IT’S
GOING TO BE FIVE PURR-RIFIC DAYS OF ANIMAL PLANET’S PET
WEEK
WITH WILD BEASTS AND ANIMAL SUPERSTARS THAT HAVE SET LIKE, SHARE AND
TWEET BUTTONS ABLAZE
–
Five-day special airing back-to-back
for three hours daily –
Everyone’s
favourite pet love fest PET
WEEK is
back with some of the most adored critter companions in a five-day
special beginning
Monday, June 23 to Friday, June 27 from 9:00 p.m. to midnight on
Animal Planet. Get ready to meet
the most famous Internet stars that have not only got you going awww,
but have set social media counters worldwide on fire and brought
newfound fame to a host of very special animal friends in the
premiere of the all new eight-part series MY
PET’S GONE VIRAL.
Also making her Animal Planet debut in LIL
BUB SPECIAL SPECIAL
together with actress and comedian Amy Sedaris and a few furry
friends in a slumber party like no other, is Internet sensation Lil
BUB. Then, it’s an exciting look into the fascinating lives of
people who have developed extraordinary bonds with exotic pets in the
premiere of six-part series, PREPOSTEROUS
PETS.
MY
PET’S GONE VIRAL
features cute and fuzzy canines and felines that have become
overnight celebrities with their viral home videos. Meet the pets who
have become mega YouTube stars including Denver the guilty dog whose
video has already racked up over 30 million hits, Yorkies that can
talk, a sweet boxer and his tiny infant sidekick, a bacon-stealing
kitty, a British pug being massaged by a cat, along with a bunch of
dog shaming videos that have become quite the rage. Spend a fun day
with each world-famous pet star – and their owners – to find out
more about these stars and how their videos have changed their lives.
Then,
time to break out the catnip and pajamas as achingly cute Internet
sensation – and the most amazing cat in the world – Lil BUB is
hosting a sleepover! A cat-lebrity with over 664,000 Facebook
friends, Lil BUB was the runt of a healthy feral litter and was taken
in as a rescue when it became clear she would require special care.
She was born with a multitude of genetic anomalies which all add up
to one of nature’s happiest accidents – she is a “perma-kitten”,
which means she will stay kitten-sized and maintain kitten-like
features her entire life. Her extreme case of dwarfism also means her
limbs are disproportionately small relative to the rest of her body,
which makes it slightly challenging for her to move around. Lil BUB
also happens to be a polydactyl, therefore, has one extra toe on all
of her four paws and her front paws each have two opposable thumbs.
In LIL
BUB SPECIAL SPECIAL,
her owner, Mike Bridavsky, is heading out of town for the night –
and when the dude’s away, the cat will play! Mike enlists a special
‘bub-bysitter’ – actress and comedian Amy Sedaris – to
chaperone a slumber party that Lil BUB is hosting for her wild
assortment of friends…just to make sure things don’t get too
catty!
In
PREPOSTEROUS
PETS,
we scour the globe for some of the most eccentric pet owners who
share a special relationship with the most unconventional pets such
as polar bears, tigers, giraffes, alligators, amongst others.
Discover what led these owners and their families to develop an
unbreakable bond with some of the scariest, wildest and fiercest
animals on the planet. In Indonesia, one man is passing on his
obsession of gibbons to his grandson. Over in Thailand, an elephant
whisperer reveals how singing to her Asian elephants has made her a
part of the herd. Playtime with kitty is never quite so dangerous as
when one man plays mouse to his Bengal tiger, Mulan, on the island of
Java. From feral creatures to the biggest critters in cyberspace,
this year’s PET
WEEK is
set to be a purr-fect
week of family-friendly fun on Animal Planet!
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