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Owl leaves imprint on Kendal woman’s window

July 12, 2011
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The silhouette was left by the bird’s powder down – a substance protecting growing feathers A woman returned to her Cumbrian home to find a near perfect imprint of an owl on her window. The bird had apparently crashed into the window of Sally Arnold’s Kendal home, leaving the bizarre image – complete with...
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5.5m saltwater croc Brutus photographed on Adelaide River Jumping Croc Cruises

July 12, 2011
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By Meagan Dillon From: Northern Territory News Brutus introduces himself to Adelaide River Jumping Croc Cruises. Picture: Katrina Bridgeford. THIS 5.5m saltwater croc has given a boatload of tourists a moment they’ll never forget. And yes, it’s real, says photographer Katrina Bridgeford who took the picture on board Adelaide River Jumping Croc Cruises, the...
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NYC airport invaded by turtles, delaying flights (AP)

June 30, 2011
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NEW YORK – About 150 turtles crawled onto the tarmac at New York’s Kennedy airport Wednesday in search of beaches to lay their eggs, delaying dozens of flights, aviation authorities said. The slow-motion stampede began about 6:45 a.m., and within three hours there were so many turtles on Runway 4L and nearby taxiways that...
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‘Adolescent’ fruit flies need extra sleep to cope with their active social lives

June 27, 2011
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Like human teenagers, busy fruit flies with an active social life need extra sleep, scientists have found. The insects were monitored by scientists as they flew around a laboratory ‘fly mall’. Being set free into the enriched environment caused the flies to grow many new neural branches and synapses. This in turn caused the...
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Naked Russian diver Natalia Avseenko tries to tame rare beluga whales

June 18, 2011
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Freediver Natalia Avseenko braves sub-zero temperatures near the Arctic Circle to swim with rare beluga whales in an attempt by Russian scientists to tame the playful creatures, which apparently dislike artificial material – meaning divers wear no clothes. Picture: KNS News FACING sub-zero temperatures, with no protection from the elements, a female diver frolicks...
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Sharks with frickin’ laser beams? Oh yes

June 15, 2011
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Sharks with frickin’ laser beams on their frickin’ heads. Picture: New Line Cinema What does green fluorescent protein do to a mouse embryo? Makes it glow. Picture: AP   DR Evil just got inappropriately excited.   Some meddling US boffins have found that it may be possible to implant frickin’ lasers in sharks’ heads....
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Scientists genetically engineer female goats in male bodies to create ‘human’ breast milk

June 15, 2011
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Genetic engineers are deliberately breeding transgender goats to see if their milk is similar to that produced by humans. The goats being created are effectively a female trapped in a male’s body, complete with the full male anatomy. The company behind them wants to see if their milk contains the same proteins as human...
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Meet Betty, the spineless hedgehog

June 2, 2011
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An abandoned hedgehog is destined for a lonely life after a mystery skin condition left her bald and spineless. Betty is a spineless hedgehog. (Barcroft)   Betty was found alone and given to an animal rescue shelter, but cannot be returned her to the wild because her lack of spines make her an easy...
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Giant tortoise bachelors Al and Tex find romance at long last

May 27, 2011
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IT’S a shell-shocking love story. Al and Tex, two giant tortoise buddies who hadn’t been around a female in more than 20 years and were in sad need of a date, appear to have discovered lust at first sight with a couple of hotties from Atlanta, the Knoxville News Sentinel reported. At first glance,...
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Why zombie ants infected by mind-controlling fungus always kill themselves at high noon

May 15, 2011
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By JOHN MCDONNELL   A parasitic fungus has the ability to take over the mind and body of an ant before leading it to its final resting place at the most opportune time, an astonishing study has revealed. The fungus, a species of Ophiocordyceps, was found living in carpenter ants in Thailand’s rain forest, controlling...
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