Thursday, March 3, 2005

Mutant (Non-Ninja) Turtles and Other Animals

Blinky has some new friends.  Some items contain images that may freak you
out.

1. "Shell shock at two-headed tortoise"  [England]
   <http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4006351.stm>
"A two-headed tortoise has come out of its shell in Dorset to find itself
 in the media spotlight"
   "Rare two-headed turtle found"  [USA]
   <http://www.nbc5.com/irresistible/3304664/detail.html>
"Two-headed turtles don't normally live longer than a year. However, the
 family's veterinarian says the turtle is in perfect health and as long as
 he continues to eat, he'll be just fine"

2. "Six-legged frog"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1284726.html>
"A six-legged frog has been found at a restaurant in China"
   "Girls discover deformed frog"  [Minnesota, USA]
   <http://www.nbc5.com/news/3677868/detail.html>
"A group of girls catching baby frogs on a family pond in Minnesota dis-
 covered a leopard frog with 23 toes. The frog also has five legs"
   "5-legged frog finds new home"  [Mississippi, USA]
   <http://www.nbc30.com/news/3906165/detail.html>
"A cat found the amphibian in Kiln, Miss., and brought it to its owner"

3. "Three-eyed, double-mouthed calf in good health"
   <http://xo.typepad.com/blog/2004/04/threeeyed_doubl.html>
"A calf born in an east Texas town, about 60 miles east of Dallas, is
 thriving despite its two mouths and three eyes"

4. "Two-headed lamb born in China"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1257923.html>
"The lamb, one of four born to the same ewe, has four eyes and two mouths"

5. "Rare albino blue crab found"
   <http://wjz.com/localstories/local_story_205072441.html>
"Its shell was translucent enough to watch the water and air sloshing in
 its gills when it was out of the water"

6. "Hen produces spoon-shaped egg"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1265583.html>
"[T]he hen had laid a spoon-shaped egg, 8.5 centimeters long and 35 grammes
 in weight"
   "Perfectly formed egg found inside egg"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_831705.html>
"The smaller egg measures 3cm in length - around a quarter of the size of the
 egg it came in, which also had a yolk"
   "Hen egg found in duck egg"
   <http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1113454.html>
"Residents of a Romanian village are baffled after an elderly farmer found a
 hen egg inside a duck egg"


In case you were wondering who Blinky is, here's a picture:
   <http://www.capefeare.com/blinky.gif>
and here's a profile:
   <http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Network/7525/blinky.html>