Dog smells breast cancer!

Maureen Burns’ hero is her red collie cross dog called Max. The Mirror reported (23/02/09) the amazing story of how Max detected Maureen’s illness - and his persistence prompted her to have a health check. It was a hounding that quite simply saved her life! Woof!

The 64-year-old realised something was wrong when Max started acting strangely. Max changed from being a lively, clever canine, to being very withdrawn. More notably, he also repeatedly sniffed Maureen’s breath and nudged her right breast.

The odd behaviour of her beloved pooch prompted Maureen to check her breasts and she discovered a small lump in the right one. (The growth did not show up on a hospital mammogram.)

Additional information: Study shows that dogs do detect cancer and danger in patients' breath. Link to National Geographic News

Indian Elephant Bandit: Not Armed But Dangerous

The “Bandit Elephant” in northern Keonjhar district in Orissa state of India, is at it again! The wild pachyderm waylays motorists by refusing to let their vehicles pass unless they give him food.

Witnesses claim that the elephant forces motorists to roll down their windows and leave their vehicles after which it inserts its trunk (the new jimmy) into the car and scours it for food.


“If you are carrying vegetables and bananas inside your vehicle, it will gulp them and then allow you to go,” said Prabodh Mohanty, who has already had two encounters with the elephant.

If the passing motorist dares to defy orders and not roll down the window or resists opening the vehicle door, the bandit elephant pushes the vehicle and stands right in front of it until he can make his routine check for his idea of booty.

Forest officials claim that the elephant is old and looking for easy food. They warn commuters not to tease the elephant as it might retaliate if provoked.

Are there handcuffs large enough to hold this creature and what about paw prints and a jail cell big enough to hold him?

Snailfish, World's Deepest Living Fish

Snailfish is the world's deepest living fish. In this video, scientists were able to film several snailfish nearly five miles below the surface of Japan Trench in the Pacific ocean. This is the first time snailfishes are filmed at this depth.

This video was taken by the a UK-Japan team using a remote-operated landers designed to withstand immense pressures to comb the world's deepest depths for marine life.

Pygmy Marmoset, World's Smallest Monkey

With body length ranging from 14-to-16-centimeters, the Pygmy Marmoset is the world's smallest monkey. This tiniest of all monkeys is a native of the rainforest canopies of western Brazil, southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, and eastern Peru. The males of the specie weigh around 140 grams, and females only 120 grams.


The Pygmy Marmoset has a tawny coat, and a ringed tail that can be as long as its body. In common with other Callitrichinids, it has claws instead of nails on all its digits except the big toe. They are omnivorous, feeding on fruit, leaves, insects, and sometimes even small reptiles. Their small weight allows them to reach the very highest leaves of a tree, and to exploit the otherwise little- used food sources there.

Orang Utan uses self-made "Spear" to Hunt for Fish

Amazing photo captured by scientist in indonesia. Currently the most suprising and complicated action done by ape species animal.

Amazing Bird Fishes Like A Human

Look at this amazing bird that uses bread as bait to fish like human.

Fennec Fox, the Fox with Long Ears

Fennec foxes have huge, bat-like ears to radiate body heat and help them keep cool in the Sahara heat. They also have long, thick fur that insulates them during the cold desert nights.

Fennec Fox is also one of the top choices by pet lovers.
Look at this baby fennec fox, isn't it cute??



Besides, some sources stated that the Fox of Mozilla FireFox browser is actually represented by the Fennec Fox. =)

Read more about the Fennec Fox at National Geographic

100 Year-old Tortoise Adopts Baby Hippo Owen

A 100 Year-old Tortoise had adopted a Baby Hippo that survived the tsunami waves on the Kenyan coast.


It is incredible. A-less-than-a-year-old hippo has adopted a male tortoise, about a century old, and the tortoise seems to be very happy with being a 'mother'," ecologist Paula Kahumbu, who is in charge of Lafarge Park , told AFP.

The hippo is a young baby, he was left at a very tender age and by nature, hippos are social animals that like to stay with their mothers for four years," he explained.

Billy the boxer, Adopts Lilly the Goat

Billy, a boxer dog breed, adopts an abandoned baby goat named Lilly. This two inseparable animals live in Pennywell Farm wildlife centre at Buckfastleigh, near Totnes, Devon.


The kid was abandoned by her mother when she was only a few hours old and adopted by paternal Billy when his owner Elizabeth Tozer began hand rearing the goat. The unusual bond has developed over the last month and the pair are now inseparable. Elizabeth said: "Lilly follows Billy around which is really quite amusing to watch and Billy sleeps with the goat and cleans her mouth after she feeds."

Rhinoceros Beetle, World's Strongest Animal

Rhinoceros Beetles (or Rhino beetles) is considered the world's strongest animal and among the largest of beetles. They are capable of lifting up to 850 times their own weight. They are a subfamily (Dynastinae) of beetles in the family of scarab beetles (Scarabaeidae).


Rhinoceros beetles are also the strongest animals on the planet, proportionally. They can lift up to 850 times their own weight. To put this into perspective, if a human of average height and weight had the strength of the rhinoceros beetle, it would be able to lift a 65 ton object, for example, an Abrams Tank.

Human Face Fish

OMG... If I caught such a fish I think I'll be having nightmare.

Yoda, The Cat with Four Ears

Meet Yoda, the cat with four ears. This cat, adopted by Valerie and Ted Rock two years ago, was named after Yoda of Starwars movie.


'We decided to name him Yoda. I understand the Star Wars character was based on George Lucas' cat.'

Songbirds' Throat Muscles, World's Fastest Muscle

Scientist have recently found that the songbirds' throat muscles is the world's fastest muscle. It can move a hundred times faster than the blink of an eye.


"[Pigeons] have really boring, slow songs, and it made me wonder what the muscles in songbirds were like, so I decided to find out."

What Elemans and colleagues discovered is that zebra finches and European starlings can change their tunes at frequencies as high as 250 hertz via direct muscle control.

This means that they are moving their muscles a hundred times faster than a blink of the human eye.

Fishing Bat, Batting Fish

In nature, sometimes you are up, sometimes you are down.

Had You See A Whale's Penis Before?

Look at that size. He beats all the guys here. Leave a comment here if you can't beat him. =)

Moroccan Goats Grazing atop Argan Trees

These are Moroccan Goats atop Argan Trees, a species of tree endemic to the calcareous semi-desert Sous valley of southwestern Morocco and to the Algerian region of Tindouf. In this drought-ridden places where there is little to eat, goats will climb up these trees to graze. Here is a video of it.



These goats are well adapted to climbing trees that they can climb and balance even up to the top of branches with ease.

A Snake Eats An Egg 4 Times Bigger than His Head

This is a video of an snake that eats an egg four times bigger than it's head. It then regurgitate the egg shell after taking off the content.

Cat with Seven Toes on each Foot

Crystal Socha, 26, of Augusta, Kan., shows her American Paint horse, Summer, during the 11th annual EquiFest of Kansas at the Kansas Coliseum in Wichita Friday, Feb. 29, 2008. Eleven-year-old Summer holds the Guinness Book of World Records title for the longest tail on a horse, at 12 feet, six inches.

Prehistoric Shark Captured in Japan

Prehistoric Shark captured in Japan's deep sea. This is AMAZING!

Meet the Super Cow

These gigantic cows resemble bovine body-builders. See how breeders have achieved such amazing results. From NationalGeographic.