we all love pets in fact countless Studies have suggested that the company of a furry friend might even be beneficial to our mental health that said some pets out there are a little strange and their owners have gone way beyond what can be considered a normal relationship with their animal friends so today we'll be meeting some crazy pets with even stranger owners including a chicken raised for meat that's now convinced he's a dog a woman with 28 000 cats and a handful of pet owners who refuse t
o say goodbye to their dearly departed fur babies strap in and stay tuned cause things are about to get pretty weird on this Pet Safari thank you Boo the chicken it was a dark tragic day back in 2017 when Mary Bowman's much beloved pet chick and Julian passed away while some folks would merely see the passing of a chicken as a free dinner opportunity Mary was heartbroken and time though her hardwood mend and in October 2017 she decided to adopt a new chicken after all it's what Julian would have
wanted it was then that she became aware of Boo this chicken like many was destined to be slaughtered but had luckily been rescued from that fate by members of a Facebook group called vegans with chickens it was through this Facebook group page that Mary became aware of the chicken who was now up for adoption and since Boo looked just like her lay Julian Mary believed it was fate that had brought them together a chicken that looks just like another chicken what are the chances because Boo was r
aised on a farm for meat he was grossly overfed meaning that at just six weeks old the age when chickens are typically slaughtered he weighed almost 15 pounds for comparison the average healthy naturally fed chick only weighs around six and a half pounds as a result of Boo's obesity he suffered from heart troubles and a lack of blood oxygen however once he settled into his new home and healthier diet with Mary over time the once neglected chicken ended up with a clean bill of health and became a
domesticated pet strangely he even developed behaviors we typically attribute to dogs from having free run of the house and eating out of a dog's bowl to even going on walks and family outings boo essentially became Mary's Pet chicken Pooch so much so he even can play fetch I mean just check out this clip from booze on Instagram the real boo the Roo okay so perhaps he hasn't quite got the fetch part of it down yet but given time I'm sure he'll be in the park catching frisbees with all the other
dogs but playing games aside according to Mary boo is so much more than just a chicken or even a dog for that matter who is a genius from being a virtuoso on the old Ebony and ivories [Music] to his secretary work what you doing not to mention being a fashion icon what with his own Ultra Chic poop bag so it's pretty clear this chicken's got more to him than we usually assume for a bird of his kind but are we underestimating chickens in general Boo's oven like into a dog and his behavior and it
might surprise you to learn that multiple Studies have found that the intelligence of chickens and dogs is actually roughly on par of course there's little research or evidence to prove whether it's possible for a chicken to actually believe it's a dog or even another species but research conducted by the UK's biotechnology and biological sciences research Council has strongly suggested that they're capable of empathy meaning it's technically possible that a chicken might observe empathize and t
une into a dog's emotional reactions and behavior time with this clever behavioral mirroring the two species can certainly coexist and get on with one another very well even giving each other piggy bags okay admittedly that last one was a wonderful bit of AI generated imagery but point is chickens and dogs can be friends and are a lot more similar than we often give them credit for but booze boner Mary isn't the only proud chicken mom out there whose bird has a certain canine flare movie star Je
nnifer Garner also has a few poultry pounds that she treats like bad dogs I mean just check out this Instagram post where she and her pet chicken hilariously named Regina George can be seen heading out for a walk presumably though Jennifer's chicks aren't quite as advanced as boo not at least when it comes to texting and shredding the guitar [Music] me I love Coldplay encore stuffed pup moving on to some petsu's owners are the most unusual part of the partnership now with 95 percent of U.S pet o
wners reporting to feel their pet is part of the family it can be tough when they pass away however some people take their pet grief to a whole nother level in 2008 UK couple Kimmy and Stuart Walker Harris brought home a little puppy Chihuahua named Fifi small she might have been but of all the family's dogs Fifi apparently had the biggest personality so much so Kimmy claims Fifi was quote the best dog ever however in 2021 at age 13 Fifi passed away so as all normal pet owners would Kimmy wait a
m I reading this right Cami took FiFi to the taxidermist and had her stuffed oh sweet Jesus I'm not kidding just moments after Fifi's final breath she was hurled into Kimmy's freezer as to you know preserve her good looks she was then skinned stretched and stuffed creating what Kimmy now calls the new Fifi now taking pride of blaze in the couple's bedroom the new Phoebe perches on a chair like she once did only now dead but that doesn't matter to Kimmy as she explains she just likes seeing and s
troking her even admitting to saying morning Fifi every morning while petting the stuffed Pooch I just dread to think what Kimmy might do should Stewart kick the bucket Humphrey the hippo it was a stormy Day in South Africa 2005 when a baby hippo got caught in a flood being just five months old it must have been distressing considering that hippos typically live under the protection of their mothers until around seven to eight years old however this lost hippo was about to cross paths with 40 ye
ar old Marius owls who would take in and care for the animal Mary has caught him Humphrey and before long Humphrey and Marius would become what Mary is likened to Father and Son but would you believe it it turned out having a pet hippo wasn't ideal being one of the most aggressive animals on the planet Humphrey's hippo instincts meant he would often charge at people who dared go near marius's Farm not only that but he would sometimes break out of his enclosure wander to a nearby golf course and
then aggressively chased down the golfers it sounds like a bit of fun and games but the shocking truth is that hippos kill around 500 people in Africa every year so this pet was a genuine public Hazard but that didn't bother Marius after all Humphrey would never hurt him right well on one fatal November Day in 2011 everything changed Humphrey out of nowhere turned on Marius sending his own father on the one-way train to Evansville leaving his remains submerged in the very same river that Mary's
rescued Humphrey from just six years earlier it's sad but I can't help but think this could have been avoided had he not but friended a 1.2 ton deadly Beast puppy love ever since being a little girl UK resident Amanda Rogers had dreamed of having the perfect wedding but even with a short-lived marriage during her 20s Amanda never managed to find her Mr Wright so feeling dismayed with human love she turned her gaze to the canine world no really she fell in love with Sheba her pet Jack Russell and
according to Amanda it was a no-brainer after all Sheba made her laugh and would comfort her when she was feeling low she had everything you could want in a life partner you're probably wondering how one might go about proposing to a dog and well it's easy Amanda simply got down on one knee and popped the question and it was obviously a yes when Sheba wagged her tail whether we can consider that consent is open to debate but regardless Amanda and sheba married in 2014. unofficially brought toge
ther in holy matrimony in Croatia they were joined by 200 guests hmm I wonder if any of sheba's side of the family went to the ceremony anyway Amanda described it is a wonderful moment while surprisingly Sheba is yet to comment on the marriage though Amanda is sure she is quote totally cheapest so all together it seems either Amanda is a few dog treats short of a pet store or she's one of the greatest trolls of our time I'll leave that up to you to decide Hawaiian hamster now we press forward on
to a story of love and loss experienced by Lisa Murray Lang from the UK it was 2019 when Lisa brought home her pet hamster Spud for the first time given the pandemic that began unfolding towards the end of 2019 much of Spud's little life was spent in the covid-19 lockdown while it's not exactly uncommon for hamsters to live their lives without exploring much further beyond their owner's house Lisa felt guilty knowing Spud had never seen the world so she began crafting replicas of famous landmark
s such as London Paris and Hogwarts to name a few showing spread the world from the comfort of home though his favorite spot undoubtedly was Hawaii and I'm a little jealous of his lockdown vacation but by March 2022 Spud kicked the bucket at just three years old roughly the average life expectancy for a hamster Lisa was devastated even claiming that Spud gave her a reason to get out of bed she knew in her heart that there was only one thing to do Hawaii would Spud now turn to Ash Lisa took a 4 0
00 trip to Hawaii where Spud's Essence was scattered into the Hawaiian Breeze wow really puts the popsicle stick gravestone I made for my dead hamster to shame Posh pop these days people can get carried away when it comes to pampering their pooches from grooming to garments dogs have never been so domesticated however this next pet owner takes it to another level and 2021 Canadian Chef Sean McDonald got a beautiful Labrador puppy which he named hazelnut with a passion for cooking and a love for
hazelnut Sean got thinking why not combine the two no not cook hazelnut but cook five-star meals for Hazelnut and just take a look at hazelnut tucking into braised beef and bone marrow [Music] with a taste for the Finer Things hazelnut routinely dines on dishes such as lobster bisque king crab carbonara and charcuterie boards to name a few when asked Sean cited hazelnut's most luxurious meal as beef with fograw bone marrow truffle and lobster damn does this mean there's a dog out there who liter
ally eats better every day than I ever have heck hazelnuts even shout down on octopus foreign [Music] there's gotta be a way I can get in on this free deliciousness um woof woof crazy rat lady for most of us finding a rat in our house would cause utter panic and Chaos of course it's not unheard of for people to have pet rats but one woman has taken that to the extreme commanding an army of 50 rats in 2018 51 year old Californian Michelle Raven got herself for pet rats two naked rats Chuck and El
vis plus two hooded rats Lucy and Ethel but for Michelle four rats just didn't hit the spot over the next four years she would acquire 46 more rats which she allows to screw around her and her house take a look [Music] it's the stuff of nightmares for many but according to Michelle her quote unquote babies can do no wrong she testifies that they are personable creatures who are mostly friendly and while they're generally known for living in sewers and trash cans Michelle says the idea of rats be
ing dirty and diseased is just an inaccurate stigma ensure these little guys can be pretty cute on occasion but is that really an excuse to live with 50 of them Michelle is it catacular meet 73 year old Linnea letanzio in 1992 linnea's father asked her to help him find a new pet cat unfortunately Linnea couldn't find him a pet cat but she did find him 15 kittens ever since then she hasn't been able to curb her passion for feline friends so much so that in 2016 it was reported she was sharing her
home with around 1 100 cats but don't worry she isn't your classic throwing cats while incoherently screaming type cat lady she runs a sanctuary for feral and abandoned kitties the cat house on the Kings found on Kings River Road in Parlier California is linnea's 12-acre cat sanctuary where she and her 1100 cats live or at least Lynette used to having been forced to vacate the overcrowded main house and set up camp in a mobile home but as crazy as a thousand cats may sound lynnae is constantly
finding her feline residents new homes with loving families so it's actually as made it that in her whole career she's had around 28 000 cats total but all this Kitty care comes at a hefty cost roughly 1.6 million dollars a year taking into account staff food litter maintenance and medical fees in fact Linnea even trained as a vet to keep costs down but that's not a scratch on the whole expense which is just barely able to be funded by donations and sponsorships hmm I guess saving yourself over
a million dollars a year by not being surrounded by over a thousand cats doesn't appeal to some folks huh a shoe with a view all right gather around kids I have a story to tell you this is the story of Jabba the toad Once Upon a Time in 2019 a woman named Cedar Hood found a little green visitor on her porch and no not the Extraterrestrial kind the amphibian kind Ceta was Keen to accommodate her little toad guests so she offered him a shoe to live in not just that but she gave him a name too he w
as now Jabba the toad and Jabba was very pleased with his shoe house so much so that every day Jabba would go about his life and then Retreat back to the warm cozy and presumably slightly stanky comfort of seated shoe but as summer came to an end Jabba departed into the nearby Woods for hibernation it was a long and lonely winter for Sita but as so often as the case true love prevailed when the following spring Jabba returned to Cedar's shoe it was then that Ceda made the shoe job as official su
mmer home with a bold sign warning All To Not Disturb his Majesty unfortunately there's been no public update as to whether Java returned for a third summer but Sita said that regardless of whether he returned again she was grateful for Jabba's friendship and on that note I'm grateful for your friendship so why don't you go ahead and hit those like And subscribe buttons to really solidify this thing between us thanks friend now let's get back to it dead dog chic so far we've already seen how ber
eaved pet owners can do the strangest things when their pets die and well this next story is no exception in 2008 Beth and Brian Willis a retired couple from the UK made headlines after doing something pretty peculiar with their dearly departed dogs turned out they had made them into sweaters yep what was once a Swedish Lampoon named Penny and white samoyed named Cara were both immortalized in sweater form as insane as that might sound rest assured that Beth and Brian weren't exactly wearing the
ir Pet's skin what they'd actually done was collect the molted fur from their dogs and when they eventually passed had it spun into yarn which was used to knit their woolly sweaters still I'm not gonna lie Beth and Brian it's a bit weird nevertheless they're smitten with their sweaters claiming they're quote extremely warm and pretty much waterproof yeah if you get caught in the rain with one of these on just give yourself a quick shake and you're good to go Lady Gaga ah Lady Gaga pop star movie
star fashion icon she's a global phenomena oh wait wait they're telling me we're not talking about that Lady Gaga okay from the top ah Lady Gaga chicken yep Lady Gaga isn't just a pop star but a fuchsia pink chicken belonging to Sharon folks a big fan of the real Gaga Sharon named her chick Lady Gaga and dresses her in equally eccentric outfits which by the way she occasionally matches with work it girls and it's not just her name and appearance that pays homage to the star but according to Sha
ron the little clicker even has a diva attitude to match much like the star Lady Gaga turns heads everywhere she goes with her Posse I mean as if seeing someone walking a chicken wouldn't already grab your attention let alone a chicken wearing a dress but that's just the life of a star from photo shoots to attending events such as Manhattan's annual blessings of the animals where pet owners come together to celebrate their animal Pals Lady Gaga is one busy chick and hey she's even a musician too
our shirts with any luck perhaps one day we'll even get some chicken covers of Lady Gaga's best hits clicker face the edge of Clary speak romance all right I'll stop all I want to know is when's the hottest musical collab of the year coming from Gaga and boo tatted Terrier oftentimes rescue animals don't have the best start in life and when Texas man Chris Mendiola rescued his dog bear in 2010 he noticed something shocking bear had a tattoo disgusted that anyone could do such a thing Chris deci
ded to make a statement he got a matching tattoo but what exactly was the tattoo well let's just say it wasn't your classic rose or hard kind of tattoo instead it was a male symbol with a cross through it or as people were quick to point out to Chris a medical symbol indicating that bear had been neutered you see in the U.S some vets and shelters will tattoo dogs that have had the snip so they know they're not a threat of becoming a multiple time baby daddy around their local area to Chris's sur
prise his Grand Jester which was intended to be heartfelt sent him viral for all the wrong reasons still Chris maintains that his tattoo is but a sign of love for bear and that he has no regrets are you sure Chris not even just a little little oscar-winning horseplay you've heard the phrase to work like a horse and well that's because generally horses are hard workers you had one horse in Korea doesn't exactly have the greatest work ethic meet gen gang the horse who refuses to work right and wel
l do anything in fact this horse is so lazy that if anyone tries to ride him he'll simply drop to the floor and play dead and let me tell you he does a very convincing job with his eyes closed mouth ajar and contorted arms and legs this money puts on a truly oscar-winning performance after lying there for a moment or two he'll then wait until the coast is clear and then stand back up but should anyone approach him again he'll reassume the deathbed performance while the collapsing to the floor is
n't certainly unique it's said that horses might refuse to ride for a multitude of reasons the four main ones cited as either pain misunderstanding fear or as is likely to the case with Jen gang disrespect challenging the authority of the perceived leader of the social hierarchy or maybe this horse just needs a chance to make it big on the stage saying his name in lights in Broadway as he so clearly desires someone get this fine act or an agent Jackie to Jack Russell and today's day and age ever
yone should feel free to be and express who they truly are no matter what race gender or sexuality in fact things have gotten so Progressive that even a dog had gender reassignment surgery well in a way allow me to explain in 2015 Frank and Mary finally a couple from Scotland bought a female Jack Russell named Molly however over time they noticed Molly wasn't behaving all too ladylike and what they described as increasingly male Behavior Molly would do innately masculine canine behaviors such as
sometimes lifting her leg to pee it sounds minor but the finals wondered if there might be a medical issue or discomfort causing the behaviors so they took Molly to the vet lo and behold an examination would reveal that Molly was actually intersex that is she exhibited both male and female privates in Molly's case she had for one of a better word normal female external bits but a pair of a shall we say chew toys hiding on the inside of course this is extremely rare what with only 15 other recor
ded cases of a similar situation on record still the vet went ahead and removed Molly's mail Parts affirming that doing so would prevent it from developing into a potentially painful condition as she got older regardless said that she's now happy fit and healthy I guess when your main concern is scratch's kibble and sniffing butts losing a few pieces of Hardware downstairs doesn't trouble you all that much and that wild tale brings us to the end of today's video but tell me which of these strang
e stories shocked you the most let me know in the comments and as always thanks for watching I'll catch you in the next one [Music]
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