World's weirdest animals - PHOTO+VIDEO

Scientists have recorded remarkable footage of a rare white killer whale off the coast of Russia.The juvenile, which is one of just four white orca whales recorded, caused a stir when it surfaced right next the the researchers' boat between the Pacific islands of Onekotan and Paramushir.Another white whale named Iceberg became a media sensation two years ago after being spotted off the Russian coastline by the Far East Russia Orca Project.So we have scoured the globe for some more remarkably rare animals that defy belief.Two-headed turtleJust last week Kathleen Talbot got a monster shock when she found a two-headed baby snapping turtle trying to cross the road in Hudson, Maine.She was watching turtle hatchlings to make sure they arrived safely on the other side of the street when she noticed one had been left behind.It was so dirty she initially thought it has two feet in front, but when she got home and washed it off she realised it had two heads. She decided to call her now pet Frank and Stein.Five-legged lambThis adorable lamb may have been born with an extra leg but he hasn't let that slow him down.The Red West lamb was born in February last year at a French farm owned by Yvan Delage. None of this four siblings had any abnormalities, but this newborn had three front legs.Sheep born with extra legs do not normally survive or suffer health difficulties, but this lucky lamb did not seem to suffer any adverse effects and was soon frolicking in the fields with his brothers and sisters.Snake with a footChinese grandmother Dean Qiongxiu got a nasty shock when she woke to find a snake climbing her bedroom wall in the middle of the night.But the 66 year-old got an even bigger shock when she spotted the reptile had sprouted a leg and was clinging to the wall with its talons. She was so scared she grabbed a shoe and beat the snake to death before preserving its body in a bottle of alchol.The snake, which was 16 inches long and as thick as a little finger was then sent to be studied at the Life Sciences Department at China's West Normal University in Nanchang, where experts were baffled by what caused the mutation.Two-tone lobsterHarley Quin the two-tone lobster became the star attraction at his aquarium after moulting to reveal electric blue skin down one side of his body, and bright red skin down the other.The chances of a lobster being two separate colours on each half of its body is around on in 50million and Harley is even rarer as his claws are the opposite colours, making him look like he has been divided into four.He was caught at Bridlington in East Yorkshire in 2010 and has been looked after ever since by staff at Scarborough Sea Life Centre.Cyclops sharkIt looks like a creature from ancient mythology, but this shark pup with only one eye was actually found by fishermen in Mexico in October 2011.The odd looking creature was initially dismissed as a hoax after it was cut out of its mother, an endangered dusky shark. However biologist Felipe Galvan-Magana confirmed the animal was real and said the two eyes had failed to separate due to a rare genetic condition.Albino kangarooThis albino kangaroo sticks out like a sore thumb, making it easy to spot. Yet white kangaroos are so rare the sighting made headlines around the globe.The rare animals, caused by a genetic mutation, often do not survive in the wild without their traditional grey fur to help them blend into the landscape.The two year-old female Renee, who was spotted at Namadgi National Park near Canberra in Australia in November last year, is so unusual rangers fear she could be targeted by hunters, so her location has been kept a closely guarded secret.Asia's unicornSome animals are so rare that even the sight of a 'normal' specimen in the wild is enough to set pulses racing. One of the best examples is the twin-horned saola.This antelope-like animal is rated as critically endangered with less than 100 left in the wild and extremely shy. It is spotted so rarely it is dubbed the 'Asian unicorn'.(mirror.co.uk)Bakudaily.Az