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May 10, 2013 at 3:17 pm | Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment

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THE NEWS

Odd news from around the world

Florida man runs from cops into gator’s jaws: “AUTHORITIES say a Florida man ran from the law and into an alligator’s jaws. The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office says 20-year-old Bryan Zuniga was pulled over for failing to maintain a single lane on Thursday at about 2.50am local time. Deputies say Zuniga stopped the vehicle and jumped out of the passenger door. He then broke through a vinyl fence and escaped. Zuniga was found at a local hospital a few hours later. He told deputies he had been attacked by an alligator near a water treatment plant. He was being treated for multiple puncture wounds to the face, arm and armpit area. He has been charged with fleeing police, driving with a suspended or revoked licence and resisting an officer without violence.”

Chimp mothers like flowers too: “IT seems that all mothers love receiving flowers – even those of the chimpanzee variety at Monarto Zoo. Just days away from celebrating her first Mother’s Day, Zombi and her daughter, nine-month-old Zuri, appeared utterly intrigued when keepers at Monarto Zoo outside Adelaide threw an early present into their enclosure. Spotting the gift, Zuri’s uncle Gombe ran to the flowers before handing them straight to mum. Just like the loving relationship between human mums and their children, Monarto Zoo primate keeper Jon Allon said Zombi and Zuri had a very special bond. “She is definitely a doting mum – she’s probably the perfect chimp mother and hasn’t missed a beat in terms of having an infant,” he said. “She’s a good feeder and carer and she gives Zuri plenty of freedom but she’s still protective of her.”

A little fighter: “AN ORPHANED quoll [Australian native cat] that spent two months living in a sock in the pocket of a Territory ranger is back in the wild. Tourists found baby Djili on a nature walk at the East Alligator River, in Kakadu National Park, before taking her to the ranger station in December last year. Ranger Samantha Deegan, 26, adopted her. “She was really tiny, she could easily fit in my hand,” she said. “She weighed less than a gram. Ms Deegan said the marsupial lived in a baby sock in her pocket for two months after she was found before moving to a homemade bed. “I took her everywhere with me,” she said. She said she spent her time training Djili to survive back in the wild by hiding crickets in her bed while she was asleep so she would have to find them when she woke up.”

Dental receptionist loses job for eating apples! “A dental surgery receptionist [above] has sued her former boss after she was threatened with the sack – for eating an apple at her desk. Rachel Carr, 28, was disciplined by managers at the Smile By Smile dental surgery in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, for snacking on the fruit while she worked. She claimed that she was hounded out of her job, leaving last September after her health deteriorated as a result of ‘double standards’ at the practice where she said that her manager would snack on chocolate nearby. But Ms Carr is now likely to be paid thousands of pounds in compensation after she successfully claimed constructive and unfair dismissal at an employment tribunal in Birmingham. Rachel, who now works at another practice and represented herself in court, said: ‘It was ridiculous. ‘Most people would think dentists would approve of eating apples, after all as the saying goes ‘an apple a day keeps the doctor away’ but in my case it cost me my job.’

The £55 phone designed for FOUR YEAR OLDS: “A mobile phone designed for four to nine-year-olds has been launched by OwnFone. The 1stFone which has been dubbed the ‘dumbphone for smart parents’ is the size of a credit card and weighs 40g. It can only make and receive calls, and it doesn’t have a screen – instead it has the names of up to 12 close friends and family shown in a list with corresponding physical buttons. The 1stFone, from manufacturer OwnFone, has been specifically designed for four to nine-year-olds. The handset can only make and receive calls and a single battery charge can last a year when the handset is on standby. Makers OwnFone believe that the basic functionality of the 1stFone reduces the risks of text or cyber bulling, finding inappropriate material online, ‘sexting’ or being mugged. They base this on a recent study from Southampton Rape Crisis of 7,000 school children which found those as young as 10 are routinely sending explicit pictures of themselves to classmates.”

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