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The wild civet killed a poisonous snake right on the tree, making many people startled about the animal that seemed like a natural enemy in the life of wild animals. The story of a hunter turning into a prey is not uncommon in the wildlife world, but the scene of a wild civet biting a poisonous snake right on a tree makes many people startled and surprised by the killing. capture this little animal. Armed with a powerful venom capable of killing a human, the snake dispholidus typus is a fearsome predator in the wild. However, the mongoose is…

This is the incredibly bizarre and rare moment a snake fakes its own death in a bid to deter potential predators. The eastern indigo snake was spotted on the ground in Mission, Texas, USA, by Eric Johnson, who noticed the unusual behaviour. When approached by Mr Johnson, the cold-blooded creature began to squirm vigorously to get away but, realising it can’t, it stopped dead, mouth gaping and contorts its neck to appear as if it is broken. The reptile remains limp and lifeless as Mr Johnson inspected it, but when the self-taught snake expert stepped away it ‘came back to…

Honeymoons are supposed to be unforgettable, right? Well, finding a leopard in your hotel bathroom definitely makes for a holiday to remember. According to local media, newlyweds Sumit and Shivani Rathore were sleeping in their hotel room in the Himalayan resort town of Nainital when they were woken by the sound of breaking glass as the big cat jumped in through the window. “I quickly covered my wife and myself with the blanket and saw the leopard enter the bathroom,” Mr Rathore told the Hindustan Times. “I rushed to close the bathroom door and called the hotel management.” A team from the local forestry…

There were smiles all round as Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway attended the world premiere of Les Miserables on Wednesday evening. Both actors star in the film adaptation of the classic musical, which documents the struggle of the proletariat in 19th-century France. Handsome Hugh had his leading lady in stitches, and although newlywed Anne – stunning in a cream Givenchy gown – is obviously smitten with husband Adam Schulman, she was clearly enjoying her hunky co-star’s company. Amanda Seyfried, who plays iconic character Cosette, also looked charmed by Hugh. Speaking at the glittering world premiere in London, Ms Hathaway told reporters that despite losing almost two stone and having her long hair…

British small screen phenomenon Downton Abbey has secured its first ever Screen Actors Guild Award. The period piece was named Best Ensemble in a Drama Series, and beat off competition from American heavyweights such as Homeland and Mad Men. Stepping up to accept the accolade, Phyllis Logan, who plays Mrs Hughes in the TV favourite, said she was surprised that the show had been given the nod. “We were so not expecting this,” she said. “Shut the French windows, honestly! We would like to thank, first of all, SAG for even bothering to consider us … We’re just so overwhelmed by it all.” Fellow stars Michelle Dockery, Sophie McShera and Amy…

Anne Hathaway made sure to ring in this New Year in style, attending a very swanky party with superstar songstress Madonna thrown by Valentino in Switzerland. No doubt to the delight of the guests, A-list duo Anne and Madonna were rumoured to have performed a duet together. Moviestar Anne looked stunning in a floral tunic dress that she vamped up with scarlet lips and her new cropped do. Madonna, meanwhile, opted for a little black dress that featured lace sleeves, fish net stockings and old Hollywood curls. They posed for cameras during the event, pictured below with Valentino’s good friend Giancarlo Giammetti. Earlier in the…

Two stars shone brightly Monday night as Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain wowed on the red carpet at the premiere of their new film Interstellar in Hollywood. Oscar-winner Anne, 31, showed off her beautiful porcelain skin in a sexy navy Richard Nicoll slip dress which she complimented with a necklace and a very special bracelet which had been had designed by her husband Adam Shulman and James Banks Designs. She finished off the look with an effortless chic bob and dark and smokey eye makeup. Her co-star Jessica, 37, glowed in a black Givenchy Couture gown that featured long sleeves, a plunging…

When Anne Hathaway was just 4 years old in 1986, the New Kids on the Block came on to the scene with their first album. On Tuesday, Anne got to relive her childhood and watch Donnie Wahlberg, Jordan and Jonathan Knight, Joey McIntyre and Danny Wood perform on Live with Kelly and Michael. Anne’s new movie Song One comes out on January 23 The Song One actress, now 32, was also a guest to discuss her new movie. In the video she posted to Facebook, she pans to Michael Strahan grooving, then turns the camera back on herself and Kelly Ripa dancing and singing to the guys. She captioned the treat, “I always have a great…

She may have won the Oscar for playing Fantine in the film adaptation of musical Les Misérables, but Anne Hathaway proved that she has fake singing perfected too. The actress appeared on Spike TV’s new competition show Lip Sync Battle where she took on the difficult task of performing “Wrecking Ball” by Miley Cyrus. Anne won the Oscar for her role in Les Misérables Photo: Getty Images A clip was released from an upcoming episode showing the 32-year-old sporting a pixie cut, white tank top, underwear and purple boots just as Miley did in her famous music video. Wanting to take her performance all the way, Anne…

The stork is just around the corner for Anne Hathaway and Chrissy Teigen. The expectant moms were feted to baby showers on opposite sides of the country, over the weekend to celebrate their impending arrivals. The Princess Diaries actress enjoyed her shower on Saturday in West Hollywood. The 33-year-old reportedly (via Us Weekly) celebrated at her manager’s home, with pals including Matthew McConaughey’s wife, Camila Alves. Anne and her husband Adam Shulman have not revealed the sex of their first child, however Camila was spotted entering the party with a “pink gift basket stamped with the Initial ‘G!’” A source told Us Weekly that Anne, who showed off her…

The film has been criticized for its use of physical impairments in Hathaway’s character. Warner Bros studios and Anne Hathawayapologized this week after being criticized for their use of physical impairments in the newly released movie “The Witches.” In the film, Hathaway’s character, “Grand High Witch” is seen with hands that are similar to Ectrodactyly which involves the deficiency or absence of one or more central digits of the hand or foot, it’s also known as split hand/split foot malformation. In the trailer, “claws” or “absence of toes” was used as a way “to spot a witch.” Viewers said the film negatively…

The acclaimed actress wants everyone to be celebrated and took a moment to describe Anjelica’s performance in ‘The Witches’ Anne Hathaway is not taking any negativity! The acclaimed actress is not willing to let the comparison on her performance as the Grand High Witch, in reference to Anjelica Houston’s 1990 portrayal, outshines the excellent reboot of the iconic film The Witches. The new storyline directed by Robert Zemeckis follows similar characters and situations, however is adapted for a new generation and brings a whole new audience from the classic movie that terrified kids and adults. The 38-year-old actress admitted that despite the expected comparisons from original films…

This is the moment a tiger launched an attack on one of the world’s deadliest man-killing bears. The fascinating video was captured by a tour leader in the Todoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in India and shows the two predators face off near a lake. In one image, the Bengal tiger knocked the 300lb sloth bear to the ground as it temporarily gained the upper hand and the bear can be heard calling out in distress. A rare sighting of a sloth bear, one of the world’s deadliest predators, and a tiger battling it out over a water supply has been captured by…

This is the unusual moment three venomous king cobras tangled themselves around a tree after being released into the wild in India. Guide Nilesh Wankhede, 32, captured the footage as the snakes climbed a tree in Melghat Tiger Reserve in western Maharashtra state. Nilesh had rescued the snakes from three different places in Harisal village adjoining the reserve on Wednesday. He said: ‘I have rescued hundreds of snakes in the last 20 years but never seen such a sight…it was astonishing to see the three together.’ This is the moment three venomous king cobras tangle themselves around a tree after being…

This incredible sᴄᴇɴᴇ shows a newborn wildebeest repelling two cheetahs, one hyena, and a jackal yet still managing to survive. Amazing photos captured by expert safari guide Garth Thompson in Kᴇɴʏᴀ’s Maasai Mara Conservancies depict the great escape as the little wildebeest valiantly battles four ᴅᴀɴɢᴇʀᴏᴜs predators. As these spectacular images demonstrate, two ferocious cheetahs ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋ the wildebeest first, pinning the juvenile to the ground. As the ғɪɢʜᴛ appears to be over, a hungry hyena approaches the group from behind and successfully scares the two cheetahs away. The hyena then keeps watch on the sᴛᴀʀᴛʟᴇd wildebeest and repeatedly tries to…

When a lion was walking out in the sparkling snow with his magnificent mane blowing in the wind, the name “catwalk” took on a whole new meaning. The five-year-old Tom, the photogenic cat, posed wide-eyed with his hair unkempt, and lying down next to some pine branches. The king of the jungle, or in this case, the Zoopark Na Hrádeku in the Cᴢᴇᴄʜ Republic, sauntered around while he also nestled up to a tree stump, his golden fur catching the sun. Robert Grim, a 51-year-old amateur photographer from Prague, took the beautiful pictures. He said the animal was saved from…

A classic case of ‘keep your friends close and enemies closer’ is seen in a video that has caught the internet’s fancy. Posted by Indian Forest Services(IFS) officer Sushanta Nanda, it shows a frog coolly slithering down a snake’s back, without any care in the world. It looks like the frog, which in this very case is a prey, is enjoying a ride on its predator, the snake’s back. The amphibian is slithering down the reptile’s back in the most ‘chill’ way possible. With just no worry in the world, it is enjoying quite a fun ride just slithering down…

A wildebeest demonstrates its extreme determination to live by avoiding the gaping jaws of a ravenous crocodile with only a flesh wound. The fierce struggle broke out when a herd of wildebeest attempted a perilous river crossing in an attempt to escape becoming prey to predators lying beneath the water’s surface But just a few yards from the safety of the river bank, a crocodile’s teeth snared one of the 500-pound horned animals. The wildebeest heroically resisted the crocodile’s attempts to drag him underwater while ғɪɢʜᴛing for his life, holding his ground and escaping drowning. Civil engineer Jun Zuo watched…

An incredible video captured the tense struggle between a jackal and a marabou in Pilanesburg National Park in Sᴏᴜᴛʜ Aғʀɪᴄᴀ. Dian Swanepoel, a 28-year-old civil engineer, saw the initial glimpse of the ᴀᴛᴛᴀᴄᴋ at Kubu Dam and recorded it on camera. Initially, the jackal was positioned flat on the ground, getting ready to ambush the wading bird. According to Swanepoel, the jackal started rushing for a marabou in the blink of an eye and went flat out to grasp it around the neck. As he watched this all happen, he simultaneously felt horrified and amazed. He felt awful about the…

Recent footage shot by ReWild Africa’s Samuel Chevallier in the vicinity of SoMᴀʟɪsa Camp in Zɪᴍʙᴀʙᴡᴇ’s Hwange National Park is dramatic. In the early morning light, a lioness and her cubs were discovered by Chevallier and his colleagues. Chevallier recalled that they observed for a while as the cubs were playing with each other and then the mother started getting active. She collected her cubs and slithered into the bushes. Chevallier and his companions guided their cars in pursuit in anticipation of some action. They heard the distinct trumpet of an elephant in distress shortly after the lioness vanished into…

A huge Brazilian anaconda was captured in jaw-dropping video while a trio of fishermen pulled it out of the river water — nearly getting the animal stressed to the point of rearing its enormous head and swallowing them all. The group — Sirlei Oliveira, husband Betinho Borges and friend Rodrigo Santos — were boating down the Santa Maria river, in the southwestern state of Mato Grosso do Sul, when they came across the huge snake, reported O Correio News reported. The serpent, estimated to be at least 17 feet, is seen moving away from the tiny boat, its belly appearing full of…

A gluttonous python died after it was stuck in a fence because it got too fat after gorging itself on a local dog. Photos have surfaced online of a snake, spanning at least six feet, that died trapped between a metal fence in Delta State, Nigeria. The tight iron bars squeezed the python to death, whose belly was enlarged after it had swallowed a poor dog. A gluttonous python died after it got stuck in a fence because it became too fat after eating a large local dog in Delta State, Nigeria Facebook user ‘Hon Johnbull Cleopas’ posted photos of…

AN escaped 18ft snake sneaks into a house through an open bedroom window. The albino Burmese python was seen off by the occupants, who used a broom to send it crashing on to a car below. An escaped 18ft snake sneaks into a house through an open bedroom window The albino Burmese python was seen off by the occupants They used a broom to send it crashing on to a car below A neighbour, who used to own snakes, then looked after it in her conservatory. She said: “It’s a dangerous snake and can turn nasty when hungry. “I felt sick. There could…

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced a spectacularly detailed image of an isolated dwarf irregular galaxy called NGC 1156. This Hubble image shows NGC 1156, a dwarf irregular galaxy located 25 million light-years away in the constellation of Aries. The color image was made from separate exposures taken in the ultraviolet, visible and near-infrared regions of the spectrum with Hubble’s Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) and Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). It is based on data obtained through five filters. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit:…