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Spooked horse swims 3km offshore The goose who wears sandals Italian Cat Becomes Third Richest Animal In The World After Owner Leaves It £10m In WillNY cops scolded for mocking pigeon called Fred at WTC Ground Zero'Gay' penguins to be torn apartHow'd you like your koala - braised or stewed? Mar-soup-ial madness African Animals Getting Drunk From Ripe Marula FruitA two-faced cat is celebrating his 12th birthday, breaking a Guinness record in the processPanda babies have the cute market corneredMeet Gary, the Chocoholic fish addicted to Kit KatsOwl leaves imprint on Kendal woman's window5.5m saltwater croc Brutus photographed on Adelaide River Jumping Croc CruisesNYC airport invaded by turtles, delaying flights (AP)'Adolescent' fruit flies need extra sleep to cope with their active social lives Naked Russian diver Natalia Avseenko tries to tame rare beluga whalesSharks with frickin' laser beams? Oh yes Scientists genetically engineer female goats in male bodies to create 'human' breast milk Meet Betty, the spineless hedgehogGiant tortoise bachelors Al and Tex find romance at long last 
Scotland's Dull And America's Boring Join UpBorat anthem played by mistake at medals ceremonyThatcher snatched Ronald Raegan's doodle 30 years ago New Jersey capital city running out of toilet paper'Blue Balls Rain' Mystery Solved 'I had flag up my bum for Queen' Sheep shearing pitched as Olympic sport Man used skeleton to drive in carpool laneAd banned because judge says kitty litter sniffing 'highly implausible' Missing wedding ring found on carrot 16 years after it was lost US airport agent in trouble over vibrator jokeScrabble scandal: Strip down and find the 'G' 'Gumby' robber turns himself in'Lost' star farted on plane passenger's faceMan faces court after Police catch him drunk driving a motorised Beer Cooler (aka Esky)
By PHIL ROBINSON Two thousand years ago Mount Vesuvius destroyed Pompeii. Today, a larger, far more deadly supervolcano lurks on the other side of Naples. If it erupts, Campi Flegrei could wipe out all life in Europe. So why are British scientists battling the Italians for the right to poke at it with drilling rods?...
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By DAVID DERBYSHIRE A mysterious new species of human being who lived alongside our ancestors 30,000 years ago has been discovered by scientists. The cavemen, called Denisovans, were identified from DNA taken from a tooth and finger bone found in a cave in Siberia. They walked the Earth during the last Ice Age when modern...
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LOCUST RECIPES: John Elder Tasty little morsel … Locusts make for good eating. WHO can afford to put a shrimp on the barbie at $30 a kilo? There is, however, an abundance of shrimp-like creatures that are said to barbecue well. And you don’t even have to go to the supermarket. They come to...
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While the idea of global warming may be far from the thoughts of Britons at the moment, it is being blamed for changing the behaviour of polar bears. They have been spotted carrying their cubs on their backs while they swim through icy waters. The phenomenon, which is thought to be new, was discovered...
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By ALASDAIR PHILIPS As winter arrives with a vengeance, the last of this year’s glorious autumn leaves are falling in our parks and woodlands. But this week came worrying evidence that Mother Nature is not the only force denuding our trees of their foliage. Research in the Netherlands suggested that outbreaks of bleeding bark and...
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Thomas Hunter Locust reports in Greater Melbourne. Photo: Graphic by Simon Rankin Clusters of locusts reported in Melbourne early today have been confirmed as the Australian plague locust, the same species which has threatened crops through the state’s north, according to the Department of Primary Industries. Send us your locust photos and videos Victorian Plague...
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By BILL MOULAND After 15 years in shackles, perhaps it was inevitable that when the moment came for rescuers to free Mely the orangutan, no one could find the key to unlock her padlock and chain. Yet she stood upright on her thin, wasted legs as the team from the British charity arrived by boat...
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A volcanic eruption in Indonesia has destroyed houses and caked everything in a thick layer of toxic ash. The Mount Merapi volcano erupted in central Java only hours after the country was rocked by an earthquake and tsunami early Tuesday. The blast reportedly killed at least 30 people, while the death toll from the...
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By DAVID DERBYSHIRE One in five of the world’s mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians are under threat of extinction, according to a major stocktake of life on Earth. The shocking study found that the number of endangered vertebrates – animals with backbones – is still rising and that humans are largely to blame....
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More News Photos Email to a Friend << Previous 3 of 4 Next >> Listed as critically endangered by the World Conservation Union, the Mekong giant catfish is big but toothless, as shown in this exclusive photo of an animal captured November 13, 2007, in the Tonle Sap River near Phnom Penh in Cambodia. “This fish...
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Spooked horse swims 3km offshore Man buys $2m Andy Warhol sketch for $5Speech-jamming gun silences people mid-sentence Acid attack victim, Katie Piper, can see again Missing wedding ring found on carrot 16 years after it was lost Bracelet reveals amazing craftsman's skill from 7500BC 'World's oldest' yoga teacher a spritely 91-years-old Indiana Jones missed the REAL Mayan skull - it's not crystal, and it's shaped like a monkey Minhaj Gedi Farah becomes face of hope from the famine Internet 'weighs the same as a strawberry' Real 'Slumdog Millionaire' wins big on quiz14 year old boy lives playboy lifestyle after scamming banks Woman Hasn’t Used Money in 15 YearsCouple married for 72 years died an hour apartTerminally ill cabbie chose to have his body mummified for Channel 4 documentarySpanish duchess, 85, marries 60-year-old toyboyAt 102, therapist is too busy to stop working - latimes.comA two-faced cat is celebrating his 12th birthday, breaking a Guinness record in the process
'World's oldest' graphic art discovered The $1b new town where nobody's homeHundreds of thousands may lose Internet in July Injecting our guts with fecal bacteria from ancient mummies could cure obesity Employers asking interviewees for facebook passwords Homeless people turned into WiFi hotspotsThat is one ugly computer - but it's only $35 Speech-jamming gun silences people mid-sentence Ageing study looks at fasting to live longer Acid attack victim, Katie Piper, can see again Hackers listen in on FBI's anti-hacker call 'Blue Balls Rain' Mystery Solved You've been warned: Time's up on Facebook gaffesCat has total knee replacement Death of the point-and-shoot? Bracelet reveals amazing craftsman's skill from 7500BC Fake doctor's recipe for better buttocks: Cement, tyre-filler and glue Indiana Jones missed the REAL Mayan skull - it's not crystal, and it's shaped like a monkey 
SES worker saves crash victim from morgue'Dead' crash victim abandoned by ambulance crew found alive by SES volunteersWheelchair-bound meth addict jailed for 10 years after sexual assault on chihuahua Austrian man saws off own foot to avoid work Pervert who sold semen-soiled yoghurt samples gets his comeuppance Adulterer may be hanged instead of stoned Baby cut from pregnant mum: woman gets life Judge bans woman from having sex, says its in her best interest Human Barbie gets daughter Poppy, 7, liposuction voucher for Christmas Gameshow hosts eat each other's flesh on TVWoman used ring to escape from graveMelbourne hospital aborts wrong twinRussian 'body snatcher' kept 26 female corpses in tiny flat Parents of Adolf Hitler, Aryan Nation clearedWesley Warren Jr needs $US1 million surgery to correct his 45kg scrotum Missing tourist 'feared eaten by cannibals'Three Zimbabwean women charged over sex attacks Boy caught driving armed and towing dead donkey 
