toad.

Have you ever been so close to achieving a goal, only to miss it by the slightest bit? It could be an actual physical maneuver or something more abstract, but the failure feels the same. Here are two slow-motion videos of the same hungry frog living two of those moments. He tries to catch a delicious bug and fails, falling flat on his face (we presume). It might look like he missed by a mile, but when you consider that these were shot at 500 frames per second, it becomes clear that Froggy couldn't have gotten any closer to lunch only to walk away empty-handed. ...

Rounding up our favorite animal stories, photos, and videos on the Web each week! Tiny Toads on The Move African spray toads dodge extinction and find a new home in the Bronx Zoo. Apparently they'd always wanted to visit the Big Apple. [via NYTimes.com] Nurse Bunny A paralyzed rabbit works as a therapy pet at a hospital in Israel. Other, lazier, therapy animals are secretly annoyed with the overachieving bunny. [via People Pets] Blinded Turtle After having his eyes gouged out in Greece, this turtle finds a new life in the UK. [via Guardian.co.uk] Turtles Take A Wrong Turn An Aussie and her neighbors save hundreds of baby turtles who wandered into the ...