Destined to be together forever and ever, the two skeletons above are believed to be a male and female, both in their teens, dating back as far as 6000 years ago. In 2007, archaeologists discovered them locked in a permanent embrace in the village of Valdaro, near Mantua, in northern Italy.

Coincidentally, the same village was featured in William Shakespeare’s ROMEO AND JULIET. Indeed, love never dies.

A short while ago, I was snacking on a bowl of farm-fresh cherries when I happened upon an off-putting specimen. It was two cherries seemingly bound into one. Basically, a Siamese cherry!

Such mutations are not common, but they’re perfectly natural. (It’s certainly more natural than anything contained in, say, a Cherry Pop Tart or Cherry Kool-Aid.) In fact, a British farmer once discovered a one-in-a-million red-and-green apple hybrid in his orchard, according to a BBC report in 2009.

Yet I couldn’t stomach my mutant cherry. I threw it out, but not without photographing it first, of course.

Looking at that photo now — presented here for your scientific scrutiny — I question my course of action. The fruit wasn’t damaged. It was simply different. Yet I deemed it too scary to eat.

What are your thoughts?

IS THIS A SCARY SNACK? Decide and discuss.

OCTOPUS WALKS ON LAND: IS IT SCARY?
6925 PIERCINGS: IS IT SCARY?
HAUNTED LIGHT HOUSE: IS IT SCARY?
‘EXORCIST III’ NURSE STATION SCENE: IS IT SCARY?
CLAYMATION SATAN REVEALS SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE: IS IT SCARY?
‘PROMETHEUS’ TRAILER: IS IT SCARY?
UNEXPECTED GHOST, CAR: IS IT SCARY?
THE GIANT SHRIMP WITH 32,000 EYES: IS IT SCARY?

This week, the ancient creature made his long-awaited YouTube debut … allegedly.

What do you think? Is it real?

Fishermen found a fascinatingly huge whale shark floating unconscious a short while ago. Forty feet long, the rare specimen was slowly and laboriously tugged to port in the Pakistani city of Karachi.

Growing up watching FINDING NEMO and THE LITTLE MERMAID, many a child fantasizes about that magical moment when a cuddly undersea critter will finally saunter out of the sea and into a warm, dry place called the human heart.

Who knows? Perhaps sea creatures dream of that moment, too. Consider the jumbo squid: He’s been invading California for years now.

Also consider the specimen featured below. The octopus featured here was definitely seeking something new when it crawled up onto the shores of Moss Beach, California, but what, exactly? A new habitat? A moment in the spotlight? Your delicious human flesh?

Somehow, it doesn’t quite feel like a Walt Disney moment.

IS THIS A SCARY ENCOUNTER? Decide and discuss.

A PARASITE FOR A TONGUE: IS IT SCARY?
6925 PIERCINGS: IS IT SCARY?
HAUNTED LIGHT HOUSE: IS IT SCARY?
‘EXORCIST III’ NURSE STATION SCENE: IS IT SCARY?
CLAYMATION SATAN REVEALS SECRETS OF THE UNIVERSE: IS IT SCARY?
‘PROMETHEUS’ TRAILER: IS IT SCARY?
UNEXPECTED GHOST, CAR: IS IT SCARY?
THE GIANT SHRIMP WITH 32,000 EYES: IS IT SCARY?

The true winner? Whoever wakes up every day, shoots this type of footage, and survives to collect the paycheck.

Warning: Not for the squeamish!