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A man displays a two-headed turtle 'Testudo horsfieldi' at National Museum of natural history in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, March 5, 2012. Besides the two heads the reptile has six legs. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Activists of the Ukrainian women movement FEMEN wave flags of Ukraine as they stage a topless demonstration during a meeting of opposition parties in Kiev on December 3, 2011. AFP PHOTO/GENYA SAVILOV
African lion Katya licks zoo owner and artist Aleksandr Pylyshenko in a cage at his private zoo situated in his backyard in the city of Vasilyevka, southeastern Ukraine September 7, 2011. Pylyshenko broadcasted on the internet his experience of living in the cage with Katya and her cubs for 36 days, before leaving it on Wednesday. According to local media, Pylyshenko wanted to raise funds to improve the lions' living conditions and also raise awareness of the plight of wild animals in private Ukrainian zoos. REUTERS/Stringer
Members of the Ukrainian movement FEMEN were arrested for destruction of a floral garden dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the independence of Ukraine, at the government headquarters in Kiev. 24th August 2011
Activists of the women's movement FEMEN in the appearance of Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko scatter symbolic dollars during their performing protest in central Kiev on June 20, 2011. Established in 2008 by a group of Kyiv university students, Femen now comprises an estimated 300 members, mainly students, who are prepared to go topless in public in support of women's rights. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEY SVETLITSKY
One of activists of women right movement FEMEN wearing panties bearing the slogan "Give way!" hangs out of a car window during their protest action in front of the Saudi Arabia emmbassy in Kiev on June 16, 2011. The some 15 young Ukrainian feminists rally to support Saudi women are planning to take the wheel on June 17 in protest against the ban which is unique to the kingdom that applies a strict version of Sunni Islam. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSKY
An activist from the women's rights organization Femen stages a performance in front of the EURO 2012 soccer championship Countdown Clock in Kiev June 8, 2011. The activist protested against the spreading of prostitution which in her opinion will be possible during the championship. REUTERS/Anna Voitenko
A Ukrainian paratrooper eats a live frog during a military show at a military base in the town of Zhytomyr, some 135 km (84 miles) west of Kiev, May 26, 2011. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
An activist of the women's movement FEMEN sick with cancer of the lymphatic gland Alina Kovalchuk, 20, (C) holds a placard reading "Momento mori Yemets!" ('Memento Mori' is a latin phrase meaning "Remember your mortality" and Yemets is the name of Ukraine's Health Care Minister) during her and the other activists' protest in front of Ukraine's Health Care Ministry in Kiev on April 14, 2011. They demanded an increase in financing of oncological programmes for those sick with cancer as a result of consequences of Chernobyl catastrophe and end to what they claim is embezzling of state property by the medical officials. AFP PHOTO/ SERGEI SUPINSKY