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An endangered kind of pygmy hippopotamus has been snapped on camera. One of the most cautious mammals on Earth, the pygmy hippo is hardly ever seen in the wild but was snapped in west Africa, in the country’s national park. The hippo, which re...
Novon Mashiah, the fisherman seen in the below photo almost became a tasty meal for a monstrous friend lurking below the waters, whilst he took a trip on a river east of Darwin, Australia, and a massive saltwater crocodile jumped out of the wa...
Scott Wright, 34 was attacked by a shark on Australia’s Bondi Beach for the first time in over 70 years. He was swimming to the south of the beach on Friday late afternoon whilst a small shark attacked him, leaving him with deep wounds. Scott, a...
A Siberian tiger went on a rampage at San Francisco Zoo in California and murdered a 17 year old boy who was visiting the zoo. The Teen, Carlos Sousa, sadly died after the attack. Police arrived at the zoo to find one man dead outside the tigers c...
A family were living in fear in Queensland, Australia, after a massive snake ate their pet dog. A 16ft python had been stalking their pet Chihuahua for days before following him into the family home. It curled up on the Chihuahua’s bed prior t...
A man has been forced to marry a goat after he was found making love to the animal in Sudan. Mr Alifi said: "It was approximately midnight when Tombe, (the goat lover) arrived. I was in bed at the time. All of a Sudden, I heard the goat outside, it w...
A Black Bear has been spotted patrolling the Louisiana State Penitentiary. Authorities at the prison are taking a laid back attitude to the 'Extra layer of security' as they believe this will help deter convicts who may have been planning a...
A Kinkajou, or otherwise known as a Honey Badger escaped from the San Juan de Aragon Zoo in Mexico City, before going for a hour long ride on public transport. Apparently the Kinkajou spent most of the journey upfront with the bus driver and wa...
David Simpson, a butcher in Fraddon, Cornwall, has a new treat on the menu. Squirrel Pasties. According to David 'People like the fact it is wild meat, low in fat and local.' The squirrel meat and pasties in general have gone down a storm at his...
Scientists have recently reported that they have finally cracked and analysed the genome of the mysterious Duck-billed Platypus, and discovered that the Platypus, although a mammal, actually has genetic ties to both reptiles and birds...
A man in California has trained his pet goldfish to play basketball, football and even limbo under a bar! This amazing man is Dr Dean Pomerleau. He has taught his pet goldfish by the name of Comet these tricks through a method called positive r...
A Harbour Porpoise dubbed 'Squirt' has been frequenting the River Bann in Northern Ireland recently. Local kids have named the Porpoise 'Squirt' in relation to squirting water through its blowhole. People have been crowding around to se...
Around Oct 15th, 2009 these photos were taken from an iPhone using the application "iSpy". Roughly 7:00AM Hungarian time. There was an unusual "ghostly" cloud floating around a tree near a small park in Budapest. The ghostly cloud was circ...
With the potential come back of the avian flu during some of the coldest winter weather in a long time, it is no surprise that alarm bells have been ringing in Romania when a flock of birds mysteriously died. However according to Veterinarian...
If you have a fear or insects or arachnids, you better not check your mail. A German national shipped hundreds of live tarantulas into the United States of America through the post. He pleaded guilty to a federal smuggling charge, said the pr...
A few days ago in St. Petersburg, Russia, the Russian authorities found themselves having a mammoth problem of a time. The authorities found themselves confiscating 3 tonnes worth of ancient and valuable woolly mammoth tusks from a gang o...
Although the ice age is well over and the woolly mammoth is thought to have become extinct over ten thousand years ago, it is the centre of an exciting new project created by scientists under the leadership of Kyoto University in Japan. The ai...
