Baboons' Strange Behavior at Dutch Zoo Has Experts Puzzled

A large group of baboons (known as a troop) at a zoo in the Netherlands have been exhibiting some strange behaviors, which have park guests spooked and animal experts baffled. It seems something has frightened the baboons located at the Dierenpark Emmen Zoo. Instead of their normal, social behaviors, the baboons have been highly agitated and frightened, refusing to eat and turning their backs on the thousands of visitors who have come to the park to view them, staring off in one direction, and we are not talking about the English boy band!

It is the first time zoologists and other animal experts have witnessed the animals exhibit such behavior, either in captivity or in the wild."The baboons were hysterical," says zoo spokesman Wijbren Landman. "They were not jumping around but were behaving strangely."

Several strange theories as to why the animals are acting so odd have been tossed about, including the idea that the baboons sense an approaching earthquake or other disaster. Some have even suggested the bizarre behavior is being influenced by aliens!

The baboons have gradually become less agitated over the last day and are back to eating apple wedges from their minder's buckets. They are venturing into other areas of their enclosure and are fighting and removing fleas from each other again, which are normal behaviors for the animals.

Angry Giraffe Attacks Safari Tourists!

And we always thought Geoffrey the Giraffe was the perfect, non-threatening mascot for Toys 'R Us...

Tourists hoping to get up close and personal with wildlife while on safari in the Kruger National Park in South Africa got a little too close for comfort when a thirteen-foot tall, two & a half ton bull giraffe decided to attack!

Video from the scene shows the tourists enjoying a beautiful day out in the bush, observing the incredible animals and sights the world-famous park has to offer. Suddenly, a male giraffe takes exception to the holiday makers and their tour guide and driver and he starts to charge their open-air jeep!

The jeep takes off, but the cranky giraffe continues his pursuit. He even rams the jeep with his powerful, long neck, which actually does some minor damage to the vehicle, taking out a headlight! The giraffe continues to give chase as the safari tourists excitedly shout out expletives in Afrikaans, before the lumbering beast finally tires and stops in his tracks.

As large as they are, experts say that giraffes can actually run as fast as 35-miles-per-hour, a fairly quick pace! Vets believe a hormonal imbalance might be the cause of the animal's crankiness. Either that, or he just finally got sick of the paparazzo...You can check out the scary attack in the video below:

Giant Fluorescent Pink Slugs Discovered In Australia

Australia is world-renowned for its truly bizarre parade of alien-like and deadly creatures: Tiny blue octopi that can kill with the slightest touch, marsupial mammals with a duck bill as well as some of the deadliest snakes and spiders on the planet.

Now, a new species of fluorescent pink slugs has been discovered for the first time, inhabiting a place known to the locals as "Magic Mountain". The day-glo pink invertebrates have been given the official moniker Triboniophorus aff. graeffei, and were only recently discovered living just below the tree line of New South Wales' Mount Kaputar, a 5000 foot (1524 meter) extinct volcano located in the northern part of the Australian state.

Legends and myths of the brightly-hued slimy creatures had actually existed in the region for centuries, but it wasn't until recently that scientists and researchers were able to explore the relatively remote area in depth and discovered that the mythical slugs actually did exist. 

The scientists believe that the fluorescent coloring might actually be a form of camouflage and the species can grow to a length of eight inches (20 centimeters) . The creatures are possibly a relic from a time when Australia was part of a super-continent known as Gondwana. After an eruption of Mount Kaputar occurred over 17 million years ago, a tiny oasis was created where the slugs flourished and were able to survive for millennium, virtually undetected by man.

Man Kills Mama Bear, Tries to Sell Cubs at Gas Station

A California man was stopped from trying to pawn off two adorable bear cubs at a gas station after he killed the mother.

Local authorities in Nevada County, California, fielded a number of calls from concerned passers-by reporting a man was trying to sell the bear cubs in the parking lot. Officials from the Department of Fish and Game arrived to find the man still in the lot, apparently unable to find anyone willing to buy the cubs, as most are probably aware that the cubs grow just a bit bigger over the months and years.

The man claimed that he was forced to shoot and kill the mother of the cubs on his property after she became aggressive and charged him. Feeling sorry for the cubs, he picked them up and tried to find a suitable home for the creatures by pawning them off in a gas station parking lot!

Fish and Wildlife officials are now trying to confirm the man's story about killing the mother bear. The two cubs have been taken to a wildlife rehabilitation facility in Rancho Cordova, where they will spend the summer and fall. They will be tagged and released into a den to spend the winter months. Officials say that dozens of other orphaned cubs have gone through a similar process, and the majority of the bears survive to adulthood.