Mysterious ‘Bearded’ Antelope Discovered In Kenya

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  • Mysterious ‘Bearded’ Antelope Discovered In Kenya
    by Ezquara
    Posted September 6th, 2010 at 12:09 am
    Veteran wildlife photographer Paolo Torchio made a bizarre discovery while visiting Kenya’s Masai Mara National Reserve: a mysterious “bearded” antelope. While one expert suggests the animal might only be suffering from hypertrichosis, a condition once known as werewolf syndrome, Torchio’s experience is the only known encounter with such an animal.Torchio has lived and worked in Kenya for the past two decades and is intimately familiar with the wildlife that occupies the 600-square-m...
  • Would You Put Diapers On A Chicken?
    by Ezquara
    Posted September 6th, 2010 at 12:03 am
    Chickens — they're not just for laying eggs anymore. While the practice of keeping poultry as pets has grown in popularity over the past few years, their often inappropriate bathroom etiquette remains an issue. When you have fowl inside the house, what do you do about their foul ... poop?For some pet bird owners — including actor Ewan McGregor — it's all about the diaper.Yes, putting undergarments on a chicken is acceptable practice for those who keep the animals as household pets, and...
  • Koala Survives Grating Car Accident
    by Ezquara
    Posted September 5th, 2010 at 12:14 am
    Most highway drivers end up with a bug or two stuck to their windshield. But one Australian man managed to get an entire koala bear wedged in the front of his car after a frightening collision west of Melbourne. The incident occurred in March (photos were just released), as the driver navigated the Princes Highway at about 50 mph. Suddenly, he spotted a koala in the road. Though he immediately hit the brake pedal, he knew he'd struck the animal. Assuming it was dead, he got out to check t...
  • Whooping Cranes May Return To Louisiana
    by Ezquara
    Posted September 5th, 2010 at 12:03 am
    The whooping crane — one of the world's most endangered birds and one of the first animals on the U.S. endangered list — could be back in Louisiana's wetlands as early as February under a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposal.The long-legged birds with the distinctive call haven't lived in the wild in Louisiana since 1950.Under the plan, young birds would be released into a pen about 125 miles west of New Orleans in Louisiana's bayou country after they are raised by people wearing shapeles...
  • Odd-Looking Creature Nicknamed Shrek By Scuba Divers
    by Ezquara
    Posted September 4th, 2010 at 12:06 am
    It is not exactly blessed in the looks department.In fact some divers who came across this unusual-looking fish off the Japanese coast have now nicknamed it 'Shrek' because of its bizarre features.'Shrek' is a type of Asian sheepshead wrasse which are well-known for the odd protrusions on their head and are relatively common in the waters around Japan. But this particular specimen is so odd-looking that scuba divers who videoed him instantly christened him after the famous animated og...
  • Kevin Richardson – The Lion Whisperer
    by Ezquara
    Posted September 3rd, 2010 at 12:15 am
    At first glance, Kevin Richardson may look like any other 35 year old, but when you see his friends, you might have a different perspective… Kevin’s job is to prevent poaching around the wildlife refuge area of Lanseria, South Africa. The way these animals interact with him is absolutely stunning! The lions seem to know he’s there to protect them. His charm works with hyenas and panthers too. Hyenas are usually vicious. Check out the pics taken in the river – amazing becau...
  • SeaWorld Fined $75,000 For Safety Violations
    by Ezquara
    Posted September 3rd, 2010 at 12:02 am
    SeaWorld has been fined $75,000 by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for three safety violations, including one classified as willful, after an animal trainer was killed in February. In a statement Monday, Cindy Coe, OSHA's regional administrator, said that SeaWorld knew of the inherent risks of allowing trainers to interact with dangerous animals. "Nonetheless, it required its employees to work within the pool walls, on ledges and on shelves where they were subject to da...
  • Japan’s Ice Aquarium Displays Fish Frozen In Mid-Swim
    by Ezquara
    Posted September 2nd, 2010 at 12:10 am
    What a way to explore the ocean. Japan’s Kori no Suizokukan (Ice Aquarium) in Kesennuma, northeastern Japan has about 450 specimens of about 80 species on display for anyone to examine or ponder. But they aren’t floating or zipping through aquariums. Nope…they’re frozen in blocks of ice… Crave writes, “Turn on the TV in Japan and you’re bound to see someone slicing up a tuna on a cooking show while commentators ooh and aah. It’s no wonder, then, that during the curre...
  • Swim With Killer Crocodiles
    by Wish
    Posted September 1st, 2010 at 12:19 am
    Tourists to this unusual theme park are sure to get some holiday snaps with a difference.Inspired by the popularity of cage shark-diving, a tourist attraction has opened that allows adrenalin junkies the chance to swim with killer crocodiles.And, as these incredible pictures show, participants can get up close and personal with one of the worlds deadliest creatures. All that separates thrill-seekers from the huge saltwater crocodiles is a five-inch thick perspex box that has, we are assur...
  • Stand Aside, The Behe-Moths Of The Insect World Have Arrived
    by Taanuu
    Posted September 1st, 2010 at 12:10 am
    With their stunning colours and 12in wingspan they're not the sort of insect you could ignore.And now not just one but nine of the world's largest moths have hatched at a butterfly sanctuary in Gloucestershire.The giant Atlas moths emerged from their chrysalises at Berkeley Castle Butterfly House. Atlas moths are named after the intricate, colourful map-like patterns on their wings It is the first time the moths have successfully bred and hatched offspring in two years.The moths, whi...
  • British Man Claims To Have Bred Indestructible Bees
    by Ezquara
    Posted September 1st, 2010 at 12:04 am
    A British man claims to have bred a strain of bee capable of protecting itself from a deadly parasite that is wiping out the environmentally vital insect.Ron Hoskins, a 79-year-old beekeeper, lost tens of thousands of bees after the parasitic varroa mite entered Britain in 1992.The mite poses a threat to mankind because the billions of bees it kills world-wide are crucial to pollinating crops and plants. Mr Hoskins, who has carried out research on his colonies for 18 years, has isolated ...
  • Drugged Tiger Cub In Passenger’s Suitcase
    by Wish
    Posted August 31st, 2010 at 12:18 am
    At first glance it looked to airport officials like just another stuffed toy in a suitcase.But on closer inspection, the tiny tiger cub was found to be real and alive but unconscious after it was drugged.Shocked police then arrested the woman owner of the luggage at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Thailand where she was allegedly planning to smuggle the three-month-old animal to Iran. Luckily, the tiger cub has started to recover from his ordeal after officials delivered him to a wildlife centre ...
  • Un-bull-ievable!
    by Ezquara
    Posted August 31st, 2010 at 12:01 am
    Calf saved from the farmer's shotgun grows into towering 6ft 5in, one-tonne beast .Trigger the Friesian was only a day old when his farmer aimed his shotgun at him - and because he did not want any more males he intended to kill the baby calf.But neighbour Shaun Layton stepped in, saved his life and now Trigger is 6ft 5in - and still growing!Weighing in at nearly 1.2 tonnes and measuring a staggering 14ft from nose to tail, Trigger is set to move into the record books. Amazingly, the sev...
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