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Gorilla Warfare…

Gorilla Warfare...

Definitely one of the most striking pictures I’ve ever seen… DailyMail UK This is how you see off a love rival, gorilla-style. With teeth bared and enormous arms swinging, the two huge apes hurl themselves towards each other. This moment, just before they clashed in mid-air, was captured by a visitor to the Kent zoo [...]

Police Dog Dies of Nose Cancer Caused by Sniffing Cocaine…

Police Dog Dies of Nose Cancer Caused by Sniffing Cocaine...

Poor pooch. What a sad way to go… Telegraph UK Springer spaniel Max, aged nine, may have caught the disease because of the effect of cocaine and other drugs he was taught to detect. Police Inspector Anne Higgins, the dog’s owner, fears the training may have led to the disease which led to him being [...]

Turritopsis Nutricula the Immortal Jellyfish Discovered…

Turritopsis Nutricula the Immortal Jellyfish Discovered...

Wow! Daily Mail UK A tiny sea creature capable of rejuvenating itself over and over again may hold the secret to eternal life. The jellyfish-like Turritopsis Nutricula reverts back to a juvenile form once it mates after becoming sexually mature. So for this creature it’s sex, not piety that is the key to living for [...]

Flipper’s Trainer Crusades Against Dolphin Slaughter in Japan

Flipper’s Trainer Crusades Against Dolphin Slaughter in Japan

  I really didn’t know Flipper had been gone for close to 40 years. I thought he was alive and well…  Scratch the above, I didn’t realize that flipper was actually played by a group of dolphins… Hmmm… Either way, good luck to Richard O’Barry and his cause…  Bloomberg The moment Flipper died in his arms, [...]

The Real Scorpion King…

The Real Scorpion King...

I wonder how he got started in this rather peculiar hobby of his… The Sun UK MEET the world record holder – for putting scorpions in his mouth. Critters … scorpions in Elmalk’s mouth Majed Elmalk can hold dozens of the stinging critters in his jaws. And doesn’t mind them slowly crawling around on his [...]

Man Abandons Nearly 300 Rats By The Side of the Road…

Man Abandons Nearly 300 Rats By The Side of the Road...

What a world we live in… Fox News   A Providence man who abandoned nearly 300 rats on the side of a road has been ordered to pay $1,000 restitution and perform 50 hours of community service. Toby Duffany pleaded no contest on Wednesday to animal abandonment.       Authorities say the 22-year-old Duffany [...]

Florida Cold Makes Iguanas Drop From Trees…

Florida Cold Makes Iguanas Drop From Trees...

Surely, this can’t be good… Worse still is the fact that these are reptiles which were released from domestic captivity, and now have to fend for themselves in the wild… NBC    The chilly weather in southern Florida this week was cold enough to force some iguanas to fall from trees. Experts say the cold-blooded [...]

The Rat who loves a Cat (Video)

The Rat who loves a Cat (Video)

Stranger things have definitely been known to happen in nature, but this is something very special…

Hercules; World’s Biggest Liger…

Hercules; World's Biggest Liger...

Yikes! Yes, Ligers do exist in nature… From Geroge over at Flickr…

Albino Animals… Who Would Have Thunk It?

Albino Animals... Who Would Have Thunk It?

Quite an interesting collection of albino animals… An albino peacock opens its plumage at Botanic Garden in Bogota, Colombia, June 15, 2005.