As China is working on making their water look like water and blocking internet sites for media reporters, I'm quite happy to ignore the Olympics all together. Though I bleed red, white and blue I just can't get excited for a sporting event that will be taking place on the other side of the world while I'm sleeping.

With that in mind, my web-surfing leads me (of course) to animals doing things on YouTube that could be Olympic sports. Maybe.

  • Take for instance this dog trying to snowboard (below). I mean, he's no Shaun White, but he's my favorite to win something at the winter events.

  • Surfing isn't even an Olympic sport (though 'Olympic Crowd Surfing' sure looks fun), but it should be. Once they let the bipedal humans compete, they better let these adorable dogs have their moment, too.



  • We've had the high jump forever now, right? But what about jumping off of tall things and not getting hurt? Now that's an event! Watch the video below -- the cat falls 80' and then takes off running. Take that, humans!



  • I propose that we let birds sit out some events, notably baseball. Watch the following video with caution.