Tiny Herps



Perfect reflection

Gourd-shaped tortoise (deformity abuse/MBD?)
A gourd-shaped tortoise is seen in Huaibei, east China's Anhui province. Residents say a gene mutation contributed to the aberrance, local media reported.

Ripley's Believe It or Not! Erik Sprague-"The Lizard Man"

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The greatest concentration of human oddballs on Earth happened in New York for the launch of the Ripley's Believe It Or Not Odditorium.
Full body tattoos were the tamest adornment on display as a bewildering array of pierced, popped and surgically perverted people showed up for the opening of the gallery behind the name famous for bringing the world's weirdness to public attention.

An X-ray of an four foot long pine snake who swallowed a couple of light bulbs is on display during the grand opening of Ripley's Believe It Or Not Odditorium

The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, Tenn., shows a baby Beal's four-eyed turtle on June 15, 2007. This turtle species is endangered, and only a few zoos and aquariums display them. The turtle weighed only 6 grams when it hatched.