Dean Qiongxiu, 66, said she discovered the reptile clinging to the wall of her bedroom with its talons in the middle of the night.

“I woke up and heard a strange scratching sound. I turned on the light and saw this monster working its way along the wall using his claw,” said Mrs Duan of Suining, southwest China.
Mrs Duan said she was so scared she grabbed a shoe and beat the snake to death before preserving its body in a bottle of alcohol.

The snake – 16 inches long and the thickness of a little finger – is now being studied at the Life Sciences Department at China’s West Normal University in Nanchang.
Snake expert Long Shuai said: “It is truly shocking but we won’t know the cause until we’ve conducted an autopsy.”
A more common mutation among snakes is the growth of a second head, which occurs in a similar way to the formation of Siamese twins in humans.

Such animals are often caught and preserved as lucky tokens but have very little chance of surviving in the wild anyway, especially as the heads have a tendency to attack each other.

Two De Brazza’s monkeys stand together at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park on June 21, 2011 in Hythe, England. Port Lympne has welcomed a host of new arrivals this year with wildebeest, colobus monkeys, gorillas and rhinos all adding to the current stock. Port Lympne and Howletts Wild Animal parks were set up by the late John Aspinall to protect and breed rare and endangered species and, where possible, return them to safe areas in the wild. The Aspinall Foundation which runs the parks also manages two gorilla rescue and rehabilitation projects in the central African countries of Gabon and Congo where they have successfully reintroduced over 50 gorillas to the wild. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

An Eland grazes in the African Experience section at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park on June 21, 2011 in Hythe, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)



A 6 month old Black Rhino calf stands with its mother in its enclosure at Lympne Wild Animal Park on June 21, 2011 in Hythe, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Baby Baboons play at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park on June 21, 2011 in Hythe, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A Grevy’s Zebra stands in its enclosure at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park on June 21, 2011 in Hythe, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A Western Lowland Gorilla clutces her baby at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park on June 21, 2011 in Hythe, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A female Ostrich walks along the fence in the African Experience section at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park on June 21, 2011 in Hythe, England. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

A dog named Yoda looks on during the 23rd Annual World’s Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin County Fair on June 24, 2011 in Petaluma, California. Yoda won the $1,000 top prize as the world’s ugliest dog. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Heather Peoples of Phoenix, Arizona pets her dog Reggie during the 23rd Annual World’s Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin County Fair on June 24, 2011 in Petaluma, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

A Chinese Crested named Frankie looks on during the 23rd Annual World’s Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin County Fair on June 24, 2011 in Petaluma, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

A dog named Pabst looks on during the 23rd Annual World’s Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin County Fair on June 24, 2011 in Petaluma, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Ghada Marta of San Rafael, California holds her dog Handsome Hector during the 23rd Annual World’s Ugliest Dog Contest at the Sonoma-Marin County Fair on June 24, 2011 in Petaluma, California. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

The carnage in the wake of the tornado that hit Alabama was terrible not only for people but for lost pets as well. It’s hard to believe that some of the pets got out of the rubble that was once their houses alive but they did. However, some of the owners didn’t and the pets need a new place to live.

The story begins with the rescuers finding this poor little guy they named Ralphie.
Someone had already taken him under their wing but they weren’t equipped to adopt.

Ralphie, scared and starved, joined his rescuers…

I wouldn’t think anything could live thru this…. but we were wrong.

This little lady also survived that wreckage.

Here she is just placed in the car – scared, but safe.

and then.. they are no longer alone!

Instant friends, they comforted each other while in the car.

Add two more beagles found after that… the more, the merrier!

Oh boy, a new traveler to add to the mix…
(Note: the cat coming over the seat needing shelter….)
Now just how is this going to work? (and remember they are all strange to one another)

It’s going to work just fine, thank you very much!

Wow! The things we learn from our animal friends…
If only all of mankind could learn such valuable lessons as this.Lessons of instant friendship. Of peace and harmony by way of respect for one another — no matter one’s color or creed.
These animals tell you… “It’s just good to be alive and with others.”

Summer is in the air and nothing better to remind us of the beach than some surf action. These photographs captured some awesome action and moments that bring motions to live. Check them out and get out there!

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