Photographer Takes Breathtaking Portraits with Real Animals

Katerina Plotnikova is a photographer from Russia who takes dreamy photos with the help of real animals. The creatures she captures on these photographs are just unreal; there is no Photoshop involved, just a group of elite animal trainers. Enjoy the surreal, almost mystical quality of her work. 

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Images: Rare Ginger Seal

Prepare for your heart to break. This ginger seal is an outcast from its colony. They don't want him. He's ugly and they don't want him. How's the heart?

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Chimp: You Ma Dawg!

This loving mastiff didn’t mind adding one more to her litter of pups, even though it didn’t have a tail to wag and was suspiciously wearing a diaper. The little ape had been rejected by its chimpanzee mother at a Russian zoo. So a worker took it home, not realizing her 100-pound dog, who had just given birth to four puppies, would take over maternal duties and raise the little chimp as her own.

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Video: Crow 'Snowboards' On Snowy Rooftop In Russia

It seems snowboarding isn't just for humans anymore. Turns out birds know how to have some winter fun, too. In this astonishing footage posted on YouTube byRussia Today, a crow climbs on a round disc and slides down a rooftop in Russia. After a solid first run, the bird's second attempt is somewhat disappointing. But without delay, the crow clutches the "board" and tries again.

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40,000 Year Old Baby Mammoth Discovered

A man herding reindeer in Russia's Arctic found the perfectly-preserved, 40,000-year-old body of a baby woolly mammoth.

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