It happened on December 29, 2010, in Victoria’s peaceful Goldstream Park. The waters of the river suddenly became neon green, and everyone passing by it rubbed their eyes to make sure what they were seeing wasn’t just an illusion. It was very real, but was it that made Goldstream River look so alien-like? After an hour or so, the fluorescent coloring vanished, but the questions about the bizarre phenomenon remained unanswered.
After analyzing the neon-green water, the local Environment Ministry said it was the result of a chemical called “fluorescein”. Neither the substance itself nor its products of degradation are toxic, and experts believe that fish and their habitat were not affected, judging by the concentration and flow rate of the river.
Authorities haven’t yet identified the culprits, but believed the dumping of fluorescein in the Goldstream River was just a holiday season prank.

The incredible moment three lionesses killed a crocodile after it tried to attack a cub Three lionesses pounced on a crocodile in an extraordinary scene after the reptile tried to attack one of the pride's cubs.

The protective females instinctively leapt into action to fend off the aggressive predator. With organised precision, the lionesses surrounded the croc and launched a ferocious volley of blows.

The extraordinary encounter took place in Botswana and was captured on camera by a touring cardiologist

A lioness stared down the crocodile after it tried to snap at a cub

The lionesses circled around the crocodile

During the encounter the crocodile managed to bite one of the big cats but was soon killed by the pride.

The rare scenes were captured by Tony Goldman while on a safari trip to the Duba Plains, in Botswana, with his son.

Tony, 58, a cardiologist, said: 'The lionesses had just killed a buffalo and suddenly a crocodile ventured about 100 yards out of the water towards them to snack on the meat.

'One of the smaller cubs was in the path of the crocodile and it started to advance towards the cub in a menacing fashion before trying to attack it.

One lioness let out a roar inches from the croc's face

Three lionesses then pounced on the aggressive beast

The crocodile reared in pain as the lioness struck a blow

The crocodile only managed to get in one bite before it was killed by the protective pride

The cubs were brought in for a snack after the crocodile was killed

With a tongue measuring 4.5 inches (11.43 cm) long, a Pekingese called Puggy is revealed to have the longest tongue on a dog in the new Guinness World Records 2011, which launches today
Mexicans Victor "Larry" Gomez, Gabriel "Danny" Ramos Gomez, Luisa Lilia De Lira Aceves and Jesus Manuel Fajardo Aceves [pictured here] are four of a family of 19 that span five generations all suffering from the rare condition called Congenital Generalized Hypertrichosis, characterised by excessive facial and torso hair. The women are covered with a light to medium coat of hair while the men of the family have thick hair on approximately 98% of their body apart from their hands and feet

11 year old Swallow from Yorkshire has been named the world s smallest cow, measuring just 33 inches. The tiny cow poses alongside Freddie the Bull for the launch of Guinness World Records 2011

The world's longest documented hair belongs to Xie Qiuping (China) at 5.627 m (18 ft 5.54 in) when measured on May 8, 2004. She has been growing her hair since 1973 from the age of 13

The longest duration to maintain a Marinelli bend is 50 seconds and was achieved by Iona Oyungerel Luvsandorj (Mongolia) on the set of Lo Show Dei Record, in Milan, Italy, on 18 April 2009

gumpalan awan yang berubah-rubah disekitar Sek Keb Slim River, seakan-akan menggambarkan Kalimah Allah, wallahu a'lam. http://anisksr.blogspot.com/

SEBAHAGIAN ayat al-Quran pada kulit Ali.

MOSCOW - Pakar-pakar perubatan di Rusia bingung berikutan penemuan ayat-ayat suci al-Quran dan Arab pada kulit seorang bayi berusia sembilan bulan di Dagestan, Rusia, lapor sebuah akhbar semalam.
Ayat-ayat itu muncul pada belakang, tangan, kaki dan perut Ali Yakubov pada setiap malam Isnin dan Jumaat sebelum hilang tetapi diganti dengan beberapa ayat al-Quran baru dua kali seminggu.

MADINA mendukung anaknya, Ali.

Pakar-pakar perubatan Rusia menyatakan, mereka tidak tahu bagaimana fenomena itu boleh berlaku selepas perkataan Allah mula muncul pada dagu bayi tersebut ketika dia berusia beberapa minggu.
Namun, ketika mengulas mengenainya, pakar-pakar perubatan dan keluarga bayi itu mengaku bahawa ayat-ayat suci itu menjelma sendiri pada badan Ali dan bukan ditulis oleh manusia.

"Ali akan berasa kurang sihat manakala suhu badannya meningkat kepada 40 darjah Celsius setiap kali ia berlaku menyebabkan dia menangis," kata ibunya Madina Yagubova.

SEPOTONG ayat al-Quran pada peha Ali.

Kini, tempat Ali dilahirkan iaitu di Kampung Red Oktober, Dagestan menjadi tumpuan orang ramai yang mahu melihat keanehan itu.
Paparan mengenai kejadian aneh di Dagestan, wilayah selatan Rusia yang menjadi sasaran pertempuran antara tentera Rusia dengan pejuang-pejuang Islam itu turut dipaparkan di laman perkongsian video YouTube.
"Ali merupakan tanda kebesaran Tuhan. Kelahirannya di Dagestan bagi menyedarkan penduduknya supaya bersatu," kata seorang ahli parlimen di wilayah itu, Akhmedpasha Amiralaev.
Dan menurut Ibu bapa kanak-kanak berusia sembilan bulan itu, Ali Yakubov, mereka terkejut apabila perkataan Allah timbul pada dagunya sejurus selepas dia dilahirkan.
Sejak itu, beberapa ayat suci dalam bahasa Arab muncul pada belakang, lengan, kaki dan perut Ali.
Keluarganya mendakwa, ayat lama akan hilang dan ayat baru pula muncul.
Biasanya, ia berlaku dua kali seminggu, iaitu setiap Isnin dan malam Jumaat.
- Agensi

The mysterious moving stones of the packed-mud desert of Death Valley have been a center of scientific controversy for decades. Rocks weighing up to hundreds of pounds have been known to move up to hundreds of yards at a time. Some scientists have proposed that a combination of strong winds and surface ice account for these movements. However, this theory does not explain evidence of different rocks starting side by side and moving at different rates and in disparate directions. Moreover, the physics calculations do not fully support this theory as wind speeds of hundreds of miles per hour would be needed to move some of the stones.

When a thick lava flow cools it contracts vertically but cracks perpendicular to its directional flow with remarkable geometric regularity - in most cases forming a regular grid of remarkable hexagonal extrusions that almost appear to be made by man. One of the most famous such examples is the Giant's Causeway on the coast of Ireland (shown above) though the largest and most widely recognized would be Devil's Tower in Wyoming . Basalt also forms different but equally fascinating ways when eruptions are exposed to air or water.

Blue holes are giant and sudden drops in underwater elevation that get their name from the dark and foreboding blue tone they exhibit when viewed from above in relationship to surrounding waters. They can be hundreds of feet deep and while divers are able to explore some of them they are largely devoid of oxygen that would support sea life due to poor water circulation - leaving them eerily empty. Some blue holes, however, contain ancient fossil remains that have been discovered, preserved in their depths.

Red tides are also known as algal blooms - sudden influxes of massive amounts of colored single-cell algae that can convert entire areas of an ocean or beach into a blood red color. While some of these can be relatively harmless, others can be harbingers of deadly toxins that cause the deaths of fish, birds and marine mammals. In some cases, even humans have been harmed by red tides though no human exposure are known to have been fatal. While they can be fatal, the constituent phytoplankton in ride tides are not harmful in small numbers.

While many see these apparently perfect ice circles as worthy of conspiracy theorizing, scientists generally accept that they are formed by eddies in the water that spin a sizable piece of ice in a circular motion. As a result of this rotation, other pieces of ice and flotsam wear relatively evenly at the edges of the ice until it slowly forms into an essentially ideal circle. Ice circles have been seen with diameters of over 500 feet and can also at times be found in clusters and groups at different sizes as shown above.

dipetik dari, http://www.hyd-masti.com/2009/02/fantasticrare-wonders-of-nature-sailing.html

1) Gumprecht's Green Pit Viper

This striking bright green snake, commonly known as Gumprecht's green pit viper, is found in the Southeast Asian region of Greater Mekong.
The serpent, which has the formal name Trimeresurus gumprechti, was first described by scientists in 2002, although he doesn't look like he appreciates having been discovered.

2) Snakefish

In 2002, the snakefish (or Channidae) was described as "something from a bad horror movie" by US Interior Secretary Gale Norton. Some describe snakefish as having "a voracious appetite, often consuming all other fish in a lake or pond and even eating its young. It can slither across land, staying out of water for up to three days, to find new sources of food." Norton also warns that once on land "snakeheads can eat almost any small animal in its path…. They have even attacked people in China who got too close to snakeheads' egg nesting areas." According to Wikipedia, snakefish can be up to over a metre in length and over 6 kilograms in weight. Most snakefish are 2-3 feet long. They're also fast reproducers with no natural enemies outside of their native environments. Within their native environments, small snakefish are preyed upon by bigger fish, while full-grown snakefish are consumed by crocodiles and alligators. Because of their ability to move into new habitats and wipe out local ecosystems (and to then hop out of the water and mosey on over to another body of water and repeat the process) snakefish have been prohibited in 13 American states and other countries (e.g., Australia).

3) Giant Isopod

This Predator look-alike is a Giant Isopod (Bathynomus giganteus), a carnivorous crustacean that spends its time scavenging the deep ocean floor, up to 6,000ft down on the seabed where there is no light. In the pitch black and cold, they survive by feasting on dead and decaying fish and other marine animals.

4) Aye-aye

Considered by locals as a harbinger of misfortune, the Aye-aye is one of the world's most rare and bizarre looking primates. To the Malagasy people, the aye-aye is magical, and believed to bring death to the village it appears in; therefore they're often killed on sight. The aye-aye is the world's largest nocturnal primate with an average head and body length of 16 inches (40 centimeters) , a long bushy tail of 2 feet (61 centimeters) long, and weighs about 4 pounds (2 kilos). The Aye-aye has large beady eyes, black hair, and large spoon-shaped ears. It has 5-fingered hands with flat nails, with a middle finger up to 3 times the length of the others.

5)Star-nosed Mole

One of the most intriguing stars in the universe is right here on Earth: the eleven pairs of pink fleshy appendages ringing the snout of the star-nosed mole (Condylura cristata). From its appearance and location, one would think this star might be a supersensitive olfactory organ, helping the nearly blind mole negotiate its subterranean environment, or an extra hand for grasping prey or manipulating objects. Some researchers have hypothesized that the star detects electric fields, thus acting as a kind of antenna. But in reality, the star is an extraordinary touch organ with more than 25,000 minute sensory receptors, called Eimer's organs, with which this hamster-sized mole feels its way around.

6) Frilled Lizard

The frilled lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingi) is a yellowish-brown australian lizard has got a large frill of skin to the sides of the neck and throat. It is about 90 cm/35 in long, and when is angry or alarmed, it erects its frill, which may be as much as 25cm/10 in in diameter, thus giving itself the appearance of being larger than it really is. Frilled lizards are generally tree-living but may spend some time on the ground, where they run with their forelimbs in the air.

7) Giant leaf-tailed Gecko

The Giant leaf-tailed gecko (Uroplatus fimbriatus) is endemic to Madagascar and the islands Nosy Bohara and Nosy Mangabe. These geckos live in tropical rain forests and reach a total length of 330 mm. A large nocturnal gecko, by day it plasters it self to a small tree trunk and rests head down. If disturbed it will raise it tail and head, open its mouth and scream... and call his mom.

dipetik dari: http://world-newsupdate.blogspot.com/2009/03/some-disturbing-creatures.html