Frank and Louie sets record for the world's oldest two-faced cat (own story)

A cat named Frank and Louie is a two-faced cat who just celebrating his 12 years old birthday and has set the record of the world's oldest two-faced cat.

Frank and Louie suffers from congenital condition craniofacial duplication which means he has three eyes, two mouths and two noses.


The owner of Frank and Louie, Marty was the former veterinary technician who saved Frank and Louie from being euthanized.

There aren't two animals in there though, he functions on a single brain. Although two of his eyes work normally, the third central eye does not function.

And now Frank and Louie is in the new edition of Guinness World Records  after surviving 12 years long miraculous.

'When he was first born, everyday was a blessing." said Marty

 

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Youtube:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--qHTGbAM6A

Photo: http://pets.nownews.com/2011/09/29/11508-2745595.htm

Source: http://www.metro.co.uk/weird/876866-frank-and-louie-sets-record-for-the-worlds-oldest-two-faced-cat

Lion cub saved by mum on the last moment

Mother are very strong especially clinging on for the dear life. A very good example happened in Kenya's Masai Mara game reserve.

A lion cub fall down a vertical cliff and cries out pitifully for help. His mother then arrives at the edge of the precipice with three other lionesses and a male.

It seems like all the adult lions are discussing how to rescue the cub. The lions start to clamber down together however the cliff is too steep that the other adult lions timidly left.

Eventually one single factor determines which of them will risk her life to save the youngster, motherly love.

Slowly, agonizingly the big cat edges her way down towards her terrified son, using her powerful claws to grip the crumbing cliff side.

One slip could end up dead at the bottom of the ravine. The dramatic rescue captured by wildlife photographer Jean Francois Largot.

Just as the exhausted cub seems about to fall, his mother circles beneath him and he is snatched up in her jaws. She then climb back to the top.

Minutes later, they arrive and she gives the frightened son a consoling lick on his head.

Two bear cubs fighting in the middke of the road

If people are fighting in the middle of the road, lots of people may go and stop them or even call the police. But in this video clip, I guess many of you won't do so.

Two bear cubs are having a brawl by tourists on a road at Hetch Hetchy Valley in Yosemite National Park, California. The mother bear together with this two cute bear cubs for food hunting.

A video of the lovable cubs was uploaded to You Tube and it has already proven a hit with more than 1.000,000 views.


'That is the cutest,' one woman says, as the camera pans to show a bigger bear near the roadside watching what is happening.

  
'They are like puppy size,' another onlooker says. 'I want one,' says one person watching the cubs, who were fighting in front of a parked car.

An onlooker says 'one of them is so small', before joking: 'Oh please come to my car'.

 The cubs later go and follow their mother away from the road.

Happy Feet's tracker got silent.....

Happy Feet the Emperor penguin that was found on a New Zealand beach after wandering thousands of miles from home may be lost forever.

Happy Feet has became an international celebrity after losing his way and ending up in New Zealand is missing and was presumed eaten after being released into the ocean this month.

Concerns were raised over Happy Feet's fate when the tracker device attached to his body stopped sending signals on his trip home to Antarctica. 

Kevin Lay, of Sirtrack, the specialist firm that fitted the tracker, said no signal had been received since Friday, when the penguin was about halfway home. He said it was possible Happy Feet had been eaten, but he remained hopeful.

Lay said the tracker was meant to transmit a signal every time it broke the surface of the water, and had been working perfectly. It was intended to remain attached for months and be shed in the new year moult, but may have fallen off.

Sharks, seals and killer whales are among the creatures known to eat penguins.

Glow-in-dark kitten lend a paw to AIDs fight

Cats that can glow in the dark from a new genetic engineering technique are helping scientists study molecules that could stop AIDS.

So far, the researchers have created three genetically engineered kittens that can glow green and pass this gene onto their offspring. They explained that cats are much better models for AIDS viruses than are mice and other animals.
In addition to opening a window into the virus in humans, the cat research may end up helping the felines themselves, the researchers said.

The world is currently facing two devastating AIDS pandemics— one in humans, the other in domestic cats. The viruses responsible, human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV), are highly similar.

Researchers have long wanted to genetically experiment with cats to better understand how to combat AIDS. To create genetically modified animals, scientists insert genes into their genomes, often using benign viruses as the delivery vehicles.

Investigators commonly target the earliest possible stages in an animal's development so the gene gets installed into all of its cells — any later, and the gene can end up in some tissues but not others.

At first scientists created genetically engineered cats using cloning, and then implanting the modified nucleus of that cell into an egg cell that had its nucleus removed; the resulting cell then develops into an embryo much like a fertilized egg would. In this manner, researchers generated felines that were either fluorescent red or green, a glow-in-the-dark cat being visible proof of the genetic engineering succeeding.

 However, this kind of cloning is very difficult to perform, as it essentially involves delicate surgery on cells, Now scientists have developed a new way to create genetically engineered domestic cats where they modify egg cells directly with viruses.

"We want to see if we can protect the domestic cat against its AIDS virus, if we can protect any species, eventually including ours, against its own AIDS virus," Scientist Poeschla said.

Scientists created transgenic cats that generated or expressed antiviral proteins taken from rhesus monkeys. Such molecules can block retroviruses such as HIV and FIV.Preliminary results suggested cells from these cats grown in the lab resisted replication of the feline AIDS virus FIV, keeping it from spreading.

This research has tried 22 times and created 5 kittens, but only 3 survived. The researchers stress their work could also help cats themselves, not just humans.

Retrieved published fo rescue dogs for 911 10th anniversy

On the 10th anniversary of 911, the book "Retrieved" will be published and highlights rescue dogs on the that day.

After the attacks, more than hundreds of rescue dogs and their owners are searching around the disaster area, Ground Zero to search for survivors. After a decade, there are only 12 of them are still alive.

These dogs worked tirelessly to search for anyone trapped alive in the rubble, along with countless emergency service workers and members of the public.

These dogs are featured in a book, "Retrieved," by photographer Charlotte Dumas. Dumas travel across nine states in the U.S. from Texas to Maryland to capture the remaining dogs in their twilight years in their homes where they still live with their handlers.

Noted for her touching portraits of animals, especially dogs, Charlotte wants her book not only mark the anniversary of the 911, but also recognition for some of the first responders and their dogs.

Mozie, 13, from Winthrop, Massachusetts, arrived with her handler, Mark Aliberti, at the World Trade Center on the evening of September 11 and searched the site for 8 days.

Tara, 16, from Ipswich, Massachusetts, arrived at the World Trade Center on the night of the 11th. The dog and her handler Lee Prentiss were there for eight days

Kaiser, 12, pictured at home in Indianapolis, Indiana, was deployed to the World Trade Center on September 11 and searched tirelessly for people in the rubble

Bretagne and his owner Denise Corliss from Cypress, Texas, arrived at the site in New York on September 17, remaining there for ten days

Bretagne takes a break from work at the 9/11 site with his handler Denise

Guinness, 15, from Highland, California, started work at the site with Sheila McKee on the morning of September 13 and was deployed at the site for 11 days

Searching for survivors: The dogs worked around the clock in the vain hope of finding anyone still alive at the World Trade Center site

The dogs are now old and they will soon pass away.

'These portraits are about how time passes, and how these dogs and their portraits are offering us a way to deal with the things that happened as well as relying on them for comfort,' said Charlotte.

Happy Feet is going back home

The lost emperor penguin Happy Feet is going back home! Happy Feet was released from the research vessel Tangaroa on Sunday morning.


Happy Feet was discovered June 20 on a New Zealand beach far from his Antarctic feeding grounds. He became sick from eating sand and was transferred to the Wellington Zoo. His story has captured the imagination of people around the world.

This worldwide celebrity has been take care by specialist after operation in his own special ice-filled quarters is getting better.

'It's an indescribable feeling to see a patient finally set free. It's definitely the best part of the job,' said veterinary surgeon Lisa Argilla who treated the penguin after he was found emaciated and near death in late June.

Life-saving: A team of medics operate on Happy Feet

Happy Feet, was released into the water from the New Zealand fisheries vessel Tangaroa near Campbell Island, about 700km south of New Zealand's South Island. His home in Antarctica is about 2,000km further south and it is expected he will join up with other emperor penguins on the long voyage.

More familiar environment: Happy Feet is released in Antarctica from his big blue crate was four people try and encourage him to go down a specially-made slide and into the water

Back home: Happy Feet prepares to be sent back into the sea two months after he was discovered in New Zealand

F-f-f-f-Freezing: Happy Feet prepares to go back into the sea for the first time in two months

In he goes: The three foot tall emperor penguin slowly moves towards the water in Antarctica

Gone: Happy Feet disappears for good.

But just in case he gets lost again, the wayward penguin has been fitted with a tracking device, so the team and the public can follow his progress back home.

The biggest human-raccoon family, 4 human and 20 raccoons

A big family in UK is a big fan for raccoons. There are in total 24 family members in the family, 2 adults, 2 children and 20 raccoons.


Michelle and Sean Rhodes the parents of the family are so besotted with their 'gaze' of raccoons that they regard them like their children, and spend £3,000 a year on their upkeep.


The family even forgo holidays because they think no one can be trusted to look after the animals, meanwhile the lovely creatures also feel left out unless they are allowed to tag along.

After Michelle bought the first raccoon on the internet pet shop, the whole family are fall in love with raccoons. Then they keep on buy more and raise more raccoons which share three bedrooms.


Mrs Rhodes, 39, who does not work in order to care for the animals, and her husband, a business consultant, have dedicated the last four years to raising the creatures who now have the run of their three bedroom terraced house in Portsmouth.

Four years on life, has been totally transformed with every household task being carried out with a raccoon either helping or hindering.


'Raccoons are my life,' Mrs Rhodes added. 'They are totally part of my family - my husband and kids love them to bits. But they are very clever and quite naughty when they put their minds to it.

While 20 raccoons might seem a few too many for most, the Rhodes family is expanding. Five youngsters were bred this year and are being hand-raised after they were rejected by their mothers.

Raccoons are native to north America where they live in forests as well as cities. They are so adaptable that since they were introduced to Russia in the 1930's their population has spread across Asia into Europe. They have been spotted in the wild as far west as Denmark.