A two-headed turtle captured by a turtle collector is a rare example of a conjoined-twin birth, its owner said.
It's an interesting cross breed as both breeds are loving, intellegent, and affectionate. The Bichons tend to be naturally sociable while Schnauzers can be fiesty. Hopefully this mix will help tame the agressive nature of the Schnauzer.
When people talk of hybrid puppies, they usually claim that in a cross-breed you get the best of both breeds. The cynic in me often wonders why you can't just get the bad traits of both parents? According to dogbreedinfo.com, "the percentage of designer dogs with genetic problems is much lower then purebred dogs because the gene pool is mixed. "
Like purchasing any dog, it is important to visit with the dog and try to see what temperments they have. Know and understand the common temperments of both breeds, because in a hybrid dog, you can get any combination of those traits.
One of the hottest new concepts in critterland is the home pet party, a gathering of animals and the people who are willing to open their wallets for them. The events are ringing up revenues for companies like Shure Pets, based in Chicago.
Insect Lab is an artist operated studio that customizes real insects with antique watch parts and electronic components. Offering a variety of specimens that come in many shapes, sizes and colors; each specimen is individually designed and hand- assembled, each is one of a kind and unique.
The TSA (Transportation Security Administration) National Explosives Detection Canine Team Program is an important tool used to deter terrorism in aviation today. Their teams are the most mobile form of explosive detection and can be utilized in all areas of the airport environment. An explosive detection canine team is used to search narrow and wide-body aircraft, vehicles, terminals, warehouses, and luggage in the airport environment.
Organic Armor creates handmade costume pieces, jewelry and props that look like ancient metal, bone and leather. But unlike the real thing - you'll find the pieces lightweight and comfortable. Wear them for hours through active movement - especially suited to performance. Wear it to clubs, rituals, festivals, on stage, or in the backyard!
Mental Floss has collected Six Unexpected Uses For Animal Dung.
When it was disclosed that Leona Helmsley had made her pet Maltese Trouble her biggest heir, leaving a $12 million trust fund for her pet, Forbes.com researched the spending habits of the very rich and their pets.
A Cornish egg farm has recruited two Peruvian alpacas to act as security guards for their hens.
An Australian man has completed a three-year journey from Mongolia to Hungary, following in the footsteps of the Mongolian leader Genghis Khan.
A ghostly, mutant ratfish caught off Whidbey Island in Washington state is the only completely albino fish ever seen by both the curator of the University of Washington's 7.2 million-specimen fish collection and a fish and wildlife biologist with more than 20 years of sampling fish in Puget Sound.
. Here you will be introduced to the songs of 76 species of crickets, katydids, and cicadas.
Joe Staton, formerly of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard, spent an unhealthily long time studying whether everything really does taste of chicken. He concluded that taste is, in large part, to do with the evolutionary origin of an animal. So, birds all taste like chicken, and so does crocodile, since dinosaurs were the ancestors of birds too. But why do tarantulas taste like chicken? And is fugu worth the risk?
Honey bees can smother their enemies to death by swarming them, researchers report.
A research team led by professor Masayuki Sumida at Hiroshima University’s Institute for Amphibian Biology has created a type of transparent frog whose internal organs are visible through its skin. The researchers say the see-through frogs can help in the study of diseases and in the development of medical treatments by allowing laboratory scientists to check the status of internal organs and blood vessels while the frogs are alive and without having to dissect them.
This seven-week-old panda cub has become one of San Diego Zoo's most famous babes, though she is yet to be named.
This unusual species of flying fox was recently discovered in the Philippines not long after it was deemed not to exist.
"Just me and my Mommie!"
A lone dolphin is making friends with sailors and lifeboat crews around the south-west of England.
A 20-year-old man and 18-year-old woman are accused of stealing a tiny baby marmoset from the Zoo of Acadiana, LA.
Toads in an area of northern Germany are being killed off by a mysterious disease - they are exploding.
A man in Oregon nearly died after a pet rattlesnake that he put in his mouth while drinking with some friends bit him inside his throat.
Oh, Yummy, Yummy!
