Masked sex toy thieves steal £71k worth of 24-carat gold vibrators from factory
The Dreamlove factory has been targeted for the third time in just two years.

Thieves have stolen 24-carat gold plated vibrators worth around £71,000 (€79,146) from a sex toy factory in Spain. The robbery, which took place at the Dreamlove factory in Seville, marked the third time in two years that the factory had been targeted. The robbers reportedly knocked out all the street lighting in the area before breaking into the warehouse and stealing the goods.
The operation reportedly took place at 11:41pm on Wednesday evening, reported local media.

Chief Executive Officer for the company, Mario Romero Molina, said the gang made straight for the gold-plated vibrators, each worth around £14,265 (€15,901).

As well as the golden vibrators, the thieves also stole the plain steel dildos. These can cost between £1,783 (€1987.58) and £2,675 (€2981.93) a piece.

Alongside the merchandise, local media reported that the gang also stole £22,290 (€24873.50) in cash from a safe.



Security cameras operated by Dreamlove reportedly recorded the presence of three masked intruders breaking into the factory as a fourth could have been guarding their getaway car.

Local news outlets report that the vehicle was parked next to some trees in a “rural area” near the factory, situated in a place known as Logistics Park.

This is the third time Dreamlove has been hit by thieving intruders in two years. Two similar robberies hit the building two years ago.

It is not known if those two robberies are linked to the one most recently perpetrated.


An example of a gold plated vibrator (picture not one made by the company)

CEO Molina says the toys stolen will be very hard for the thieves to sell on the black market as they are rare and easily recognisable.

From its base in Spain, Dreamlove sells its products around the world as far away as the United States, Hong Kong, and South Africa.

Recently, the company made around £16million and invested in robotic facilities for its warehouses.

The investigation into the robbery is reportedly ongoing.

https://www.express.co.uk/news/weird/17 ... tors-spain

[johngriffen]

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Scots gran may have 'world’s oldest' unopened Easter egg as she shows off 90-year-old chocolate treat

A Scots gran believes she has the world’s oldest unopened Easter egg. Ann Gibb’s 90-year-old chocolate egg is still in its original packaging.

Despite thinking about “throwing it in the bin” when she moved house four years ago, Ann couldn’t go through with it because the egg belonged to the sister she never got to meet. Ann, 89, said: “The Easter egg was bought for my sister who had been in an accident.

“But she never got it because she died in hospital just a month before her fifth birthday. My auntie took the egg and hid it in a cupboard so my mum, who was obviously distraught, couldn’t see it.”


Ann Gibb with the egg that was for her sister before her death

Ann, from Saltcoats, Ayrshire, was born a year after her sister died and, even though she never knew her, she still finds the story behind the Easter egg “heartbreaking”. She said: “Just before my auntie died about 50 years ago, she gave me the Easter egg.

“I didn’t know what to do with it, so I put it in a shoebox and out of sight. When I was moving house four years ago, I came across it and wondered what I should do with it. I thought about throwing it in the bin but I couldn’t do it. I just had to take it to my new house with me.”


The Easter egg is still in its packaging

During a visit to York a few years ago, Ann paid a visit to the headquarters of the chocolate company Rowntree’s, who had made the egg. She said: “I told them the story and somebody said they’d be in touch with me but they never did

“My granddaughter has looked into it and thinks this is definitely the oldest unopened Easter egg in the world. All of my family know the story behind it.

“It’s painful to talk about, even though I never met my sister and was born the year after she died. I still think about her every Easter.

“There’s no point in me throwing the egg out now but I’ve told my children to get rid of it when I go. It might be in its box but I don’t suppose any of them would fancy eating it.”

[HogwartsExpress]

Woman, 78, accused of 3rd bank heist: ‘I didn’t mean to scare you’




HARRISONVILLE, Mo. (AP) - A 78-year-old woman with two past bank robbery convictions faces new charges after authorities allege she handed a teller a note that said “I didn’t mean to scare you” during a recent Missouri heist.

Bonnie Gooch is jailed on $25,000 bond after she was charged with one count of stealing or attempting to steal from a financial institution in the holdup Wednesday in Pleasant Hill, The Kansas City Star reports. No attorney is listed for her in online court records.

She also was convicted of robbing a California bank in 1977 and one in the Kansas City suburb of Lee’s Summit in 2020. Her probation in the second heist ended in November 2021.

Court documents filed in Cass County in the latest case said the robbery note demanded “13,000 small bills,” adding “thank you sorry I didn’t mean to scare you.” Surveillance video also captured her banging on the counter, asking the teller to hurry, Cass County prosecutors said.

She smelled strongly of alcohol when officers stopped her less than 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) away, with cash scattered on the car’s floorboard, prosecutors added.

“It’s just sad,” Pleasant Hill Police Chief Tommy Wright said, adding that the suspect had no diagnosed ailments.

source: https://www.wsaz.com/2023/04/10/woman-7 ... scare-you/

Arkansas man catches 102-pound paddlefish from his kayak



Wildlife officials in Arkansas said a man fishing for walleye from his kayak managed to land a massive 102-pound paddlefish.

The Arkansas Game & Fish Commission's Fisheries Division said Robert Murphy of Fayetteville was fishing from his kayak on the Upper White River, near Goshen, when he hooked the giant paddlefish.

"After a battle that lasted over an hour, Robert was finally able to land the prehistoric river monster," the commission said in a Facebook post.

The post said the fish was short of the 118-pound, 9-ounce state record for paddlefish, set by an angler in Beaver Lake in 2020.

"We congratulate Robert on his remarkable catch," the post said.

[prokroustis]

Tiny frog hides in Lidl bananas for 3,200 mile journey from Ivory Coast to Surrey



A pensioner has gone off her bananas after finding a cute frog on a bunch she bought from Lidl.

Jan Giovinazzo was doing her usual weekly shop and decided to buy some fresh fruit.

But when the 71-year-old was about to tuck into one she noticed the tiny amphibian staring back at her.

She popped him in a small plastic box, put him on the radiator to keep warm, and duly called the RSPCA.

The little fella travelled all the way from the Ivory Coast in Africa – 3,200 miles away from the Lidl in Epsom, Surrey.

Jan did her research and believes it’s a Reed frog – which typically live in subtropical or tropical lowland forests.

‘I religiously check for spiders whenever I buy bananas,’ the pensioner said.

‘I was walking over to the sink to peel it when I noticed something on it. I looked down and thought “What the hell is that?”



‘Looking closer I realised it was a tiny frog. It’s not quite what I was expecting. I’ve got to say it was very cute.

‘So after his long journey he was sleepy. My next step was to keep him warm. I kept him by the radiator all night and he survived.

‘As I said he was cute but it is actually illegal to release a non-native species into the outside world.’

Lidl proves its bananas are sustainably grown by using the rainbow alliance logo, which just so happens to be a little frog.



Jan shared her find on social media and Gary Blythe said: ‘I’m surprised they didn’t charge you for it.’

Meanwhile, Pen Reed added: ‘Yay. Free pet frog with every bunch of bananas is much better than Waitrose.’

Nathan Bracewell joked: ‘This story is ribberting.’

The frog was collected from Jan’s home and is spending time in quarantine before he is rehomed.

RSPCA animal officer Louis Horton said the ‘tiny stowaway’ was smaller than a 10p coin, adding: ‘We have identified the frog as a Mount Nimba reed frog, a species of frog typically found in the Ivory Coast.

‘Our tiny hitchhiker has been renamed “Lidl” and is in good health. We would like to thank Jannet for taking such great care of Lidl.

‘Stowaways from abroad, such as frogs, may have specific needs including controlled temperature, lighting and humidity. They would be very unlikely to survive UK temperatures outside and it’s an offence under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to release them or to allow them to escape into the wild.

‘They have to be rehomed to specialist keepers, zoos or wildlife parks who have the necessary knowledge and facilities to care for them properly.’

[Fatima99]

'Picky' elephant learns how to peel her own bananas



A picky elephant has learned how to peel browning bananas to get to the tasty fruit inside.

Pang Pha, who lives in Berlin Zoo, is said to be a huge fan of the bendy snack and happily munches away on yellow and green varieties.

However, she is less keen on ones which have started to brown.

Rather than throwing them away, the Asian elephant throws them to the floor and peels away the offending skin and then eats the fruit inside, says journal Current Biology.

Michael Brecht, from Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin’s Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, said: “We discovered a very unique behaviour.



“What makes Pang Pha's banana peeling so unique is a combination of factors—skillfulness, speed, individuality, and the putatively human origin—rather than a single behavioural element.

“It was only when we understood that she peels only yellow-brown bananas that our project took off.

“Elephants have truly remarkable trunk skills and that their behaviour is shaped by experience.”

The report into Pang Pha’s banana habit says none of the other elephants in the zoo show the same behaviour.

It adds she rejects brown bananas entirely and Pha’s daughter, Anchali, has not picked up the behaviour.



It suggests the skill is “not easily transmitted by learning.”

The report continues: “Banana peeling appears to be rare in elephants and none of the other Berlin elephants engage in peeling, raising the question why only Pha peels bananas.

“Pha was hand raised by human caretakers in the Berlin Zoo, who fed her peeled bananas, but never conditioned her to peel them: we suggest she acquired peeling through observational learning from humans.

“African elephants appear to be able to interpret human pointing gestures and to classify human ethnic groups, but complex human-derived manipulation behaviours like the banana peeling reported here appear to have only rarely been observed.

“Initially, Pha’s banana consumption patterns appeared random. We would offer Pha bananas for weeks without her peeling a single one.

“With time, however, we understood that not all bananas are peeled or even eaten by Pha and that her behaviour strongly depended on banana ripeness.

“Accordingly, we grouped each banana into one of five categories: green, green-yellow, yellow, yellow-brown and brown. Peeling behaviour varied strongly with banana ripeness."

[PennySerenade]

A fake marriage proposal staged for a YouTube video at a Raptors game is making rounds on social media after some players on the team watched all the drama unfold.

YouTuber Cheeseaholic, who is based in Brockton, Massachusetts, is known for making NBA 2K-related content, vlogs, and pranks.

In a nine-minute video posted on Sunday, the YouTuber explains how he came up with the prank after scoring tickets to the Boston Celtics versus Toronto Raptors game on Friday.

"I just came up with the best idea," Cheeseaholic explained. "What if we could prank the whole Celtics [team] and the whole Raptors [team] and the whole TD Garden to think that I'm going to propose to my girl, and I'm gonna have my girl say no."

However, the YouTuber explained that to pull the prank off, he'd have to attract the attention of the massive crowds that would already be distracted by the tense basketball game.

In order to release some tension before the big stunt, Cheeseaholic takes a few shots and eventually heads down to the 20,000-capacity arena.



The YouTuber begins speaking to some of the Celtics fans seated next to him, and explains that he plans to propose to his girlfriend between the third and fourth quarters.

"If she says no you only have one quarter left," one fan is heard saying.

"If she says no, I'm leaving," another person chimes in.

Before Cheeseaholic's girlfriend returns from the washroom, he invites fans in the section behind him to hype him up.

Once his girlfriend returns, the YouTuber finally makes the big move and presents a white box with a shiny diamond ring.

Dozens of fans begin to stand up and cheer for the couple, however, the crowd immediately grows quiet once Cheeseaholic's girlfriend declines the proposal.

The stunt even received a look back from Raptors small forward Scottie Barnes and point guard Dalano Banton, who were seated right in front of the couple.

While the proposal was staged, many users on social media hyped the YouTuber up for managing to grab the attention of a few Raptors players.

"Even Scottie Barnes was [like] no nooo wayyy," one person commented under the video.

Although his proposal didn't work out, several other couples have walked out engaged after a Raptors game, making the sporting event a popular venue for popping the big question.

[goldie0608]

Calif. dad fearlessly confronts thief at home after tracking stolen e-bike with AirTag



A California dad fearlessly turned the tables on a thief who swiped his daughter’s expensive electric bike — after he tracked the stolen bike fitted with an Apple AirTag and turned up on the mugger’s doorstep.

Johnny Ehrman’s $3,000 e-bike, which she uses daily to get to and from school and work, was nicked last month while she was at work, leaving her in tears.

“I drive like 12 miles a day,” Ehrman told Fox 11 Los Angeles. “I was sobbing outside my workplace. I actually had some of my coworkers be like, ‘What’s happening? Where is your bike?'”

Ehrman said the bike’s wheel and pedals had been locked and she removed the battery, but the bike wasn’t locked onto a fixed object.

Fortunately, she had previously bought an Apple Airtag tracking device — which sell for about $30 — and placed it on her bike in case something like this ever happened.

She saw on the tracking app that her beloved bike was still on the move and immediately called the police.

Ehrman and her father, David, then continued tracking the bike until it stopped at an apartment complex not far from their home in Orange County.

The father stormed over to the home and confronted the thief after finding the bike in the front yard.

“I yelled at him, ‘I’m grabbing my daughter’s bike!’” the dad said, before he snatched the e-bike and “hightailed it out of there.”

The crook, he said, was stunned.

“The dude just stood there with the look on his face like I’ve never seen anyone with that look,” the dad said.

“I think the look was shock. Like ‘How did you get my location?’”

David told Fox 11 he thinks the Orange County Sheriff’s Office didn’t do enough once after he showed them the location of the bike and asked for their help.

The Orange County Sheriff’s Office has not released the name of the person who stole the bike.

The agency reminded residents to always let law enforcement take the charge when a crime has been committed.

“As much as the convenience of technology plays a vital role in the quality of our lives, we want to remind our communities to utilize their local law enforcement services when they’ve been victimized by a crime instead of placing themselves into harm’s way,” the spokesperson said.

[Misstee]

'P7' license plate sells for record-breaking $15 million in UAE
By Ben Hooper




April 10 (UPI) -- A charity auction in the United Arab Emirates saw a world record broken when a vehicle license plate being the letter and number combination "P7" sold for nearly $15 million.

The Most Noble Numbers auction in Dubai, which offered rare and highly sought-after license plates and phone numbers, supported the 1 Billion Meal Endowment Campaign.

The biggest sale of the day came when the "P7" license plate sold for $14,975,356. The sum beat the Guinness World Record for the most expensive car license plate, which was set at $14,200,000 for license plate "1" at an Abu Dhabi auction in 2008.

The winning bid at Saturday's auction was placed by Pavel Valeryevich Durov, the French-Emirati businessman who founded the Telegram app.

Other plates sold at the auction included "AA 19," "O71" and "Q 22222."

‘Intriguing’ reports of cave-dwelling creature led to discovery of new species in India

For over a century, spelunkers in eastern India reported seeing a cave-dwelling creature. The reports persisted, usually as passing mentions or brief observations of the unknown creature. No one studied it in depth — until now.

The “intriguing” reports led a team of scientists to venture inside Siju Cave to take a closer look, according to a study published March 31 in the Journal of Animal Diversity.

Siju Cave is a 2.5-mile-long limestone cavern with a massive, cliff-side entrance. Walking into the cave, spelunkers are met with “a rather straight, high ceiling” passageway with a sandy, meandering stream, the study said. Photos show this entranceway illuminated by a searchlight.



About 200 feet into the cave, researchers reached the twilight zone, an area with limited light. Photos show what this area looks like without any man-made illumination.



After about 330 feet, darkness completely envelops the cave. This “dark zone” has consistent “temperature and humidity” all year long, researchers said. Continuing further into the pitch black, researchers entered “a huge dome-shaped cavity where thousands of bats roost.”

Here, the scientists discovered the “cryptic” creature they were searching for — but they didn’t realize it at first, the study said.



The team found two “olive green” frogs sitting in the darkness of the massive cavity and collected them as specimens, the study said. Another frog was found hiding in a crevice of the wall in the twilight zone.



Initially, researchers identified the frogs as belonging to a known species. However, when they looked closer, the “superficial” similarities gave way to other distinct features, the study said. A molecular analysis confirmed it.

The frogs found in the cavern were actually a new species of cascade-dwelling frog, researchers said. The species was named the Siju cascade frog, or Amolops siju, after the cavern where it was discovered.

The Siju cascade frog has dark brown markings, photos show. The frogs ranged in size from about 2.5 inches to about 3.7 inches, with females being larger than males, the study said.



The frogs had no cave-specific physical adaptations, leading researchers to conclude the species can also live outside of caves. They theorized that the frogs were likely drawn to the cave for the warmth it provides.

Further research is needed to understand the geographic distribution of the Siju cascade frog and to determine the food web that allows it to live deep in the dark.

Siju Cave is located in the state of Meghalaya, near the India-Bangladesh border, and about 1,020 miles southeast of New Delhi.

https://news.yahoo.com/intriguing-reports-cave-dwelling-creature-211336981.html

Walmart removes offensive shirt with hidden curse after complaints



This put the “swear” in “sportswear.”

Walmart has removed a certain T-shirt from its stores after a customer noticed that the makers had accidentally emblazoned it with a very rude word.

The unintentionally controversial couture came to light via a tweet that has amassed over 2.5 million views.

“I need this shirt before Walmart realizes what they have done. Find the hidden word,” quipped the poster along with a pic of the problematic green garment in question.

At a glance, the T-shirt seems rather innocuous: It sports a typical pro-recycling slogan with the letters “RE” in upper case, followed by the four lower-case suffixes “cycle,” “use,” “new” and “think.”

However, upon closer inspection, it becomes apparent that the first letters of each word inadvertently spell the word “c–t.”

Walmart was quick to scrap the accidentally profane shirt from shelves.

“This was not intentional, and the T-shirt has been removed,” a spokesperson for the retail giant told Newsweek.

The T-shirt, which was created by the Walmart-owned George fashion brand, had reportedly only been available in Canadian outlets, where it was on sale for $5.

While the eco-conscious couture may have been banned from brick and mortar, it is reportedly sold on Amazon and elsewhere for around $20.

The sophomoric social media masses had a field day with the incognito C-word.

“Finally. The perfect shirt,” guffawed one viewer, while another wrote, “Laughed out loud when I spotted the hidden word. Now I want that tee shirt too. .”

“So THIS is why C U Next Tuesday was trending,” marveled another, referencing another acronym for the same dirty word.

Some social media conspiracy theorists thought the T-shirt slogan was deliberate, like a subliminal swear word.

“What’s the over/under that whoever designed that shirt knew exactly what they were doing?” wondered one.
What do you think? Post a comment.

This isn’t the first time Walmart has yanked clothing for featuring an offensive phrase.

In 2017, the budget retailer removed a controversial T-shirt urging violence against journalists from its website after a news association asked for it to be pulled amid “today’s vitriolic political and ideological environment,” according to a report.

https://nypost.com/2023/04/10/walmart-r ... omplaints/

[lush]

Confused Mom Seeks Police Help — Because She Can’t Tell Her Twins Apart
April 10, 2023*

• It’s not a sign of a bad parent to get your twins confused, especially when they’re toddlers.



It’s not easy having an identical twin. If you have one, you’re probably used to strangers, teachers, and sometimes even friends confusing you for your sibling.

But at least you can always rely on your parents to know who is who.

Or not. An Argentinian woman recently had to seek officials’ help to figure out her babies’ identities.

Her identical twin toddlers simply look so similar that she can’t tell them apart.

Sofia Rodriguez, from Cordoba, used to use a colored ribbon to help distinguish her son Valentin from his brother, Lorenzo. But she removed the ribbon as it was getting too small.

Surely she would be able to identify her own children, she thought.

She was wrong. One day, as her sons were sick and she was changing their onesies, the realization sank in.

The 25-year-old mother had no idea which of the babies was which.

“It was crazy,” Rodriguez told Today. “I never thought I would get them confused.”

Yet, here we are.




Advice from Strangers

So, what was Rodriguez supposed to do? Neither she nor her boyfriend could tell the kids apart, so they felt they had no other option but to seek professional assistance.

They went to the police.

In a tweet, Rodriguez explained that she had to go to the police on March 2 to get her sons fingerprinted. She hoped they could compare them against Argentina’s National Registry of Persons (Renaper) records to determine which boy is which.

The police said they could. But it would take a couple of weeks.

Meanwhile, her story began to go viral on the internet. With that came people who started offering their tips and tricks on how Rodriguez could prevent the situation from happening again.

One netizen, with a twin brother of his own, said that his mother used to do what Rodriguez already tried — bracelets. He and his brother both wore a bracelet, one on the left wrist and the other on the right.

Another commenter suggested making an imprint of the bottoms of the children’s feet. Rodriguez could then compare the prints, like fingerprints, to try and distinguish the babies.

Rodriguez might’ve felt that she was an awful mother, but the comments revealed that she wasn’t alone in her struggle. One mother of twins noted that she bathed and medicated the same twin twice by accident. “But they survived,” she added.

And then one jokester recommended just giving the babies new names and starting over. Suppose that could work, too.


‘Not Such Bad Parents’

Finally, on March 15, officials from Renaper showed up. They took the kids’ fingerprints and started comparing them against their records.

Before that, though, Rodriguez and her boyfriend had decided to have a bit of fun with the situation. To test their parenting abilities, they’d made a game of the situation and tried guessing which son is which.

Finally, they had their results. But did they guess the babies’ identities correctly?

Yes, they did.

“At last, we’re not such bad parents,” Rodriguez tweeted in celebration.

She also received certificates of her sons’ identities. Now, all she has to do is not get them confused again.


How to Raise Your Twins

Funny as it seems, Rodriguez’s dilemma must’ve felt pretty nightmarish. But, according to Dr. Joan A. Friedman, her problem is far from unique.

Many parents struggle with telling identical twins apart, especially early in their lives, she said.

“[Rodriguez] must feel anxious, confused, overwhelmed and guilty … Identical twins look much alike, especially at birth,” explained Friedman.

“Excluding a difference in weight, birthmarks, or other obvious identifiers, it can be difficult to tell them apart.”

She recommends using the tricks we already mentioned — like bracelets, piercings, or toenails painted with non-toxic polish — to distinguish the children. Additionally, she said that parents should begin fostering the babies’ unique personalities as soon as possible in their lives.

“Some parents complain that teachers don’t know who is who, without a necklace or distinct haircuts. Parents should take some responsibility for this as their children go out in the world. Otherwise, it can take a psychological toll,” said Friedman.

According to Friedman, it’s best if parents try to avoid the “best friend” scenario, where they and others treat the twins as one unit. Instead, they should encourage their individual tastes and interests, even if the kids protest at first.

However, that is not necessarily because the twins don’t like being separated. They’re simply not used to having one-on-one time with their parents, because they’ve always cared for the babies together.

Fortunately, Friedman adds that life gets a lot easier once the kids grow and develop their own personalities. But until then, it’s best to keep the ribbons on their wrists.

[johngriffen]

I sometimes get REALLY DEPRESSED reviewing the news these days.
It's always about a global pandemic threatening life as we know it,
protests around the world, stupid politicians, natural disasters,
or some other really bad story.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH

Welcome to The mobi weekly news magazine
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WENDESDAY APRIL 12
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A naked sunbather was seen chasing wild boar through a park after it stole his laptop bag.
Amusing photographs from Germany show the man running after the animal to try and claim the plastic bag back.
But the cheeky boar and its two piglets appear to be too quick for the sunbather, who can't keep up with their speedy little trotters.
As the incident unfolds, groups of friends and family sat on the grass watch on and laugh.
Heads are seen turning in surprise and amusement in the hilarious photographs.
The incident happened at Teufelssee Lake - a bathing spot in the Grunwell Forest in Berlin, Germany.

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[ozswede]

Mystery of ‘fairy circles’ in Australian deserts solved

The bizarre desert “fairy circles” that have mystified Australians for hundreds of years has finally been solved. And the longstanding scientific debate over the cause of bizarre “fairy circles” may have been solved by ancient knowledge.

The mysterious patches of bare earth can be found across deserts in Australia.


Fairy circles are patches of bare earth found in desert grass.

So-called fairy circles are distinct patches of clear soil found in desert grass. A worldwide discussion was sparked back in the 1970s when they were first recorded by scientists in Southern Australia.

Scientists from around the globe agreed in 2016 that the polka dot spots in the Australian landscape were caused by spinifex plants competing for water and nutrients.

But Indigenous Australians have insisted the patches pop up as a result of spinifex termites burrowing beneath the ground.


Fairy circles were used by Indigenous Australians in the past as a way to find food sources.

Scientists have now admitted in a study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution that researchers “barely considered the existing knowledge” of Indigenous people when concluding previously.

Dr Fiona Walsh, one of the scientists who took part in the study, told reporters: “Aboriginal people told us that these regular circular patterns of bare pavements are occupied by spinifex termites.

“We saw similarities between the patterns in Aboriginal art and aerial views of the pavements and found paintings that have deep and complex stories about the activities of termites and termite ancestors.”

Fairy circles were used by Indigenous Australians in the past as a way to find food sources.

Martu elder Gladys Bidu said: “I learnt this from my old people and have seen it myself many times. We gathered and ate the Warturnuma [flying termites] that flew from linyji.”

She said her ancestors also used the rock hard circles to break open and crush seeds for use in food.


Drone photograph of ‘fairy circles’ in spinifex on Nyiyaparli people's country, east Pilbara, Western Australia.

Researchers surveyed areas in WA’s Pilbara region as well as patches in Newhaven, Victoria.

Dr Walsh added: “[This] provided alternative scientific evidence to the dominant international theory explaining the fairy circle phenomenon in Australia.

“The water-holding characteristics of termite pavements were unknown to desert scientists until we recognised clues in the stories of our Aboriginal colleagues and Aboriginal art.

“Aboriginal people refined their encyclopaedia and authoritative knowledge when living continuously on this continent for at least 65,000 years and their knowledge is critical to improving ecosystem management and in understanding and caring for Australia’s desert.”

(This reminded me of the beautiful island national park of Ängsö in the Stockholm Archipelago, which was very nearly destroyed by well-meaning but misguided "experts". When the park was first established in 1909, learned academic botanists were called in to advise on how best to care for the landscape. They had a lot of theoretical knowledge and could name all of the plant species in Latin, but lacked any real practical field experience.

They were appalled that the local farmers said that they cut the meadow growth every year, then grazed their animals on the fields and even thinned out the forests, using the wood for fencing. In the eyes of these experts, the flower strewn meadows and shady woods were God's work and should be left untouched. Despite loud protests from the people who worked the land, these scientific experts prevailed and all cultivation was banned.

With surprising speed the meadows filled up with almost impenetrable willow thickets. The big spruce trees began to dominate in the forests, shutting out the light and killing off many other plant species. Not until the end of the 1930s did they admit their error and acknowledge that the beauty of Ängsö had been as a result of a long heritage of cultivation and that farming would have to be resumed. It took them another thirty years to clear the land again and undo some of that damage and today the island is again a living reminder of Sweden's pastoral heritage.)