We Found Bigfoot! Have You?

 

Photo courtesy of Sarah McMurdy

It was an exciting day at the Animal Planet's SIlver Spring, Md., office. Why's that? Bigfoot stopped by in preparation for Sunday's premiere of Finding Bigfoot. Naturally, some of the Animal Planet staff took this rare opportunity to get photographic evidence of the big guy.

Want to see more Bigfoot? Discover evidence, see the best of the previous seasons and learn all about the BFRO and the others that search for him!

 

Want even more Finding Bigfoot? Tune in for an all new season Sunday, Nov. 11 at 10 PM E/P!

Things are Getting Wild at Animal Planet HQ

 

Things got a little wild at Animal Planet yesterday when Dave Salmoni showed up at work with a few of his friends in tow. In preparation for his new show, Frontier Earth presented by Walmart (which premieres Nov. 13 at 8PM E/P), Dave brought in a slew of animals to treat Discovery employees. Take a look at some of the fun below!

Eating Giants: Hippo. Employees React!

This Sunday at 10 e/p, Animal Planet airs Eating Giants: Hippo, a special documenting the days following the death of a three-and-a-half ton hippo along the banks of Zambia's Luangwa River. We see some unpleasant moments in the program, one in particular that Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times says "will leave half of the viewing audience pretty darn uncomfortable." Here's what happened when we showed the film to fellow employees:

 

Enjoy Eating Giants: Hippo! We would recommend finishing dinner well before the show starts.

Celebrating a Great Summer in Colorful Style

This summer, we noticed a trend among the employees at Animal Planet's New York office: colored pants! Everyone seemed to be wearing them! To celebrate this craze and commemorate our best summer ever, we declared Friday, September 7, to be Colored Pants Day.

Here's proof!

How about you? How do you celebrate successes in the office? Put on a pair of red jeans, purple corduroys or yellow chinos and discuss below in the Comments section!

 

Field Trips are the Best Trips

 

 

One of the great things about working at Animal Planet is that we're all constantly trying to think of fun ways to feature animals and share the adorableness with all of you. And every once in a while, all of that brainstorming and creative thinking allows us to take field trips. You know... for "research."

Yesterday a group of us had the opportunity to travel to the Washington Animal Rescue League to check out their facilities and meet some animals for a project that could potentially launch sometime in the fall. As you might have guessed, we're all animal lovers and took this time to "oooh" and "awww" over the dogs and cats housed in the lovely temporary home WARL provides them.

We collected some of the cell phone shots from Animal Planet staffers and wanted to share them with you.

Animal Planet's Got Olympic Fever! Do You?

 

It's usually not a real meeting at Animal Planet until a funny cat video has been played, but for the last week and a half, talk of funny cats has been replaced by conversations about amazing Olympians, who won which events and, of course, what we could do to get more animals involved in the Games. Naturally.

While a few of us used our lunchbreaks to stream some of the live event coverage (I'm looking at you social media manager Grace Suriel!), others have taken the opportunity to create fun Olympic-themed videos in order to spotlight great Animal Planet talent.

Our amazing Marketing team put together these two awesome Olympic spots featuring the stars of Gator Boys, Call of the Wildman and Hillbilly Handfishin'.

 

Top 10 Reasons Why Working at Animal Planet is Awesome

Everyone loves Animal Planet. We have research* that says so. But, what is it like to work here? In a word, AWESOME. Here are ten reasons (in no particular order) that back me up!

1. You never know when the Turtleman will make an appearance
Just last week I was fortunate enough to accompany a colleague and Ernie Brown Jr. (AKA "Turtleman") to dinner. Ernie was a complete gentleman and even agreed to pose for this fun photo. Now that's LIVE ACTION!

Photo Courtesy Grace Suriel

2. Watching cat videos on YouTube for hours is considered "research"
We take all things cute very seriously around here. Much like a scientist should be well versed in the theories of Einstein and Newton, an Animal Planet employee is required to be up to date on the latest memes and viral videos. See below for a typical example of cute.

A Sure-Fire Pick-Me-Up for a Slow Day at Work

 

Need a break from the grind? Here's a fun tip from Jane Harrell, Managing Editor at Petfinder.com.

Working for Petfinder.com means that I’m pretty much guaranteed an around-the-clock crazy workplace. When the whole team is devoted to saving lives how can we be any other way? But sometimes I need a brain-break to recharge. (Shush, don’t tell anyone.)

I’ve found an easy way to get a few minutes to myself while still keeping my eye on the lifesaving mission of Petfinder. Even better, it’s something ANYONE can do to relax, grab a few minutes for yourself and help make a difference for an adoptable pet: make an adoptable pet meme!

Here’s how:

1)      Enjoy some gratuitous adoptable cuteness: Go to Petfinder.com and put in your favorite pet type and Zip code. Then enjoy clicking through the pages of adorable adoptable pets.

2)      Find a standout photo: Pick a photo of an adoptable pet that you just love. It can be funny, serious, mind-blowingly cute – whatever speaks to you. I tend to go for the unexpected photos where I can clearly read the pet’s expression.