ROOTS / DRESSER 404J GAS PUMP ROTARY LOBE BLOWER alex haley roots the saga of an american family so begins roots, one of the most extraordinary and influential books of our time. most of the roots have expired but they have at le...
The world's ugliest animals - in pictures. The blobfish has been voted world's ugliest animal after a campaign set up by the Ugly Animal Preservation Society to raise awareness for endangered and aesthetically challenged animals - some the finest examples of which can be seen here. Mee-Lai Stone.
That description might make it sound pretty unremarkable, unattractive even, but when one was found on the shore at St Andrews, Fife in 1864 it got plenty of attention. It measured a whopping 180ft (55m) long and became officially the longest animal in the world.