Cyclops. Two-headed creatures. Animals with a little something extra in the limb department. From household pets, to farm animals, to wildlife, real-life freaks of nature pop up everywhere. Shocking stories of mutant animals uncovered.
This episode of "Weird, True and Freaky" runs down the seven creepiest cuisines of all time.
From human copycats who've had plastic surgery to look like leopards and tigers, to people who spend their days on all fours living like wild dogs, they're modern day sideshow freaks living in the real world.
An entire town taken over by mice. Innocent school children attacked by throngs of yellow jackets. When animals and insects come together in massive numbers, the horrifying hordes will make you wonder if the world is coming to an end.
Animals get cranky too, and sometimes they take it out on the people around them. Whether it's a bird pecking pedestrians as they walk down the street, or an angry elephant, these are animals you don't want to mess with.
They call it the wild thing for a reason. From orgies to carnivorous courtship to romantic role reversal, the animal kingdom shows us a thing or two about the art of amour.
A coyote makes a visit to a Chicago sandwich shop. A moose takes a dip in a suburban swimming pool. Bats take over an office building. See what happens when wild animals decide it's time for a change of scenery.
Nothing warms the heart like a little inter-species love. From the orangutan that falls for a tiger to the tortoise that mothers a baby hippo, these critters find companionship in the oddest of circumstances.
When one of these giants takes the bait, a day of fishing turns into an adrenaline-pumped fight to the finish. Rare video of some of the greatest catches caught on camera reveal titanic tugs of war and backbreaking battles of man vs. mammoth beast.
Animals grown to massive magnitudes dwarfing their own kind. From a bunny rabbit the size of a dog, to a squid longer than a school bus, these massive giants are the product of limitless feeding frenzies, freak twists of nature and selective breeding.
These animals are the result of intensive experimentations and genetically altered super-species. Like modern-day Dr. Frankensteins, some animal scientists are engineering never-before seen creatures that boggle the mind.
accounts of animals that prey on their own include lions that seek control of the pride by killing cubs and female spiders that devour their male counterparts.
Dangerous health hazards. Ferocious ferals. Unshakeable pests. Unwelcome alien species who make walking down the street a lethal obstacle course. But can they be stopped before it's too late? These are the seven most destructive animal Invaders.
March with the dedicated rainforest army ants of Costa Rica,seeing them kill game many times their size,or be shocked by some of the most unforgiving Chimps along the Ivory coast.Some of these animals are able to defeat anything with their "Mob Mentality"
Whether by accident or deliberate human intervention, video evidence of shocking animal-human encounters that makes having a camera a high-risk venture for these surprising scenes Caught on Tape.
These animals open our eyes to uncanny agility and intelligence all too often overlooked, performing, perfecting, amazing in never-before-seen animal feats.
From facilitating elephant mating, to keeping the medical field flush with blood sucking leeches to collecting the precious droppings of a feared creature of the night, you'll get the behind the scenes lowdown on some of the worlds most vile animal jobs.
Some are cultural phenomena still to be proven--like Big Foot, the legendary missing link. These unconventional animals continue to fill volumes of folklore and legend. These are the most renowned Legendary Creatures.
Do you suffer from the creepy crawlies? Imagine discovering a living maggot in your scalp, eating away at your brain...a leech in your nose...or a fly that makes his home in your neck. These hair-raising tales will get under your skin.
Disturbing deliveries, gruesome newborns, and slithering killer infants. Strange babies born to strange moms in the strangest ways. Counting down the animal kingdom's most bizarre births.
Warning: this will make you queasy. It's our worst nightmare: Insect parts. Animal droppings. Or dismembered creatures. These are the most disturbing Restaurant Horror Stories.
Do you know what your dog has swallowed lately? Hopefully it's not your fiance's diamond ring, or that kitchen knife! Uncover the most harrowing tales of animals found in the belly of a beast on Swallowed.
Their dimensions defy explanation. Their proportions confound science. Animals grown to massive magnitudes dwarfing their own kind. Meet the Giants - the product of limitless feeding frenzies, freak twists of nature and selective breeding.
The most remarkable anomalies in nature's ongoing search to make the perfect animal coloring. To some, they're omens of evil. To others, sacred spirits incarnate. Counting down the world's most astonishing ALBINO animals.
Animals battling bizarre and baffling deformities pushing nature - and genetic science - to the breaking point. Twin terrors. Cranium catastrophes, mangled, missing parts and extreme extras. They shouldn't be alive, but they are.
Huge hogs. Fat felines. Chunky monkeys. They gobble, gorge and grow to supersized weights. But sometimes bigger isn't better. These are the world's most unbelievably obese beasts.
From the lab to the examining room, these animals' symptoms confound science. Their conditions defy Darwin. Counting down the animal kingdom's most amazing medical mysteries.
These shocking modern day plagues and infestations will make you wonder if the world is coming to an end. Even the most harmless critters can become a deadly nightmare when they gather in giant droves on Infestations.
In the wild, they'd normally never meet. In the wild, one animal is predator and one is prey. But what causes bizarre bonds between species? Unexplainable friends brought together by strange circumstance.
Hard to fathom canine-creature connections. Mind-boggling unions formed between man's best friend and the most unnatural companions. One animal should be eating the other, but instead they're BFF's.
From supernatural creatures to ghouls and ghosts of the grave. When things go bump in the night, it could be a four-legged poltergeist. Counting down the world's most astonishing animal Hauntings.
Vicious attacks. Ferocious free for alls. And fights to the death. Hunting, sparring or defending their turf. When animals declare war on each other, the colossal confrontations can be heinous... and hard to watch.
In an animal kingdom filled with feathers and fur, they dare to go bare. But what happened to their hair? Mysterious medical conditions. Rare adaptations. Even genetic engineering - uncover the secrets of the un-naturally uncovered.
Alien colors. Mutant shades. Disorienting DNA. These twisted tints of fur, feathers, and skin are all too real. These are the animal kingdom's most mystifying and eye-popping pigment extremes. Uncover the world's most astonishing Color Freaks.
Trapped, flushed and wounded...now, as they cling to survival can these animals beat the odds and fight their way back from the brink? Counting down nature's most incredible close calls... They Should Be Dead.
An ancient civilization once worshipped them as gods. We cultivate them as pets. But some of these backyard beasts are in a class by themselves. How do these extra-ordinary cats defy their species, and survive?
Gluttonous appetites'. Strange DNA disorders. Can these goliath creatures scale down before its too late? We're counting down amazing obese beasts in...More Fat Animals.
Etched, inscribed, impossibly imprinted. Creatures altered by ink. Beasts transformed by design. From striking images to bizarre body modifications. Some will stop at nothing to adorn their animals.
Untamed treatments. Animal antidotes. And skin-crawling cure-alls. From killer venom, to exotic elixirs and procedures that defy death. What fuels nature's most extreme chemistry, and wildest Rx? Warning: these stories are not for the squeamish.
Whether pushed, pulled, or exploded into this world they look like they come from another planet. Be warned: these stories will make you queasy. Counting down the animal kingdom's most extraordinary... Alien Offspring.
Some incredible, tiny creatures push downsizing to the evolutionary edge. What drives this amazing menagerie of mini creatures? Uncover DNA deformities, strange sub-species, and confounding mutations.
When police encounter live creature cargo it's the wildest take downs imaginable. Counting down astonishing case files of animals... Smuggled and Seized.
Rodents, insects, and wild mystery meats. To some they're recipes for a nightmare. To others, they're delicacies pushing edible taboos to the limit. Counting down the most outrageous, disturbing, and extreme food that's Nasty... And On The Menu.
Preserved for an eternal after-life...these strange taxidermies make some cringe in fear or horror. Yet to others, this ancient art is the ultimate form of respect, even worship. Counting down astonishing cases of animals...Eternally Stuffed.
Sudden deadly collisions; strange otherworldly beings; terrifying insect invasions.
Battles of David vs. Goliath; animals overcoming impossible odds; gangs of predators ambush their prey.
Aggressive aquatic predators, a journey into a deadly snake pit, and a bicycle crash; a countdown of the 10 craziest collisions.
A hostile takeover; invading forces take over an island; deadly jacket.
Hunters become the hunted; killers seek revenge in fierce battles to the death.
Gentle giants riled; real-life zombie slaves; biblical swarms out of a horror film.
Friendly animals on the attack; deadliest annual migration in the world; an unrelenting avian rain straight from a horror movie.