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Environment
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Massive Sinkhole Eats Trees [VIDEO]
23 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Want to see an astonishing disappearing act? This video shows 25 trees saying goodbye to the light of day, as they get sucked into a massive sinkhole in Louisiana. The sinkhole showed its first bubbles last June, and in August gobbled up about 24 acres of land. It’s latest victims were these 25 unsuspecting trees. […]
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The Chinese Zoo With The Fake Lion Has Closed Its Doors For “Rectification”
19 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Surprise, surprise, the Beijing zoo that brought us the Tibetan Mastiff disguised as an African lion has closed its doors. Unsuspecting zoo goers, realized that the “African lion” was really a dog when it started barking. Since this incident has made world-wide news more impostors at the zoo have been revealed!
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Watch: Banksy Installs Anti-BP Dolphin Ride On Brighton Pier [VIDEO]
19 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The ride is similar to those you rode as a kid outside the Pick ‘n’ Pay – you know, the space-ship or car that used to move about as your mom patiently waited. Banksy’s version is a little different, it delivers a message. The ride is not a space-ship or a car, it’s a dolphin struggling to swim through fishing nets and BP oil, installed as a reminder to those who have forgotten about BP’s role in poisoning the Gulf Coast of the USA.
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Please Welcome This Brand New Species Of Mammal: The Olinguito
16 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Just when science thought it knew everything, a new species of mammal pops up on the radar. The Olinguito is the first new carnivore species to be found in the Western Hemisphere in the last 35 years!
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Chinese Zoo In Trouble For Pretending This Dog Is A Lion [PICS]
16 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
A zoo in China thought they could get away with labelling a Tibetan mastiff as an “African Lion”. To be fair, the Tibetan mastiff is a rather large dog, with long hair and a lion-like mane. It kind-of looks like a lion. Too bad it barks though, which is what gave it away in the end.
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#panda #baby #mother #reunion #adorable #cry [VIDEO]
15 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
This newborn giant Panda, Yuan Zai was reunited with its mother, Yuan Yuan after being separated for 12 months. The newborn is Taiwan’s first baby giant Panda. Baby Yuan Zai was born on 6 July 2013, but was injured only a few days later, resulting in the newborn being incubated.
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More Houses Are Being Swallowed By The Earth In The US [VIDEO]
13 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It wasn’t a good night for the guests of this Florida resort in the town of Clermont. As they were settling down to go to bed, the earth opened up and swallowed most of the resort and their belongings into a 30m sinkhole. The guests evacuated in terror.
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Enjoy These Incredible Close-Up Photos Of Lions Taken By Robots [PICS]
12 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
National Geographic are using drones and robots to get up close and personal shots of lions in the Serengeti. If any human got as close as these robots did to a lion in the wild, they would be chowed in no time. Lucky for us we can get an inside peek into the personal lives […]
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Testes-Attacking Monster Fish Puts Scandinavian Swimmers On High Alert [PIC]
12 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
This little guy will literally bust your balls. The pacu is a relative of the piranha, so you can only imagine the damage it can cause if given the chance. These fish are normally found in the Amazon, but fisherman put Scandinavian swimmers on high alert after a pacu was found in the Oresund Sound.
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Father And Son Last Seen 40 Years Ago Discovered In A Forest In Vietnam [PICS]
08 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In 1973, a father carried his infant son into the forest in central Vietnam when the country was at war the United States. They were never seen again. Now, 40 years later the father, 82 and the son, 41 have been found.
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Be Amazed And Terrified – A Microscopic Look At How A Mosquito Feeds [VIDEO]
08 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Recent research by Ed Young explores what really happens when a mosquito sucks your blood. This video provides an microscopic look at a mosquito’s weirdly flexible mouthpiece as it searches for a blood vessel to pierce and drink blood from. Enjoy this: Mosquitos suck so hard that they actually crush your blood cells.
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Pictures Emerge Of Boys Playing With Snake Before Strangulation Death [PICS]
08 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 6 Comments
The cause of death for the two boys who died when an African rock python escaped from a pet-store has been confirmed to be asphyxiation. The brothers, Connor and Noah Barthe, aged six and four, were found dead in a Canadian apartment situated above an exotic pet-store on Monday morning. The 4m long, 4kg snake […]
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Shark Carcass Found On New York City Subway [VIDEO]
08 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
New York City subway commuters were surprised to find a 40cm dead, wet shark on a subway car on Wednesday 7 August 2013. The shark had blood in its mouth, suggesting it may have been caught recently.
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Watch This F1 Driver Flatten A Tree In A Rally Car [VIDEO]
05 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
When most people have a tree blocking their path, they choose to go around it. But that wasn’t really an option for F1 and rally car driver, Robert Kubica. Tearing round a bend, Kubica miscalculated his turn, and being faced with a rapidly approaching tree he chose to hold his line and mow the wood down rather than swerve.
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Massive 50,000 Litre Oil Spill Turns Stunning Thailand Beach Pitch Black [VIDEO]
01 Aug 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A faulty oil transfer between a tanker and a seabed pipeline on Saturday has resulted in some 50,000 litres of oil being spilled onto Thai beaches. The main impact zone is Ao Prao beach on Koh Samet island.
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This Student Is Paying His Way Through University By Living With 200,000 Cockroaches [PICS]
31 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Introducing Kyle Kandilian, the the Michigan-Dearborn University student that lives with about 200,000 cockroaches. According to Detroit Free Press, Kandilian has this hobby for two reasons. One is for fun and the other is to help him pay for his education. The 20-year-old has a room that’s stacked up with 130 varieties of roach that can be purchased […]
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The Drakensberg Is Getting A 7km Cableway – Your Move, Table Mountain
31 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
The KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) provincial government is backing a R500 million plan to create a 7km cableway for the Drakensberg. The cableway is good way to increase tourism to KwaZulu-Natal.
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Not A Joke: A Bear Walks Into A Bar [VIDEO]
31 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A black bear walked into a bar in Estes Park, Colorado. The strange thing is though that none of the patrons inside noticed the 158kg and 1,8m tall bear. Fortunately he was caught on a security camera.
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Today’s Viral Video: Jiff The Wonder Dog [VIDEO]
29 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This may just be the cutest thing we’ve ever seen. Jiff the next Wonder Dog is an adorable Pomeranian with mad skills. In the video above, the fluff-ball shows us his talents from handstands to skateboarding. The star has gleaned over 500,000 likes on his personal Facebook page and also has an agent incase the 3-year-old […]
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Scientists Lasso Shark Underwater To Remove Hook From Its Jaw [VIDEO]
26 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
These marine scientists went to great lengths to save this endangered grey nurse shark off Byron Bay in Australia. Marine scientists lassoed the shark around its body and brought it to the surface before removing the hook.
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Radical CCTV Footage Shows Spain Train Crash As It Happened [Video]
25 Jul 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 2 Comments
Incredible CCTV footage has surfaced showing the train crash in the northern Spanish region of Galicia as it happened.
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Heads Up: The North Pole Has Frigging Melted [PIC]
25 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
The North Pole Environmental Observatory has stated that the summer ice in the North Pole is melting away. Where there used to be snow, there is now meltwater.
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This Is What A Sheep Looks Like If You Don’t Shave It For 6 Years [PICS]
25 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Meet Shrek the sheep. Shrek is not fond of having his hair cut. In fact he was so against the idea that every year when it was time for spring shearing, Shrek pulled a fast one and hid out in a cave to save his wooly locks.
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Humpback Whales Come Within A Hair’s Breadth Of Swallowing Two Divers [VIDEO]
23 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Two divers came very close to becoming whale food. The humpback whales were lunge feeding and as they reached the surface, they had a very close encounter with the divers.
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2 Perish In Lanseria Plane Crash
18 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Two people have died in a plane crash near Gauteng’s Lanseria Airport this morning. A light aircraft carrying multiple passengers downed near the the airport on Thursday morning, killing two occupants. It is not known whether the plane crashed on approach, or take off. While used on a daily basis for large commercial flights, Lanseria […]
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Woman Complains Of Scratching Noise In Her Head – Discovers Ball Of Maggots In Her Ear
18 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
After retuning from a holiday in Peru, Rochelle Harris started hearing scratching noises in her head. Harris recalled pulling a fly from her ear while in Peru, but took no notice of it.
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Watch: Firefighter Saves Kitten From Burning Home – Gets It All On GoPro [VIDEO]
17 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
A firefighter took the time to rescue the life of Lucky the kitten from a burning home in Fresno, California. The entire act was caught on a helmet cam.
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This Perfect Animation Shows What Went Wrong With That Failed San Francisco 777 Landing [VIDEO]
15 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Asiana Airlines Flight 214 that crash landed last weekend has horrific images but no video to show what in fact went wrong. An animated video by Jack Suchocki, an airline pilot and forensic animator, has since been released showing a rendering of the accident that took place last Saturday. According to YouTube, “All times, speeds, distances and scaling […]
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This Is Why Mozzies Like Your Ankles More Than Other People’s
15 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Mosquito. You know the noise, you know the feeling, but you don’t know why the heck in a room of 10 people, you come out looking like you’ve caught some foreign disease. An article in the Smithsonian covered the question: “Why do mosquitos bite some people more than others?” We’ve taken the most important ideas […]
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This Is What The Inside Of A Plane Looks Like After A Fire Sweeps Through The Cabin [PIC]
12 Jul 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The National Transportation Safety Board has tweeted more pictures from the crash of Asiana Airlines flight 214. The airplane crash landed on the runway of the San Francisco International Airport on Saturday 6 July 2013.
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