Pictured above is the Sugar Bush Squirrel playing with the Black Eyed Peas. The Sugar Bush Squirrel site is 100% hilarious, featuring pictures of the squirrel dressed up in funny situations. Her site claims that she is the most photographed squirrel in the world, which I can believe.

Just like red-eye in human pictures, dogs can have a white glow in their eyes when photographed. Here’s an About.com tutorial on fixing pet eye in photos in your photo-editing software.

This is Wendy, over 50 pounds of rippling muscles. Although quite intimidating, Wendy is actually a very friendly dog. Her amazing hulk-like muscles are due to a genetic mutation in the whippet breed. According to the Times Colonist;

Wendy was recently part of a genetics study done in the U.S. on mutation in the myostatin gene in whippets, which resemble greyhounds in appearance.

[…] whippets with two mutated copies of the gene become “double-muscled,” like Wendy. It has been seen before in one human, and also in mice, cattle and sheep, says the study.

The 2007 Marin-Sonoma County Fair Ugly Dog Contest, the most revered ugly dog contest of them all, just named the 2007 winner. Elwood, a mix of Chinese crested and Chihuahua, won the competition after placing second last year. The Chinese Cresteds are the Michael Jordans of ugly dog competitions, although this year I did notice some Japanese Crested which I’d never heard of before.

CBS has video and great photo gallery of the event.

Ugly Dog articles from the archive: World’s Ugliest Dog Vote Compromised!, World’s Ugliest Dog (2005 winner), Sam, World’s Ugliest Dog, Dies at age 14 and More of the World’s Ugliest Dogs.

Here’s a great gallery of photoshopped animals. (via I AM BORED)

I’m happy to announce the launch of a new site: Costume Cats! It’s the sister site to CostumeDogs.com, and as you have probably figured out, features cats dressed up in costumes. Thanks to the proliferation of lolcats, hilariously cute cat pictures are plentiful. (link to Zelda Kitty)

This picture makes me chuckle every time I see it. It was taken in the Japanese shopping district of Harajuku. Who says a 1,000 pounder can’t look good in a thong?

Japanese Elephant in a Pink Thong from sanchome (flickr)

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Germanish techno music + Slow motion video of dogs floating through the air = Awesome.

(via WFMU)

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CatPrin, the cat tailor from Japan is a little hard to figure out (without an understanding of Japanese that is). I think they are selling kits to sew your own cat costumes.

They’ve had an english page for awhile now, the pictures are all over the net. I happened by one of their Japanese pages today, and to my delight, there where tons more crazy cat costumes. Some favorites below:
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