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China: Pet Owner Reveals Unusual Two-Headed Bearded Dragon

This is the rare moment that a Chinese man presented an unusual two-headed bearded dragon, drawing attention as the reptile calmly moved with both heads sharing a single body. On December 8, 2025, in Hubei, China, the video captured a pet owner gently holding out his finger while the small reptile slowly crawled forward. The bearded dragon appeared to have two fully formed heads connected to one body, each head moving slightly independently as it balanced itself. The man kept his hand steady, allowing the creature to explore without disturbance. The reptile’s tiny claws gripped his finger as both heads looked around, creating a striking and rare visual. The video ended with the two-headed bearded dragon continuing to crawl calmly along the man’s finger as he observed it closely.

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Mt. Fuji opens Shizuoka route

Climbers head to the top of Mt. Fuji along the Fujinomiya route on July 10, 2025, as the route in Shizuoka Prefecture on Japan's highest mountain, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, opened the same day along with two other routes, following the July 1 opening of the Yamanashi Prefecture-side route. All routes are open through Sept. 10. (Kyodo), ==Kyodo

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Mt. Fuji opens Shizuoka route

Climbers head to the top of Mt. Fuji along the Fujinomiya route on July 10, 2025, as the route in Shizuoka Prefecture on Japan's highest mountain, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, opened the same day along with two other routes, following the July 1 opening of the Yamanashi Prefecture-side route. All routes are open through Sept. 10. (Kyodo), ==Kyodo

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Mt. Fuji climbing season begins

TOKYO, Japan, July 1 Kyodo - Trail of lights from climbers' headlamps are seen on the Yoshida trail on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of Mt. Fuji on July 1, 2025. The trail opens the same day, meaning the start of the official climbing season for Japan's highest mountain, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures. (Kyodo)

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Mt. Fuji climbing season begins

Climbers take a selfie with the sunrise atop Mt. Fuji on July 1, 2025, the day the mountain's Yoshida trail opened as the official climbing season began for Japan's highest mountain, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

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Mt. Fuji climbing season begins

Climbers atop Mt. Fuji hail the sunrise on July 1, 2025, the day the mountain's Yoshida trail opened as the official climbing season began for Japan's highest mountain, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

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Mt. Fuji climbing season begins

Climbers atop Mt. Fuji hail the sunrise on July 1, 2025, the day the mountain's Yoshida trail opened as the official climbing season began for Japan's highest mountain, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

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Mt. Fuji climbing season begins

Trail of lights from climbers' headlamps are seen on the Yoshida trail on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of Mt. Fuji on July 1, 2025. The trail opens the same day, meaning the start of the official climbing season for Japan's highest mountain, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

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Mt. Fuji climbing season begins

Trail of lights from climbers' headlamps are seen on the Yoshida trail on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of Mt. Fuji on July 1, 2025. The trail opens the same day, meaning the start of the official climbing season for Japan's highest mountain, straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures.

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Gate on Mt. Fuji trail closed as climbing season ends

Photo taken on Sept. 10, 2024, shows a gate at the fifth station of a Mt. Fuji trail on the Yamanashi Prefecture side after it had been closed as the climbing season ended the same day. The gate was installed on June 17 to impose a cap on the daily number of climbers and prevent "bullet climbing," when people attempt to reach the summit and descend without spending a night on the mountain.

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Mt. Fuji climbing season

Climbers walk up on Mt. Fuji on June 30, 2024, as the summer climbing season for the highest mountain in Japan is set to officially begin the following day, with the opening of a route on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of the 3,776-meter volcano.(Kyodo)

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Climbing season begins on Mt. Fuji

Cars wait at the toll gate of the Fuji Subaru Line, a road connecting the Yoshida trail entrance of Mt. Fuji and the foot of the mountain, in Fujikawaguchiko in Yamanashi Prefecture on July 1, 2024. The summer climbing season for Japan's highest mountain started the same day with the opening of the Yoshida trail, one of the four main hiking trails.

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Climbing season begins on Mt. Fuji

Cars wait at the toll gate of the Fuji Subaru Line, a road connecting the Yoshida trail entrance of Mt. Fuji and the foot of the mountain, in Fujikawaguchiko in Yamanashi Prefecture on July 1, 2024. The summer climbing season for Japan's highest mountain started the same day with the opening of the Yoshida trail, one of the four main hiking trails.

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Mt. Fuji climbing season

Climbers walk up on Mt. Fuji on June 30, 2024, as the summer climbing season for the highest mountain in Japan is set to officially begin the following day, with the opening of a route on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of the 3,776-meter volcano.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

TOKYO, Japan - Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura reached the summit of Mt. Fuji with a group of friends and family on Aug. 31, 2023, having used a wheelchair for the three-day ascent.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura and his son Gota (back) reach the ninth station of Mt. Fuji via a Shizuoka Prefecture side route on the second day of their ascent on Aug. 30, 2023.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (2nd from L) embarks on the second day of his ascent of Mt. Fuji from the seventh station on the Shizuoka Prefecture side on Aug. 30, 2023.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura (front) and his son Gota fuel up with breakfast on Aug. 30, 2023, before embarking on the second day of their ascent of Mt. Fuji, from the seventh station on the Shizuoka Prefecture side.

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90-year-old adventure skier Miura on Mt. Fuji

Ninety-year-old Japanese skier and alpinist Yuichiro Miura embarks on the second day of his ascent of Mt. Fuji from the seventh station on the Shizuoka Prefecture side on Aug. 30, 2023.

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Mt. Fuji reopens for climbers

People carry a portable "mikoshi" shrine to pray for the safety of climbers at Fujisan Komitake shrine located at the fifth station of Mt. Fuji in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2023. The summer climbing season for the highest mountain in Japan officially began the same day, with the opening of a route on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of the 3,776-meter volcano.

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Mt. Fuji reopens for climbers

People carry a portable "mikoshi" shrine to pray for the safety of climbers at Fujisan Komitake shrine located at the fifth station of Mt. Fuji in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2023. The summer climbing season for the highest mountain in Japan officially began the same day, with the opening of a route on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of the 3,776-meter volcano.

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Mt. Fuji reopening ceremony

A ceremony praying for the safety of climbers is held at a shrine located at the fifth station of Mt. Fuji in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on July 1, 2023. The summer climbing season for the highest mountain in Japan officially begins the same day, with the opening of a route on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of the 3,776-meter volcano.

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Mt. Fuji reopens for climbers

Climbers walk near the fifth station of Mt. Fuji on July 1, 2023, as the summer climbing season for the highest mountain in Japan officially begins the same day, with the opening of a route on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of the 3,776-meter volcano.

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New Year sunrise above Mt. Fuji

Photo taken from a Japan Airlines special New Year's Day flight on Jan. 1, 2023, shows the year's first sunrise above Mt. Fuji.

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Sunrise on New Year's Day

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a chartered All Nippon Airways flight shows the sunrise over Mt. Fuji on Jan. 1.

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Mt. Fuji gets season's 1st snowcap

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's tallest mountain, covered with a thin layer of snow on Oct. 16, 2014. The 3,776-meter mountain got its first snowcap of the season the same day, 16 days later than average but three days earlier than last year, the Kofu Local Meteorological Observatory said.

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Mt. Fuji gets season's 1st snowcap

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's tallest mountain, covered with a thin layer of snow on Oct. 16, 2014. Miho-no-matsubara, a seashore area lined with pine trees, is seen in the foreground. The 3,776-meter mountain got its first snowcap of the season the same day, 16 days later than average but three days earlier than last year, the Kofu Local Meteorological Observatory said.

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Mt. Fuji gets season's 1st snowcap

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's tallest mountain, covered with a thin layer of snow on Oct. 16, 2014. The 3,776-meter mountain got its first snowcap of the season the same day, 16 days later than average but three days earlier than last year, the Kofu Local Meteorological Observatory said.

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Mt. Fuji gets season's 1st snowcap

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's tallest mountain, covered with a thin layer of snow on Oct. 16, 2014. The 3,776-meter mountain got its first snowcap of the season the same day, 16 days later than average but three days earlier than last year, the Kofu Local Meteorological Observatory said.

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Mt. Fuji gets season's 1st snowcap

NAGOYA, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's tallest mountain, covered with a thin layer of snow on Oct. 16, 2014. The 3,776-meter mountain got its first snowcap of the season the same day, 16 days later than average but three days earlier than last year, the Kofu Local Meteorological Observatory said.

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Mt. Fuji gets season's 1st snowcap

FUJIKAWAGUCHIKO, Japan - Photo taken from an area in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's tallest mountain, covered with a thin layer of snow on Oct. 16, 2014. The 3,776-meter mountain got its first snowcap of the season the same day, 16 days later than average but three days earlier than last year, the Kofu Local Meteorological Observatory said.

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Mt. Fuji gets season's 1st snowcap

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Photo taken from an area in the city of Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's tallest mountain, covered with a thin layer of snow on Oct. 16, 2014. The 3,776-meter mountain got its first snowcap of the season the same day, 16 days later than average but three days earlier than last year, the Kofu Local Meteorological Observatory said.

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Mt. Fuji gets season's 1st snowcap

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Photo taken from an area in the city of Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's tallest mountain, covered with a thin layer of snow on Oct. 16, 2014. The 3,776-meter mountain got its first snowcap of the season the same day, 16 days later than average but three days earlier than last year, the Kofu Local Meteorological Observatory said.

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Mt. Fuji gets season's 1st snowcap

OSHIMA, Japan - Photo taken from Tokyo's Izu Oshima Island shows Mt. Fuji, Japan's tallest mountain, covered with a thin layer of snow on Oct. 16, 2014. The 3,776-meter mountain got its first snowcap of the season the same day, 16 days later than average but three days earlier than last year, the Kofu Local Meteorological Observatory said.

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Mt. Ontake eruption

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows columns of smoke rising from Mt. Ontake, a 3,067-meter volcano in central Japan on Sept. 27, 2014. The volcano erupted shortly before noon that day. Mt. Fuji is seen in the background, to the right.

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Mt. Ontake eruption

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows columns of smoke rising from Mt. Ontake, a 3,067-meter volcano in central Japan on Sept. 27, 2014. The volcano erupted shortly before noon that day. Mt. Fuji is seen in the background, to the right.

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Central Japan volcano Mt. Ontake erupts

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows columns of smoke rising from Mt. Ontake, a volcano straddling Nagano and Gifu prefectures in central Japan, at 2:34 p.m. on Sept. 27, 2014, with Mt. Fuji seen in the background, to the right. The volcano erupted shortly before noon the same day, with about 10 hikers injured.

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Mt. Fuji climbing season begins

MT. FUJI, Japan - Mt. Fuji provides a vantage point of the sunrise through clouds on July 1, 2014, as the climbing season began that day for the 3,776-meter mountain straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures. The mountain was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site the previous year.

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Mt. Fuji climbing season begins

MT. FUJI, Japan - Climbers at Mt. Fuji photograph a sunrise through clouds on July 1, 2014, as the climbing season began that day for the 3,776-meter mountain straddling Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures. The mountain was designated a UNESCO World Heritage site the previous year.

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People climb Mt. Fuji

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Climbers climb Mt. Fuji from the Yamanashi side on June 30, 2014, the day before the opening of the mountain for the climbing season.

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Climbing season for Mt. Fuji opens

TOKYO, Japan - Mt. Fuji, which straddles Shizuoka and Yamanashi prefectures, is observed from the Yamanashi side in this photo taken on June 30, 2014, the day before opening of the mountain for the climbing season.

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Climbers on Mt. Fuji asked to pay admission fee

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Photo taken July 25, 2013, shows a box set up at the sixth station of Mt. Fuji to collect a 1,000 yen admission fee. Local authorities started collecting the fee on a trial basis the same day from those climbing Mt. Fuji to secure funds for preserving the environment at the new UNESCO world heritage site.

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Climbers on Mt. Fuji asked to pay admission fee

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Photo taken July 25, 2013, shows souvenir badges to be given to those climbing Mt. Fuji and paying a 1,000 yen admission fee, at a collection point at the sixth station of Mt. Fuji. Local authorities started collecting the fee on a trial basis the same day to secure funds for preserving the environment at the new UNESCO world heritage site.

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Climbers on Mt. Fuji asked to pay admission fee

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Climbers pay a 1,000 yen admission fee on July 25, 2013 at a collection box at the sixth station of Mt. Fuji. Local authorities started collecting the fee on a trial basis the same day from those climbing Mt. Fuji to secure funds for preserving the environment at the new UNESCO world heritage site.

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Climbers on Mt. Fuji asked to pay admission fee

FUJIYOSHIDA, Japan - Climbers pay a 1,000 yen admission fee on July 25, 2013 at a collection box at the sixth station of Mt. Fuji. Local authorities started collecting the fee on a trial basis the same day from those climbing Mt. Fuji to secure funds for preserving the environment at the new UNESCO world heritage site.

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UNESCO formally names Mt. Fuji as World Heritage site

LAKE YAMANAKA, Japan - Photo shows swans floating on Lake Yamanaka in Yamanashi Prefecture and Mt. Fuji on the night of June 22, 2013. The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO decided the same day to inscribe Japan's iconic mountain on the U.N. agency's prestigious World Heritage List.

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UNESCO formally names Mt. Fuji as World Heritage site

LAKE YAMANAKA, Japan - Photo shows a swan fluttering its wings on Lake Yamanaka in Yamanashi Prefecture and Mt. Fuji on the night of June 22, 2013. The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO decided the same day to inscribe Japan's iconic mountain on the U.N. agency's prestigious World Heritage List.

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UNESCO formally names Mt. Fuji as World Heritage site

TOKYO, Japan - Aerial photo shows Mt. Fuji in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on June 22, 2013. The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO decided the same day to inscribe Japan's iconic mountain on the U.N. agency's prestigious World Heritage List.

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UNESCO formally names Mt. Fuji as World Heritage site

TOKYO, Japan - Aerial photo shows Mt. Fuji in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, on June 22, 2013. The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO decided the same day to inscribe Japan's iconic mountain on the U.N. agency's prestigious World Heritage List.

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UNESCO formally names Mt. Fuji as World Heritage site

TOKYO, Japan - Aerial photo shows Mt. Fuji in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, on June 22, 2013. The World Heritage Committee of UNESCO decided the same day to inscribe Japan's iconic mountain on the U.N. agency's prestigious World Heritage List.