Love of beavers

 

How local environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb turned his love of beavers into a surprisingly ... Pacific Northwest Inlander "For them, it was like seeing the Loch Ness Monster." The original print version ...

BBC: Runaway emu rescued from busy A32 in Hampshire

 

IMAGE COPYRIGHTANDREW LEE

image captionThe bird was seen walking along the busy A32 near Wickham in Hampshire

A runaway emu has been captured after being reported on the loose on a main road in Hampshire.

Hampshire police warned drivers to slow down after the bird was spotted on the A32, near Wickham, shortly before 10:00 GMT.

Staff at a nearby motorbike showroom helped rescue it when it was seen "helplessly walking down the middle of the road".

Police said the owner has not been located and urged them to come forward.

Andrew Lee said he "didn't believe my own eyes" when he saw the bird walking down the road outside the Destination Triumph showroom where he works.

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BBC: 'Mammoth' fossil found on Isle of Wight beach

 

IMAGE COPYRIGHTJOE AND LUKE FERGUSON

image captionBrothers Luke (left) and Joe (right) Ferguson have been fossil hunting since childhood

Two amateur fossil hunters have discovered a huge prehistoric fossilised bone, believed to be from an elephant, on an Isle of Wight beach.

Brothers Luke and Joe Ferguson found the 1m-long (3ft) fossil sticking out of the stones near Brighstone Beach following a storm.

Experts believe it is from a straight-tusked elephant or mammoth and could be hundreds of thousands of years old.

They will have to wait until after lockdown to get it properly identified.

The pair, who have been collecting fossils since childhood, spotted the giant bone on 27 January.

Joe Ferguson said: "Half of it was sticking out like a cartoon prop - it was incredible - it just slid out and we didn't even have to dig.

"It's over 3ft long and, at a guess, about 25 to 30kg. We had to carry it on our shoulders."

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Mississippi chupacabra?

 

Chupacabra Attack in Mississippi

Prank your friends!

Neighbors reported seeing a strange creature on the road the night before, a creature that resembled the monster known as the Chupacabra.

Chilean chupacabras

 

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Has the Chupacabras Returned? - Chile Today Chile Today The chupacabras (also "chupacabra," literally, "goat-sucker" in Spanish) has been a legend in the Americas for over two decades, after · In the northern ...