A kitten born in Charleston with a rare defect that’s usually fatal, is so far, beating the odds.

This kitten was born Wednesday in Charleston. The rare birth defect, known as diprosopus, is very rare in animals and most don’t survive.

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According to WCHS-TV, six kittens were born in the litter and one stood

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Mount Fuji as seen from the international space station.

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Hundreds of tightly packed zinc-roofed shacks dot a hillside slum, one of thousands of “favelas” that are home to samba stars, drug lords and millions of poor Brazilians. But this slum in the southern city of Caxias do Sul is a home for dogs, not humans.

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Wind River Gear Shop hired David Attenborough to film the Amazing Australian Lyrebird. This one starts like a documentary film, but is not!

A Lyrebird is either of two species of ground-dwelling Australian birds, most notable for their superb ability to mimic natural and artificial sounds from their environment. Lyrebirds have unique plumes of neutral coloured tailfeathers – wiki

Foustino and Coco the howler monkeys clearing their throats one lunchtime.
Footage captured at Parque Ambue Ari. Part of Inti Wara Yassi animal sanctuary, Bolivia.