Monday 16 July 2012

Python eats alligator (video)



Watch this python swallows an alligator whole. It's pretty amazing.










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Cute monkeys playing soccer/football (4 pics)



The Bolivian squirrel monkeys played with a toy soccer ball as photographers snapped away at the London Zoo in England.












The Bolivian squirrel monkeys playing soccer at London Zoo, cute monkeys, bolivian squirrel monkey
Ben Stansall / AFP – Getty Images












The Bolivian squirrel monkeys playing soccer at London Zoo, cute monkeys, bolivian squirrel monkey
Ben Stansall / AFP – Getty Images












The Bolivian squirrel monkeys playing soccer at London Zoo, cute monkeys, bolivian squirrel monkey
Ben Stansall / AFP – Getty Images












The Bolivian squirrel monkeys playing soccer at London Zoo, cute monkeys, bolivian squirrel monkey
Ben Stansall / AFP – Getty Images



Source: designyoutrust.com





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8 Oddly colored creatures - part 2 (8 pics)



Eight more oddly colored creatures. If you missed previous part, click here.



1. Metallic Green Bees












8 oddly colored creatures, amazing creatures, Metallic Green Bees
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Bees come in a variety of colors including red, blue, and green, not just yellow and black stripes. Bees in the genus Agapostemon are not only green, but shiny.



2. Yellow Lobsters












8 oddly colored creatures, amazing creatures, Yellow Lobsters
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A yellow lobster was caught in Newport, Rhode Island. Approximately 1 in every 30 million lobsters is yellow.



3. Blue Tree Frogs












8 oddly colored creatures, amazing creatures, Blue Tree Frogs
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Mediterranean tree frogs are normally bright green, but every once and a while a blue specimen is born.



4. Orange Crocodiles












8 oddly colored creatures, amazing creatures, Orange Crocodiles
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This is Snappy, the crocodile that surprised his handlers by suddenly turning orange in late 2011. The handlers suspected that iron or tannins in the water were responsible. No harm came to Snappy after he turned orange.Coincidentally, an orange alligator was sighted earlier in 2011.



5. Pink African Grey Parrots












8 oddly colored creatures, amazing creatures, Pink African Grey Parrots
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Pink patches in African Greys (which, as you might guess, are normally grey) began as a naturally occurring color morph. Over the years, breeders ended up with 100% pink specimens. The first all-pink Greys sold for over $150,000.



6. White Monarch Butterflies












8 oddly colored creatures, amazing creatures, White Monarch Butterflies
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White Monarch Butterflies are rare variant of the standard orange Monarch that appear in roughly 1% of the Monarch population.



7. Purple Corn Snakes












8 oddly colored creatures, amazing creatures, Purple Corn Snakes
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Corn snakes are normally red with orange saddle marks, but there are a variety of corn snake color morphs ranging from fluorescent orange to purple.



8. Green Sloths












8 oddly colored creatures, amazing creatures, Green Sloths
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Sloths fur is an ideal environment for blue-green algae. Unlike most fur-bearing animals, sloth's fur will absorb water, which encourages algae to grow and impart a green hue.



Source: buzzfeed.com





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