Mississippi couple find 'strange animal' in toilet bowl

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Ronald and Carol-Anne Morris found this mystery creature in the toilet at their Clinton, Miss., home. 16 WAPT News Jackson/YouTube video screenshot

CLINTON, Miss., Sept. 25 (UPI) -- A Mississippi couple returning from their honeymoon shared pictures of a mysterious "strange animal" they discovered in the bowl of their toilet.
Carol-Anne and Ronald Morris said they had just returned from their honeymoon Sept. 18 when they looked into the toilet and beheld a bizarre sight.READ MORE

New species of lizard found on Island

A two-year conservation project studying Bermuda’s anoles has uncovered a new species as well as lifting the lid on how the lizard population has expanded across the Island.
The initiative was led by Florida International University’s James Stroud and Sean Giery from North Carolina State University.
The two research scientists worked alongside the Department of Conservation’s wildlife ecologist, Mark Outerbridge, to record the distribution of the three species of anoles in Bermuda.
The team’s work led to the discovery of a new species of anole, the Cuban brown anole, as well as providing groundbreaking data of how the other species’ populations had spread.
“We embarked on this project in an attempt to record the current distributions of all Anolis lizards and recorded range expansions that may have occurred,” Mr Stroud said.READ MORE

Fossils of new duck-billed, plant-eating dinosaur found in Alaska

Fossils from a unique plant eating dinosaur found in the high Arctic of Alaska may change how scientists view dinosaur physiology, Alaska and Florida university researchers have said.
A paper published on Tuesday concluded that fossilized bones found along Alaska’s Colville river were from a distinct species of hadrosaur, a duck-billed dinosaur not connected to hadrosaurs previously identified in Canada and the Lower 48 states.
It’s the fourth species unique to northern Alaska. It supports a theory of Arctic-READ MORE

Inside Walton Ford’s Brutal World of Man and Beast

READ MOREPARIS — Sometime during the summer of 1764 in the Haute-Loire region of France, a wolf-like creature attacked and killed as many as 200 peasants, often lone shepherdesses, savagely ripping out their throats. The animal proved impossible to trap; landowning nobles (the only ones with guns) failed to halt the killings and pacify the population. The animal soon acquired a name — “The Beast of Gévaudan” — and rampaged through the French psyche.

The dramatic narrative of Gévaudan served as inspiration for the artist Walton Ford’s exhibition here at the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature (Museum of Hunting and Nature), which runs until Feb. 14.

“Aristocratic hunting traditions gone wrong,” he said in an interview by phone from New York. “Brutal killings that went unanswered; a mysterious beast turned into cryptozoology — animal hysteria.” While Mr. Ford has previously exhibited in Europe, notably “Walton Ford: Bestiarium” at Berlin’s Hamburger Bahnhof in 2010, the Paris show is the artist’s first-

Rats as big as cats! Binmen say they are being chased by huge foot-long rodents who show no fear of humans

A team of binmen say they are being terrorised by a new breed of enormous foot-long rats which show no fear of humans and have even chased them during their rounds.

Feasting on rubbish, the rodents have grown bigger, more fearless and are more aggressive than ever before, according to refuse worker, Ben Landricombe, 34.

Mr Landricombe, who caught one of the massive rats in Plymouth, Devon, said he had even had to take cover when the animal went for him.   

He had discovered the creature scurrying behind a skip, and said it showed no fear of him as he cornered it.

'This latest one is over a foot long I reckon,' said Mr Landricombe, a street and refuse collector for Plymouth City Council.

'It is huge but I have seen this size and possibly even bigger in the last couple months.

'They are definitely getting bigger.

'Also they are not afraid of you as they used to be - I got chased by one.

'One came after me. I just went behind the bin and tried to shoo it away.

'It then went for me. They are certainly getting more vicious. They would never used to have done that.'

In its advice to households, Plymouth City Council recommends that people seek immediate action if they discover rats of any size in their home.

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The Kimberley death adder ..New species of deadly 'sit-and-wait' snake discovered in Australia

Scientists have discovered a new species of deadly snake in Australia – the Kimberley death adder – adding to the nation’s world-beating list of venomous snakes.

The venomous orange-brown snake – a “sit-and-wait” predator – has diamond-shaped scales and remains camouflaged before ambushing passing creatures such as birds, frogs and lizards, or potentially humans. It inhabits the remote Kimberley region of north-west Australia.

The new species adds to the impressive list of poisonous creatures in Australia, which is believed to have 20 of the world's 25 most deadly snakes, including the entire top ten.

Death adders – which are typically found in Australia, as well as in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea – are among the world’s most poisonous snakes. READ MORE

Cute' Dinosaur Found In Montana May Be A New Species

Ferocious"? Sure. "Man-eating"? In some cases, it's not hard to imagine. But "cute"? That's not a word that usually comes to mind when talking about dinosaurs.  
Yet that's how a possible new species of dinosaur is being described by researchers at the Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center in Woodland Park, Colorado. They unveiled a model of the creature, which resembles a tiny Triceratops-like dinosaur known as an Avaceratops, on Wednesday. READ MOREhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/new-dinosaur-species-triceratops-ava_55fc51d8e4b08820d9187cab

False widow spiders: 10 facts

But what do we really know about false widow spiders? Check out our top 10 facts: False widow spiders first arrived in the UK in the 1870s. They are sometimes mistaken for the deadly black widow spider, due to a similar appearance. There are six different species of false widow spiders that can currently be found within Britain. All are black or brown and most are small, with the larger females growing up to 15mm in length. False widows are one of only a dozen species of spiders living in the UK capable of biting humans.

DO PLANTS SUFFER STRESS

THIS CAN  HAPPEN WHEN THE  SOIL IS CONTAMINATED BY SALT FROM FERTILISERS ,WINTER ,ROAD GRITTING, CLIMATE CHANGE.TGE PLANTS CELL STRUCTURE HAS PRESSURE PUT ON THEM REDUCING ABILITY TO GROW ..UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA.

RARE GOLDEN ALBINO MOLE FOUND IN BRITAIN

THIS ANIMAL  WAS CAUGHT BY A TRAPPER IN WEST SUSSEX  ,LOCATION NOT DISCLOSED

Two New Invasive Species Found in Michigan Waters

LANSING, Mich. (AP) -- Officials say two new invasive species are now present in Michigan water -- Officials say two new invasive species are now present in Michigan waters. The state Department of Environmental Quality recently confirmed freshwater algae known as didymo in the St. Mary's River near Sault Ste. Marie and New Zealand mud snails in the Pere Marquette River near Ludington. The algae used to be found in small, sporadic concentrations and the snail had never been seen in Michigan before. Experts say both species pose a threat to recreational activities because they can easily attach to boats and fishing gear. The agency is reminding boaters and anglers to take steps to clean, drain and dry their equipment to help prevent the spread of didymo, New Zealand mud snails and other aquatic invasive species.

New, bigger clam species found off N.S., N.L.

It’s bright orange, with large tentacles, and a white shell. Say hello to Acesta cryptadelphe, a new clam species found in deep waters off Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador. The giant file clam species is described for the first time in the journal Zootaxa, in a scientific paper released this week. Scientists Ellen Kenchington of the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth and Jean-Marc Gagnon of the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa co-authored the paper. Kenchington noticed an “eye-catching” cluster of the creatures in 2007 while monitoring the Gully -READ MORE-http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1308874-new-bigger-clam-species-found-off-n.s.-n.l.

Isthminia Panamensis: New Species Of Ancient River Dolphin Discovered

Examination of fossil fragments from Panama has led Smithsonian scientists and colleagues to the discovery of a new genus and species of river dolphin that has been long extinct. The team named it Isthminia panamensis. The specimen not only revealed a new species to science, but also shed new light onto the evolution of today's freshwater river dolphin species. The fossil, which dates from 5.8-6.1 million years ago, was found on the Caribbean coast near the town of Piña, Panama. It consists of half a skull, lower jaw with an almost entire set of conical teeth, right shoulder blade and two small bones from the dolphin's flipper. In comparison with other river dolphins--both fossil and living--the shape and size of these parts suggests that the full specimen may have been more than 9 feet in length.READ MORE-http://www.science20.com/news_articles/isthminia_panamensis_new_species_of_ancient_river_dolphin_discovered-157036

Sable Gully depths hide new giant file clam species

Canadian scientists have identified a new clam species off the coast of Nova Scotia in a case that stretches back three decades, involves DNA testing and is proving the ecological variety contained in Canada's first marine protected area. The discovery is a new species of giant file clam, although the name might be misleading as the mollusk is nine to 15 centimetres long. "A very large specimen could fit in the palm of your hand," says Ellen Kenchington, a federal fisheries research scientist at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography. It's a big deal for researchers at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography -READ MORE -http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/sable-gully-depths-hide-new-giant-file-clam-species-1.3210490