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[SIZE=4]The bizarre new species of fish where the males have their reproductive organs on their HEAD[/SIZE]
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A new species of fish with a rather unique feature has been discovered in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta.
The Phallostethus cuulong is just 2 centimetres long, and is part of little known group of fish where the males have their reproductive organs on their chin.
The newsly discovered specimen is only the 22nd known priapiumfish, which are named after the ancient Greek fertility deity, Priapus.
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The Phallostethus cuulong is just 2 centimetres long, and is part of little known group of fish where the males have their reproductive organs on their chin, and their anus in their throat:rofl:
The Phallostethus cuulong, a unioque new fish with a penis on its head. The pair, a 22.5 mm male (top) in Tra Vinh Province and a 23.7 mm female (below) were found in the in Soc Trang Province of Vietnam.
The Phallostethus cuulong is the newest member of the Phallostethidae family – small fish found in Southeast Asian waters that are distinguished primarily by the positioning of the male sexual organ.
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Who ate all the pies? Greedy possum overwhelmed by pastries after sneaking into bakery (but web sceptics are crying foul)
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Who ate all the pies?! This greedy possum, apparently
Images are spreading round the internet of this zoned-out animal, as it slumps in a sugar-induced slumber.
Believed to have been taken in Australia, the photograph appears to show the aftermath of a pastry binge, courtesy of a possum with eyes bigger than its stomach.
The unwitting creature has devoured at least a quarter of the tray of jammy goods upon which it has made its bed.
It is quite literally caught red handed, slumped with tell-tale smears of jelly covering its paws, a suspicious looking hole visible in the side of the box.
And as it sprawls across the remaining pies it seems like not a case of it but when the rodent will get around to finishing off its feast.
But all may not be quite what it seems, according to angry bloggers who claim the whole set up is bogus.
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Doctor Dolittle of Dolphins: Leina, 26, develops strong bond with water mammals after spending eight years swimming with them
Humans and dolphins are known to interact well with each other but these incredible pictures show just how well that relationship has developed.
These amazing pictures show free-diver Leina Sato playing with a pod of spinner dolphins off the coast of Hawaii.
And over the years she has built up such an understanding with the intelligent marine mammals that they now even play games together, chasing and catching leaves.
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Leina started swimming with dolphins eight years ago and instead of her original intention of studying marine biology, she set up her own charter boat company
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Setting up the business allowed Leina to dive with them practically every day for four years
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Leina, 26, was born in Tokyo, but moved to France when she was one and again to Hawaii when she was 15
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Photographer Bo Pardau, 62 works part time on a dive boat and took these images of Leina
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Different world: This image shows Leina swimming through a group of dolphins
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Leina said swimming with dolphins ‘is like completely losing yourself in another world’
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[SIZE=4]We went out shooting - and look at what we caught: The spectacular entries in Britain’s most prestigious wildlife photography competition[/SIZE]
**Here, Live exclusively reveals the main category winners, as well as the under-12 winner – covering everything from marine life to the insect world, majestic stags, starlings and seals **
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Overall winner: Dr Matt Doggett; Gannet Jacuzzi, Scotland; ‘Using dead mackerel we attracted a number of gannets,’ says Matt. 'It looks like chaos but they know exactly where the other birds are
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[SIZE=4]That’s my girl with the gorilla… but she’s totally safe, says father who has released 20-year-old home video to show how ‘gentle and noble and wonderful’ great apes are[/SIZE]
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[]Father thinks he is doing gorillas ‘a service’ by posting the video online and revealing their gentle nature
[]Gambling Grandfather bought Howletts after a big win on the tables
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Controversial parenting? A photo taken in 1990, before the video was filmed, shows Tansy Aspinall in the arms of an adult gorilla
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Laughing or crying? Video clip of 18-month-old Tansy Aspinall playing alone with one of Dad’s gorillas
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The toddler was filmed 19 years ago by Damian and has been kept secret because of some fears that it might have provoked a backlash from childcare experts
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Gorilla-loving father Damian Aspinall, 52, with his daughter Tansy Aspinall (now 23)
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Ambam the gorilla shows how he can walk like a human at Howletts
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This one’s from my home 
(Cayman Islands).
A stingray out in (the aptly named) Stingray City decided to photobomb some women. Hilarity ensued. Pretty great picture haha.
It’s always cool to see stuff from here on the “big news” sites.
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Sacre bleu! French bees make colored honey … after visiting M&M plant
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Beekeepers in France were confused after their bees produced honey in mysterious shades of blue and green.
But now the mystery has been solved as its now believed residue from containers of M&M’s candy processed at a nearby biogas plant n northeastern France is the cause.
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Andre Frieh holds a beehive frame with coloured honeycomb which is creating unsellable honey
Agrivalor, the company operating the biogas plant, have cleaned its containers and incoming waste will be stored in a covered hall to address the problem which has turned honey (right) into strange colours (left)
No comment: Asked about the issue, Mars has had no immediate comment
Falling: Bee numbers have been rapidly declining around the world in the last few years
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Moment wounded lioness shows softer side by adopting baby antelope (perhaps she was feelingguilty after killing its mother)
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These touching photographs show a lioness adopting a helpless antelope calf - after she killed its mother.
The intimidating beast had just finished devouring a Ugandan Kob, and had the wounds to show for it, when its terrified child emerged.
Instead of making the defenceless infant her dessert, however, the merciful creature took pity on it and carried it away to safety.
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After killing and eating this antelope’s mother, the lioness reacts to the baby kob’s arrival with a roar of suspicion
The powerful predator crouches down on her haunches and looks ready to pounce on the terrified little creature
Hear me roar! The lioness tries to scare off the unsteady little calf with a deafening rumble
Please be my friend: The lonely, motherless kob refuses to run away from the intimidating sight
The lioness looks completely nonplussed when the offspring of her natural enemy begins nuzzling at her feet
The pitying lioness gently pats at the innocent child of her prey from moments earlier
Out of Africa: The fascinating pictures show the incredible workings of nature
The larger creatures evidently decided she should protect the little antelope, despite them being natural enemies
Firm friends: She carries it off by the scruff of the neck, as with a cub, not by the front as she would a kill
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[SIZE=4]Very high fibre diet: Elephant on its back legs with trunk at full stretch to reach tree-top leaves[/SIZE]
It seems this elephant may be confused about his species as he was caught standing on his hind legs and feeding himself from the top branches of a tree – just like a giraffe.
The big animal performed the incredible act using his trunk to grab the juicy leaves in a picturesque forest in Zimbabwe.
This unusual behaviour has rarely been photographed but one lucky early-bird photographer caught three elephant as the sun rose over the UNESCO World Heritage site of Mana Pools.
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Leave me be: The elephant was oblivious to the people watching him reach for food on his back legs
Having a giraffe: The old bull gets up on his hind legs to reach to top-branch leaves at Mana Pools in Zimbabwe
The unusual feeding behaviour was captured by a photographer who had followed the three elephants into an open part of the picturesque Zimbabwean forest
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[SIZE=4]Pet cat who was shot down in the street: lost a leg after mindless attack[/SIZE]
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Police are hunting a thug who gunned down a pet cat in the street and left it with such severe injuries that its front leg had to be amputated.
The brute shot eight-year-old Toby with an air rifle from a range of up to 50 feet while he was hunting field mice in farmland near his home in Cheshire.
Despite his wounds, the whimpering moggie managed to limp back home and was later found covered with blood in his owner’s back garden.
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Injured: Toby the cat (pictured) had to have his front left leg amputated after he was shot with an air rifle while out hunting.
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Toby (left) is still learning to hobble around on three legs following the amputation.
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Violence: Miss Hoult said that whoever shot her pet is ‘callous and cruel’
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Games: The Hoults have put some of the blame for the incident on the growing popularity of violent video games amongst young people.:wtf: The injury has badly affected Toby’s mobility
Rutting stag goes head to head with a one-ton bison and pays with his life
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These were the incredible scenes when a rutting stag decided to pick a fight with a one-ton bison - and paid a high price for his mistake.
The beast went head-to-head against his huge opponent at a zoo in Ustron, Poland.
Things were never going to work out well in such a mismatched clash.
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The one-ton bison tosses the stag into the air after the pair clash at 30mph.
The deer hits the floor head first before fleeing for his life. But he was found dying from severe head injuries
Despite the might of the bison the stag takes his chances. Zookeepers called the animals ‘aggressive and unpredictable’
For a moment the bison looks like he might lose his footing. The stag gives his all in his bid to crush his adversary
The unmoved bison looks down at the stag as he makes he challenge. The deer never stood a chance
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[SIZE=4]The eel whisperer: The diver who has tamed sea beasts and made them his friends[/SIZE]
He might be a frogman, but this diver has proved to be a r-eel charmer as he swims among the sea creatures under the water in Croatia.
Diving guide Andy Marovic has been described as a real-life eel-whisperer after he seemingly tamed a group of carnivorous beasts.
No sooner does Marovic jump in to the water at the Teti wreck he surrounded by his new friends - a community of conger eels.
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Eel-whisperer playing with one of the sea creatures at the Teti wreck near the island of Vis, off the coast of Croatia
The eels live in the Teti wreck near the island of Vis, off the coast of Croatia.
Conger eels can grow up to ten feet long and hunt fish, such as mackerel, by ambushing the fish and biting them with their strong jaws
Dive site: Built in 1883 as a steamer, Teti (pictured) was converted into a cargo ship before it struck rocks and sank near the island.
When the diver first met the conger eels he brought sardines with him. Now they rush out from the wreck to greet him
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**[SIZE=4]Dog who had snout ripped off saving two young girls from bike crash arrives in California for medical treatment **[/SIZE]
A courageous dog that had her snout sheared off while saving two girls in the Philippines has been flown to the University of California at Davis this week where veterinarians will try to fix her injuries.
Kabang has attained celebrity status in the Philippines after she jumped in front of a speeding motorcycle, saving the dog owner’s young daughter and niece.
But the crash ripped off her snout and upper jaw, leaving the pup severely disfigured. Veterinarians in the Philippines were unable to treat the injury and suggested that she be put down, by her owner rejected the idea out of hand.
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Good girl: Kabang was hailed as a hero in the Philippines after saving two girls
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A New York nurse helped raise more than $20,000 from 22 countries to pay for Kabang’s medical care in the U.S.
After hearing of the dog’s plight, Karen Kenngott, a critical care nurse from Buffalo, New York, spearheaded an online campaign for the dog’s care, raising more than $20,000 from 22 countries to cover the costs of surgeries, visas and airfare.
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Veterinarians at UC Davis will perform at least two surgeries on Kabang to fix her teeth and close the wound on her face
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Doctors in the Philippines suggested that Kabang’s owner put her down, but he would hear none of it
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[SIZE=4]Tiny terrier Suni - not much bigger than her owner’smobile phone - has high hopes of being crowned the world’s smallest dog[/SIZE]
This miniature dog has got her sights set on a supersized title: Guinness World Records’ World’s Smallest Dog
Terrier crossbreed Suni weighed a miniscule 0.1lbs (45g) when she was born, and three months later at 2.36in (6cm) tall she is still smaller than her owner’s mobile phone.
Although Suni’s weight gain since then hardly breaks the scales - she now weighs 0.22lbs (100g) - veterinarians in Jarocin, Poland, do not believe she will grow to be much bigger.
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Suni the terrier cross at three months, next to her owner’s mobile phone in Jarocin, Poland.
Terrier cross Suni, seen here next to a bottle of nail polish, weights 3.25 ounces and vets do not believe she will grow to be much bigger
Suni has to turn one before it can be determined whether she is the world’s smallest dog - but her owner hopes she will stay this size long enough to get the crown
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Who invited YOU?! The moment a crocodile tries to crash a lion’s dinner party
Have you ever had a lovely dinner party ruined when an unwanted, uninvited dinner guest turns up?
Well, these angry lions have - they were enjoying a delicious meal of antelope steak on the banks of a river in Zambia when, all of a sudden, a crocodile turned up and tried to sneak a bite to eat.
The lions are captured with an all-too-human stunned look of surprise on their faces when they look up from their feast and find a crafty additional mouth at the table.
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There’s almost no room at the table as the lions devour their prey - but the croc will find a way
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The crafty and apparently fearless three-metre crocodile makes the sneaky crawl to the dinner table
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The lions look shocked and bemused by their unexpected dinner guest - who just wanted a helping of antelope to himself
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Closer still: You can almost feel the crocodile’s hunger as he opens his jaws wide and looks at the scene
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Get out of here! The lions are stunned by the sneak attack, and with a roar they tell the crocodile to back off - and the petty thief makes a break for it
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‘And don’t come back!’: The mood of the meal is ruined, with the lioness staring at the interloper who ruined their meal
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‘Is that a dog or a pony?’: Owner of Zeus, the world’s tallest dog, says her giant canine is so big children thinks he is a horse
A 44in Great Dane has been named the world’s tallest dog by Guinness World Records.
Aptly named Zeus weighs 155lbs and reaches an astonishing height of 7ft 4in standing on his hind legs.
Owner Denise Doorlag from Michigan says the three-year-old is so big little children often thinks he is a horse.
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