Monday, June 08, 2015
Gibbon befriends little rabbit
A gibbon at Wingham Wildlife Park in Kent seemed to be very happy after finding a small rabbit that had wandered into its enclosure.
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Man tried to sell live shark on pavement outside store
A South Florida man had plans to turn a catch into cash, as he attempted to sell a live shark outside a Publix store on Thursday evening.
Shoppers in Fort Lauderdale said the man hauled in the five-foot nurse shark, dropped it on the sidewalk and tried to sell it.
Patrick Lanier, the man who tried to sell the live shark, said he had reeled in the marine predator on the Intracoastal Waterway. "I felt like a leprechaun, like I struck gold," he said. Lanier said he was hoping to make about $100 from selling the shark, but no one seemed interested.
The shark remained on the pavement and up for sale as potential customers passed by. "Every so often I'd throw some water on it," said Lanier. "It was nice to see the people's faces light up, excited to get to touch it and really experience what it is," added Lanier. According to Publix officials, once managers figured out what Lanier was doing, they asked him to leave, and he did so politely.
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With no takers. Lanier said he released the shark back into the water on the Intracoastal, where it swam away. It it not legal in the state of Florida to sell a shark you have caught without a commercial licence, something Lanier said he figured out while trying to find a buyer. He said he's learned his lesson, and it's unlikely he'll ever do it again.
Patrick Lanier, the man who tried to sell the live shark, said he had reeled in the marine predator on the Intracoastal Waterway. "I felt like a leprechaun, like I struck gold," he said. Lanier said he was hoping to make about $100 from selling the shark, but no one seemed interested.
The shark remained on the pavement and up for sale as potential customers passed by. "Every so often I'd throw some water on it," said Lanier. "It was nice to see the people's faces light up, excited to get to touch it and really experience what it is," added Lanier. According to Publix officials, once managers figured out what Lanier was doing, they asked him to leave, and he did so politely.
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With no takers. Lanier said he released the shark back into the water on the Intracoastal, where it swam away. It it not legal in the state of Florida to sell a shark you have caught without a commercial licence, something Lanier said he figured out while trying to find a buyer. He said he's learned his lesson, and it's unlikely he'll ever do it again.
KFC employee set fire to trees after he thought he was going to be fired
A 28-year-old Kentucky Fried Chicken employee is facing charges after allegedly setting trees on fire behind the fast food restaurant because the thought he was getting fired.
The incident happened on Wednesday in Garfield Township Michigan.
Grand Traverse County Sheriff's deputies say the disgruntled KFC employee was asked to leave the restaurant after arriving at work. Deputies say the female manager asked the employee to leave due to 'employee related issues' and for causing a disturbance.
Deputies say the employee believed he was being fired. After speaking with his manager at around 11am, the man allegedly set fire to several cedar trees behind the restaurant and then left the property. The man returned to KFC at around 1:30pm where he allegedly pushed the manager.
He then went into his manager's unlocked vehicle in the parking lot and took some items, deputies report. The suspect was later found walking around the area and was arrested on charges of arson, breaking and entering into a vehicle as well as assault. Grand Traverse Metro Fire Department was called to put out the fire.
Grand Traverse County Sheriff's deputies say the disgruntled KFC employee was asked to leave the restaurant after arriving at work. Deputies say the female manager asked the employee to leave due to 'employee related issues' and for causing a disturbance.
Deputies say the employee believed he was being fired. After speaking with his manager at around 11am, the man allegedly set fire to several cedar trees behind the restaurant and then left the property. The man returned to KFC at around 1:30pm where he allegedly pushed the manager.
He then went into his manager's unlocked vehicle in the parking lot and took some items, deputies report. The suspect was later found walking around the area and was arrested on charges of arson, breaking and entering into a vehicle as well as assault. Grand Traverse Metro Fire Department was called to put out the fire.
Doctors warn that text neck can cause serious damage to teenagers
A new physical ailment is affecting the tech-savvy generation.
Some youngsters are spending as much as 5,000 hours a year reading their cellphones, leading to chronic pain known as "text neck" and doctors say it could cause serious damage."
Sarah Atchison texts with the best of them, but looking down at her smart phone, often for hours at a time, left the 14-year-old with a pain in her neck.
"It was mostly just achy. And it made it really hard to concentrate,” Sarah said. Dr Chad Cotter, of HealthSource Chiropractic in Littleton, Colorado, who says his patients are getting younger and younger, said: "Text neck is where the proper curve in the cervical spine actually gets reduced and can even move forward”. A good curve is ideally 40 degree but Sarah's x-rays showed a different story.
"This should be shaped like the red line. But this girl has lost that neck curve and it has moved to a classic reverse curve or text neck,” Cotter said. Cotter is helping Sarah reverse damage that used to take decades to develop. "Tension across the shoulders, generalised neck pain, migraines. It can even be numbness and tingling down the arms that we're seeing in high schoolers,” he said. “It's alarming. It's setting those kids up to have major problems as adults.
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"Kids don't know how to explain it to their parents. They don't know how to express it correctly. And so parents discount what their kids are saying until it becomes a big problem." Using head-weights, shoulder exercises, resistance bands and re-adjustments, Dr Cotter, and his team are working to strengthen Sarah's neck and back muscles and he said the treatments, if done properly, can quickly counteract the symptoms of smart phone use and alleviate texting tension.
"It was mostly just achy. And it made it really hard to concentrate,” Sarah said. Dr Chad Cotter, of HealthSource Chiropractic in Littleton, Colorado, who says his patients are getting younger and younger, said: "Text neck is where the proper curve in the cervical spine actually gets reduced and can even move forward”. A good curve is ideally 40 degree but Sarah's x-rays showed a different story.
"This should be shaped like the red line. But this girl has lost that neck curve and it has moved to a classic reverse curve or text neck,” Cotter said. Cotter is helping Sarah reverse damage that used to take decades to develop. "Tension across the shoulders, generalised neck pain, migraines. It can even be numbness and tingling down the arms that we're seeing in high schoolers,” he said. “It's alarming. It's setting those kids up to have major problems as adults.
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"Kids don't know how to explain it to their parents. They don't know how to express it correctly. And so parents discount what their kids are saying until it becomes a big problem." Using head-weights, shoulder exercises, resistance bands and re-adjustments, Dr Cotter, and his team are working to strengthen Sarah's neck and back muscles and he said the treatments, if done properly, can quickly counteract the symptoms of smart phone use and alleviate texting tension.
Dog rescued after driving car into a pond
A man from Warren, Vermont, left his dog in the car for just minutes, when he says the dog drove the car into a pond.
“Normally I always pull up the emergency brake, it's a stick shift. So I had it in gear but I guess I didn't have it in gear or she knocked it out. And when she knocked it out of gear, she drove it into the lake,” said Nick Hayer of his 2-year-old dog Lucy.
He says the English bulldog, who works as a therapy dog, had tagged along on a trip to Killington for the day while Hayer was attending a conference. “At lunchtime they said do you want to come in for lunch really quick and I said, 'Okay I'll come in for 10 minutes. That's it.' So I rolled the windows down halfway, opened the sunroof. Put her in the car I went inside,” Hayer said.
He said it was just going to be a quick trip, but it didn't take long. “About a minute later some guy came up to me and said your car is in the pond but we rescued your dog,” Hayer said. When he made it outside, Hayer found his Volkswagen Jetta submerged in the water, totalled.
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Lucy was running around safe. Hayer says the man who rescued Lucy was an employee at the hotel. He says he is grateful to have his beloved pet safe. “He got her out and she's fine. But she would have died. She could have died I think because these dogs can't swim,” Hayer said. Following her adventure, Hayer says Lucy took a long nap.
He says the English bulldog, who works as a therapy dog, had tagged along on a trip to Killington for the day while Hayer was attending a conference. “At lunchtime they said do you want to come in for lunch really quick and I said, 'Okay I'll come in for 10 minutes. That's it.' So I rolled the windows down halfway, opened the sunroof. Put her in the car I went inside,” Hayer said.
He said it was just going to be a quick trip, but it didn't take long. “About a minute later some guy came up to me and said your car is in the pond but we rescued your dog,” Hayer said. When he made it outside, Hayer found his Volkswagen Jetta submerged in the water, totalled.
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Lucy was running around safe. Hayer says the man who rescued Lucy was an employee at the hotel. He says he is grateful to have his beloved pet safe. “He got her out and she's fine. But she would have died. She could have died I think because these dogs can't swim,” Hayer said. Following her adventure, Hayer says Lucy took a long nap.
Man's pet gull sentenced to death
A man in Nora, central Sweden, who captured a herring gull as a chick and kept it in his bathroom for two years, has been told that the bird must be killed.
The bird was discovered in the man's dark, tiny bathroom when an animal welfare inspector made an inspection following a complaint.
The man said that he had captured the bird as a chick and had since fed it fish and vitamins, and also let it fly in his apartment.
According to the inspector, the herring gull will be unable to fend for itself in nature, as it has not learned to forage for food itself and has never flown outdoors. Since it is prohibited to catch and care for wild birds without a permit, the decision was taken to destroy the bird.
The bird was discovered in the man's dark, tiny bathroom when an animal welfare inspector made an inspection following a complaint.
The man said that he had captured the bird as a chick and had since fed it fish and vitamins, and also let it fly in his apartment.
According to the inspector, the herring gull will be unable to fend for itself in nature, as it has not learned to forage for food itself and has never flown outdoors. Since it is prohibited to catch and care for wild birds without a permit, the decision was taken to destroy the bird.
Flybe flight forced to return to airport due to bee
A plane operated by airline Flybe was forced to turn back after a bee became stuck in one of its instruments.
The drama began when flight BE384 began experiencing trouble while airborne from Southampton to Dublin.
Concerned for the safety of passengers, the pilot turned and made a return to Southampton Airport. Back on the ground, engineers found that the cause of the engine trouble was a bumble bee. With the bug removed from harm's way the plane again took off, safely landing in Dublin after a two-hour delay.
Passenger Noel Rooney tweeted: "Well, that's not happened to me before. A bumble bee got stuck in the wind instrument thingie on #flyBe flight BE384. Yep, that FlyBEE." A Flybe spokesman said: "Flybe can confirm that flight BE384 travelling to Dublin returned from airborne to Southampton following a suspected technical issue.
"The aircraft landed without incident and all passengers disembarked as normal. Upon inspection, Flybe engineers did discover that the cause of the issue was a bee that had become lodged in an item of instrumentation on the outside of the aircraft. The safety of its passengers and crew is the airline’s number one priority and Flybe regrets any inconvenience experienced as a result of the delay to this flight."
Concerned for the safety of passengers, the pilot turned and made a return to Southampton Airport. Back on the ground, engineers found that the cause of the engine trouble was a bumble bee. With the bug removed from harm's way the plane again took off, safely landing in Dublin after a two-hour delay.
Passenger Noel Rooney tweeted: "Well, that's not happened to me before. A bumble bee got stuck in the wind instrument thingie on #flyBe flight BE384. Yep, that FlyBEE." A Flybe spokesman said: "Flybe can confirm that flight BE384 travelling to Dublin returned from airborne to Southampton following a suspected technical issue.
"The aircraft landed without incident and all passengers disembarked as normal. Upon inspection, Flybe engineers did discover that the cause of the issue was a bee that had become lodged in an item of instrumentation on the outside of the aircraft. The safety of its passengers and crew is the airline’s number one priority and Flybe regrets any inconvenience experienced as a result of the delay to this flight."
Angry man who threw Cadbury's Creme Eggs around store wanted by police
Police have released a CCTV image of a man who lost his temper and vandalised a supermarket using Creme Eggs.
The man pictured was initally suspected by staff of shoplifting at Tesco Express in Chingford, east London, after he started acting suspiciously.
When he was challenged by staff, he became angry and threw a number Cadbury's Creme Eggs around the store.
During the outburst, on March 24 at around 7.45pm, he also destroyed £200 worth of flowers. Anyone with information is asked to call police.
The man pictured was initally suspected by staff of shoplifting at Tesco Express in Chingford, east London, after he started acting suspiciously.
When he was challenged by staff, he became angry and threw a number Cadbury's Creme Eggs around the store.
During the outburst, on March 24 at around 7.45pm, he also destroyed £200 worth of flowers. Anyone with information is asked to call police.
Sunday, June 07, 2015
Two-legged chihuahua takes his chicken friend for a ride on his wheelchair
Roo, a chihuahua born without front legs, takes his best friend Penny, a rescued Silkie Chicken, for a ride on his wheelchair.
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Raccoon took refuge from rain under umbrella
A raccoon in Kansas went to great lengths to find shelter from the rain.
Bri Smith spotted the raccoon outside her home in Topeka on Wednesday standing underneath her mailbox's cement umbrella.
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Bri Smith spotted the raccoon outside her home in Topeka on Wednesday standing underneath her mailbox's cement umbrella.
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Man chewed through police car seat belt as he didn't want to miss his son's birthday party
A Chicago man who was arrested on Monday is accused of chewing through a squad car seat belt because he didn’t want to miss his son’s birthday party, police said.
Lashon Stuckey, 33, was arrested just before 2pm and charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance and one count of criminal damage to property, according to Chicago Police.
Police alleged Stuckey was seen conducting a suspected narcotics transaction and was arrested. He was found in possession of several bags of heroin.
While in a squad car, Stuckey chewed his way through the seat belt. Stuckey then told officers it was his son’s birthday and he didn’t want to miss it. He appeared in court on Tuesday and was held in lieu of $75,000 bail.
Lashon Stuckey, 33, was arrested just before 2pm and charged with two counts of possession of a controlled substance and one count of criminal damage to property, according to Chicago Police.
Police alleged Stuckey was seen conducting a suspected narcotics transaction and was arrested. He was found in possession of several bags of heroin.
While in a squad car, Stuckey chewed his way through the seat belt. Stuckey then told officers it was his son’s birthday and he didn’t want to miss it. He appeared in court on Tuesday and was held in lieu of $75,000 bail.
Man baked potato and raked leaves during break-in
A New Mexico man is facing charges after police say he walked into an unlocked home in Hobbs, stole car keys and stunned a resident who found him baking a potato and raking leaves.
Patrick Lynn Waits, 45, was arrested early on Tuesday following the unusual chain of events.
A female resident awoke to noise in her kitchen, and found Waits allegedly wiping down a countertop and baking a potato in her microwave oven, police said. "She asked him what he was doing there, and he told her he was making a potato," according to a police report.
When told to leave, a criminal complaint says Waits walked outside and left his potato in the microwave. The report said Waits then went outside to rake leaves in the front yard. The female resident convinced Waits to stay by saying she wanted to pay him for his service, police said.
The move was apparently a ploy to get Waits to stay long enough before authorities arrived, police said. Waits was found stumbling while walking, and he slurred when he talked, officials said. Waits was arrested on burglary and unlawful entry charges. He also faces several felony warrants for failure to appear in court.
A female resident awoke to noise in her kitchen, and found Waits allegedly wiping down a countertop and baking a potato in her microwave oven, police said. "She asked him what he was doing there, and he told her he was making a potato," according to a police report.
When told to leave, a criminal complaint says Waits walked outside and left his potato in the microwave. The report said Waits then went outside to rake leaves in the front yard. The female resident convinced Waits to stay by saying she wanted to pay him for his service, police said.
The move was apparently a ploy to get Waits to stay long enough before authorities arrived, police said. Waits was found stumbling while walking, and he slurred when he talked, officials said. Waits was arrested on burglary and unlawful entry charges. He also faces several felony warrants for failure to appear in court.
Eel-like fish are falling from the sky in Alaska
Fish have literally been dropping from the sky in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Four eel-like fish called lampreys have been found in odd locations around Fairbanks, far from the water, according to Mike Taras of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
Most were dead, but one was found alive outside a Fairbanks thrift store. “Two gentleman came in and asked if we have a bucket with water because there’s an eel in your parking lot,” said the store’s manager, Sue Valdrow. She put the fish, which was about a foot long, into a container of water and called officials.
At this point, nobody knows for sure, but the Alaska Department of Fish and Game believes the answer is gulls. The birds are likely catching the fish from the Chena River and then dropping them during their flight. “If you look closely at them, they have holes on both sides that may have been made by a gull or some other kind of bird,” notes Taras.
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Even in their natural habitat, lampreys are strange fish, with disconcerting feeding habits. The young are blind and live in the mud for years, feeding on algae and microorganisms. As adults, they are parasites, attaching to other fish and relying on them for subsistence. They die soon after spawning. “I wasn’t sure what to do when lampreys fall from the sky,” Sue Valdrow added. “I’ve lived in Alaska for 12 years and I’ve never seen anything like this.”
Most were dead, but one was found alive outside a Fairbanks thrift store. “Two gentleman came in and asked if we have a bucket with water because there’s an eel in your parking lot,” said the store’s manager, Sue Valdrow. She put the fish, which was about a foot long, into a container of water and called officials.
At this point, nobody knows for sure, but the Alaska Department of Fish and Game believes the answer is gulls. The birds are likely catching the fish from the Chena River and then dropping them during their flight. “If you look closely at them, they have holes on both sides that may have been made by a gull or some other kind of bird,” notes Taras.
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Even in their natural habitat, lampreys are strange fish, with disconcerting feeding habits. The young are blind and live in the mud for years, feeding on algae and microorganisms. As adults, they are parasites, attaching to other fish and relying on them for subsistence. They die soon after spawning. “I wasn’t sure what to do when lampreys fall from the sky,” Sue Valdrow added. “I’ve lived in Alaska for 12 years and I’ve never seen anything like this.”
Woman surprised to find bear cub behind the wheel of her truck
A mother bear, accompanied by her two cubs, broke into a woman's truck and vandalised it in Peguis First Nation, 180 kilometres north of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Anita Sutherland woke up to the sound of her truck's horn honking at around 6:30am on Thursday.
At first, she thought someone was trying to steal her truck so she ran to her window, only to see a mother bear and cub climbing on the roof of the vehicle. She grabbed her phone. "I started taking pictures of them and recording them. And then, I noticed the movement inside my truck ... and the truck is honking and then I realised, 'Oh that's a bear in my truck,'" Sutherland said.
Sutherland said she is not exactly sure how the bear got into the vehicle but after the incident one of her door handles was broken, so she believes that the cub was able to use the handle to let itself in, although a window was also left ajar. "It was just really shocking to see a bear, well to have just a momma bear and a cub bear outside but to have one inside my truck. I just did not know what to think," Sutherland said.
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In the heat of the moment, Sutherland said her son told her to call 911 and she couldn't think clearly enough to remember the phone number to dial. Sutherland and her children were too frightened to go outside but a neighbour drove over in their own vehicle and leaned out the window to open the truck's door and let the cub out. "He just totally shredded two doors, the roof of my truck, pulled out some speakers. And he left some presents in the back seat," Sutherland added.
You can see Ms Sutherland's original Facebook video, complete with sweary language, here. There's a second video showing the neighbour opening the truck door to release the cub here.
At first, she thought someone was trying to steal her truck so she ran to her window, only to see a mother bear and cub climbing on the roof of the vehicle. She grabbed her phone. "I started taking pictures of them and recording them. And then, I noticed the movement inside my truck ... and the truck is honking and then I realised, 'Oh that's a bear in my truck,'" Sutherland said.
Sutherland said she is not exactly sure how the bear got into the vehicle but after the incident one of her door handles was broken, so she believes that the cub was able to use the handle to let itself in, although a window was also left ajar. "It was just really shocking to see a bear, well to have just a momma bear and a cub bear outside but to have one inside my truck. I just did not know what to think," Sutherland said.
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In the heat of the moment, Sutherland said her son told her to call 911 and she couldn't think clearly enough to remember the phone number to dial. Sutherland and her children were too frightened to go outside but a neighbour drove over in their own vehicle and leaned out the window to open the truck's door and let the cub out. "He just totally shredded two doors, the roof of my truck, pulled out some speakers. And he left some presents in the back seat," Sutherland added.
You can see Ms Sutherland's original Facebook video, complete with sweary language, here. There's a second video showing the neighbour opening the truck door to release the cub here.
Lady left feeling embarrassed after mistaking flight of steps for entrance to car park
An embarrassed motorist could do nothing but wait for a tow truck after attempting to drive her vehicle down a pedestrian stairway.
The incident happened at around 10.30am on Friday outside the Tai Ping Supermarket in Albany, Auckland, New Zealand.
Supermarket worker TK Ng said the woman was unhurt, and seemed more embarrassed than anything else, after missing the car park entrance a few metres away. "She's mistaken the stairs for the entrance. She was a bit shocked but then she just went shopping inside and then laughed about it later. She couldn't do anything but wait for the tow truck."
There was no significant damage to the vehicle, except the bumper. Mr Ng, who spoke to the driver, said she told him she had spent the early morning at a swimming pool and had dropped in to get some groceries. "She said after swimming she was a bit tired and I guess she just missed the [entrance sign]. I think she must've been rushing in for the specials," he laughed.
"But she was okay and that's the main thing." The woman's husband arrived a short time later and he stayed behind to wait for a tow truck while his wife went home. However, when the first tow truck arrived, it could not remove the vehicle as the back wheels were not on the ground. A second tow truck arrived and also failed to help, before another truck arrived to finally remove the car at around 4pm.
Supermarket worker TK Ng said the woman was unhurt, and seemed more embarrassed than anything else, after missing the car park entrance a few metres away. "She's mistaken the stairs for the entrance. She was a bit shocked but then she just went shopping inside and then laughed about it later. She couldn't do anything but wait for the tow truck."
There was no significant damage to the vehicle, except the bumper. Mr Ng, who spoke to the driver, said she told him she had spent the early morning at a swimming pool and had dropped in to get some groceries. "She said after swimming she was a bit tired and I guess she just missed the [entrance sign]. I think she must've been rushing in for the specials," he laughed.
"But she was okay and that's the main thing." The woman's husband arrived a short time later and he stayed behind to wait for a tow truck while his wife went home. However, when the first tow truck arrived, it could not remove the vehicle as the back wheels were not on the ground. A second tow truck arrived and also failed to help, before another truck arrived to finally remove the car at around 4pm.
Firefighters rescued fox cub with head stuck in wall
An adventurous fox cub had to be rescued by firefighters after poking his head through a hole in a brick wall and getting stuck.
Firefighter John Griffin was among those called to the house in Sutton, Surrey, last week.
“An extension was being built at the back of the property and a family of foxes had got in under the floor. There was a hole in one of the breeze blocks and the cub had got its head stuck.
“We covered the fox over with a towel and chiselled the wall around it and as soon as it was free it ran straight back under the floor boards.” The Brigade were called at 22:07 and the incident was over at 22:40.
Firefighter John Griffin was among those called to the house in Sutton, Surrey, last week.
“An extension was being built at the back of the property and a family of foxes had got in under the floor. There was a hole in one of the breeze blocks and the cub had got its head stuck.
“We covered the fox over with a towel and chiselled the wall around it and as soon as it was free it ran straight back under the floor boards.” The Brigade were called at 22:07 and the incident was over at 22:40.
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