On October 24th 2006, Amillia Taylor was born at 21 weeks and six days. No baby born at less than 23 weeks gestation had ever survived, but 10 ounce Amillia was able to pull through (and even was trying to breath and cry on her own at birth).
Wednesday 15 June 2011
Tiniest Baby in the World
On October 24th 2006, Amillia Taylor was born at 21 weeks and six days. No baby born at less than 23 weeks gestation had ever survived, but 10 ounce Amillia was able to pull through (and even was trying to breath and cry on her own at birth).
Extreme Frog-Like Baby
On 2006, this bizarre-looking baby was born in India, attracting a huge number of onlookers to witness the astonishing sight.
The bizarre baby, however, died after half an hour of its birth, Suntali, the mother, informed. It was taken to the hospital after its death. The news about such a baby being brought to the hospital spread like wildfire and there were hundreds gathered at the hospital to have a look. The police had to be deployed to control the crowd.
Tree House Sold For £7,600
Tree houses are meant for children, but this "log cabin" has been sold on eBay after being advertised as an ideal home for fist-time buyers.
The property – which is 42 ft in length is sold for £7,600 on the online auction website.
It even comes with an already attached wheels so the new owners can tow it to wherever they want it to be.
But anyone attracted by the idea of living inside a tree should not get too excited – the home may look like a hollowed-out trunk but has actually been constructed from plywood, foam and fibreglass.
The tree house was originally used to promote environmental tourism on the Australian island state of Tasmania but was put up for sale earlier this month by its most recent owner, the entrepreneur Alan Jennison.
The cabin sparked a small-scale bidding war between two interested parties after being featured in the local press, eventually selling for AU $14,000.95.
Largest Flower in the World
There is one exotic and rare plant you wouldn't likely want to grow anywhere near your garden no matter how cool it is. That would be growing the largest flower in the world. This exotic, very rare, though may not be pretty, rust colored flower is called Rafflesia Arnoldii.
Rafflesia Arnoldii, is the biggest individually produced flower in the world. It gets to be 3 feet across and weighing a whopping 15- 24 pounds. That's pretty darn big but still you would not like this flower in your perennial bed. Why not? If you could mimic a rainforest type environment for this plant, it gives off a most offensive odor when in bloom. This scent is somewhat like rotting meat. This is why it is often called the Corpse Plant by some natives of Indonesia where it originates.
Freaky Bottle Tree
Baobab is the common name of a genus (Adansonia) containing eight species of trees, which is native to Madagascar and also known as the Bottle Tree. Not only do they look like bottles, but these trees typically store around 300 liters of water! It is no wonder why they often live for over 500 years!
Freaky Dragon Blood Tree
The Dragon Tree (Dracaena Cinnabari) is a strange-looking, umbrella-shaped tree native to the Socotra archipelago. It is also referred to as the Dragon Blood Tree and Socotra Dragon Tree. Its red sap was the dragon's blood of the ancients, sought after as a medicine and a dye. It was first formally described by Isaac Bayley Balfour in 1882.
Largest Frog in the World
The Goliath Frog (Conraua Goliath) is the largest species of frog on Earth. It can grow up to 13 inches (33 cm) in length, and weighs up to 8 lb (3 kg). This animal has a relatively small habitat range, mainly in West Africa (near Gabon). The Goliath Frog can live up to 15 years and eats scorpions, insects and smaller frogs.
Freaky Transparent Frog
The Glass Frog or Crystal Frog (Hyalinobatrachium Pellucidum) is called such because you can see through its transparent flesh (including its guts). This frog is endangered, so this finding is heartening for environmentalists.
From Wikipedia:
Hyalinobatrachium pellucidum, also known as the glass frog or see-through frog is a species of frog in the Centrolenidae family. The frog is named for its skin which is translucent to the point that internal organs and surfaces immediately behind the frog can be seen. It is endemic to Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist mountains and rivers. It is threatened mostly by habitat loss, although conservation programs have begun to help save this interesting creature. This frog is about the size of a fingernail.
Freaky Giant Camel Spider
The story of the Giant Camel Spider (Arachnid Solifugae) is told by the United States Servicemen in the Persian Gulf War and afterwards from the Iraq War. It was said that a giant camel spider crawled into the sleeping bag of a soldier, biting the man while he was asleep. Fortunately, the giant desert camel spiders native to Iraq aren't venomous. It uses its claws to catch its prey, which is never bigger than the arachnid itself.
Smallest Horse in the World
This little horse named Thumbelina was born to Paul and Kay Goessling, who specialize in breeding miniature horses. But even for the breed, Thumbelina is particularly small: she is thought to be a dwarf-version of the breed. At just 60 lb and 17-inch tall, she is the world’s smallest horse.
Freaky Foot-Binding Tradition
The origin of a foot-binding tradition called lily feet is uncertain. But it is believed that it appeared during the Five Dynasties (907–960).
According to legend, a king asked a lady-in-waiting named Ruiniang to bind her feet and dance on a golden lotus flower, so it was called three-cun lily feet. After that, the custom of foot-binding emerged. But this custom ceased after the founding of New China, and shoes for lily feet entered the museums.
Freaky Vegetarian Spider
Bagheera Kiplingi, a South American species, eats leaf buds and is thought to be the only non-carnivorous spider out of about 40,000 species. Its diet includes nutritious wild acacia plants and it has no need to spin a web to catch preys.
Strange Two-Headed Turtle
This strange creature used to be a mascot for an animal shelter in New York, before it was stolen only a few days earlier of being featured in the local newspapers.
Tuesday 14 June 2011
Freaky Toilet Restaurant
This weird restaurant called Marton Theme Restaurant is located in Taiwan. It has a toilet theme with colorful toilet seats as dining chairs. The restarant is named after the Chinese word ''Matong'' for toilet and is doing really well.
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