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Camera on Toy Car Captures Stunning Shots of Hungry Lion

A lion spotted something unusual rolling across the savannah recently, and it certainly wasn't an antelope. According to the Daily Mail, photographer Chris Bray outfitted an RC car with a tiny camera and took the toy for a ride through the wilds of Kenya.…

Just like Fox Mulder, PawNation wants to believe that strange and unexplainable things are out there. "Half-cat" is one of those magical creatures in which we want to believe. According to Gawker, the image of this mind-boggling feline was found on a Google Street View blog. Half-cat has quickly gained attention, now that the picture is pawing around the web, with two troops of theorists arising to argue the animal's authenticity. Many believe that Half-cat is the result of a glitch with Google Street View's camera that merged a normal cat into this furry phenomenon. Then there is the smaller group of believers who think Half-cat could be real, and they are searching for the animal's ...

A New Zealand storm blew in something truly unexpected. According to SunLive, residents of the Pukehina beach area of the country found a scary-looking "sea monster" on their shore after a recent storm. A series of violent storms last week blew the creature's carcass onto the beach. Onlookers first believed the grisly 9-meter find was the remains of a prehistoric sea creature. Now, after a more thorough examination, experts believe it was the decomposed body of an Orca whale. One can make out a set of large teeth on the ...

Mixed Mutts and Designer Crosses: Healthier Than Purebred Pets?

According to conventional wisdom, mixed-breed dogs and cats are healthier than their purebred counterparts. On the surface, it makes sense: Dip too often into a shallow gene pool and the pet is more likely to inherit health problems. So mixing things up between breeds should create healthier genetic hybrids,…

Forget about the elusive black sheep; now we have glow-in-the-dark flocks. According to Fox News Latino, scientists in Uruguay have successfully modified the genetic makeup of a group of sheep so that the animals glow. Experts from the Animal Reproduction Institute of Uruguay used a protein from the Aequarea jelly fish to achieve the glow-in-the-dark results. The fluorescent protein was added to a flock of nine sheep, which now glow green under certain ultraviolet lights. Aside from this unusual hue, all the sheep are normal ...

Rhode Island residents woke up to an unexpected sight on one of their beaches. According to Daily Mail, a 28-foot-long Basking shark washed up deceased on the state's shore. The sea creature, which weighs several tons, was first spotted by a homeowner in Misquamicut beach, who reported the strange shark corpse to the police. The basking shark quickly attracted a crowd, with curious onlookers gathering to touch and take photos of the animal. Eventually the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management sent an expert ...