Two-headed shark fetus
This two-headed shark fetus would be right at home as a circus attraction. In March 2013, researchers reported the discovery of this odd creature in the belly of a pregnant bull shark caught off the Florida Keys.
One of the shark's fetuses (which are live in utero in this species), had not one, but two heads. The deformity arose when the shark embryo attempted to split into twins early in development, but failed. It would not have survived long, if at all, in the wild, researchers said.
Snake eats monkey
Yikes! In August 2013, researchers captured on camera a boa constrictor eating a howler monkey whole.
Snake attacks on primates are rarely reported, making this video surprising. Usually, primates find protection in numbers, as they tend to live with family groups. In this particular case, the monkey wandered too far from its group and failed to see the boa. After the boa swallowed the monkey, the primate's outline can be seen distorting its body. [Video of Boa Eating Monkey]
