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26/11/2016

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29/11/2012

THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD TWO-FACED CAT IS WORLD'S OLDEST

A rare two-faced cat, born with two faces, two mouths, two noses and three eyes, has lived for 12 years, according to the Associated Press. Frank and Louie the two-faced cat is the pet of Marty Stevens of Worcester, Mass., who rescued the feline from being euthanized because of his condition.

Frank and Louie was born on September 8, 1999 and have
made it into the 2012 Guinness World Records as the longest surviving member of what has come to be known as Janus cats. This rare group of cats gets its name from the Roman god Janus, who has two faces.

The cat eats on the right side, using Frank's face, which is connected to his esophagus, while Louie's nose twitches at the same time, his owner said.

(c)ibtimes.com

29/11/2012

Great Blue Hole

The Great Blue Hole is a large submarine sinkhole off the coast of Belize. It lies near the center of Lighthouse Reef, a small atoll 70 km (43 mi) from the mainland and Belize City. The hole is circular in shape, over 300 m (984 ft) across and 124 m (407 ft) deep. It was formed during several episodes of quaternary glaciation when sea levels were much lower - the analysis of stal
actites found in Great Blue Hole shows that formation took place 153,000, 66,000, 60,000, and 15,000 years ago. As the ocean began to rise again, the caves were flooded.The Great Blue Hole is a part of the larger Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System, a World Heritage Site of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

(c)wikipedia

28/11/2012

TWO BROTHERS POSE FOR A PHOTO BEFORE GETTING STRUCK BY LIGHTNING

Two brothers pose for a photo in Sequoia National Park moments before getting struck by lightning in August, 1975.

Two seconds after Mary McQuilken snapped this shot of her brothers posing on top of Moro Rock in Sequoia National Park, California a powerful lightning bolt struck them.

A hiker just outside the frame was killed and Sean (on the left) eventually also died from complications associated with his injuries. Michael McQuilken (on the right) survived. The family was hiking in the Sierra Nevada during August 1975 when the incident occurred.

(c) http://espanol.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=94
Photo by Mary McQuilken.

28/11/2012

STRANGE CREATURE

This creature, was found on Thailand, its strangely shaped body leaves a lot of mastery around it . The photographer has captured with his camera a truly unique and amazing moment, and got himself a fantastic photographs that make up a great story.

As all good mysteries it happens in far away from the technology wonders of the modern society in Thailand. You can see a lot of local folks in the background of these photos that seem to worship this creature they have “found”. The end result is an even more absurd and even humorous scene. They managed to get me even more amazed by this baby powder and juices they brought as a tribute to this creature. They have even brought a fan to keep it well preserved for the scientists.

(c) http://www.chilloutpoint.com/odd_world/strangest-creature-found-on-earth.html

28/11/2012

OVERTOUN BRIDGE DOG DEATHS

In the past fifty years, 50 to 600 dogs have jumped over Scotland’s Overtoun Bridge and plummeted to their deaths. A few years ago, five dogs jumped in under six months. The Daily Mail wrote an article featuring reports of horrified pet owners who walked their dog over the bridge, when suddenly the dog would, without warning, leap over the bridge, falling 50 ft to the rocky bottom below. Perhaps even more disturbing, there are reports of “second timers” – of the few dogs who have survived the fall, some jumped over the same bridge again.

Many theories have circulated about why dogs react this way to the bridge. Some suggest that the dogs are deliberately committing su***de, perhaps due to depression in their owners or even a supernatural force. More recent research suggests that it may be the scent of minks, an animal known to live under the bridge.

(c) http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/06/mass-animal-deaths-creepi_n_805311.html &title=Dogs_Over_The

28/11/2012

MONTAUK MO

A Team of investigators unravel the mystery of a strange alien-like creature that washes up on the shores of Montauk, Long Island in 2008. The creature has a bird-like beak, a bald bloated body and appears to have a tag tied to its front limb.
A woman is found dead in a Swedish woodland. Her husband is arrested on suspicion of murder. Although the police struggle to find any evidence against him, he remains the prime suspect. Animal hairs are found at the crime scene and a lengthy investigation ensues to find out if there could be a killer lurking deep in the forest and if the husband is innocent. A hot-air balloon pilot on a flight across the Serengeti National Park spots a lion having a fatal seizure. In decades of study, nothing like this has ever been seen. In a seemingly unrelated mystery an unprecedented amount of lions are being killed by other lions. Wildlife veterinarian Melody Roelke-Parker and Lion ecologist Craig Packer set out to discover what is happening, and whether the two incidents are related.

(c) http://www.macaucabletv.com/en/2011/post520/wild-case-files-montauk-mo.html

28/11/2012

Fairy Circles

Some grasslands in Namibia are spotted with mysterious lifeless circles that appear, then disappear after a few decades. What are "fairy circles" and why do they form?
Writing in the journal PLoS One,Walter R. Tschinkel, the study’s author and a biologist at Florida State University, reports that the circles can last 24 to 75 years.
The circles, which range from about 6 to 30 feet in diameter, begin as bare spots on an otherwise continuous grass carpet; after a few years, taller grass starts to grow around the circle’s perimeter. [...]
So while the reasons for the circles are still unknown, Dr. Tschinkel says his study has raised several crucial questions: “Why are they regularly distributed, rather than random or clumped; why do they appear with the grass dying suddenly; why is there taller grass at the perimeter; and why is there a difference in diameters?”
Until then, he continued, “the mystery of the fairy circles, or at least what causes them, remains a mystery.”

(c) http://www.neatorama.com/2012/11/11/The-Fairy-Circles-of-Namibia/

28/11/2012

TEXAS MONSTER WEB

A giant web engulfs an area of forest about the size of a soccer pitch. It stretches over 12 meters into the tree tops and covers trees like plastic shrink wrap.

It is the biggest spider web ever documented.

When spider lings hatch out of their egg case, they come out by the hundreds. As they disperse, they each release a strand of silk from their abdomens that carries them on the breeze. This is known as “a ballooning event.”

Most spiders are cannibalistic. If they live too closely to each other they will feed on one another as they compete for resources.

That year, Lake Tawakoni saw a tremendous amount of rain which resulted in a high survival rate among the insects that spiders like to eat.

The Final Analysis: When the population of insects at Lake Tawakoni spiked, the spiders did not have to compete against each other for food as they normally do, and they became semi-social – spinning their webs alongside each other to catch insects – ultimately creating the world’s largest documented spider web.

(c) http://natgeotv.com/uk/wild-x-files/facts

28/11/2012

MONTAUK MONSTER

A strange, alien-looking creature washes up on the shores of Montauk, Long Island.

When the body of a mammal decomposes, one of the first things to rot away is its snout. This is due to the large amount of bacteria in the soft tissue of its nose and mouth. They also quickly lose their fur.

The teeth on the carcass are quite large and indicate that the animal was a carnivore and belonged to the same family as dogs, cats, bears, weasels and raccoons.

The digits on the forelimbs of the carcass are really long, slim and almost finger-like. They resemble human fingers which is not characteristic of dogs. Dogs have fairly short digits on their paws.

The Final Analysis: The “Montauk Monster” is actually the decomposed body of a raccoon, a nocturnal mammal found throughout the eastern coast of the United States.

(c) http://natgeotv.com/uk/wild-x-files/facts

28/11/2012

TURTLE DEATH ZONE

In the Gulf of Mexico, two hundred of the planet’s most endangered sea turtles – the Kemp’s Ridley turtle – wash up dead on the shores of Biloxi Beach in Mississippi just weeks after the worst oil spill in United States history.

The Deep Horizon oil spill is the prime suspect but autopsies reveal no evidence of oil of any of the dead turtles. Tissue samples are also analyzed for signs of toxins from the oil dispersant used to mitigate the spill, but early tests find no evidence of the toxins.

All of the dead turtles wash up on a fifty-five mile stretch of coastline, which is unusual for such a territorial turtle.

Investigators examine the stomachs of the turtles but find no evidence of ulceration or internal bleeding. They do find that all of the turtles have sand in their lungs – suggesting that they have drowned.

The spike in turtle deaths coincides with the start of the shrimp fishing season. Two months after the turtles start washing up dead – all fishing activity along the coastline is stopped due to the oil spill. When fishing stops, the turtle deaths dropped dramatically.

By law, fishermen must have a hole in their nets called a turtle excluder device or TED to allow trapped turtles to escape. Fish and Wildlife agents inspect fishing boats in the area to ensure that their TEDs are in working order.

The Final Analysis: It is believed that the turtles were passing through the boats’ TEDs (which were in working order) and would come out swimming normally, but because of an abundance of boats in the area, another boat would come by, pick up a turtle, and it would shoot through its TED before the turtle had a chance to get a good breath of air. The drowned turtles may have been caught two or three times by different boats before finally drowning. The fishermen had done nothing illegal; it was a matter of too many turtles and too many boats in one area.

(c) http://natgeotv.com/uk/wild-x-files/facts

28/11/2012

BLOOD RED RAIN

Villagers hear a sonic boom and wake to see blood red rain falling from the sky. The strange liquid stains clothes pink, causes trees to shed their leaves, and inexplicably falls from the sky for days on end.

Scientists put the red rain under the microscope and discover that it is not desert dust as presumed but appears to be composed of organic matter – living cells.

“Panspermia” is the theory that life exists throughout the Universe and that life on Earth arrived on comets that smashed into our planet – releasing the building blocks of life as we know it.

All living things on Earth contain DNA. Tests of the organisms in the red rain reveal that they do not contain DNA.

The idea that the Red Rain in Kerala is an alien life form that arrived on an incoming meteor or comet makes headlines.

The Final Analysis: Despite a decade of research on these mysterious cells, no one has definitively proven what they are; experts cannot agree on the source or the cause of the red rain. Some argue it is algal spores released by lichen living on trees in Kerala. Another theory is that, due to the unusual construction of the cells and the strange way they reproduce, the red particles are a primitive form of alien life which arrived in an exploding comet of extraterrestrial origin.

(c) http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/wild/episodes/blood-red-rain/

28/11/2012

EXPLODING TOADS

During the spring mating season, European Common Toads at one particular pond in Hamburg are swelling up and exploding, scattering toad entrails and body parts across the otherwise serene park.

Examination of the carcasses reveals that primarily male toads are exploding.

During the toad mating season, the male can spend hours on the back of the female, making him vulnerable to predators such as crows, which tend to attack from above, striking the male first.

When crows attack, they avoid a toad’s toxic skin by plucking its liver from the side of its body with its beak.

A toad missing its liver will swell and die. And likely to explode.

The Final Analysis: If an attacking crow punctures a toad’s lung, air leaking from the damaged lung will cause the toad to inflate until it eventually bursts.

(c) http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/wild/episodes/exploding-toads1/

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