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As we speak, frogs and toads (interchangeable terms for various members of the order Anura) are experiencing massive population declines all around the world (http://www.amphibianark.org/the-crisis/), with a majority of species on the road to extinction thanks to the deadly Chytrid fungus (spread world-wide by our own activities), habitat loss, climate shifts and more. While more [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, Science · Tagged Amphibians, Amphibians of Australia, dart frogs, devil toad, egg eating dart frogs, egg eating frogs, exctinct frogs, Frog, Gastric-brooding frog, giant devil toad, giant prehistoric devil toad, golden toad, grastric brooding frog, hairy frog, Herpetology, Madagascar, marsupial frogs, Myobatrachidae, Poison dart frog, prehistoric devil toad, purple frog, Surinam toad, Toad, vietnamese mossy frog, weird frogs, Zoology
Some animals take tender, loving care of their babies. Others just dump off a few thousand and hope some of them aren’t eaten…and then there are parents like these, who engage in slightly less conventional but no less effective parenting techniques. These are animals who had it rough or had it just plain strange growing [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Monday, March 21, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Animals, Bizarre · Tagged Adactylium mites, animal development, Animals, Ant, Aviculture, Biology, Bird nest, Burying beetles, Caecilians, cuckoo, cuckoo birds, Cuttlefish, Dracula ants, Egg, food, food supply, Frog, halloween, India, insects, Jonathan Wocjcik, Oology, Ornithology, Phlebonotus pallens, Pipa pipa, Reproductive system, star-fingered toad, Surinam toad, Suriname, Tasmanian devils, Zoology
When most people think about animals, they imagine furry little cow-eyed creatures innocently plucking leaves from trees or bugs from the ground for nourishment. However, many people are shocked to learn that, just as in human life, there’s an incredible, dark and even lascivious underbelly to the animal world. If you thought you new a [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 9:00 am
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Well, the saying goes, two heads are better than one and these 10 two-headed animals put that saying to the test, literally. Be warned before watching, some of the videos may be disturbing. Bicephalic or tricephalic animals are the only type of multi-headed creatures seen in the real world and are formed by the same [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Monday, July 14, 2008 at 12:02 am
Filed under Animals · Tagged Animal, Biology, Bizarre, Cockroach, Conjoined twins, Cow, Dog, Dragon, Frog, Goat, Kitten, pets, Pig, Polycephaly, Snake, top 10 list, Turtle, two headed animals, two headed bearded dragon, two headed turtle, two heads, Two-headed