Top 10 New Species of 2010

The International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University has declared the top 10 species discovered in 2010.

This one to the left is a strange one: the bomb-dropping worm (Swima bombiviridis) that "has these green gills it can kind of throw off, and the predator will follow the gill instead of following the [worm], so it is tripping up the predator."

Check out the entire list, which includes a rat-eating plant, a psychedelic flat-faced frogfish, and a translucent Dracula fish

Nepenthes attenboroughii

Swima bombiviridis

Dioscorea orangeana

Aiteng ater

Histiophryne psychedelica

Nephila komaci

Phallus drewesii

Danionella dracula

Gymnotus omarorum

Chondrocladia (Meliiderma) turbiformis

Source :- International Institute for Species Exploration

Two Toned Lobster

An Extremely Rare Chequered Lobster has been plucked from the seabed in Yorkshire by stunned fisherman.

The crustacean - dubbed 'Harley Quin' for it's bizarre red and black chequered appearance - is being analysed by marine experts who claim it is a rarity of 50million-to-one.

The lobster was found about 10 miles from Bridlington, East Yorks, by a fishermen, who passed it onto the Scarborough Sea Life Centre in North Yorks.

Centre spokesman Todd German said: 'There have been unusual coloured lobsters found in the past but he is remarkable because he has two colours separated by a near perfect straight line along the back of his carapace.'

'Blue, red and yellow individuals have all been found, but this one is the strangest anyone has ever heard of with one side black and the other side dull red - and that's before you mention his claws.'

The crustacean has one red and one black claw, leading to the Harley Quin nickname, after mythical harlequin character who wore a half red, half black suit.

Mr German said: 'Half and half lobster means one side will be one colour and the other side will be another but in this case you have bits of both colours on each side.

'The normal odds are 50 million-to-one but I couldn't tell you what the odds would be of finding one like Harley Quin.

'When Harley Quin came to stay with us we contacted the National Lobster Hatchery in Cornwall and they said they had never seen one like ours.

Marine experts believe the lobster is about five or six years old.

Michaela Bowness, from the Scarborough Sea Life Centre, said Harley Quin could reach more than three times his current size and live for another sixty or seventy years now that he is safe from predators.

The crustacean is being kept in a display tank at the centre's Weird and Wonderful exhibition.

World's Largest Smelliest Plant Blooms

World's largest, smelliest plant blooms in Houston, Lois the corpse flower, came in bloom Saturday in the U.S. fourth largest city, attracting thousands of curious Houstonians a day.

Now nearly six feet (1.8288 meters) tall, the flower, technically known as the Amorphophallus titanium plant, was the second corpse flower that ever bloomed in Texas and the 29th corpse flower that did so in the United States, said the Houston Museum of Nature Science, owner of the plant.

The flower, nicknamed Lois after a staffer's mother, has been in the museum for six years, since the museum paid 75 dollars for a tuber from a U.S. nursery, said Nancy Greig, director of Cockrell Butterfly Center of the Museum.

The plant is so special because it's totally unpredictable, said Greig. No one knows what triggers a corpse flower to bloom and no one knows when it will bloom in its about forty years of lifetime, she said.

The museum had predicited that Lois would bloom two weeks ago.

The line to see the flower was out the door Friday morning, once word got out that it would bloom soon.

The flower gives off smell like decomposed animals to attract insects, Greig said. It can be in bloom for a few days, but may not bloom for years --if ever.

Corpse flowers, with the largest unbranched inflorescence and one of the endangered species in the world, are native to Indonisia's Sumatra and can grow to be 10 feet (3.048 meters) tall. The tallest corpse flower was recorded in Germany.

The Bear Museum

Teddy Bear Museum at Jeju, Korea is slightly colder than usual The Art Hall of the Jeju Teddy Bear Museum is an interesting place to be in as you get to see some of the designer teddy bears, made by the renowned designers of the world. There is a section, which displays the smallest teddy bears of the world. The smallest of them is of 4.5mm in length.

The Project Exhibit Hall displays the teddy bears put in groups according to the themes of their groups. The garden area of the Jeju Teddy Bear Museum displays teddy bears in their sculptured forms.

The Jeju Teddy Bear Museum also has a bar, a café and a restaurant, where you can choose to spend some time appreciating the teddy bears. The museum also has a shop from where you can buy your favorite teddy bear.

There are many Teddy Bear Museums around the world. The world's first Teddy Bear Museum was based in Petersfield, Hampshire, England, It was founded by Judy Sparrow in 1984, and housed a collection of antique teddy bears and related items. It was closed in 2006. The British broadcaster Gyles Brandreth founded a Teddy Bear Museum in Stratford-upon-Avon, which has possibly been relocated to Wimbledon, in London. The V&A Museum of Childhood in Bethnal Green also has an extensive range of teddy bears.