A teenager from South Africa has developed an unusual yet strong bond with a 10-foot long Burmese long python, a bond that has been sustained for two years.

The teenager, 11th-grader Simone Naidoo, got the python named Theo after falling in love with snakes at 10 years old. She saw the slithery creatures displayed at a window during a grade school fair.

Doctors in England restored the eyesight of a blind man by inserting his son's tooth into his eye. Bob McNichol, 57, was blinded two years ago at an aluminum explosion.

"I thought that I was going to be blind for the rest of my life," McNichol told RTE state radio, AFP reported.

Scientists recently discovered fossils that completed the biological structure of a prehistoric giant toad the size of a slightly deflated beach ball.

The animal, referred to by scientists as "Beelzebufo," or Devil Toad, measured 40 cm long and weighed 4 kg. This size made the toad to have been much larger than the Goliath Frog of West Africa, known today to be the world's largest toad.

A 52-year old woman from Thailand is claiming that aside from enjoying riding toy motorcycles, her pet frog can also predict winning lottery numbers.

Tongsai Boommrungtai, 52, said she came across the black spotted frog outside her house in Roi-Et.

Men's clothing company Kale Miles announced the availability of a belt with an $18,000 price tag.

The staggering cost of what is nothing but a strip of leather comes from the seven- to eight-ounce buckle, made entirely of platinum - a compound that, as of Friday, was determined to be priced at about $1,560 per ounce.