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We guess sometimes you just gotta venture outside your comfort zone.

And we guess that means if you're an elephant seal, you leave the water and head into the city!

At the beach resort town of Balneario Camboriu in Southern Brazil, a huge seal waddled into the street.

It was being safe at least, because it crossed at the crosswalk! Ha!

The giant sea mammal, who weighed over half a ton, held up traffic for over an hour as police and rescuers made sure to keep splashing water on the beast.

Luckily, the seal wasn't injured and no one got close enough to be hurt by it, and it eventually made its way back to the water.

Check out the video (above) to see the seal crossing in action!

Tags: brazil, crazy, elephant seal, sea mammal, traffic, traffic jam, water

A country road in Leicestershire, England has collapsed and officials are blaming it on some naughty badgers.

The badgers burrowed underneath the road, causing two giant craters to form. The road will be shut down for at least three weeks as highway engineers begin to fix the nearly impassable road.

The good news is that while the county wants the road back ASAP, they will do their best to not disturb the badgers' habitat.

See, everyone wins….except people with cars! LOLz!

Tags: badgers, burrowing, crazy, leicestershire, road, traffic, wildlife

Sometimes the loyalty of a dog is truly inspiring!

A black Lab stayed by her fallen companion after the poor yellow pooch was struck by a vehicle.

The yellow Lab was mortally wounded and the black Lab never left her friend, despite the heavy traffic flow around her.

A driver placed cones around the dogs to warn other commuters and filmed the brave pooch too.

No one has claimed the black Lab so she is currently up for adoption.

And who wouldn't want to adopt this heroic pup?!

Tags: black, hit by car, inspiration, lab, labrador retriever, sad, traffic, yellow

The tigers are starving, the nearly 200 pelicans can't even unfold their wings, they're so tightly packed in their enclosure.

A giraffe even recently died with a beach ball-sized clump of plastic food wrappers in its stomach.

This is all at Indonesia's largest zoo.

The breeding is uncontrolled, there isn't enough money to take proper care of the animals, and

Tags: animals, breed, breeding, died, eating, exotic, food, giraffe, illegal, indonesia, peta, terrible, tiger, tigers, traffic, zoo

Seven people in the U.S. have been arrested in connection with trafficking rhino horns.

The horns are cut from the head of the endangered rhino for ornamental carvings, good luck charms or possible medical purposes, including curing cancer (all of which are unsubstantiated or just plain false).

The assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's Environment and Natural Resources Division said:

"The rhino is an animal of prehistoric origin that is facing possible extinction because of an illegal trade for its horns on the black market that is driven by greed."

Check out the above video to learn all about rhino horn trafficking and what specially trained park rangers are doing to stop it.

Tags: arrest, arrested, cancer, danger, endangered, environment, horns, illegal, rhino, traffic

In Arizona, police stopped two lanes of traffic on the highway to give them a chance to chase a rabbit off the road.

The bunny was hopping along the freeway and motorists were forced to swerve to avoid hitting the cute little guy.

So police stepped in and chased the bunny around the road until they finally ran him back into the desert where he'd be safe.

Way to get that wascally wabbit! LOLz!

[Image via WENN.]

Tags: bunny, police, rabbit, traffic

Do you see revenge in her eyes? You should!

This little kitten used up one of its lives when it miraculously survived being thrown from a car that was crossing a bridge in New York.

And we didn't know monster's could get a drivers license in NY!

The callous act took place on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, which towers 228 feet above the Hudson Bay. But luckily for the cat, an Animal Care and Control Officer who was driving a short distance behind saw what happened.

Incredibly some helpful truckers used their rigs to block the traffic and create a safe lane while the AC&C officer picked up the kitten, which had been thrown against the bridge's safety barrier.

It was a close call, but the kitty — named Verrazano — got clean bill of health by its vets.

Animal Care And Control is hoping witnesses will come forward and identify the car that the kitten was thrown from.

[Image via WENN/myfoxny.]

Tags: cat, help, kitten, monster, new york, safety, survived, traffic