Author: Hunter

A brilliantly colored bird possessing bright bands of color, dominated by a very large puffy head! MEET THE BANDED KINGFISHER The banded kingfisher (Lacedo pulchella) is a tree kingfisher and the only member of the genus Lacedo. 20 cm long, the banded kingfisher has a sturdy red bill and a short crest which is slowly raised and lowered at will. It shows striking sexual dimorphism compared to most of its relatives. The adult male has a chestnut forehead, cheeks, and nape, along with a bright blue cap. The rest of the upperparts, wings, and tail are black with blue bands. The breast, flanks, and undertail are rufous, the…

A ƅɑƅy elephɑnt wɑs fοrced tο hɑᴠe her trunk ɑmputɑted ɑfter ƅeinɡ snɑred ƅy cruel pοɑchers ɑnd left ƅehind ƅy her herd in Indοnesiɑ. The elephɑnt, οn Indοnesiɑ’s Sumɑtrɑ islɑnd, wɑs cɑuɡht in ɑ trɑp set ƅy pοɑchers whο prey οn the endɑnɡered species, ɑccοrdinɡ tο ɑuthοrities. The οne-yeɑr-οld is ɑmοnɡ the lɑst οf the islɑnd’s 700 wild Sumɑtrɑn elephɑnts. Cοnserᴠɑtiοn ɑɡency wοrkers fοund her ᴠery weɑk with ɑ snɑre emƅedded in her ɑlmοst-seᴠered trunk. She wɑs rescued οn Sundɑy in Alue Meurɑksɑ, ɑ ᴠillɑɡe in the Aceh Jɑyɑ district thɑt is fοrested, ɑccοrdinɡ tο Aɡus Ariɑntο, whο is the…

A rare white snake was recently found in Australia. The white snake was rescued from the wild in Northern Territory, Australia.The rescuers later, handed over the rare white snake to the Territory Wildlife Park. Although appearing to be albino at first sight, the lack of red eyes means that the snake has the Leucistic gene, which causes loss of pigmentation in the skin, but not the eyes. A white snake was discovered in Australia with an “incredibly rare mutation” that left its skin a brilliant, pearly shade. That’s according to Territory Wildlife Park in Berry Springs, which posted photographs of…

A cow born with one eye and no nose di.ed as a result of its condition in Barangay Kulawit, Atimonan, Quezon. Many netizens are now uploading photographs and videos of animals on social media. As a memorial, the majority of them frequently post a photograph of their cherished dogs. Some animals, however, have genetic de.for.mities and other physical abnormalities. Most malformed animals d.i.e, but others are able to live with the assistance of their owners. Michael Santander, a Facebook user, posted photographs of a cow born with only one eye and no nose. The photographs went viral on social media…

This is the moment a starving lioness was defeated while trying to bring down a baby elephant, before being found dead just hours later. The predator attacked the elephant in the Nsefu sector of South Luangwa National Park, Zambia, but the elephant managed to use its body weight to pin her down on the ground until she gave up and ran away. Both the painfully thin lioness and her elephant calf adversary were lacking their usual back-up from the pride or herd in this life-and-death struggle. A starving lioness attacked a baby elephant, and a fight ensued which soon saw the…

The cobra has always been an animal that brings terror to other animals because of its deadly poison, but the black cobra is the most dangerous of all snakes and it just became famous in a video spread. on Youtube. A large black cobra just had a viral fight on YouTube with a lizard. The newly posted video has received more than 600k views along with many comments from the audience. The king cobra was caught in a garden near the forest and was having a fierce fight with the lizard. The lizard is proactive and constantly attacks the cobra.…

This is the astonishing moment two hungry snakes were locked in a tug-of-war over a live fish. The first Checkered keelback plucked the catfish from a stream in the Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh, India on July 20. It grabbed the victim in its jaws and was lifting it out of the water to eat for lunch when a second keelback reared up and chomped on the tail. I was lucky to take a few Perfectly-timed photographs and video that shows the reptiles tussling over their lunch. Not only were the two snakes fighting, but the fish was…

While visiting the Madikwe Game reserve in South Africa, the 33-year-old photographer witnessed a lioness eating an African antelope. The lion had bitten the antelope’s belly, it was lying on the ground slowly enjoying its meal. Suddenly the lion realized there was something in the stomach of its prey, it used its strong teeth to pull out a young antelope. It turned out that its prey was pregnant. Photographer Gerry Van Der Walt and four tourists in a parking lot hold their breath, waiting for the lion’s next move. The lioness appeared confused, she rubbed her nose against the young…

In this world of Photoshop and online sᴄᴀᴍs, it pays to have a hearty dose of skepticism at reports of something strange — including an Aʟʙɪɴᴏ fetal shark with one eye smack in the middle of its nose like a Cyclops. An incredibly rare baby Aʟʙɪɴᴏ shark with only one eye has been found by sʜᴏᴄᴋᴇᴅ fishermen in Indonesia. The cyclops was found inside the belly of an adult shark that ᴅɪᴇᴅ after being caught in the nets while the fishermen were sailing across Maluku province. The adult shark was cleaned and its belly was ᴄᴜᴛ open to ʀᴇᴍᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ…

This is the incredible moment a two-headed snake ᴅᴇᴠᴏᴜʀᴇᴅ its meals using both mouths at the same time. Reptile expert Brian Barczyk filmed the ᴍᴜᴛᴀᴛᴇᴅ serpent, named Ben and Jerry, ᴇᴀᴛɪɴɢ two mice and hish video has since gone viral. He shared it to his fans on Instagram, saying: “So my two-headed snake Ben and Jerry are both ᴇᴀᴛɪɴɢ right now. They don’t always eat at the same time actually, in this case both of them are ᴇᴀᴛɪɴɢ each side.” The brown and yellow snake is seen sᴡᴀʟʟᴏᴡɪɴɢ the baby mice slowly but, as it only has one digestive system,…

Dragons are legendary creatures that have awed humanity for millennia. The legends concerning these creatures are interesting and no one gets weary of hearing them. Regrettably, the dragons we have conjured up in our heads do not exist. There is, however, one group of animals that are extremely similar to dragons. And that only goes to show that natural wonders do exist. These “mini dragons” originate from the Agamidae family of lizards and can be found populating the tropical forests of Southeast Asia. Many are capable of soaring to extremely impressive heights within the jungle canopy, and it’s a real…

It’s not just humans who are sᴛʀᴜɢɢʟɪɴɢ with the burden of unexpected extra childcare at the moment, as these remarkable photographs show. Singa, an African lion, found his pack of five u.nruly cubs were more than a handful – or should that be pawful? – when mum was away. Despite his best efforts, his parenting skills seem to be lacking a lot. So the task of taking care of the cubs at the Pakawi Park Zoo in Belgium is an impossible task while their mother, JJ, is undergoing medical treatment. Singa, an African lion living in Pakawi Park Zoo in…

It’s not just humans who are sᴛʀᴜɢɢʟɪɴɢ with the burden of unexpected extra childcare at the moment, as these remarkable photographs show. Singa, an African lion, found his pack of five u.nruly cubs were more than a handful – or should that be pawful? – when mum was away. Despite his best efforts, his parenting skills seem to be lacking a lot. So the task of taking care of the cubs at the Pakawi Park Zoo in Belgium is an impossible task while their mother, JJ, is undergoing medical treatment. Singa, an African lion living in Pakawi Park Zoo in…

Danna Sultana es una modelo y bloguera transexual de Colombia, que junto a su marido, Esteban Landrau, se han vuelto noticia tras anunciar la llegada de su primer bebé, al que llamarán Ariel. Danna nació hombre y se identifica como mujer, mientras que Esteban nació como mujer y se identifica como hombre. La pareja ha documentado todo su proceso en su página web y en su cuenta de Instagram @dannasultana, donde juntos acumulan 230.000 seguidores, de los que reciben todo el apoyo. Desde que los felices esposos anunciaron su polémico embarazo, se han enfrentado a las duras críticas de quienes…

Las historias de las víctimas del virus mortal que ha azotado al mundo en los últimos meses son realmente desgarradoras. Familias enteras han fallecido a causa de la enfermedad, pero también existen numerosos casos cuyos desenlaces nos llenan de esperanza y la historia de Monique Cook es una de ellas. Monique es una guerrera de Atlanta que logró traer al mundo a sus pequeñas gemelas a pesar de haberse contagiado de coronavirus durante el embarazo. La ahora madre de cuatro estaba embarazada de ocho semanas semanas cuando los síntomas del virus comenzaron a aparecer, problemas respiratorios y fiebre alta desencadenaron en…

Cuando Rebecca Callaghan quedó embarazada no imaginó lo difícil que sería su embarazo y mucho menos que dentro de ella se gestaba una verdadera guerrera. En el 2010, a Callaghan le indujeron el parto por el exceso de líquido alrededor del feto. Por fortuna todo salió como los médicos esperaban, pero la pequeña nació con una extraña marca en el rostro. Una mancha púrpura se extendía desde la cara hasta el cuello de la recién nacida Matilda Callaghan y de los médicos no pudieron dar una explicación inmediata y atribuyeron el asunto a una especie de hematoma. Treinta minutos después,…

No hay nada más doloroso que la imagen de un niño con tormentas en los ojos y una mirada triste, apática y desganada. No hay nada más angustiante que la sonrisa de un niño mermada, dolorida y perdida. No existe en el mundo algo más desolador que contemplar cómo un niño ha perdido su energía, su magia, su brillo y su viveza. Esto lo sabemos, quienes somos padres y quienes no, pero, ¿por qué nos duele tanto? Porque la infancia siempre debe ser reflejo de felicidad, de bondad y de inocencia. Y es que nuestro inconsciente colectivo se sincroniza con esa ingenuidad que un día…

Yigit y Derman Evrensel, son gemelos que nacieron unidos por sus cabezas, el próximo 21 de junio celebrarán su segundo cumpleaños. Los hermanos nacieron en Antalya, Turquía. El año pasado, sus padres se pusieron en contacto con el personal del Hospital Great Ormond Street de Londres, en el Reino Unido, trasladaron a los gemelos a ese lugar donde fueron sometidos a tres procedimientos quirúrgicos. Finalmente, fueron separados el 28 de enero, desde entonces fueron monitoreados y sometidos a tratamiento médico en ese hospital británico. El pasado miércoles regresaron a Turquía, los medios de comunicación captaron el momento en el que…

Una mujer con el corazón devastado ha roto el silencio al contar cómo fue convivir con su hija fallecida durante dos semanas. Lisa Fletcher, de 44 años, tuvo una pérdida involuntaria en octubre del 2015. Su pequeña hija Lillie-Grace murió en su útero y la mujer tuvo que ser sometida a una cesárea para sacar el cuerpo sin vida. Lisa había concebido a la pequeña Lillie mediante un tratamiento de Fecundación In Vitro pero lamentablemente, la niña murió a las 37 semanas de embarazo. Esta fue una desgarradora noticia para ella y para su esposo Nik, de 34 años. Lillie…

Mikey Barone es un pequeño bebé que ha logrado hacer historia gracias a su determinación y voluntad por sobrevivir. Sus padres, Kristine y Michael llevaban años luchando para poder convertirse en padres. Fueron sometidos a varios tratamientos de fertilidad y enfrentaron el terrible dolor de un embarazo fallido. Kristine y Michael viven en Nueva York, Estados Unidos. Después de ese agotador recorrido, Kristine quedó completamente en shock cuando confirmó que después de tantos años había quedado finalmente embarazada y de manera natural. Los esposos se encontraban más felices que nunca pero cuando llegaron al sexto mes de embarazo las cosas…

Carrying and giving birth to a child is far from all that a woman needs to go through during pregnancy. There is also the postpartum period – and it is here that “surprises” appear for many young mothers, in particular – with a body. And although today you can see Hollywood stars who demonstrate a completely flat stomach as early as 2 weeks after giving birth – one mother from TikTok does not hesitate to show how it really is – in ordinary women. “If you feel overwhelmed by your body, remember your beautiful children, who see no flaws and…

People tend to give everyone an opinion about why they have so many or so many children all the time and without being asked. If you have one child, when will the little brother come? If you have two sons, you should also give birth to a daughter, and if you don’t have one, then you can’t imagine how you can live without children. Children, like many other parts of our lives, are a private matter. Parents must decide for themselves how many children they want. That is why a mother of seven was shocked when after already having six…

Kelsi Pierce was told she would not be able to have children, so her mother Lisa offered to be a sᴜʀʀᴏɢᴀᴛᴇ mother for her daughter and give birth to her own grandchild. But a few months into the pregnancy came the sʜᴏᴄᴋɪɴɢ news – Kelsi was also pregnant. “It wasn’t conventional, but they had children in the end,” says Lisa to People. It was in 2016 that Kelsi Pierce married her husband Kyle, and right from the start the two knew they wanted to start a family and have children together. But getting pregnant would prove to be much more…

This is the incredible moment a wobbly wildebeest found its feet just minutes after being born. Astounding footage showed the clumsy calf struggling to stand – and even tumbling headfirst into its mother as its weak front legs buckled. But its patient mother was on hand to lovingly help the adorable newborn animal back up, after giving birth in the middle of the herd in Ngorongoro, Tanzania. This is the incredible moment a wobbly wildebeest found its feet just minutes after being born in Ngorongoro, Tanzania Astounding footage showed the clumsy calf struggling to stand – and even tumbling headfirst into its…