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Woman gets a little too close to giraffe in South Africa
Making friends with a giraffe is a "tall" order. That's the lesson a clueless tourist on a hike in South Africa learned the hard way. Watch as the seemingly gentle...
Homeless man loses arm in alligator attack in Florida lake after ignoring warnings
“I asked him if he was alright. I startled him. He said, ‘Yeah, yeah, No. I’m good.'"
Man vs. croc! Swimmer breaks free after crocodile chomps his leg
Look out behind you! A sneaky crocodile swam up behind a man swimming in the Lagoon of Illusions in Villahermosa, Mexico, and took a bite out of his right thigh....
Calif. woman was harassed by aggressive black bear she named ‘Big B---ard’ before fatal mauling in home
Pactice Miller, 71, had been harassed by an aggressive black bear in her small Northern California town for months before it broke into her home and killed her last year.
Dog bitten by venomous snake at Connecticut state park prompts risky mountaintop rescue
The terrain at Sleeping Giant State Park in Hamden was extremely treacherous as firefighters and local animal control officers rushed to the scene Wednesday to provide the dog with urgent...
Video shows officials wrangling alligator after it snatched and killed a Florida grandmother
Dramatic new bodycam footage shows the grisly aftermath of a deadly alligator attack that took the life of Florida grandmother Sabrina Peckham -- as officials piece together what may have...
Bull that jumped the fence at rodeo forced to retire from competition, owner says
“It could have been way worse. We were very fortunate that we only had three people with relatively minor injuries.”
Camel trying to cross road smashes through car windshield
A camel landed on the windshield of a car during an accident in India.
Teen who lost a hand, leg in Florida shark attack was on first beach trip with mom: 'I saw her wounds ... and started to scream'
The mother of one of the teenage girls attacked by a shark in the Florida panhandle over the weekend described the horror of seeing her daughter appear "lifeless" after the...
Florida authorities on high alert after 3 shark attacks in a single day — including woman who lost her arm
Authorities temporarily closed the beaches in Walton County, but have since reopened them. But cops have warned beachgoers to remain vigilant.
Two kids, woman with dog attacked by crazed elks in separate incidents in Colorado park: 'Never seen a year like this'
Elks have now attacked parkgoers in Colorado three times in under 10 days, leaving two young children and a woman and her dog with bruises from the surprise stompings, officials...
Three swimmers, including two teens, attacked by sharks off Florida panhandle
"This is an anomaly ... everything from it being three victims, to where it's at."
Teen recounts horrifying shark attack at Texas beach: 'I started punching it'
A 19-year-old Oklahoma woman who was attacked by a shark at a Texas beach during a family vacation last week says she was able to fight off the vicious creature...
Elderly visitor 'seriously injured' when she's gored by bison 'defending its space' at Yellowstone National Park
An 83-year-old woman was seriously injured after being gored by a wild bison "defending its space" in Yellowstone National Park.
Bear chases dog and Minnesota woman in heart-pounding video: 'Lunged at me'
The heart-pounding moments, caught on her home surveillance video, then showed Bailey Jacobson screaming and running back toward her Maple Grove home after the bear "lunged" toward her.
'Ruff' year: Nearly 6K mail carriers attacked by dogs in 2023
There were more United States Postal workers attacked by dogs last year than in 2022, to 5,800 from roughly 5,300 in 2022.
6-week-old mauled to death by family husky during 'completely unprovoked' attack while sleeping in his crib
The dog -- which they had owned for eight years -- was one of two in the home, though neither had a history of aggression.
Owner flees after dog mauls 3-year-old boy, tearing skin off his face: 'I just panicked'
The owner of a dog that attacked a young boy in Adelaide has admitted he “panicked” and fled the scene.
Missing Texas woman's body discovered in alligator's mouth: police
The body believed to be a missing Texas woman was found Tuesday morning -- inside the jaws of an alligator, police said.