Cats born with 2 faces are called Janus cats after the roman god with 2 faces. Harvey Dent seemed healthy at first and despite trolls on the internet who called for the death of the “black abomination” they thought differently saying, “it shouldn’t be killed because it is a little different”. Alas, despite having a loving momma and accepting owners poor Harvey Dent died overnight. Janus cats can live a long happy life as proven by Frank Louie, who is mentioned at the start of one of the videos posted.
Kitten born with two faces Rare Janus cat born in Port Charlotte
Jan 31 2012 | www.local10.com
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -You’ve probably heard of cats having nine lives, but a Florida kitten was born with two faces.
The Janus cat is named Harvey Dent after the Batman character more commonly known as Two Face. Aaron Eckhart played Dent in the 2008 film The Dark Knight.
Janus cats are named after the mythical Roman god who had two faces. They are exceptionally rare.
“They simultaneously work together, the two faces. When he eats on one side it looks like he’s eating on the other. When he meows, it comes out of both sides,” said owner Nash Forsythe.
Yoiks, that is a big python. There is not much difference between an adult deer and an adult human, careful out there folks, especially since the python is an “ambush predator.”
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Adult deer found inside python in Everglades Python that swallowed deer/South Florida Water Management District
By David Fleshler | October 28, 2011 | www.sun-sentinel.com
An adult deer was found intact inside a huge Burmese python Thursday, after the snake was captured and killed in the Everglades.
Contractors for the South Florida Water Management District encountered the python on a tree island in western Miami-Dade County, according to the district. It was killed with a shotgun blast.
The 15.7-foot snake had a massive bulge from a recently consumed 76-pound female deer, the largest intact prey ever found in a Burmese python in Florida, said Skip Snow, a biologist and python specialist at Everglades National Park, who conducted the necropsy.
The python, an ambush predator, had staked out a known deer trail, he said. When the deer walked by, the snake presumably seized the animal in its sharp, backward-pointing teeth, crushed the deer under its weight and coiled around it, killing the deer before consuming it, he said.
Pictures: Rare “Cyclops” Shark Found
One-Eyed Anomaly
Photograph courtesy Marcela Bejarano-Álvarez | Published October 13, 2011 | news.nationalgeographic.com
Talk about a one-of-a-kind discovery—an extremely rare cyclops shark (pictured) has been confirmed in Mexico, new research shows.
The 22-inch-long (56-centimeter-long) fetus has a single, functioning eye at the front of its head—the hallmark of a congenital condition called cyclopia, which occurs in several animal species, including humans.
Earlier this year fisher Enrique Lucero León legally caught a pregnant dusky shark near Cerralvo Island (see map) in the Gulf of California. When León cut open his catch, he found the odd-looking male embryo along with its nine normal siblings. “He said, That’s incredible—wow,” said biologist Felipe Galván-Magaña, of the Interdisciplinary Center of Marine Sciences in La Paz, Mexico.
Once Galván-Magaña and colleague Marcela Bejarano-Álvarez heard about the discovery—which was put on Facebook—the team got León’s permission to borrow the shark for research. The scientists then x-rayed the fetus and reviewed previous research on cyclopia in other species to confirm that the find is indeed a cyclops shark.
Cyclops sharks have been documented by scientists a few times before, also as embryos, said Jim Gelsleichter, a shark biologist at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. The fact that none have been caught outside the womb suggests cyclops sharks don’t survive long in the wild.
Overall, finding such an unusual animal reinforces that scientists still have a lot to learn, Gelsleichter added.
“It’s a humbling experience to realize you ain’t seen it all yet.”
Frank (left side) and Louie (right), a so-called Janus cat, has two mouths, two noses, two normal eyes, one non-working eye in the middle of his head, and one brain. Image By Steven Senne, AP
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Two-Faced Cat From Worcester Sets World Record
By Diana Perez, WBZ-TV | boston.cbslocal.com | September 27, 2011
WORCESTER (CBS) – To most people meeting Frank ‘n Louie for the first time he looks like any ordinary cat.
“They initially walk up with the look of ‘oh what a beautiful cat’ and then as he turns I see the look of horror come across their face.”
Marty, Frank ‘n Louie’s owner says her cat with two names is also the cat with two faces and after turning 12 earlier this month, he’s now the oldest two-faced cat.
Harbor, Black And Tan Coonhound, Named Living Dog With World’s Longest Ears (Exclusive Adorable Pictures)
9/5/11 | www.huffingtonpost.com
His ears hang low.
Harbor, a black and tan coonhound, has earned recognition from Guinness World Records as the living dog with the world’s longest ears.
The 8-year-old pooch has a left ear that measures 12.25 inches and a right ear that measures 13.5 inches, according to the 2012 edition of the record book, which will be released Sept. 15.
Harbor’s enormous ears have earned him plenty of fans, according to his owner Jennifer Wert, of Boulder, Colo.
But they can also be a burden. When the purebred was a pup, he used to trip over them and tumble down the stairs, a Guinness press release notes.
Today, passersby often take pictures of Harbor’s droopy ears or give them a friendly tug when he’s out for a walk.
Claire Nelson, Reading, credits her pet cat Rusty with saving her life by sensing a pending heart attack. Image Reading Eagle: Lauren A. Little.
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Former nurse says pet cat saved her life City resident calls her doctor after animal apparently senses pending heart attack
Erin Negley, Reading Eagle | 6/15/2011
Claire Nelson rescued Rusty the cat from a shelter two years ago.
Now, the 66-year-old Reading resident is thanking the pet for saving her life.
According to Claire, she wasn’t feeling well one day last week but Rusty wouldn’t let her lie down.
So, Claire, who was a registered nurse for 30 years, headed to a doctor’s office. On her way there, she took a turn for the worse. She’s now recovering from a heart attack and credits Rusty for being a lifesaving pest that morning.
“He was persistent and it paid off,” said Claire, who adopted Rusty in December 2009.
I tried, unsuccessfully, to find footage or stills from the piece “Thornberg & Forester-Monkey See.” They are unavailable until the study is complete. At first this is funny, ha ha ha billboards for monkeys. Then slowly it dawns on you. You are being manipulated everyday, in a million ways by incredibly smart skilled people with a financial interest in changing your behavior.
Sounds a lot like ads for humans.
One billboard shows a graphic shot of a female monkey with her genitals exposed, alongside the brand A logo. The other shows the alpha male of the capuchin troop associated with brand A.
The first advertising campaign for non-human primates
Rowan Hooper | www.newscientist.com | June 2011
Keith Olwell and Elizabeth Kiehner had an epiphany last year. At a TED talk, the two New York advertising executives learned that captive monkeys understand money, and that when faced with economic games they will behave in similar ways to humans. So if they can cope with money, how would they respond to advertising?
Laurie Santos, the Yale University primatologist who gave the TED talk, studies monkeys as a way of exploring the evolution of the human mind. A partnership was soon born between Santos, and Olwell and Kiehner’s company Proton. The resulting monkey ad campaign was unveiled on Saturday at the Cannes Lions Festival, the creative festival for the advertising industry.
A leopard attacks a forest guard at Prakash Nagar village near Salugara, on the outskirts of Siliguri, India, Tuesday, July 19, 2011. The leopard strayed into the village area and mauled several villagers, including three guards, before being caught by forest officials, according to news reports. The leopard, which suffered injuries caused by knives and batons, died later in the evening at a veterinary center. The forest guard being attacked was injured. Photo: AP / AP
In this photo taken Tuesday, July 19, 2011, a leopard prepares to attack a forest guard, left, at Prakash Nagar village near Salugara, on the outskirts of Siliguri, India. The leopard strayed into the village area and mauled several villagers, including three guards, before being caught by forest officials, according to news reports. The leopard, which suffered injuries caused by knives and batons, died later in the evening at a veterinary center. INDIA OUT Photo: AP / AP
In this photo taken Tuesday, July 19, 2011, a leopard runs to escape after attacking a forest guard at Prakash Nagar village near Salugara, on the outskirts of Siliguri, India. The leopard strayed into the village area and mauled several villagers, including three guards, before being caught by forest officials, according to news reports. The leopard, which suffered injuries caused by knives and batons, died later in the evening at a veterinary center. INDIA OUT
In this photo taken Tuesday, July 19, 2011, a leopard attacks a forest guard as another runs for cover at Prakash Nagar village near Salugara, on the outskirts of Siliguri, India. The leopard strayed into the village area and mauled several villagers, including three guards, before being caught by forest officials, according to news reports. The leopard, which suffered injuries caused by knives and batons, died later in the evening at a veterinary center. INDIA OUT Photo: AP / AP
Leopard mauls 11 in fierce fight at Indian village
July 21, 2011 | www.greenwichtime.com
KOLKATA, India (AP) — A snarling leopard mauled 11 people in an Indian village and terrorized wildlife officials trying to drive it away before it was tranquilized and died of injuries from the fierce showdown.
Forestry officials were forced to flee, dive for cover and even climb up on a jeep to escape the adult, male leopard’s attacks in West Bengal state.
At one point, the big cat leapt through the air, fangs bared, and tackled a man, clutching him in its giant paws as it knocked him off the wall he was standing on.
The wildlife officials — wearing protective helmets and carrying batons and tranquilizer guns — had hoped to drive the cat into a nearby wildlife sanctuary after it wandered into the village near Siliguri, about 373 miles (600 kilometers) from Kolkata.
But the leopard stood its ground, crouching on a wall, hissing and attacking those who came near.
It injured six villagers, a policeman and four forest guards before being hit with a tranquilizer gun Tuesday. The people are recovering from their injuries, mostly swipes from the cat’s claws.
Forest official Dharma Dev Rai says villagers used knives, stones and batons to beat back the cat.
The cat died within hours after the showdown, and a post mortem is being conducted.
Leopards are protected in India, though more are straying into villages for food.
Ha ha ha. I love when stuff like this happens. Good thing, because the way the entire world is getting paved encounters like this will happen way more often.
Caption for all photos: Nicole Tassinaro of North Star Veterinary Hospital in Robbinsville, New Jersey spotted a bear right outside the facility on Sunday, June 26th. The bear took a nap in a tree and didn’t bother anyone. Nicole believes that, with some construction going on in the area, the bear may have been looking for a new place to rest.
Black bear stops off at veterinary hospital
Monday, June 27, 2011 | Chad Pradelli | abclocal.go.com
ROBBINSVILLE, N.J. – June 27, 2011 (WPVI) — Veterinarians are accustomed to seeing a wide range of animals, but not black bears.
So when a furry friend began prancing around the NorthStar Vets facility Sunday, the staff was taken aback.
“I looked over and though it was a dog at first wondering in our parking lot, and then I was like, ‘it’s a bear,’” Beverly Davidson said.
“For a split second, I actually thought someone was bringing a bear to the hospital, but obviously, that’s not the case,” Stacey Rebello said.
The black bear was, in fact, looking for a place to nap. He chose a tree as his place to get some z’s.
