The Animal Blog

Last week, a rare frilled shark was filmed near a Japanese marine park.

Click below for an article on CNN about the finding.
Rare shark captured on film

Here's another video on the Frilled Shark that was found last week -- this one in English from CNN.

In Japan, a fish with a rare mutation was discovered that caused its face to look like that of a human's.

Click below for an article on this fish from Local6:
http://www.local6.com/news/4112928/detail.html

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Have you ever wondered what it would sound like it animals made music?

Here's Nora to give you an idea:

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Earlier this week, New Zealand fisherman caught a colossal squid in the Antarctic waters. This squid weighed over 450 kg and was measured at over 10 meters in length.

The colossal squid differs from its cousin the giant squid in that the colossal appears to be the larger of the two species. Much of the colossal's length comes from its mantle (body) rather than its tentacles like the giant's, causing it to be the heavier of the two as well.

The biggest difference for The Animal Blog purposes: the giant squid is the only on to have been caught alive on video.

That's a lot of squid!

The title of this post was wrought with potential, but I decided to go the conservative route.

After 200 years, a beaver was spotted again for the first time in New York. Perhaps this is the catalyst that will finally bring A-rod and Jeter's relationship back to where it once was.

Click below for the full article from Newswise:
Beaver Returns to New York City

Many of you have probably grown to love Steve Carell's portrayal of an inept manager on "The Office"

You may be surprised to know that in reality Mr. Carell is actually quite knowledgeable concerning wildlife matters.

In the following video,he educates us on our mysterious friend the squirrel.