Allison, a rescued green sea turtle who has only one flipper(鳍状肢), swims with the aid of a fin(鳍) attached with neoprene(氯丁橡胶), on April 8. Without the attached fin, Allison can only swim in circles. Sea Turtle Inc., a not-for-profit in South Padre Island, Texas, helped outfit the turtle with a black neoprene suit, with a carbon-fiber dorsal fin on the back, that allows her to swim with other turtles. Researchers think the five-year-old turtle lost a flipper in a shark attack, The Associated Press reports.
Elizabeth, is a Mangalitza pig, who was auctioned(拍卖) at a market in Lancashire, United Kingdom, April 25. Mangalitza pigs are an ancient breed that was nearly wiped out in the 1990s. They are now bred at farms all over Europe, prized for producing high-quality meat. The pigs are being raised now in the United States. Elizabeth set off a bidding war at auction. She was sold, for $364, to Tim Fitton, a farmer who wanted the pig not for slaughter but for his 11-year-old daughter. "My daughter Alice really took a shine to it," Fitton, 51, told the U.K.'s Telegraph. "We have got to promote these new breeds and it will be interesting to see what happens when we take her home and our own pigs see her. I hope we can breed from her."
Two conjoined Nile tilapia fish, dubbed "Siamese(暹罗的) twin," swim in a small aquarium in Bangkok, Thailand, Oct. 3, 2008. They are both 8 months old and share part of their skin. The bigger fish tends to protect the smaller one from harm while the smaller one looks for food at the bottom of the aquarium.
Store manager Jay Jacoby displays a two-headed red slider turtle at Big Al's Aquarium Supercenter in East Norriton Pa., Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2007. The rare turtle is on display at the store.