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Hotel magnate Leona Helmsley left $12 million for her dog Trouble when she died in 2007, but a judge reduced the bequest to $2 million.
Space Alien Really A Baboon
This close-up of the head of the animal shown in the previous slide, was, according to a local veterinarian, a baby baboon photographed by park ranger Llewellyn Dixon. The animal was found near the South African resort town of Nature's Valley.
Goose and Deer Become Unlikely Friend
Wildlife experts in Buffalo, N.Y., have been amazed by an unusual springtime friendship between a deer and a nesting goose. It's a relationship that has blossomed inside a cemetery.
Crocodile in Belgium - Dec. 2011
A man holds a crocodile with tape around its mouth, as workers from the Natuurhulpcentrum, a wildlife rehabilitation center, collect several crocodiles at a villa in Lapscheure, near the Dutch border, on Dec. 22, 2011. Police discovered eleven Nile crocodiles and one alligator (all alive) in a villa rented by a German man, Rolf D., during an investigation into financial fraud.
Bear in Hot Tub
Jenny Sue Rhoades sat down on her couch to watch television when something outside caught her eye. It was a large Florida black bear walking through the back yard of her Barry Court home in southwest Seminole County.
Heidi, The Cross-Eyed Possum
German media sensation Heidi the cross-eyed opossum is presented to the press at the Leipzig Zoo on June 9, 2011. On July 1st, 2011 Leipzig Zoo will open the 20,000m2 "Gondwanaland Tropical Experience World" to the public - a near-natural home for 300 exotic animals and more than 17,000 tropical plants with Heidi being one of its inhabitants.
Cat Cafes Threatened In Tokyo
TOKYO - JANUARY 20: A woman strokes a cat at Nekorobi cat cafe on January 20, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Changes to Japan's Animal Protection Law threaten the future of these furry bars by imposing a curfew on cats and dogs. (Photo by Junko Kimura/Getty Images)
Dolphin's Fake Tail
Winter, a six-year-old dolphin at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Florida, lost her tail when she was three months and now uses a prosthetic tail made especially for her.
Camel Fight
Afghan festival-goers watch as a "camel fight" starts during the second day of Persian new year, or "Nowruz," celebrations in Mazar-e-Sharif, in northern Afghanistan.

LEFT: The Stargazer fish which bears an uncanny resemblance to Homer Simpson. (Caters News / Getty Images)
Mass For Animals - Oct. 2011
Gil Florini, of Saint-Pierre-d'Arene's church, blesses donkeys with holy water after a mass dedicated to animals on Oct. 9, 2011, in the southeastern French city of Nice.
Two-headed Bearded Dragon
A Heel Spurs two-headed bearded dragon is set to be the latest attraction at the Venice Beach Freakshow. Pancho and Lefty sit in new owner Todd Ray's hand.
Clothing a Battered Chicken
Amy Leader with Sunny, a rescued chicken, in his newly-knitted sweater. Kind-hearted animal lovers have come to the rescue of a group of featherless chickens by knitting them their very own woolly sweaters. Sunny and his not-so-feathered friends were rehomed after being rescued from a poultry farm. Many of them are missing their plumage because the conditions they used to live in.
Roo the Reading Dog
Roo the Reading Education Assistance Dog (R.E.A.D) helps a pupil at Graytown Elementary School in Graytown, Ohio.
Missing Rare Indian Star Tortoise
Cheyenne Mountain Zoo's Tutti is a rare Indian star tortoise. Butti, the zoo's missing tortoise, looks similar to Tutti. The two are brothers and live at the zoo in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Allegedly Stolen Tortoise
FILE - In this undated file photo provided by Katlyn R. Gerken, a staff member of the National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium in Dubuque, Iowa holds Cashew, an 18-pound African leopard tortoise. The museum said Friday, April 5, 2013, that an employee found the tortoise behind paneling in her enclosure and hid her in an elevator in a misguided attempt to prevent further embarrassment after officials announced Tuesday that they believed Cashew had been stolen. (AP Photo/Katlyn R. Gerken, File)
Mutant Pig Dog
Locals in Xinxiang city scratched their heads over this four-legged creature, believing it to be a mutant escaped from a scientific lab. Cops confirmed that it is, in fact, a Chinese Crested Hairless.
Kitten Found In Car Engine
After driving about 85 miles to Santa Cruz, Calif., a man discovered that this runaway kitten had been inside his car's engine in March 2012.
Chimp Art
In art, there's primitivism and there's primate-vism. Meet Jimmy, a 26-year-old chimpanzee who can paint. Pictured while creating a painting on cardboard on Sept. 20 at a zoo in Niteroi, Brazil, the monkey's art works have caught the attention of zoological experts who plan a special exhibit for the chimp.
Elephant Polo - Sept. 2011
Elephant polo players from the Spice girls team (left) and the British Airways British Army team battle it out for 5th place during the final day at the King's Cup Elephant polo tournament Sept. 11, 2011, in Hua Hin, Thailand.This year marked the 10th edition of the polo tournament with 12 international teams participating for the unusual annual charity sports event.
Animals In The News
This pet duck, named 'Duckie,' won't hurt himself on the hot sands of San Diego's beaches thanks to a pair of customized booties made especially for him. Previously, the owner, who goes by the name "Miss Love," had been putting duct tape over his feet instead.
Gary, the Kit-Kat Loving Fish.
Sea Life London Aquarium undated handout photo of a giant gourami that aquarium staff have weaned off chocolate.
Ranger Shoots Deers Whose Antlers Are Stuck
It was a shot in the dark, but an Illinois police officer manage to separate two whitetail deer whose antlers were tangled together - by shooting them apart.
Hippo Goes to the Dentist
North Carolina Zoo Chief Veterinarian Dr. Mike Loomis recently returned from Bayamon, Puerto Rico, where he helped perform a dental procedure on a 3,000-lb. old friend.Loomis, along with veterinarians and keepers from the Parque de las Sciencias museums in Bayamon, conducted dental surgery on "Tomy," a 39-year-old male hippopotamus that the N.C. Zoo veterinarian has been treating on a semi-regular basis for two decades.

This image provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows an alligator Thursday June 6, 2013 in Lancaster, Calif. Part of the "Zoo to You" program in Paso Robles that introduces kids to animals, the alligator was being held by two females near a van after the animal urinated inside the van and the females had stopped to clean the the van. (AP Photo/ Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department)
Illegal snake colleciton
Thomas Cobb with his son Caiden show off several of his exotic reptiles that he keeps in a special basement room of his home Friday, April 26, 2013 in Cottonwood Heights, Utah. Cobb has been ordered by police to get rid of all but one of his 29 exotic boa constrictor snakes because he doesn
Dogs Wearing Pantyhose
Yep. Read about it and <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/05/dogs-in-pantyhose-china_n_3022069.html?1365188859&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008" target="_hplink">see more photos here</a>.
Tyrannosaurus Bataar
The U.S. attorneys office sued Heritage Auctions of Texas in June to force it to return a Tyrannosaurus bataar skeleton to the Mongolian government.
Woman Punches Bear to Save Dog
Brook Collins holds her dog, Fudge, at her home in Juneau, Alaska on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011. Collins punched a black bear in the snout after the bear attacked Fudge on Sunday, Aug. 28.
Shortest Roadworthy Car
The "Mirai", which means 'future' in Japanese, measures 17.79 inches from the ground to highest part of the car. It was created by students and teachers of The Automobile Engineering Course at Okayama Sanyo High School in Asakuchi, Japan.
Dog With Man's Face
Meet Tonik, a poodle-shih tzu mix that is up for adoption at <a href="https://www.homewardboundawg.com/" target="_hplink">Homeward Bound Pet Rescue</a> in Mishawaka, Ind. (Credit:<a href="http://www.petphotosbyrenny.com/" target="_hplink"> Renny Mills Photography</a>)

In this March 5, 2013 photo, Nederland resident Mark Merchant, a biochemistry professor at McNeese State University holds many baby alligators in Lake Charles, La. You could say Mark Merchant has alligators in his blood. Before he was a biochemistry professor at McNeese State University studying the antibiotic properties of alligator blood, Merchant was just another Southeast Texas kid fishing with his grandpa on the bayous. (AP Photo/The Beaumont Enterprise, Dave Ryan)
Leaping Lemurs
A group of lemurs encounters a unusual roadblock on the way to their feeding den: a turtle. The lemurs clearly don't want to get into a territorial spat with the creature... so they take turns leaping over it in this photo sequence shot at the Indianapolis Zoo.
Boy Finds Lizard in Loaf of Bread
A HORRIFIED boy found a dead LIZARD in his Tesco toast as he munched his breakfast.William Evans, 10, screamed in terror after making the gruesome find - bringing his dad Marcus running from upstairs.Outraged Mr Evans, of Hawkchurch, near Axminster, Devon, said: "The poor little lad was absolutely traumatised by it."He went to take a slice off for some toast, turned the loaf over and found the lizard stuck on the bottom."He added: "It was one of Axminster Tesco's baked in-store, multi-grain brown loaves."The lizard had not been cooked so it must have got into the packaging and died there."You could see the impression of its body in the bread so it must have been warm when he got in."William, a pupil at Hawkchurch Primary School, said: "I was making some toast and cut off a slice when I saw something that looked like a leaf."So I took the wrapping off and found the lizard inside."It certainly put me off my toast!"It was about two to three inches long."His mum Clare said it would have been even worse if William had sliced through the end with the lizard on it - and eaten it."That would have been even more distressing," she said.Mr Evans, a volunteer church worker, said they had alerted Tesco's customer service department.He said they told him it was impossible for a lizard to get in one of their loaves because of their high level of hygiene"I am surprised they didn't tell me 'every little helps'," said angry Marcus."They have asked me to take it into the manager but I am thinking of contacting environmental health officers."We are keeping the lizard and loaf in the fridge for evidence."A Tesco spokesman said: "We have conducted a thorough inspection of the bakery area as well as the rest of the store."We are confident that our robust procedures mean that there was no food safety risk to the product whilst it was within the store."If the customer would like to return the product, packaging and proof of purchase to us, we will be able to investigate further."
Man Finds Pythons In N.J. Backyard
James Geist found two pythons in his West Milford, N.J., backyard within a few days.
IKEA Monkey
Look at that coat! <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/10/ikea-monkey-toronot_n_2270707.html?1355150852" target="_hplink">This little animal</a> got loose in an IKEA parking lot in Toronto. It was apparently scared, but eventually was reclaimed by its owners who were inside the store when the monkey escaped from its cage.
Sprinkles the Koala
'Sprinkles' the Koala following her life saving radiation treatment at the Brisbane Veterinary Specialist Centre in Brisbane, Australia, August 9, 2011. Suffering from an extremely rare case of excessive drooling, sprinkles developed a skin infection due to the excessive moisture flowing from her mouth.
Catherine Baucom, Surgeon, Avoids Traffic Jam By Riding Child's Bike To Operating Room
When a traffic jam kept surgeon Catherine Baucom from driving to work to meet a patient, she borrowed the bike of a 7-year-old and started pedaling.
Gorilla With Toothache
Two Bay Area dentists made a house call at the San Francisco Zoo on Monday, July 11, to help out a gorilla with a toothache. Dentist Dan Mairani (left) and endodontist Steve Holifield, who usually perform procedures on human patients, worked for three hours on Oscar Jonesy (O.J.), a 30-year-old male western lowland gorilla that developed an abscessed canine tooth. Thanks to this dental team, the abscess was successfully treated and the tooth was saved!
Rats vs. Snipers
A young volunteer picks up a dead rat from an open drainage channel in Tehran May 20. Tehran has a plague of rats estimated to number up to 25 million after winter snows melted raising the underground water level and flushing the rats from their nests. Municipal authorities have imported approximately 45 tons of rat poison and set up information tents to help deal with the plague.
Gorilla check-up - Oct. 2011
Yakini the gorilla received a medical check-up from vets at Melbourne Zoo before being moved to a new multimillion-dollar exhibit at Werribee Open Range Zoo, on Oct. 28, 2011, in Melbourne, Australia.

An alligator crosses the 14th fairway during the first round of the PGA Tour Zurich Classic golf tournament at TPC Louisiana in Avondale, La., on Thursday, April 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
Water Skiing Elephant Dies
In this undated 1958 photo provided courtesy of Liz Dane, Dane is shown performing her act with Queenie the water skiing elephant. The Valdosta Daily Times reports that 59-year-old Queenie was euthanized Monday, June 2, 2011, after her health deteriorated.
30,000 Bees Stuck In New Jersey Attic (PHOTOS)
Bee removal expert Gary Schempp removed a 25-pound hive from the attic of a home in Cape May, N.J. The hive had 30,000 bees living in it.
Guru, the Hairless Chimp
Looking almost like a bronze statue of a person, Guru the hairless chimpanzee eats in his enclosure at India's Mysore Zoo. Guru lost all his hair to alopecia, a condition that can also affect humans.

In this Aug. 18, 2012 photo provided by Jody Bright, Molly Palmer poses with her catch_ a 12-foot marlin that took more than four hours to get on her team
Animals in the News
"Shrek," New Zealand's most famous sheep, died in June at the age of 16. This merino wether (a castrated male sheep) came to the world's attention in 2004 when he was found in a cave near the city of Otago after being on the lam for six years. He had managed to avoid capture all that time and when he was finally found, he was carrying nearly 60 lbs of untrimmed fleece, nearly six times more than the average merino fleece.
Titanic Toad
Of course she's unhappy. Who likes getting weighed right after the holidays? This is Agathe, a cane toad, and she's sitting on a toy scale during an annual animal inventory at the Hanover Zoo in Germany on Jan. 5. Agathe weighs a slight hop over 4 pounds.
Rebecca Reichart, Leroy Nunez, Nicholas Coutu, Claudia Grant, Kenneth Krysko
In an Aug. 10, 2012 photo provided by the University of Florida, Florida Museum of Natural History researchers, from left, Rebecca Reichart, Leroy Nunez, Nicholas Coutu, Claudia Grant and Kenneth Krysko examine the internal anatomy of the largest Burmese python found in Florida to date, on the University of Florida campus. The 17-foot-7-inch snake weighed 164 pounds and carried 87 eggs in its oviducts, a state record. Following scientific investigation, the snake will be mounted for exhibition at the museum for about five years, and then returned for exhibition at Everglades National Park. (AP Photo/University of Florida, Kristen Grace)
Star the Duck
District councils have slapped a collecting ban on one of the West Country's most loveable characters - Star, the bowtie wearing DUCK (pictured) See SWNS story SWDUCK; Star the duck, who has raised more than £6,500 may be forced to quit after he has been told he is no longer allowed to collect for Children's Hospice South West without a permit. District councils believe Star should be fair to all charities and want to limit how often members of the public are asked to donate by various organisations to avoid it becoming "irritating." His owner, Barrie Hayman, from Bideford, Devon, was left furious at the decision and wants to try and raise the most money possible for the sick children.
Camel in the Family
t's not every day you can say that a camel has shared your breakfast - unless you're Nathan and Charlotte Anderson-Dixon. Each morning they and their 18-month-son Reuben are joined by pet camel Joe, who pokes his head through their conservatory window to help himself to something to eat. The three-year-old happily munches eats bread, fruit and cereal plucked from the table at the family's detached country farmhouse. Joe, who measures 17.5 hands, loves bananas on toast but hates toast with cheese or Marmite. He lives with four other camels but is the only one to share breakfast with his owners. The others have to eat hay, barley, straw and corn mix in their stable in Ashbourne, Derbyshire. Nathan, 32, has owned Joe for two years and uses him for camel racing.

If you want a body like Mario Lopez then you have come to the right place, the following article will tell you everything you need to know in order to achieve one. Push Ups Are One of the Secrets Of the Mario Lopez Workout A gym membership is not necessary for this workout, you can do the entire workout in the comfort and convenience of your home with very little equipment. Simply by following some of the "workout secrets" revealed in this article. Here is a small clue, using this "Secret" home gym you will be able to perform more than 140 health club quality type exercises all in the comfort and convenience of your home. Also, you do not have to pay more than $50 for this! Not only that, forget about steroids and thousands of dollars worth of equipment. What's more, Mario has a great exercise that he loves to use on a daily basis, which leads him to get the incredible physique he benefits Look Taller from. There are a lot of body weight exercises involved in the Mario Lopez workout program, which is an awesome thing. Not only that, you do not have to go to a gym to do it. There is no need to spend hundreds on a membership to an expensive gym or fork out thousands of dollars on gym equipment. All that is required is effort on your part. Conversely, you have to nourish your body in order to benefit from this added exercise. Without the proper food you won't be able to work your body properly, it is after all just a machine and every machine needs fuel. Cardio is a vital part of a workout that can lead you to get a nice six pack like Mario Lopez has. Cardio doesn't have to be boring, you don't have to sit on a treadmill for ages and ages, go for a run outside or go for a swim, you can cycle a bike or use jumping rope. You can follow a series of three phases to benefit from this workout. In phase 1 you will need to eat lean meats, fish, eggs, rice and oatmeal and plenty of fruits and vegetables, phase 2 is the workout. This exercise has served Mario Lopez well for years. Pushups are a long standing favorite exercise among many. While you might have doubts as to the effectiveness of pushups, it is necessary to tell you about the way in which Mario Lopez gets a lot of help with his pushups. In fact, he does 500 or more push-ups everyday. Now here's the thing, you can easily build up to doing 500 push-ups a day in as little as six weeks. The way he tweaks his push ups is quite simple. What's more, you will be able to make them harder for you, which will lead to bigger, more ripped muscles, all thanks to a single variation.

Trapping is one of the most important elements when it comes to caching about soccer skill drills. Let me give you a brief insight into the same.

The Foot

It is very important for the coach to teach players how to use the foot to ‘capture' balls descending, near or on the ground. For this, the players should get in front of the ball.

They should learn to extend the How To Grow Taller leg and foot forward of the body, anticipating the arrival of the ball. When the ball meets the foot, the coach needs to teach the players how to pull the leg back to slow the ball, or ‘cushion' the ball.

The ball will carom off the foot and out of control of the player if they do not pull back their foot. If you are coaching a team of younger players, it is better to start with the inside of the foot.

An expert coach knows that this is the largest and most forgiving area of the foot and it will make the younger players learn the things more comfortably.

However, if you are coaching a team of more advance players, you can practice trapping with the instep or top of the foot and both inside and outside of the foot.

You should teach the players how to eventually advance to using the shin and ankle for higher or wildly bouncing balls.

The Thigh

The thigh has a larger size and contains higher fatty tissue. Therefore, an expert coach knows that thighs could be a very effective method for trapping both slow and fast airborne passes below the chest. Have the player get in front of and square to the incoming ball.

Teach them to stand on one foot and raise the other knee and thigh to meet the ball. Once contacted, the players should quickly drop the knee, allowing the ball to shortly ‘stick' to the thigh. This practice should be continued until the ball rolls from the thigh to the feet.

When it comes to teaching trapping while coaching soccer skill drills, the theory for the chest theory is the same as the thigh, but execution is slightly different.

Metal detecting can be a fun hobby, and can occasionally turn up a little bit of real wealth. However, you want to make certain you have the correct equipment. Metal detectors vary widely in terms of quality and what they're best for. Here's a brief guide to What Causes Foot Pain buying the right metal detector for you. There are three basic types of metal detectors on the market. Pulse detectors, motion detectors and multi-frequency machines - the newest kind. Motion detectors are best used on land and in fresh water. Pulse detectors work best in salt water. Multi-frequency detectors are a newer, more pricey technology, but they're also the most flexible. They work in nearly every condition. Other things to think about are whether you'll want a waterproof device, or if a land machine will be sufficient for you. Several land machines are extremely sophisticated. They can even tell you what they've found before you dig! Water machines, on the other hand, don't offer these types of sophisticated features. They do, nonetheless, allow you to walk in shallow water or even immerse the machine. Whilst serious hunters used to have to own two or three different metal detectors for particular jobs, one good quality multi-frequency, waterproof machine can now do it all. You get what you pay for when it comes to metal detectors. A cheap machine may not dent your budget to a great extent, but it also doesn't penetrate deeply into the ground. That means you'll more often than not find unwanted items. Spend a little more for a high end detector, and you'll be finding more deeply buried items - that translates to a higher likelihood of finding something worthy. Good metal detectors can stumble on items at least a foot beneath the surface of the soil, though the exact depth will contrast by object size, soil composition, metal type and other factors. That's because dirt with a high mineral content can decrease depth and increase interference. That means that when you decide which is the best machine, you should start out by looking at the setting you'll be utilizing it in. If you only aim to look for relics, or if you live in the American Southwest, a waterproof machine won't do you any good! Consider about what you're looking for, too. There are machines that do well with silver, but not with gold, for instance. Once you discern what you're looking for and where you're most likely to conduct your hunt, it's time to think about some other vital features. Ask yourself how deep you need to search. Decide what kind of target alert system you want, too. Some machines have different beeps, depending on what they've encountered. Can you correct for the kind of soil? A few will let you to manually adjust for minerals, or will even do it on their own. There are also metal detectors that allow setting changes for different object types, and allow you to adjust sensitivity to avoid picking up as much junk.

If you experience foot, leg and back pain whle standing for long periods of time, then you'll like to know what treatment options are available. That is why this writing is so important, in this discussion I'll cover treatment options I have discovered; in hopes of enriching the readers lives and promoting promise of good health. If you feel trapped inside your body because of foot,leg, and back pain while standing; and the pain makes you feel as if you are walking in complete darkness and uncertainty---then this article is a timely one. Don't be dealt a fatal blow, research has proven this Grow Taller Naturally type of pain will affect concentration, willingness to work, and attitude, which can cause anger and lead to other injuries. The problem in many cases stems from businesses having concrete flooring and many times there is little or no padding which means there is no shock absorbency---when there are long standing requirements the problem becomes obvious.According to a report by the American Podiatric Medical Association; 83% of the U. S. industrial workers have foot or lower leg problems. If we wish for a positive outcome lets first understand leg pain causes. When a person stands for a long period of time the blood supply decreases in the lower extremities causing muscle fatigue and soreness. Ironically standing causes an accumalation of blood in certain areas of the feet and legs leading to a condition called vericosed veins,when the veins are vericosed they are irrated and inflamed. A rescue is needed from a desperate or hopeless situation--- one tactic used to combat foot, leg, and back pain while standing is to add anti-fatigue mattings to standing workstations, mats motivate workers by decreasing stress on the feet and legs. These mats are made of rubber, carpet, vinyl, or wood. Because people aren't made of wood--- foot, leg, and back pain while standing gives anti-fatigue insoles an higher purpose in relieving pain, by absorbing the shock insoles will prevent the ware and tear on bone joints and bone structure . We also need to be aware of the types of insoles, there are different insoles used for various leg, feet, and back problems. If you have flat feet, use an arch support insole that will provide an arch build-up on the inside of foot gear. Now supposing that you have high arches, in a case such as this you will not need an insole with arch support, instead using a flat cushiony insole will be more beneficial. Get Your Foot In The Door With Quality Stretching Another great idea if you have foot, leg, and back pain while standing, is to start a home therapy program maybe for thirty minutes or more including preventative stretching, icing and elevation. These exercises are also good for sore feet and heel pain (stretching is also good for back pains). I cannot stress enough the importance of proper foot care and proper daily stretching. If you are going to be standing stationary or mobile, for a long period of time such as when at work, you should properly prepare your feet each day.

Hotel magnate Leona Helmsley left $12 million for her dog Trouble when Insoles For Height she died in 2007, but a judge reduced the bequest to $2 million. Space Alien Really A Baboon This close-up of the head of the animal shown in the previous slide, was, according to a local veterinarian, a baby baboon photographed by park ranger Llewellyn Dixon. The animal was found near the South African resort town of Nature's Valley. Goose and Deer Become Unlikely Friend Wildlife experts in Buffalo, N. Y., have been amazed by an unusual springtime friendship between a deer and a nesting goose. It's a relationship that has blossomed inside a cemetery. Crocodile in Belgium - Dec. 2011 A man holds a crocodile with tape around its mouth, as workers from the Natuurhulpcentrum, a wildlife rehabilitation center, collect several crocodiles at a villa in Lapscheure, near the Dutch border, on Dec. 22, 2011. Police discovered eleven Nile crocodiles and one alligator (all alive) in a villa rented by a German man, Rolf D., during an investigation into financial fraud. Bear in Hot Tub Jenny Sue Rhoades sat down on her couch to watch television when something outside caught her eye. It was a large Florida black bear walking through the back yard of her Barry Court home in southwest Seminole County. Heidi, The Cross-Eyed Possum German media sensation Heidi the cross-eyed opossum is presented to the press at the Leipzig Zoo on June 9, 2011. On July 1st, 2011 Leipzig Zoo will open the 20,000m2 "Gondwanaland Tropical Experience World" to the public - a near-natural home for 300 exotic animals and more than 17,000 tropical plants with Heidi being one of its inhabitants. Cat Cafes Threatened In Tokyo TOKYO - JANUARY 20: A woman strokes a cat at Nekorobi cat cafe on January 20, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan. Changes to Japan's Animal Protection Law threaten the future of these furry bars by imposing a curfew on cats and dogs. (Photo by Junko Kimura/Getty Images) Dolphin's Fake Tail Winter, a six-year-old dolphin at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium in Florida, lost her tail when she was three months and now uses a prosthetic tail made especially for her. Camel Fight Afghan festival-goers watch as a "camel fight" starts during the second day of Persian new year, or "Nowruz," celebrations in Mazar-e-Sharif, in northern Afghanistan. LEFT: The Stargazer fish which bears an uncanny resemblance to Homer Simpson. (Caters News / Getty Images) Mass For Animals - Oct. 2011 Gil Florini, of Saint-Pierre-d'Arene's church, blesses donkeys with holy water after a mass dedicated to animals on Oct. 9, 2011, in the southeastern French city of Nice. Two-headed Bearded Dragon A two-headed bearded dragon is set to be the latest attraction at the Venice Beach Freakshow. Pancho and Lefty sit in new owner Todd Ray's hand.