puppies For Your Phone Plug

Creature Features — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:16:23 -0700

THE DOG Earphone Jack Accessory is an officially licensed smartphone charm that takes the popular big-headed puppies of "THE DOG And Friends: Artlist Collection” to the next level.

Cute Lovely Cat Watering Pot from Japan Makes Gardening More Fun

Creature Features — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:26:01 -0700

Add a dash of delight to any yard, garden or décor scheme indoors or out with the Lovely Cat Watering Pot. Styled to please cat-lovers, gardeners or both, this pretty plastic pail pours water from its tail!

Bird-Flavored Ice Cream Is Cheep & Delicious!

Creature Features — Wed, 15 May 2013 11:30:59 -0700

A Japanese small bird festival decided to add a little “taste” to the visitor experience by creating and selling ice cream specially formulated to evoke the flavor of sparrows, parakeets and cockatiels.

Instagram + Cats = Nyanstagram!

Creature Features — Mon, 13 May 2013 09:55:23 -0700

Inspired by Instagram, the popular online photo-sharing and social networking service, Nyanstagram allows users to digitally filter photos of their cats and share them with others on Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking services.

The White Cat: One Man's Tale Of One Tough Tomcat

Creature Features — Wed, 01 May 2013 17:00:01 -0700

“There goes the toughest, most independent cat in the neighborhood,” observed one dog-walking neighbor as he watched Pikachu regally stalk across his front yard. He was absolutely right – though technically a pet, the small white cat with a short dark “haircut” was the unchallenged Top Cat in the 'hood.

Chinese High School Student Finds A Rat Head In His Fried Rice

Creature Features — Thu, 09 May 2013 11:48:16 -0700

“There's a rat in mi kitchen, what am I gonna do?” If you're UB40, you make a record. If you're a Chinese high school's cafeteria worker, you simply shrug, slice and serve it up with rice.

Cat Sushi Combines Japan's Two Favorite Obsessions

Creature Features — Wed, 08 May 2013 09:35:00 -0700

“Neko-Sushi is an extremely unusual life-form consisting of a cat on top of a portion of sushi rice” according to Tange & Nakimushi Peanuts of Japan, creators of a deliciously cat-tastic website & gift shop.

Celebrate The Cicadas' Return With Cicada Earrings From Japan

Creature Features — Mon, 06 May 2013 11:12:14 -0700

Cover your ears, the cicadas are coming! Hundreds of millions of Brood II Periodical Cicadas are about to emerge from their 17-year-long slumber along America's east coast. If that sounds good, you (or your Mom) might as well look good as well by sporting a pair of snappy cicada earrings.

Radioactive Goldfish Found In Ohio Nuclear Plant

Creature Features — Fri, 03 May 2013 10:36:13 -0700

A pair of goldfish found swimming in a lemonade pitcher is no big deal, unless the fish were radioactive and their pitcher was discovered inside the restricted-access steam tunnel of the Perry Nuclear Generating Station near Cleveland, Ohio.

Giant Pandas Traumatized By Giant Chinese Earthquake

Creature Features — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:19:41 -0700

A devastating earthquake in China's mountainous Sichuan province not only shattered human lives, homes and area infrastructure, it left dozens of endangered Giant Pandas at the region's panda centers shaken in more ways than one.

Herbal Supplements Fed To Chinese Zoo Animals To Help Prevent Bird Flu

Creature Features — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:42:29 -0700

A zoo in Suzhou, China is adding a traditional herbal flu remedy called “Ban Lan Gen” to the drinking water of their parrots, peacocks and other birds to help them resist H7N9 avian flu. In addition, the Suzhou East Garden zoo has substituted beef for chicken in meals fed to its resident carnivores.

Pussycat Overpass: Taiwan's First Cat Bridge Is Meow Open!

Creature Features — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 17:00:01 -0700

Everyday is Caturday in Houtong, Taiwan, as a 60-meter long, $600,000 covered cat bridge complete with cat stands and cat furniture has opened to serve the needs of cats and cat-loving tourists alike.

Peeps Sushi: Sweet Fun For Easter Treat Eaters

Creature Features — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 09:42:05 -0700

Peeps have been delighting children and sweetening up Easter Baskets since 1953 but guess what: the marshmallowy treats aren't just for Easter anymore! Take a "peep" at what the folks at Serious Eats are up to, for instance, as they whip up an unexpected Peeps treat with a decided Japanese accent!

Vatican Kitties: Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Cat Lover

Creature Features — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:24:31 -0700

His Holiness Benedict XVI Pope Emeritus, formerly Pope Benedict XVI, was known for his love of cats though due to tradition he was not allowed to keep one at his apartment in Vatican City's Apostolic Palace.

Neko Font Uses Cats For Characters

Creature Features — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 09:23:13 -0800

Cat got your tongue? Try Neko Font, the font made of cats, for cats and by cats... well, OK, by people who LIKE cats. Though created in Japan, Neko Font supports roman alphabets and the site home page's test feature is the cat's meow.

USDA To Drop Poisoned Mice On Guam's Invasive Tree Snakes

Creature Features — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 09:06:00 -0800

Invasive Brown Tree Snakes have been decimating Guam's native birds for decades but their reign of terror could soon be coming to an end. The USDA has announced a pilot program that will see drug-laced mice dropped over the island from helicopters.

Valentine Heart Cat Shows True Meaning Of Love

Creature Features — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 07:26:42 -0800

Cats with heart-shaped markings on their coats aren't all that hard to find, and Mister Chi from Japan doesn't stand out as such from a first casual glance. This white & caramel calico cat shows its heart on its own terms, captured for posterity by his appreciative and caring owner.

Pigeon Post Reboots Carrier Pigeons To Make Mailing More Fun

Creature Features — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 10:19:30 -0800

As email is to snail mail, snail mail is to carrier pigeons... or so you thought! Pigeon Post, a plastic mailable pigeon from Letter Writers Alliance, turns the art of long distance communication on its head by rebooting the carrier pigeon concept. Hipsters will love it and so will you.