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Jul 20th, 2023, 4:01 am
Veterinary Conference Turns into Free Clinic to Care for the Pets of Denver’s Homeless

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This year’s annual convention for the American Veterinary Medical Association has been turned into a medical care drive for the companion animals of the homeless in the Denver area.

In partnership with the Street Dog Coalition and a number of corporate sponsors, the event held over last weekend allowed anyone to bring in an animal to receive a free health check, vaccinations, and essential supplies to take home with them.

Social isolation is as deadly to human beings as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, and a companion animal can almost entirely alleviate those maleffects.

For people experiencing homelessness, that emotional support can be even more important.

“I think there’s a big judgment and stigma out there about, ‘gosh you need to be able to afford everything or you shouldn’t have a pet,’ and I really struggle with that,” says Dr. Ashley Ackley, one of the volunteer veterinarians who offered up their time during the convention.

Each pet owner was given a referral for spaying, neutering, or follow-up vaccinations depending on what was required within the Denver area.

“People experiencing homelessness have incredibly strong bonds with their pets who provide companionship, purpose, and unconditional love. By providing free compassionate care to both ends of the leash, we hope to help preserve, protect, and strengthen those bonds,” said Katrina Weschler, Executive Director of The Street Dog Coalition.

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It's always about a global pandemic threatening life as we know it,
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A naked sunbather was seen chasing wild boar through a park after it stole his laptop bag.
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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.
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Jul 20th, 2023, 2:01 pm

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Jul 20th, 2023, 2:05 pm
‘Why we let our dog decide our unborn baby’s gender’

A couple have opened up about how they their dog decide their unborn baby’s gender by playing a ball game.

An American couple has gone viral after they let their dog choose the gender of their firstborn child during their in vitro fertilisation (IVF) journey.

San Antonio, Texas, based couple Serena and Jacob Cukjati revealed that they have struggled to choose between male and female embryos.

In a last-ditch effort, they asked Charlie, their loyal pup, to make the call for them.

“OK, so we haven’t been able to decide if we want to transfer a girl or a boy embryo first,” Serena, 35, explained in the TikTok video. (yeah, Tik Tok, why am I not surprised? :lol:)

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“We have two girls and one boy for those of you who are new.”

According to the couple, they asked their doctor for his opinion about which was the strongest embryo, the specialist told the pair that “our boy and one of our girls pretty much was exactly the same.”

“So we decided we’re going to have Charlie pick our embryo essentially,” she continued, holding two tennis balls with “girl” and “boy” written on them.

“We wrote boy and girl on each of these balls and we’re going to throw them at the same time.

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Jacob and Serena Cukjati had their dog choose which embryo to transfer first.

“Whichever one he brings back, that’s what we’re going to go with and it’s going to be final.”

The video shows Charlie wearing a teal harness as Jacob prepares to throw both balls into their backyard.

“Bubs, are you ready for your big day,” he as before releasing the dog.

Charlie is then seen sprinting toward the balls before stopping and making his choice.

“Wait, he’s going back and forth, which one will it be?” exclaimed 31-year-old Jacob, as Charlie paces back and forth.

Serena ends with a picture of Charlie with the ball in his mouth while in-video text urging users to “come back on August 7 to find out which embryo Charlie picked!”

According to the mother-to-be, the couple chose IVF after failing several times to conceive a child naturally.

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The couple will not reveal the gender that their dog picked until August 7.

“When we ended up in IVF, a lot of those surprises were taken from us as the process of IVF is much more about science than it is about chance,” she said. “We really wanted to find opportunities to add a little magic back into growing our family and we felt like including our dogs was the perfect idea since they are such a big part of our lives.”


Even though the couple still won’t divulge the gender of the child, Serena said that both she and her husband are “shocked” by Charlie’s choice.

“Jacob and I have always talked about our first baby as a certain gender and let’s just say, Charlie picked the opposite of that,” she continued.

“We were so thrilled and it has been so magical getting to visualise our transfer date of July 25th and my upcoming pregnancy with not only a specific gender in mind but a specific embryo.”

“IVF can be such a thief of joy at times,” she added.

“For many of us going through fertility treatments, we’ve had to adjust our expectations significantly on what growing a family looks like, so it is incredibly special to find little moments of joy along the way.”
Jul 20th, 2023, 2:05 pm

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Jul 20th, 2023, 2:07 pm
Woman Goes Viral for Promoting Tree Hugging as a Form of Therapy
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A Shanghai woman has become famous in her home country for promoting the physical and psychological benefits of hugging trees.

Qishishiqi hugged her first tree back in April, while out on the tow with her husband. Feeling a little tipsy, the woman hugged a random tree on an empty street in Shanghai and immediately felt positive effects. A constant ringing in the ears that she claimed was caused by work-related stress ‘magically disappear’ while hugging the thick tree trunk, and this ‘superb’ first experience motivated her to not only look for other trees to hug but also share her story with others so that they may also benefit from it.

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In a viral post on Xiaoshomgshu, China’s version of Instagram, Qishishiqi said that she felt relaxed and healed after embracing a thousand-year-old tree in a forest park near Shanghai, adding that it felt like ‘the tree was hugging me,’ and helping relieve all the burdens she was carrying.

The Chinese woman explained that she had always felt nervous when hugging other humans, afraid that they might not be able to bear her negative energy, but trees were very different, as “they will listen to you silently and patiently”.



Qishishiqi made it very clear that she does not advise replacing actual medical therapy with tree-hugging, but proponents of Chinese traditional medicine claim that hugging trees is beneficial to physical and mental health. Apparently, by embracing trees, people can acquire qi, which helps them adjust their emotions.

Dr. Stone Kraushaar, a clinical psychologist known as “The Hug Doctor”, claims that people who hug each other for a minimum of 21 seconds benefit from the increased release of oxytocin. Not sure that applies to tree-hugging, though…
Jul 20th, 2023, 2:07 pm
Jul 20th, 2023, 2:13 pm
‘Human-sized’ bat terrifies social media users: ‘So scared’

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Social media is going batty for a “human-sized” bat.

Twitter user @AlexJoestar622 posted a photo that seemingly showed an extremely large, black-winged mammal just hanging out.

The snap was taken in the Philippines and showed the bat suspended upside down in a building.

“Remember when I told y’all about the Philippines having human-sized bats? Yeah, this was what I was talking about,’ the person tweeted alongside photos of the animal.

However, some Twitter users doubted the apparent dimensions of the beastie.

One believed that the bat’s position is actually a neat photography trick, making objects appear larger than they are by using forced perspective.

Others thought it was photoshopped, with one person claiming that the “shadow [is] not casted” and the “string it’s attached [to] is not even bending over the weight.”

“The light source is a small square hole in the roof but on the left side of wood, it’s well illuminated,” they alleged.

But there was some clarification in replies to the tweet, with claims that the beast was actually a giant golden-crowned flying fox, also known as a fox bat.

Fox bats are large, fruit-eating animals that are found on tropical islands around Asia and Australia.

Their wingspan can reach five feet and their bodies can be as long as 16 inches.

One Twitter user noted that the creature is indeed real.

“Heya, from the Philippines here. I can confirm this, they have a huuuuuge wingspan but the bodies are not really that big, more or less like the same body as a medium (bit smaller) sized dog,” they commented.

“And yeah they only eat fruits, guavas most particularly. They’re really gentle too,” the user continued.

Others took comfort in the fact that the creatures are herbivores. Still, some found them frightening.

“That’s horrifying,” said one commenter. “If I saw one in real life I would give it all the money in my wallet and then pass away. Secondly, why is it taller than me?”

https://nypost.com/2023/07/18/human-siz ... so-scared/
Jul 20th, 2023, 2:13 pm
Jul 20th, 2023, 3:49 pm
ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER CELTOIBERIAN CITY

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Archaeologists excavating in the province of Soria, Spain, have uncovered a previously unknown Celtoiberian city.
The Celtiberians were a tribal people that inhabited an area in the central-northeastern Iberian Peninsula. In 195 BC, part of Celtiberia was conquered by the Romans, and by 72 BC, the entire region had become part of the Roman province of Hispania Citerior.

Excavations conducted by the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) have found the ruins of a Celtoiberian city that dates from more than 2,000-years-ago. According to the researchers, the site could be the lost city of Titiakos, a Celtoiberian stronghold from during the Sertorian War.

The Sertorian War was a civil war fought from 80 to 72 BC between a faction of Roman rebels (Sertorians) and the government in Rome (Sullans) in the Iberian Peninsula. The war takes its name from Quintus Sertorius, the leader of the opposition, a Roman general and statesman.

“Despite its relevance, this site has never been studied and has remained ignored. To date no systematic study has been carried out that has tried to discover its historical importance”, says Vicente Alejandre, mayor of Deza.

Part of the reason why the ruins have been left unexplored, is due in part to the site being camouflaged by an adjacent quarry where the city stone was sourced.

To the north east at an elevated position, the researchers also discovered the remains of a large Roman military camp.

The team suggest that the fort was likely built to protect the city mint by allied Sertorians, as excavations have revealed warlike elements and evidence of conflict such as projectiles, and also coins that came from the mint.

According to the researchers: “The results obtained are relevant for the advancement of scientific and historical knowledge of the Celtiberian and Roman world in the context of the Sertorian Wars. On the one hand, it points to the existence of the capital of the Titiakos ethnic group and of a Roman military camp of considerable importance. Further studies would be necessary to confirm this statement with a systematic geophysical survey of the battlefield in order to increase the monetary record.”
Jul 20th, 2023, 3:49 pm
Jul 20th, 2023, 5:03 pm
Lion on the loose: Big cat sighting triggers feline frenzy in Berlin

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"I fear for my two dachshunds... [they are] ideal food for a lion," one local told reporters.

Police are hunting for a lioness on the outskirts of Berlin, after members of the public reported seeing a wild animal prowling near their homes.

The alarm was raised around midnight on Thursday after passers-by phoned police in Brandenburg to report they had seen "an animal chasing another", according to police spokesman Daniel Keip.

"One was a wild boar and the other was obviously a lioness," he said. "Both men also recorded a video on their mobile phones and experienced police officers confirmed it was probably a lioness."

Others have expressed scepticism towards the alert, with a local circus director saying he would "eat his hat" if it was a lion.

Those living in the German capital's southwestern districts were first asked by officers not to leave their homes, though the warning zone was later extended to peripheral municipalities between Berlin and Potsdam.


"The wild animal that escaped has not yet been found! Please do not leave your homes," the Brandenburg police wrote on Twitter.

A large number of police have been scrambled in the search, along with vets and two hunters. Two helicopters and drones are assisting their efforts.

Locals have been urged not to let their pets out, with the mayor of Kleinmachow - one of the municipalities concerned - advising against "walks in the forest and jogging".

Thorsten Thaddey, a resident of the 20,000-person town, told AFP he was arrested during his morning jog.

"I must say that I was a bit panicked," he said. "It's an animal of a different calibre than a normal dog."

"I'm going home."

Another resident, Lutz Peters, feared for his "two dachshunds", which he described as "ideal food for a lion."

The origin of the possible lioness on the run remains unknown.

"No animal park, zoo and circus had reported any disappearances," according to Brandenburg police spokesman Daniel Keip.

In an interview with the Berlin daily Tagesspiegel, circus director Michel Roga said he had been woken up at 2:00 a.m. by police to see if he was missing a feline.

He expressed doubts about this wild animal alert.

"No circus in the whole of Germany has a lion or a tiger anymore," he told the German newspaper.

After seeing the video shown by the police, Rogall said: "If that's a lion, I'm eating my hat off. The animal is far too slender and too small."

He believed it could instead be a Caucasian Shepherd, a large dog.

"I have a similar dog at home, but he's still there," he said.

Two weeks ago, a serval wild cat, held by someone who had not declared it to the authorities, escaped in Bad Kreuznach, near Frankfurt.

It is caused panic in the local area, said the German association for animal protection, Vier Pfoten.

Other fugitive felines have hit the headlines in Europe before.

A panther, stolen from the Maubeuge Zoo in September 2019, escaped through the roof of a building in Armentières (northern France) before being captured by firefighters.

https://www.euronews.com/2023/07/20/lio ... -in-berlin
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Jul 20th, 2023, 7:19 pm
Moment couple re-enact Lady and Tramp kiss in record attempt - because they love spaghetti

An amorous couple tried to re-enact the iconic kiss on Lady and the Tramp as they ate spaghetti in an Italian restaurant - because they love pasta so much.

Mike Singer and Sophie Marstatt, both 23, say their "closeness has grown even more" following their smooch at the table at a pop-up Vapiano restaurant in Berlin, Germany.

They were, in fact, one of 600 smitten couples together trying to break the Guinness World Record for the most partners together to simultaneously enjoy a kiss along spaghetti - and they succeeded on International Kissing Day earlier this month.

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Mike, a musician from Germany, told Mirror: "It was a mega cool experience that we will not forget. You do not set a world record every day. We sat, there was delicious food, good drinks and not to forget our spaghetti kiss. It was something very special.

"It feels great to have broken this record, our closeness and love for Vapiano has grown even more. We choose to do this in the first place because we are huge Vapiano fans."

Photographs show the group of diners, gathered in the pop-up in an old hangar at a former airport, braced for the smooch. They had had a maximum of 30 seconds to complete a successful attempt, and did so, beating a record set last year by 433 couples in Belgium.

Scenes replicated that of Walt Disney's film Lady and the Tramp, in which the two title characters - a pair of hapless pooches - slurp up a piece of pasta in ultra-romantic style. They meet in the middle - by accident or design - for a cute kiss.

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Mike, and other participants, said the most difficult part was finding the technique to keep the slippery pasta intact and not to bite through the food. He and Sophie, though, quickly mastered the technique and locked lips within the allotted time in the hangar.

Vikki O’Neill, global marketing director of the Italian restaurant chain, said: "It's great that we were able to bring the world record back to Vapiano with the support of our fantastic guests - that makes us very proud. It's almost even nicer that we were able to celebrate love, good food and the Italian joy of life together with so many people on the International Kissing Day. After challenging times, this day is a special highlight."

There are only six of the establishments in the UK, but hundreds more in Central and Southern Europe.
Jul 20th, 2023, 7:19 pm

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Men to compete in Olympic artistic swimming for 1st time next summer in Paris

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Snicker if you wish. Guffaw for good measure. Bill May and other male synchronized swimmers, now called artistic swimmers, have heard the putdowns before.

But they're getting the last laugh.

Men have competed in synchro at the lower levels for decades. Now they're being included in the Olympics, meaning next year's Summer Games in Paris.

"I think it's a huge opportunity for the sport to grow and attract more men," May, an American, told the Associated Press at the World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. "By keeping men out you're limiting the sport. By including men you're going to see an upshift in the popularity and the numbers."

May looks like a lean bodybuilder. He was among the first men to compete when synchro was included in the worlds for the first time in 2015. And he worked for 17 years at Cirque du Soleil doing water-themed shows. He has come out of competitive retirement for a chance to compete at the Olympics.

"There has always been that misconception that it's a female-only sport, or that it's for wimps, or that it's not a difficult sport," the 44-year-old May said. "Anyone that has anything negative to say about the sport -- boy, female, anyone. Just try it and you'll know it's the most difficult sport in the world."

This is not the synchronized swimming that your parents or grandparents watched -- the water ballet that made few waves below the flowery rubber caps and permanent smiles, It's estranged from the sport introduced at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.

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The acrobatic team event features lifts, throws and flips, and diving routines launched off the shoulders of teammates treading water below. It's gymnastics on water and concussions are a risk.

Interested men often confront the stereotypes.

Beginning in elementary school, 18-year-old American Kenny Gaudet dreamed of being a synchronized swimmer. He made it, but it wasn't easy.

"It makes me emotional just to think about the problems we all went through and the struggles we all had just to get a chance to swim and do what we love," said Gaudet who competed at this year's worlds.

"So much bullying. So much slander. So much hate," he added. "Just because of my gender, just because I'm a male in artistic swimming. When I first started, I wanted to quit so many times. Growing up my peers would ask why I'm doing a female sport, why am I being like a girl and degrade me for doing what I love to do."

One aspect of Adam Andrasko's job as the head of USA Artistic Swimming is recruiting men. He said there are about 100 participating in the United States, up from 25 just four years ago.

"There hasn't been a good foundation of growth," Andrasko said. "You haven't had the farm system."

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A few countries at the world championships have male swimmers including the United States, Japan, Germany and China. Spain and Italy also have top competitors.

"There aren't a lot of countries with strong males," in the international competition, Andrasko said, noting men often lack the flexibility to compete. "So, you might not see a lot of males swimming in the Olympics. I'm concerned it goes to the Olympic Games and we don't see a male participating. I definitely have that fear."

"To this point," he added, "women are still far better at this sport than a man."

Another fear, apparently unfounded, is that women might resent the men competing in the sport. Men will compete in only team events at the Olympics. Teams have a maximum of eight members -- with a limit of two men -- which means men might crowd out some women.

There is no requirement for men to be included.

Alvarez has blacked out twice in the last two years while competing and had to be resuscitated. She's been cleared to compete with no diagnosis except physical or mental exhaustion. Holding her breath for too long underwater is also suspected.

Men can add some physicality to routines, and their presence could lead to a wider audience. Alvarez also credits May with choreography skills that he picked up with Cirque du Soleil.

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"Having the inclusion of both males and females will make it more open for young boys and young girls to dream of being in the Olympics, parents wanting to start their kids," Alvarez said.

She ran off her workout routine, sure to scare away men and women equally.

"We're training eight-plus hours a day, treading water all day," she said. "You have to be able to count time and work with music. You have to be able to watch your patterns and stay in line. We don't wear goggles when we compete. You're holding your breath. You don't touch the bottom. There are so many elements that go into it that people don't see."

And we're about to see more men trying it.
Jul 20th, 2023, 8:13 pm

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Jul 20th, 2023, 9:19 pm
Scientists Say Terminator-Style Self-Healing Metal Is Real

WE’RE DOOMED
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News Correspondent

Published Jul. 20, 2023 7:32AM EDT
A visitor stands in front of a replica of the T-800 Endoskeleton of the movie “Terminator 2” at the Museum fuer Gestaltung (Museum of Design) in Zurich June 30, 2009.



Scientists on Wednesday published a study showing that self-healing metal like that of the murderous T-1000 in Terminator 2 is a real phenomenon. Sort of. The research published in Nature described how bits of pure platinum and copper spontaneously healed cracks created by metal fatigue in nanoscale experiments. The researchers also said they hoped the discovery of “cold welding” could one day be used to make self-healing machines and structures. “Unlike the self-healing robots in the ‘Terminator’ movie, this process is not visible at the human scale,” said Brad Boyce, a Sandia National Laboratories materials scientist who helped to lead the study. “It occurs at the nanoscale, and we have yet to be able to control the process.”
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Dance Away Your Tears With This ‘Grief Disco Kiosk’

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Moved by a desire to help people deal with grief and angst caused by COVID-19, Brexit, and the climate crisis, artist Annie Nicholson wanted to create a space where the public can shake out grief and unravel their climate angst.

Nicholson is collaborating with The Loss Project, K67 Berlin, and Street Soundsystem to realize this ambitious public art project.

The kiosk is a refurbished K67 kiosk, a modernist design gem associated with ad hoc post-Soviet spaces, chip stalls, newspaper stands, student cafes, and shelters, which evokes a legacy of European unity and collaboration.

As well as DJ sets, there’ll be meditation and yoga workshops, dance classes, and “grief raves” where clubbers can request tracks that remind them of absent or lost loved ones. It will be located in London’s Canary Wharf before eventually touring Europe and the UK.

Nicholson got the idea in the debilitating aftermath of the deaths of her mother, sister, sister’s partner in a helicopter crash, and her father of cancer a few years later year.

During times of grief or anxiety, it can be difficult to find joy. Dancefloors bring people together in powerful ways, and allow people to process complex feelings in a physical way.

“The dance floor has been a space of silence and safety as I have navigated the many great losses and painful grief in my life throughout the past decade, and having successfully installed public realm projects around grief and mental health over the past two years, we have noticed a distinct change in how people wish to connect and come together. There is an overwhelming need to shake out your grief physically right now,” said Nicholson.

She further points out that dance is used in funerary rituals around the world, but particularly among indigenous nations, such as in Māori, Yoruba, and Jamaican cultures, Unsurprisingly however, this expression is not common in grieving periods on the British Isles.

“Improvised dance – where you just move to show how you feel – improves divergent thinking and the ability to solve problems,” Nicholson told the Guardian. “But we generally don’t consider ordinary dancers who aren’t particularly good to be valuable even though the dancefloor can be a site of solidarity, repair and even healing.”
Jul 20th, 2023, 11:23 pm

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Jul 21st, 2023, 2:38 am
Fossil Preserves Dinosaur Being Attacked and Eaten by Mammal as Mudslide Entombs them Both


By Andy Corbley

July 19, 2023

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Entangled skeletons of Psittacosaurus and Repenomamus preserved in fossil – SWNS

An extraordinary fossil of a dinosaur being attacked and eaten by a mammal has been unearthed by paleontologists.

It features the entangled skeletons of a beaked and horned herbivore and the smaller, meat-eating Repenomamus at a prehistoric animal graveyard in China’s Liaoning Province dubbed ‘Dinosaur Pompeii,’ for the number of pristine fossils uncovered there.

The amazing scene was frozen in time when a mudslide entombed them both and contains some of the first evidence to show actual predatory behavior by a mammal on a dinosaur.

“The two animals are locked in mortal combat—intimately intertwined,” said co-author of the English language paper of its discovery, Dr. Jordan Mallon from Ottawa’s Museum of Nature. “The weight of the evidence suggests that an active attack was underway.”

Close examination shows the dinosaur is lying prone with its hindlimbs folded on either side of its body. Psittacosaurus was about the size of a large dog.

The weasel-like Repenomamus, the largest mammal of the Cretaceous, coils to the right and sits atop—gripping the jaw of its prey while biting into some of the ribs. Its back foot is holding onto Psittacosaurus‘ hind leg.

The international team ruled out scavenging as the bones of the dinosaur bear no tooth marks. It’s also unlikely the two would have become so entangled. Furthermore, Repenomamus was known to have preyed on Psittacosaurus because of fossilized baby bones of the herbivorous dino found in the mammal’s stomach.

The elevated position of Repenomamus also suggests it was the aggressor.

Lone wolves are known to hunt larger animals, including caribou and domestic sheep, in the modern world, and the Mustelids, like stoats, weasels, and martins, routinely prey on much larger rabbits and other mammals.

There were also small mammals, lizards, and amphibians buried suddenly en masse by mudslides and debris following volcanic eruptions nearby.

Dr. Mallon said in his paper that he is sure the fossil beds at Lu Jia Tun will continue to yield new evidence of interactions among species otherwise unknown to the fossil record.
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Shark takes a bite out of fisherman's catch in Massachusetts

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The captain of a charter fishing boat in Massachusetts was reeling in a bass when a shark jumped out of the water and took a bite out of the fish.

Donald Parker, a Harwich Firefighter and boat captain with East Dennis-based Prime Rate Sportfishing, said he was reeling in his catch when a shark with other plans jumped out of the water.

"The shark grabbed it and flipped over," Parker told MassLive. "Everybody was in awe."

Parker finished reeling in his catch, discovering he was left with only the fish's head.

He said shark sightings are common in the Cape Cod area this time of year.

"It happens every day. It's not an oddball thing," he said.
Jul 21st, 2023, 3:12 am

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Believe me, you are someone's crush. Yes, you are!
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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

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Naked sunbather chases wild boar through park after it steals his laptop bag
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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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Jul 21st, 2023, 1:15 pm
Disaster as cockatoos invade hotel room on Hamilton Island

Two hotel guests learned the hard way why it's important to keep your balcony doors shut after cockatoos invaded their room leaving a huge mess.

Ellie-May was staying with a friend at the Reef View Hotel on Queensland's Hamilton Island which is home to flocks of mischievous sulphur-crested cockatoos.

The pair made the mistake of leaving their balcony door open, despite the hotel posting numerous warnings, allowing the birds to enter the room and wreak havoc.

The animals broke into the Aussie mates' mini fridge and ate snacks, defecated all over their beds and even flew away with clothing.

Ellie and her friend were horrified when they returned to their room but asked housekeeping staff for cleaning supplies to undo the damage the cockatoos had done.

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Mock shock ... all for likes on TikTok :lol:

'They said don't leave your doors open because the birds are going to come in and s*** on everything and guess what we did? We left the f***ing doors open,' Ellie said in a TikTok clip.

She panned the camera around the room revealing the devastation the cheeky cockatoos had caused.

They had broken into the mini fridge and eaten food the two guests would have to pay for. (yeah, right .. they opened the fridge ... I don't think so!)

Their beds, the floors, the furniture and the balcony were covered in black bird poo and their clothes were strewn across the floor.

'Our beds and everything we own is f***ed,' Ellie said.

'They also thought, 'Hey, I'm going to take your bikini bottoms', I don't f***ing know where they are. They took my beach ball. Is this a joke? I think this is some sick joke right?'

Ellie's video has been seen more than 1.1million times and sent thousands into hysterics while others hoped the pair learned a valuable lesson.

'That's going to be an expensive mistake,' one viewer laughed and another joked: 'They had big fun in that room.'

'It clearly says in the rooms don't leave the doors open and yet we did the same thing and they ransacked our room as well. It happens, holiday mode,' one man added.

Others say they had also seen the havoc cockatoos can cause after leaving their own hotel room doors open.

'We left our door slightly open while having a nap and woke up to one flying out with our keys,' one woman recalled.

'I also did this a couple of months back.. they came into the kitchen ate a whole loaf of bread and the coffee sachets,' a second added.

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Hamilton Island is home to flocks of mischievous sulphur-crested cockatoos

In a follow-up clip, Ellie explained she and her friend asked staff for supplies to clean the room which they did before housekeeping changed the bed sheets and cleaned the floors.

She added in the comments she did not know how much she would be charged for the mistake but praised hotel staff for their help and said she will incur a fee for what the birds took from their mini bar.



'I appreciate the staff so much because it's our fault we left the door open, we're stupid enough to do that,' Ellie laughed.

'They send out a warning everyday about it to remind people, people like us.'

Ellie also managed to find her bikini bottoms which one cockatoo had taken and left on the roof across from their room.

(To be honest, I think that the cockatoos just added to the mess that was already there by looks of things. I'm sure that the birds did not unpack their stuff, drape it over chairs and leave coffee cups all over the place! I'm calling a deliberate TikTok stunt)
Jul 21st, 2023, 1:15 pm

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