Shark comes in for extreme close-up
DEPENDING on your perspective, this photo of a great white shark is either one of the most powerful nature photos ever taken – or simply the stuff of nightmares.
DEPENDING on your perspective, this photo of a great white shark is either one of the most powerful nature photos ever taken – or simply the stuff of nightmares.
DEPENDING on your perspective, this photo of a great white shark is either one of the most powerful nature photos ever taken – or simply the stuff of nightmares.
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A PRANKSTER has played perhaps the worst joke possible on his cat-loving girlfriend. Would you forgive your partner for this?
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A JAPANESE zoo spent two years trying to get a pair of “confrontational” hyenas to mate — before discovering they were both males.
RESEARCH has found Earth’s wildlife population has declined by 52 per cent over the past 40 years. It’s only going to get worse from here.
HIS name is Herbie and he has plenty of reasons to be kicking his hoofs in joy — and not just because he can bend it like Beckham.
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A ROGUE tiger caused havoc at a Canadian zoo as it slipped out of its cage to pick a deadly fight with another tiger while terrified school students looked on.
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THAT’LL do Crackle, that’ll do. Crackle the pig-dog has spent the last two months hanging out with his best mate Tyson, a 10-year-old blue heeler.
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STOP everything you are doing and feast your eyes upon these unfathomably cute photos of puppies swimming underwater.
A FISHING crew hauled up a creature the size of a mini bus with tentacles like fire hoses and eyes like dinner plates from deep beneath the ocean surface.
A LOCAL Pizza Hut restaurant has shocked customers by offering a free small animal from a local pet shop as part of a wildly inappropriate meal deal.
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YOU’LL never guess what this Australian woman is famous for, as she joins a bunch of talented people who have qualified for the 2015 Guinness World Records Book.
THIS rare chicken from Indonesia is completely black — from its beak, feathers and comb to its skin, bones and even organs.
A FLORIDA fisherman got an unpleasant surprise when he reeled in his line to find he’d lured a monster from the deep.
THE search for the elusive yeti has just received a big boost from beloved nature broadcaster Sir David Attenborough. He says he’d like to track down the Abominable Snowman.
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