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2013年5月8日星期三

Is the mysterious 30 foot long rotting 'sea monster' with huge teeth really just a killer whale






A strange 30-foot long carcass washed up off the coast of the Bay of Plenty coast in New Zealand after storms in last month.
What you can see is its head and what appear to be flippers.Mos of the rest of the creature's body is missing. Take a close look at it,you may be shocked by its large, jagged blackened teeth.
Where it comes from and what is it?


On a video by Elizabeth Ann,she said: 'The huge marine creature washed up after a storm. It had been attacked by something in the water.’
As to what is it ?The bizarre prehistoric beast has stimulated lots of discussion and the views are very differently. Suggestions as to what the creature could be include a saltwater crocodile, a giant moray eel, a dolphin or a dinosaur. Marine mammal expert Anton van Helden rejected all these ideas and told New Zealand's Channel 3 that the creature's fin structure is similar to that of a killer whale.( Killer whales are common in and around Fiji and the Bay of Plenty.)
Photos of the animal have been sent to the New Zealand Department of Conservation and Kelly Tarlton's Aquarium for identification.


(via:mailonline)




2013年3月27日星期三

So Daring :Squid “eats” Live Bomb



A Chinese fishmonger was going about his business when he randomly discovered a bomb... inside the stomach of a squid he was gutting. Apparently, a three-pound squid had swallowed an eight-inch bomb on accident. The bomb was live.

Fortunately, the fishmonger managed to escape unscathed. His knifework discovered the bomb which he speculates got in the squid's stomach because the squid had mistook it for "small fish and prawns". The fishmonger hilariously added:

"Perhaps he thought the bomb was his favourite food and gulped it down. He certainly had a big belly when he was caught."

What's fascinating is that no one knows where the eggplant shaped bomb originated from. Local authorities have assumed that it was an explosive dropped off by fighter jets but the bomb is undated. Even though its age was unknown and that it didn't look like a "bomb" (in the sense of what you imagine when you think bomb), it was still active and could have been detonated.


2013年3月17日星期日

Australian freshwater crocodile devours his smaller friend



The hungry croc was captured on camera chomping on one of its less fortunate cousins in a rare documented case of cannibalism. 





The moment was captured by David White, who runs Solar Whisper boat tours on the Daintree River in Queensland, Australia.

More animal research can be found at< OpenJournal of Animal Sciences>