Tiny North American water two-headed snake has been discovered in a drawer full of rubbish in Illinois. When Jerry Williamson's wife first told him she had found the scary reptile he thought she was pulling his leg.
But to his surprise she was telling the truth. The couple decided to keep the reptile and don't mind about the terrifying stigma attached to the two-headed Hydra of Greek mythology.
They were worried it would not be able to survive on its own. The Northern Water Snake (Nerodia sipedon sometimes also known as Natrix sipedon) is a large, non-venomous, well-known snake in the Colubridae family that is native to North America. They are active during the day and at night.
The footage is from BBC's Life series. He saved tadpoles life that was trapped in a shallow margin of the pool by creating a channel from the shallow margin of the pool to the main pool.
Praying mantis and grasshopper are the preys in this footage. Chameleon is well recognized with its amazing camouflage ability. It can changes its skin colours to match its surroundings. Its eyes move independently to spot a prey. Look how it ambushes the insects with its very long tongue.
Strawberry Poison Arrow Frog Mother saves her children
The footage is from BBC's life series. Look how she carries her children on her back one by one , climbs a tree and put them in a nice safe place to develop. She feeds the tadpoles with an unfertilised eggs. Who told her how to do all of those? Of course the Creator tolds and gives her idea.
Reporter Peter Hitchener was reading a news while suddenly appears right in front of the live camera. He remained unruffled by the intrusion as he read a piece to camera about an underworld murder.
The scene, resembling something from a cheap horror movie, was caused by the seagull walking in front of a camera positioned to capture a bird's eye view of the city.
More than 41,000 spider species are known with about 400–500 added each year. Another rare species of 'giant' orb web spider has been discovered in Africa and Madagascar. In the journal Plos One, researchers describe Nephila komaci as the largest web spinning spider, making the largest orb webs known to science.
Only the females of this groups of species are giants, with a leg span of up to 12cm; the male spiders are smaller by comparison, but still large.
Scientists say the female spiders are capable of spinning webs that reach up to 1m in diameter. Orb-weaving spiders are a widespread group which take their name from the round webs they typically spin.
The new spider was identified by Matjaz Kuntner, a biologist from the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and his colleague Jonathan Coddington, from the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC.
The giant female was in a collection belonging to the Plant Protection Research Institute in Pretoria, South Africa.
"It did not match any described species," said Dr Kuntner.
In his search through more than 2,500 samples from 37 museums, no further specimens turned up and he assumed the spider must be extinct.
But when a colleague in South Africa found three more of the spiders, it became apparent that they belonged to this same new species.
The discovery will enable scientists to study the evolution of the dramatic size difference between male and female Nephila spiders.
Dr Kuntner explained that the widely accepted theory was that evolutionary pressure was causing female "gigantism", with the females increasing in size in order to produce larger numbers of offspring.
He and his colleague, Jonathan Coddington, from the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History in Washington DC, fear the rare spider might be endangered.
Dr Kuntner named the species in honour of his best friend and fellow scientist Andrej Komac, who recently died in an accident.
Dolphins play ball game in the ocean. And the ball is the 'jellyfish'!
A team of marine biologists were astonished to see dolphins swim under jellyfishes and with a quick flick of their tail shoot it out of the water.
The bottlenose dolphins were caught on video performing the strange activity off the Welsh coastline. One dolphin is seen flipping the jellyfish six feet up in the air.
Jonathan Easter, 23, who saw the dolphins at play, said: "One thing is for sure, they were having fun. There were floating blobs of jelly and the dolphins were flipping them about."
"They swim under the jellyfish, then at the right moment flick their tail up to give it a good 'kick'. They were not always accurate but when they had a direct hit the jellyfish were literally kicked out of the water. We have been studying individual dolphins in Welsh waters for some time but we got more than we expected from this trip."
"These incredible images provide a privileged insight into the lives and behaviour of bottlenose dolphins. But this behaviour has never been seen before and it presents more questions than answers!"
Some of the Barrel jellyfish reportedly died from being flipped. The area has Britain's largest coastal population of bottlenose dolphins.
Every summer, between 150 and 250 dolphins inhabit the waters, which form significant breeding and feeding grounds.
Almost like an old man, this baby monkey is not just cute but has a curiousity about things around him. Below are the photos of a baby monkey, born two months ago, at Xishuangbanna Dai Park in Xishuangbanna, southwest China's Yunnan Province.
What strange but cute fishes. They are Cow fish, a fish that look alike a cow, have a horn but cannot moo. And they also cannot produce you milk to drink :D
"The longhorn cowfish, Lactoria cornuta, is a variety of boxfish from the Ostraciidi family, recognisable by its long horns that protrude from the front of its head, rather like those of a cow or bull. They are a resident of the Indo-Pacific region and are usually around 10cm (4ins) long. Whilst badly suited to the home aquarium, the cowfish is becoming increasingly popular as a pet." [Wikipedia]
The official TV spot for the FCI World Dog Show 2009 in Bratislava
The World Dog Show - Bratislava 2009 is the biggest dog show that will start on 8-th october and finish on 11-th october. More than 30 thousand of dogs are expected, check for more at www.worlddogshow2009.com
Look at the amazing eyes movement of the Chameleon! Separately mobile and stereoscopic eyes. That means more alert to him because he can view to any direction.
The spider and grasshopper first fight each other, and looks like the spider wins. He wrapped up the grasshopper with his saliva. Waiting to eat .......
These are a few of weird world of animals videos. Filmed by BBC and National Geographic. The first 10 is a true nature. But the eleventh is only photo manipulation just to add spice here :D. What a weird world we're live in. And there are still more to explore .......
Fish With Transparent Head Filmed
Pistol Shrimp sonic weapon - Weird Nature
Strange Sea Creatures: Psychedelic Fish
Strange Japanese Sea Creatures
Giant Bizarre Fish
Giant octopus - extreme animals
Sunbathing giant mice - weird creatures of the Andes
Weird mating rituals - Battle of the Animal Sexes
Weird animals of the Andean Cloud Forests - Wild South America
Weird & Wonderful Animals -Wild South America
Bonus video - Bizarre animals (Photo manipulation)
Don't believe your eyes. This bonus video is not real. They're been photo manipulated. :D
Two diamondback rattlesnakes joined at the neck will soon be separated in a delicate surgical procedure. Expert say that the snakes are connected at the neck by the soft tissue, no bone connected. Also no blood vessel sharing. This is not a two-headed snake because the reptiles do not share the single body. Veterinarians say the snakes cannot survive together, because they're constantly working against each other .
This is a footage about three headed frog that was found in Weston Super-Mare, England, UK in 2004. It has 3 separate heads attach to a single body with 6 legs. What an amazing creature. Wonder how it eats and which head is the leader :D
