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Ripley’s brings you the animal kingdom’s most unusual inhabitants. From two headed tortoises and curious finds from under the sea to astonishingly smart dogs and courageous cats. Everything that Mother Nature left behind, Ripley’s has picked up and brought it all together for you.
Say Hello to Harvey Dent: The Two-Faced Kitten
Thursday, February 2, 2012 · 5 Comments
If cats are believed to have nine lives, how many lives could a cat with two faces have? Appropriately named Harvey Dent after the two-faced character in the Batman Series, this adorable little kitten was recently born healthy in the Port Charlotte, FL home of Nash Hand and his wife ...
Driving Mr. Bailey the Buffalo
Thursday, November 10, 2011 · 6 Comments
At almost six feet tall at the hump, eight feet long and weighing 1800 pounds, Bailey junior is quite possibly the world’s largest domestic pet. Owned by Jim and Linda Sautner at their Spruce Grove property in Canada’s Alberta province, the three year old brute is a local and international ...
South Korean scientists create glowing dog
Thursday, November 10, 2011 · 8 Comments
South Korean scientists have created a beagle that glows green in certain types of light, adding yet another animal to the growing list of genetically modified dogs and cats produced in recent years. Tegon, the glowing, two-year-old beagle, glows with a bright, fluorescent green hue under ultraviolet light when a ...
Two Headed Milk Snake
Wednesday, November 2, 2011 · 12 Comments
A University of Central Florida biologist says a rare, two-headed albino milk snake was recently born. Most two-headed snakes have typical coloration. Albino snakes don’t have dark pigmentation in their skin. Albino milk snakes appear in bright shades of red, orange and white. The biologist says two-headed snakes have been ...
Giant Water Bug Eats Turtle
Tuesday, November 1, 2011 · 19 Comments
Believe it or Not!, a giant water bug has been photographed eating a juvenile turtle in an unusual predatory role reversal. Using its front legs the giant water bug gripped the turtle, inserting its syringe-like rostrum into the prey’s neck in order to feed. The giant water bugs are known ...
Cyclops the Shark
Friday, October 14, 2011 · 16 Comments
Talk about a one-of-a-kind discovery—an extremely rare cyclops shark has been confirmed in Mexico. The 22-inch-long (56-centimeter-long) fetus has a single, functioning eye at the front of its head—the hallmark of a congenital condition called cyclopia, which occurs in several animal species, including humans. Earlier this year fisher Enrique Lucero ...
Sometimes two heads are NOT better than one!
Thursday, October 13, 2011 · 12 Comments
When Paul Carver found a baby king snake slithering around his Tennessee backyard, he realized the royal serpent would need two crowns. A local wildlife specialist had never seen anything like this in his entire life. A two headed snake sharing the same body has little to no chance surviving ...
Bunny saves owners from fire
Tuesday, September 20, 2011 · 7 Comments
In Alaska, a pet rabbit saved its owners from a house fire in Anchorage by waking the homeowner up by scratching on her chest. The woman then saw that the home was filling up with smoke and woke up her daughter to evacuate the house. The mother and daughter were unharmed but ...
Nothing is sadder than a naked hedgehog
Friday, August 12, 2011 · 9 Comments
Poor Betty the hedgehog has a mystery skin condition that has left the six-week-old too scared and nervous to mix with other normal hogs at the Foxy Lodge in Hemsby, Norfolk. Since without her spines, she is defenseless against predators, Betty cannot be released back into the wild. She also ...
Take a Trip Inside a Lion’s Mouth
If you have ever wondered what it would be like to be carried around in a Lion’s mouth, here is your chance. While shooting pictures for our new book on lions (http://www.africanlions.co.za) at Tswalu Kalahari Game Reserve (http://www.tswalu.com) we found some lions patrolling the fence line. We placed our GoPro ...
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