Wolf wolf! 3 hours ago
This California couple has no fear about living with the powerful predators. Paul Pondella and Colette Duvall have formed a bond with their pet wolves over the years reports the Daily Mail. It started when Paul rescued a female black Alaskan timberwolf hybrid, Shadow, the product of a mating between a male domestic dog and a female wolf. She is now the oldest wolf resident and alpha female of the pack....
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The toilet test1 day ago
Japanese techno-gurus have engineered an intelligent toilet that swallows up poop and pee, provides a free drug test without a probation officer standing over your shoulder, and measures blood measure, to name a few. Designed by toilet manufacture Toto for Japanese homebuilder Daiwa House, the intelligent toilet offers users “an instant health check-up” every time a user visits the lavatory, reports AFP. This checkup includes urine analysis, blood ....
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Taco tackle3 days ago
Festival goers in Mexico City have set a new record for the longest taco — measuring 40.9 metres — ever prepared in the country, reports metro.co.uk. Staff from 38 restaurants helped to make the vast meal, with pork, beef, chicken, cheese, cream, onion and beans among the ingredients used. The taco challenge kicked off a ten-day festival designed to clean up and promote the Plaza Garibaldi district of Mexico City.....
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Poor bleaters3 days ago
Two goats (circled) got stranded for two days on the ledge of a bridge, reports metro.co.uk. They were plucked to safety by a crane after going without food and drink for 48 hours. They are thought to have wandered onto the railroad ledge in southern Montana at night, then froze once the sun rose and they realised where they were. The two young females occasionally stepped to the pillar to urinate ....
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Orangu-dad!3 days ago
Hanama, a three-year-old male orangutan, plays daddy to Skukuza and Simh, month-old orphaned male lion cubs, reports Daily Mail. The ape formed a bond with the cubs as soon as he met them, say their keepers at Myrtle Beach Safari, in South Carolina, USA. Hanama lies on his back to let the cubs relax on his stomach and is often caught gazing down affectionately at the cubs before hugging them. The park’s director....
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Bra-king wonder4 days ago
When docs carried out an X-ray they were stunned to discover the dog's belly was full of underwear. When vet Michael Jefferson cut Molly open he removed a bundle of 12 bras....
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Grandma, that’s great5 days ago
A great grandmother in Britain became so angry when she got mugged that she pinned the man against a wall and demanded that he return her purse. “I’m no spring chicken,” she declared later. Marion Walter, 77, fought back when the mugger attempted to snatch her purse from the back seat of her car while she was returning from a supermarket with her 90-year-old sister is just over five feet as compared to the six feet tall mugger. ....
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He’s a Young gun!5 days ago
A Malaysian man pleaded guilty to wildlife smuggling after his bag bursting with 95 live boa constrictors broke open on a luggage conveyer belt at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, an official said Friday. Keng Liang ‘Anson’’ Wong, 52, who was previously convicted of wildlife trafficking in the United States of America, was charged Wednesday in a district court with exporting the endangered boas without a permit, said Shamsuddin Osman, an ....
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Crazy drive5 days ago
A Japanese man drove the wrong way down an expressway for 90 kilometres (55 miles) and broke through five police barricades because his cat had died, he told police. Tsutomu Mizumoto, 31, was arrested early Wednesday on the northern island of Hokkaido, the Mainichi daily reported. Police spotted the vehicle at 6 am and pursued the driver, ordering him to stop. Mizumoto ignored them and drove on. He was stopped at 7:15 a.m. when police detained ....
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Beggar pro fined 6 days ago
A Brit scrounger, already collecting benefits, has been fined for raking in another £23,000 a year as a beggar. Scruffy Daniel Terry sat in shop doorways on a sleeping bag to convince sympathetic passers-by he was homeless. But the former estate agent pocketed up to £50 a day and about £100 pounds a day on weekends. Terry’s scam was exposed two weeks after The Sun urged readers to shop ....
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Smoking exit6 days ago
Dr Jacquelyn Kotarac, whose decomposing body was found in a narrow chimney, suffocated to death after trying to break into her boyfriend’s home, California authorities told The Guardian. The body of Dr Kotarac, 49, was discovered trapped in the chimney on Saturday – three days after she had apparently slid feet first down it into the house of her estranged lover, William Moodie, who did not want to meet her and was away. Her body was discovered after a ....
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Carma to the rescue 6 days ago
Thomas Magill, 22, from New York City, plunged 40 storeys from the rooftop of an apartment building and survived after crashing on to a parked car. Magill could be heard screaming: “My leg! My leg!” after apparently jumping from a high-rise at West 63rd Street on Tuesday. He landed in the backseat area of a Dodge Charger after crashing through the rear window. Magill suffered broken legs and police ....
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After being rescued from the care of a couple of well-meaning but misguided owners, Oshine, Britain’s fattest primate, is being put on a strict diet of fruit, yoghurt, lean meat and vegetables. Keepers at Monkey World in Dorset hope the 13-year-old will be back to normal size within a few months and ready to try for her first baby. The obese ape weighed in at a hefty 15 odd stone. A wild, healthy orangutan would normally weigh between five and 12 stone. ....
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