Quite an interesting collection of albino animals…
An albino peacock opens its plumage at Botanic Garden in Bogota, Colombia, June 15, 2005.

Oscar has predicted 25 deaths by curling up next to patient in final hours

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours.

His accuracy, observed in 25 cases, has led the staff to call family members once he has chosen someone. It usually means they have less than four hours to live.
“He doesn’t make too many mistakes. He seems to understand when patients are about to die,” said …

A U.S.-born giant panda has given birth to twin cubs in a research centre in southwest China, state media reported on Tuesday, its third pair of twins so far.
Eight-year-old Huamei, whose name means “China America”, gave birth to the first cub at Sichuan province’s Wolong Nature Reserve early on Monday, Xinhua news agency said.
The second, a male weighing 129.8 grams, came three hours later.
The first cub’s gender and weight have yet to be established, but both the cubs and mother were doing well, Xinhua quoted Li Desheng, vice-director of the …

Japan’s cutest cat will be cushioning one lucky dog when the canine’s owner buys a $31,660 doghouse set to go on sale later this month.
The one-of-a-kind fancy residence, large enough for a lapdog like a Chihuahua or terrier, is decorated with 7,600 crystal beads and has a pillow in the shape of Hello Kitty’s face, Sanrio Co., the company behind the feline character, said in a statement Friday.
The luxury product was created especially for a sales event at a Tokyo department store and designed in collaboration with a maker of …

It’s a squid, it’s an octopus, it’s … a mystery from the deep.
What appears to be a half-squid, half-octopus specimen found off Keahole Point on the Big Island remains unidentified today and could possibly be a new species, said local biologists.
The specimen was found caught in a filter in one of Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawaii Authority’s deep-sea water pipelines last week. The pipeline, which runs 3,000 feet deep, sucks up cold, deep-sea water for the tenants of the natural energy lab.
“When we first saw it, I was really delighted …