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People make small mistakes every day, and while we'll often see the ramifications of it, things are rarely as bad as they initially seem to be. Losing your keys, your driver's license, or sleeping through your alarm - they all seem pretty awful in the moment, but we survive it…
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Terrifying doorbell camera footage has recorded the moment that a man was attacked by a snake measuring five feet, five inches at a front door - and it will make your skin crawl. Visiting Rodney Copeland's home in Lawton, Oklahoma, Jerel Heywood may have been expecting a warm welcome from…
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A young Chinese video blogger known as 'seaside girl Little Seven' recently announced plans to eat a live octopus on her live-stream. However when she lifted the squirming animal up to her mouth, it fought back, planting slimy tentacles against her cheeks. With the creature's suckers stuck to her skin,…
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A female bullfighter had her jaw, cheeks, and eye socket broken after being gored in the face and being pushed against a wall by a half-tonne bull. Thirty-two-year-old Hilda Tenorio was injured as she faced the animal on her knees in the city of Puebla. This is the gruesome moment…
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Dubbed the 'world's most prolific hunter', Tony Sanchez-Arino has boasted of slaughtering 1,317 elephants and 340 lions while posing with carcasses in what many deem to be 'sickening' photos. The 89-year-old from Spain has also killed 2,093 buffalos, 167 leopards, and 127 black rhinos. He is widely celebrated by fans…
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Global warming is still seen as the single biggest threat to the continued existence of life on Earth, according to a 26-country survey released by the Pew Research Center. At the age of 92, David Attenborough recently acknowledged that he does not have long left to live and used his platform…
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Police in Falmouth, Cornwall have identified the individuals involved with throwing a terrified dog off a cliff into the sea. "We are currently working with the local [chapter of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals] in this case and have identified those involved," the police department…
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In a horrifying video that went viral on social media, a laughing boy throws a terrified dog off a cliff into the sea. As the boy approaches the edge of the cliff, the dog, which appears to be a spaniel, tries desperately to escape from his grip. In the background,…
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One of cinema's best-loved classics is Steven Spielberg's 1975 thriller Jaws. It's centered around the small American coastal town of Amity Island that's terrorized by a man-eating great white shark during its peak summer season. This is the dramatic moment a whale protected a diver from a shark: Aside from…
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Scientists have discovered traces of illegal narcotics in freshwater shrimp following an investigation of five rivers in Suffolk, England. Notorious party drugs such as cocaine were found by the researchers who were studying 15 sites around the rivers Deven, Alde, Stour, Waveney, and Gipping in order to ascertain what chemicals…
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Training an animal to do pretty much anything is an incredibly taxing task which requires plenty of work for things to pay off. With lots of treats, love and patience, you can teach a dog to roll over or convince your cat to stop urinating on everything you own. But…
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Australia is home to many incredible, terrifying creatures that will haunt your dreams forever: giant spiders, monster fish, muscular kangaroos, and of course, venomous snakes. However, Northern Territory rangers discovered a fresh horror while working near the awesomely named town of Humpty Doo. Move over, Three-Eyed Raven from Game of…
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A man who was born deaf is teaching sign language to the hearing-impaired rescue puppy he recently adopted. Nicholas Abbot adopted the adorable puppy called Emerson through NFR Maine in North Monmouth, after learning about the pooch from a Facebook post by the rescue centre. "I was born deaf," the…
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Warfare isn’t what it used to be. Gone are the days of two armies doing battle on some destitute, grassy plane hundreds of miles from civilisation. Today, warfare is about technology, infrastructure, stockpiling and espionage. However, we may be missing one crucial ingredient - a tame, 3,000-pound sea mammal. “We…
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Dogs: they're just better than us humans, aren't they? When was the last time your pet dog agreed to go out with you for the afternoon, only to flake at the last minute with some vague excuse of having double booked themselves? Never, that's when, because dogs are literally up…
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Since Europeans settled in Australia, nearly 130 of its native species have gone extinct. Hoping to prevent the eradication of more unique plants and animals, the Australian government has announced a strategy: improve habitats, create safe havens for at-risk species, and kill two million feral cats by 2020. Feral cats…
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A 'criminal' parrot has been taken into custody by police in northern Brazil, after it alerted its alleged drug dealer owners to a police raid on their premises. According to local media reports, the bird had been taught to alert criminals to police by shouting: "Mom, the police!" Law enforcement…
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It's fair to say that spiders, and most other creepy-crawlies in general, get a bad rap. It seems like they really have a bad PR problem. Despite the vital role they perform in the ecosystem; eating all matter of other annoying insects, they're pretty much despised by a large number…
