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Fish Discovered with Genitals on Their Head

Cameron Simcik — Thu, 30 Aug 2012 18:06:12 +0000

So a fish with a penis on its head walks into a bar… We don’t know where we’re going with that one, but a new species of fish with a penis on its head sounds like a joke, right? According to National Geographic, the Phallostethus cuulong is a tiny fish from Vietman with genitalia placed [...]

Rare Lizard Looks Remarkably Like The Amazing Spider-Man

Don Deane — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:36:30 +0000

It might seem at first like the image below has been altered in Photoshop, but this lizard really does look like everyone’s favorite Web-Slinger. Er, is this your friendly neighborhood Spider-Lizard? This Mwanza Flat Headed Agama, which is native to Africa, was photographed by Cassio Lopes while on a trip to the Masai Mara National [...]

And the 2012 World's Ugliest Dog Is… Mugly!

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 18:22:57 +0000

An 8-year-old hairless Chinese Crested named Mugly has been crowned the World’s Ugliest Dog for the second time in his career. Back in 2005 the adorably repulsive pooch won Britain’s Ugliest Dog contest as a pup, and over the weekend the fur-less wonder took the title at the 24th annual World’s Ugliest Dog contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma, California. Beating a [...]

Double Your Terror – Two-Headed Snake Found in Backyard [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:30:12 +0000

Upon finding a baby king snake with two fully functional heads in his backyard, Tennessee man Paul Carver took it to state wildlife officials, who were just as baffled as he was.

“I’ve been working 13 years and been in the woods all my life — nearly 40 years — and I’ve never seen anything like this,” explained wildlife officer Dale Grandstaff.