pets

These Cute Dogs Are Not Alive—They Are Freeze-Dried

Check out these dogs! They would be so cute—if they weren’t freeze-dried. Yes, these dogs are dead, but there are some nutters who think it’s a great idea to freeze-dry them so they can hang around their homes. Freeze-drying your pet seems to be the new rage, if you are sightly mentally disturbed, I suppose.…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Oct 11

AshPoopie Cremates Your Pet’s Indiscretions

An Israel-based company called Paulee CleanTec has taken a page from your local funeral home when it comes to dealing with your pet’s unwanted business. Instead of picking it up in a plastic baggie—which is just about the worst thing humans have ever lowered themselves to do doing—the AshPoopie simply scoops and cremates the whole…

Gadgets Andrew Liszewski Oct 11

Dog Sacrifices Dignity In the Service of This Star Wars AT-AT Costume

Halloween was a hoot this year, but Angie never looked any of us in the eye ever again. Probably shouldn’t have reenacted the harpoon gun scene with her tiny legs. Nope, probably shouldn’t have done that at all. [LAIKA via Super Punch via Boing Boing]

Biology Jack Loftus Oct 8

This Dog Food Commercial Has Sounds Only a Dog Can Hear

Commercials have become so effective at focusing on what us human people want that we can’t stop watching them. Oh scantily clad women. Oh short attention spans. Dogs can join in the braindead fun now too, there’s a commercial made with sounds only a dog can hear. A Nestlé Purina PetCare commercial airing in Europe…

Tech News Casey Chan Oct 5

7 Tools to Turn Your Dog Into a Pet of the Future

Your dogs are taking over your gadgets. They scratch at your iPad, step on your laptop keyboard, and chew on your headphones. They need some gadgets of their own. Ones they can actually use. We got you covered. Garmin Astro GPS Dog Tracking System If your dog breaks out of the house or yard a…

Biology Adrian Covert Sep 21

How to Save a Dog’s Life? Take Better Pictures

So many dogs are euthanized every year because they can’t find a family to adopt them. It’s not their fault. With some better picture taking, a few cute poses and accessories, dogs can find a new home in no time. It’s true, Dallas pet photographer Teresa Berg has taken it upon herself to “better market”…

Biology Casey Chan Sep 20

Microchip Implant Brings a Lost Kitten Home After Five Years and 1,800 Miles

Five years ago, a cat named Willow went missing in Boulder, Colorado. She turned up this week 1,800 miles away in New York City. How’d her owners track her down? A tiny microchip, and huge heaping helpings of luck. Willow is (must be) some kind of Achillean battle kitty. Her estranged owner explained that the…

Tech News Kyle Wagner Sep 15

Let Your Cat Snuggle In These Lap-Inspired Pillows

Crazy and freaky to us, but wonderful for cats is how you would describe this line of pet beds from Laps of Luxury. Instead of a square, foam-filled pillow, the pet company has crafted a pillow that resembles a lap, complete with a waist and crossed legs. Designed by photographer Xan of Doghouse Studios, these…

Tech News Kelly Sep 13

A day in the life of a pet mummifier

Meet the Sorceress Cagliastro, a death-obsessed Brooklynite who has cornered the cottage industry of pet mummification. Arguably the most famous pet mummifier in New York City, Cagliastro was recently the subject of The Midnight Archive web series. Watch as she gives a bullfrog the send-off to the afterlife. [Via Nerdcore]

io9 Cyriaque Lamar Sep 10

How Your Dog Knows an Earthquake Is Coming Way Before You Do

No scientific study has proven that animals reliably predict natural disasters, but if your beagle starts losing it for no apparent reason, brace yourself. There’s enough anecdotal evidence of creatures freaking out and even fleeing areas en masse before earthquakes to take unusual animal behavior seriously, as our gallery of dog-related tweets that followed today’s…

Tech News Kristen Philipkoski Aug 23

Rechargeable GPS Dog-Stalking For the Eco-Friendly, Obsessive-Compulsive Animal Lover

Are you just the weest bit paranoid about your dog? Do you want to be able to track where it is, at every moment, to within a few feet? Well, today’s your lucky day, weirdo. We’ve seen GPS dog collars before, but The Tagg Pet Tracker has a few more bells and whistles than any…

Biology Brent Rose Aug 16

The Saddest Dogs on the Web

Here at Gizmodo, we love Etsy. When artists and crafty folk can connect with potential buyers online, everyone wins… except for the dogs. Seeing all the homemade sweaters, hats, and other unspeakable things Etsy artists force their own dogs to model, someone had the genius idea of putting all of these sad pooches on a…

Tech News Brent Rose Aug 4

Scientists show that Peter Pan grows up with a shot of iodine

Axolotls are most well-known for their remarkable ability to re-grow amputated limbs. Their regenerative abilities come with eternal youth – that can be ended with a bit of iodine. Axolotls are small amphibians, that can be found – with increasing difficulty – in lakes in Mexico. Their name comes from the Aztec language of Nahuatl,…

io9 Esther Inglis-Arkell Aug 2

10% of Pets Have a Facebook Page

It’s something many pet-owners have thought about—don’t lie!—but according to research undertaken in the UK, 1/10 pets in Britain have either a Facebook, Twitter or YouTube account. My pet’s on Facebook; I call him “Sam.” [The Telegraph]

Biology Kat Hannaford Jul 13

Doggelgänger facial recognition software matches you with your puppy lookalike

No need to search the world over for your other puppy half. Doggelgänger uses facial recognition software to pair you up with the puppy that already shares your handsome features! The website, which was created in New Zealand, is pretty self explanatory. Upload a picture of yourself, and find out what you look like in…

io9 Meredith Woerner Jun 8

How to Share Photos of Your Adorable Child or Pet Without Annoying Your Friends

That picture of your baby/dog/child on the couch is almost as cute as the one of her on a chair! Which is almost as cute as the one of her sleeping! Which is almost as cute as… OK STOP. Check it out, parents of all species: Your friends and I are so happy for you.…

Social Media Joe Brown May 27

YOU CAN ADOPT A WAR DOG

Holy shit, did you know you could adopt an awesome, maybe-titanium-fanged WAR DOG?! Even better, there’s an entire association dedicated to the greatness of WAR DOGS. https://gizmodo.com/navy-seal-dogs-have-titanium-fangs-updated-5798978 According to the AP, 300 WAR DOGS go up for adoption each year after they finish their duties overseas. They may be 10 years old, and costs upwards…

Biology Adrian Covert May 25

How Dogs Seem to Break Gravity With Every Sip of Water They Take

High-speed and x-ray video of dogs lapping up water has shown how they seemingly bend gravity and force the water into their mouths. Humans could learn to manipulate their tongues in similar ways, but it’d be a difficult, unrewarding challenge. While cats seem to drink water in much the same way as dogs, there’s one…

Biology Kat Hannaford May 25

Crazy People Drive Post-Rapture Pet Pickup Boom

The end times are this weekend, and I know what you’re thinking: What about my dog? Don’t sweat, for $135 a group of plucky blaspheming atheists will swing by your crib and pick up your pets. Holla! The rapture is a thing that some Christians believe in where true believers will be taken to heaven,…

Biology Mat Honan May 19

WAR DOGS IN AFGHANISTAN

YES! MORE WAR DOGS!!! WAR DOGS. WAR DOGS. WAR DOGS. Seriously, though, the New York Times went and found more fantastic things about current military dogs in action. They talked to Marine units in Afghanistan, who use Labrador Retrievers as bomb sniffing dogs (instead of the typical German Shepherd or Belgian Malinois that are used…

Biology Adrian Covert May 13

These Cute Dogs Are Not Alive—They Are Freeze-Dried

AshPoopie Cremates Your Pet’s Indiscretions

Dog Sacrifices Dignity In the Service of This Star Wars AT-AT Costume

This Dog Food Commercial Has Sounds Only a Dog Can Hear

7 Tools to Turn Your Dog Into a Pet of the Future

How to Save a Dog’s Life? Take Better Pictures

Microchip Implant Brings a Lost Kitten Home After Five Years and 1,800 Miles

Let Your Cat Snuggle In These Lap-Inspired Pillows

A day in the life of a pet mummifier

How Your Dog Knows an Earthquake Is Coming Way Before You Do

Rechargeable GPS Dog-Stalking For the Eco-Friendly, Obsessive-Compulsive Animal Lover

The Saddest Dogs on the Web

Scientists show that Peter Pan grows up with a shot of iodine

10% of Pets Have a Facebook Page

Doggelgänger facial recognition software matches you with your puppy lookalike

How to Share Photos of Your Adorable Child or Pet Without Annoying Your Friends

YOU CAN ADOPT A WAR DOG

How Dogs Seem to Break Gravity With Every Sip of Water They Take

Crazy People Drive Post-Rapture Pet Pickup Boom

WAR DOGS IN AFGHANISTAN

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