Thursday, June 12, 2014
The curious case of the bumblebee rescued from a spider's web
Filmed in an east London window by a man wanting to show his sleeping son a (sort of) brutal life lesson, a bumblebee fighting for its life in a spider's web is seemingly rescued by another bumblebee, which stings the spider.
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YouTube link.
Tourist nonchalantly stops charging elephant
Filmed late last month at the Phu Luang Wildlife Sanctuary in northern Thailand.
YouTube link. Original Facebook video.
YouTube link. Original Facebook video.
Man arrested after shooting at the moon
A man from Prescott, Arizona, was arrested after he shot his handgun in a residence and claimed he was shooting at the moon.
On Friday, a 49-year-old woman called police because her boyfriend had fired shots from a handgun and was still armed at the time, according to the Prescott Valley Police Department. Officers arrived at the residence where they confronted 39-year-old Cameron Read.
Read initially refused to leave the residence, but eventually exited and resisted arrest before being taken into custody by force, according to police. The victims told police Read had commented about seeing Halley’s Comet, and shortly after, began firing out a window. The victims heard several shots before fleeing the residence.
Read later told officials he was not trying to harm anyone, but was shooting at the moon. He also admitted to smoking marijuana before the shooting. No victims were injured. Read was booked into Yavapai County Jail and faces seven charges including criminal damage, disorderly conduct and endangerment.
On Friday, a 49-year-old woman called police because her boyfriend had fired shots from a handgun and was still armed at the time, according to the Prescott Valley Police Department. Officers arrived at the residence where they confronted 39-year-old Cameron Read.
Read initially refused to leave the residence, but eventually exited and resisted arrest before being taken into custody by force, according to police. The victims told police Read had commented about seeing Halley’s Comet, and shortly after, began firing out a window. The victims heard several shots before fleeing the residence.
Read later told officials he was not trying to harm anyone, but was shooting at the moon. He also admitted to smoking marijuana before the shooting. No victims were injured. Read was booked into Yavapai County Jail and faces seven charges including criminal damage, disorderly conduct and endangerment.
Woman allegedly hit boyfriend with shotgun and shot his vehicle's tyre for talking in his sleep
A woman from Willow Creek, Montana, is accused of hitting her boyfriend with a shotgun and then firing into his vehicle's front tyre when he attempted to get away.
Sara Ann Bade, 24, was arrested on a felony charge of assault with a weapon at 2:09am on Monday at her home. She appeared in Gallatin County Justice Court later that morning, where she was released on $5,000 bail.
According to court records Bade's boyfriend told a deputy the two were sleeping when he was awoken because Bade was kicking him and telling him he was talking bad about her in his sleep. The boyfriend said Bade was also throwing bottles at him. The boyfriend said two continued fighting outside when Bade went inside to grab a shotgun. She began hitting him with the shotgun.
Bade's boyfriend climbed into his vehicle to leave when Bade hit the driver's window multiple times with the shotgun, shattering it. Bade then fired the shotgun into the driver's side front tyre of the vehicle to prevent her boyfriend from leaving. Her boyfriend then got out of the vehicle and called 911. When deputies arrived, Bade was hiding in the bushes outside her home. She said her boyfriend would not leave her home when she asked him to after they began fighting.
She also said he had hit her in the head and the closest thing for her to grab was her shotgun. She told a deputy she smashed the vehicle's window because she wanted her belongings out of the vehicle. She admitted to hitting her boyfriend with the shotgun. Bade's boyfriend had bruises on his left arm and left ribcage, but he refused medical attention. Bade was arrested and taken to jail. She is expected to enter a plea to the charge in District Court at a future date.
According to court records Bade's boyfriend told a deputy the two were sleeping when he was awoken because Bade was kicking him and telling him he was talking bad about her in his sleep. The boyfriend said Bade was also throwing bottles at him. The boyfriend said two continued fighting outside when Bade went inside to grab a shotgun. She began hitting him with the shotgun.
Bade's boyfriend climbed into his vehicle to leave when Bade hit the driver's window multiple times with the shotgun, shattering it. Bade then fired the shotgun into the driver's side front tyre of the vehicle to prevent her boyfriend from leaving. Her boyfriend then got out of the vehicle and called 911. When deputies arrived, Bade was hiding in the bushes outside her home. She said her boyfriend would not leave her home when she asked him to after they began fighting.
She also said he had hit her in the head and the closest thing for her to grab was her shotgun. She told a deputy she smashed the vehicle's window because she wanted her belongings out of the vehicle. She admitted to hitting her boyfriend with the shotgun. Bade's boyfriend had bruises on his left arm and left ribcage, but he refused medical attention. Bade was arrested and taken to jail. She is expected to enter a plea to the charge in District Court at a future date.
Orphaned baby rhino refuses to sleep alone after witnessing mother's murder by poachers
A baby rhino, who has been left traumatised after seeing his mother brutally murdered by poachers, refuses to sleep alone.
He was rescued from the wild last month by staff at Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre in South Africa after he was found next to his mother's body, crying inconsolably.
The rhino, known as Gertjie, is now recovering at the centre but has been unable to sleep alone after the ordeal, so the team take it in turns to feed the animal every three hours and sleep outside his room.
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The centre is now appealing for donations to help keep enough fat-free milk in stock as baby rhinos are only weaned off milk when they're over a year old. Staff say he will be cared for until he is ready to be re-introduced into a wildlife reserve.
There's more information about Gertjie here.
He was rescued from the wild last month by staff at Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre in South Africa after he was found next to his mother's body, crying inconsolably.
The rhino, known as Gertjie, is now recovering at the centre but has been unable to sleep alone after the ordeal, so the team take it in turns to feed the animal every three hours and sleep outside his room.
YouTube link.
The centre is now appealing for donations to help keep enough fat-free milk in stock as baby rhinos are only weaned off milk when they're over a year old. Staff say he will be cared for until he is ready to be re-introduced into a wildlife reserve.
There's more information about Gertjie here.
Man attempted to fake own death with dead dog dressed in his clothes
Police in China are investigating a curious incident where a would-be fraudster used a dead dog's body to try to fake his own death in a road crash.
Officers in Rizhao, Shandong Province detained a man for attempting to fake his death by staging a hit-and-run accident using a dog carcass dressed in his clothes. The suspect surnamed Li told authorities he hatched the grizzly plan so he could abandon his family and start a new life with his lover.
"I bought a dead dog, skinned it and cut off its head. I wrapped it in my clothes," Li told police, "I just wanted my [family members] to think I was dead." Juxian county police found his sedan on a roadside near Zhaoxian. Dog parts, blood and clothes trailed on the road, giving the appearance that Li had been run over and the driver had fled the scene.
While police traced the car as belonging to Li, DNA tests indicated the remains were in fact those of a dog. Li was apprehended a few days later in Ji'nan, where they found he had opened another bank account. No official charges have been pressed against Li at present.
Officers in Rizhao, Shandong Province detained a man for attempting to fake his death by staging a hit-and-run accident using a dog carcass dressed in his clothes. The suspect surnamed Li told authorities he hatched the grizzly plan so he could abandon his family and start a new life with his lover.
"I bought a dead dog, skinned it and cut off its head. I wrapped it in my clothes," Li told police, "I just wanted my [family members] to think I was dead." Juxian county police found his sedan on a roadside near Zhaoxian. Dog parts, blood and clothes trailed on the road, giving the appearance that Li had been run over and the driver had fled the scene.
While police traced the car as belonging to Li, DNA tests indicated the remains were in fact those of a dog. Li was apprehended a few days later in Ji'nan, where they found he had opened another bank account. No official charges have been pressed against Li at present.
Missing cat turned up at owner's home after 13 years
A long-lost pet cat has made a sudden and unexpected return home.
Paula Harper-Adams last saw her beloved moggy, Shelby, when she left the family's home in 2001 and never returned.
So when a cat turned up on her front doorstep in Geelong, Australia, she thought nothing of it.
Paula initially took, what she thought was a stray, to the local vet. The cat was in poor condition, with matted fur and covered in lice. "It was standing at the vet, where I had this moment, where I thought, could it possibly be our cat that ran away 13 years ago?" Paula said. She dug out an old photo of Shelby.
She compared her cat from 2001 to the new arrival and both had the same distinct white markings. Paula returned to Bellarine Vet Clinic where staff confirmed it was, in fact, her long-lost Shelby. Veterinary nurse Ebony Deglaitis said: "When she brought the picture back in, it was spitting image."
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Both Paula and veterinary staff were stunned. Clinic co-ordinator Natalie Dorain said: "For someone to find their cat after such a long time and wondering what had happened to your cat all that time, I think we all sort of felt pretty emotional about that." Paula has no idea where Shelby has been for the last 13 years, but is just overjoyed her moggy is home.
Paula initially took, what she thought was a stray, to the local vet. The cat was in poor condition, with matted fur and covered in lice. "It was standing at the vet, where I had this moment, where I thought, could it possibly be our cat that ran away 13 years ago?" Paula said. She dug out an old photo of Shelby.
She compared her cat from 2001 to the new arrival and both had the same distinct white markings. Paula returned to Bellarine Vet Clinic where staff confirmed it was, in fact, her long-lost Shelby. Veterinary nurse Ebony Deglaitis said: "When she brought the picture back in, it was spitting image."
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Both Paula and veterinary staff were stunned. Clinic co-ordinator Natalie Dorain said: "For someone to find their cat after such a long time and wondering what had happened to your cat all that time, I think we all sort of felt pretty emotional about that." Paula has no idea where Shelby has been for the last 13 years, but is just overjoyed her moggy is home.
Man unhappy after ambulance rushing him to hospital stopped to pick up hitchhikers
A grandfather from Polperro, Cornwall, being rushed to hospital with a devastating blood clot that nearly cost him his leg was left stunned when his ambulance pulled over to pick up two hitchhikers.
Glenn Buscombe, 60, was writhing in pain in the back of the emergency vehicle when it stopped abruptly on the side of a dual carriageway in the early hours of the morning.
To his amazement the door slid open and a woman in a skimpy skirt climbed inside while her boyfriend hopped onto the front seat.
The driver then gave the pair a lift to the next town before dropping them off and taking Glenn to A&E in Plymouth, Devon. He was told by doctors at the city's Derriford Hospital he might have to have his right leg amputated because of a deep vain thrombosis. But after being transferred to another specialist hospital unit medics restored his blood flow with a series of injections. Glenn, who has three grown up sons with his wife Sandra, said: "I was in terrible pain. The leg was swollen and my toes were starting to go black. We were going at quite a speed when the ambulance came to an abrupt stop. It was not quite an emergency stop but enough to make my seatbelt lock.
"All of a sudden the door slid open and there was a girl standing there in the roadside. She looked a bit worse for wear and bedraggled. She was just wearing a skirt and a blouse despite the fact it was foggy and raining on and off. Then a man got in the front seat. He only had on a t-shirt. They looked like they'd had a few beers and missed their lift back home. The woman started asking me all sorts of questions - who I was, what was wrong with me. I said 'how the hell do I know, I haven't been to hospital yet'. I couldn't believe what was going on. The paramedic in the back with me looked as confused as I was."
Glenn says the ambulance carried on driving before it reached Saltash on the Devon-Cornwall border and pulled over again, where the two hitchhikers jumped out at a garage. When it finally reached Derriford Glenn was checked over and put into the back of another ambulance, which took him to the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro to see specialists. To his relief, doctors there said his leg could be treated with injections rather than having to be amputated. Glenn is now recovering at home from an operation to repair his blocked artery. He has complained to the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust who have launched an urgent investigation into the incident. An ambulance service spokesman said the crew "thought they had a duty of care to the couple because the road is pretty dangerous".
The driver then gave the pair a lift to the next town before dropping them off and taking Glenn to A&E in Plymouth, Devon. He was told by doctors at the city's Derriford Hospital he might have to have his right leg amputated because of a deep vain thrombosis. But after being transferred to another specialist hospital unit medics restored his blood flow with a series of injections. Glenn, who has three grown up sons with his wife Sandra, said: "I was in terrible pain. The leg was swollen and my toes were starting to go black. We were going at quite a speed when the ambulance came to an abrupt stop. It was not quite an emergency stop but enough to make my seatbelt lock.
"All of a sudden the door slid open and there was a girl standing there in the roadside. She looked a bit worse for wear and bedraggled. She was just wearing a skirt and a blouse despite the fact it was foggy and raining on and off. Then a man got in the front seat. He only had on a t-shirt. They looked like they'd had a few beers and missed their lift back home. The woman started asking me all sorts of questions - who I was, what was wrong with me. I said 'how the hell do I know, I haven't been to hospital yet'. I couldn't believe what was going on. The paramedic in the back with me looked as confused as I was."
Glenn says the ambulance carried on driving before it reached Saltash on the Devon-Cornwall border and pulled over again, where the two hitchhikers jumped out at a garage. When it finally reached Derriford Glenn was checked over and put into the back of another ambulance, which took him to the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro to see specialists. To his relief, doctors there said his leg could be treated with injections rather than having to be amputated. Glenn is now recovering at home from an operation to repair his blocked artery. He has complained to the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust who have launched an urgent investigation into the incident. An ambulance service spokesman said the crew "thought they had a duty of care to the couple because the road is pretty dangerous".
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