The fiercest reptile ever to terrorise the oceans has been identified from a fossil on a frozen Arctic island.

The huge pliosaur, dubbed The Monster, dated from 150 million years ago and boasted 60 dagger-like teeth the size of cucumbers, which it used to rip chunks out of prey. picked by AutumnLotus 9 months ago

Spindly orange sea stars, fan-finned ice fish and herds of roving sea cucumbers are among the exotic creatures spied off the Antarctic coast in an area formerly covered by ice. picked by Bornbad 2 years ago

The first vegetables preserved with either the acetic vinegar or salted brine were probably cucumbers, brought to Mesopotamia from India in 2500 B.C. picked by suebe 2 years ago