Folks are flocking to the Skazka Zoo in Yalta to see a rare albino California Kingsnake made even rarer by the fact that it has two independently functioning heads.
“Sometimes one head wants to crawl in one direction and the other head in another direction,” zoo director Oleg Zubkov told AFP.
Video of the two-faced snake after the jump:
These incredible images of waves were taken by the number 1 photographer of surf: ClarkLittle. He has dedicated his life to photographing the waves and has published a selection of the best images of his career. He captures magical moments inside the “tube”, as surfers say.
Sun … glints off wave
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Sand … in surf
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Tubular … shining
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Beach … surf crashes down ClarkLittle/SWNS
Molten … liquid gold ClarkLittle/SWNS
White … tumultuous water
Splash … stunning shot ClarkLittle/SWNS
Red … mysterious shot
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Break … wave crashes down
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Scientist have proved that Mars once had water, but they are still debating if the water was suitable to support life. After studying salt deposits left behind on the planet’s surface, Tosca and his colleagues state that the planet’s water would have been too salty for the organisms. Mars lost most of its surface over time and left with arid and cold desert. But it had been friendlier once. The origins of life on Earth is much easier than an acid pH and high salinity environment in Mars. It may be the reason why it might not have worked so well for the evolution of life on Mars.
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.
