Copernicus must be spinning in his grave.
Copernicus must be spinning in his grave.
And yet no fire damage to the tree?Lightning kills 25 cattle
Chipinge commercial farmer Mr Dawie Joubert was left counting losses after his 25 cattle were struck by lightning on Thursday afternoon.
The district’s Department of Agricultural, Technical and Extension Services livestock promotion officer Mr John Mwandifura confirmed the incident and said he had liaised with the Chipinge district development coordinator Mr William Mashava over the case.
Mr Mashava confirmed the incident.
“Yes, I can confirm the 25 cattle owned by commercial farmer Mr Dawie Joubert were struck by lightning cattle at his farm, popularly known as Chibonere Farm, on Thursday,” he said. “The carcasses of the 25 cattle were ferried to a crocodile farm in Chiredzi.”
Heavy and violent storms have hit Chipinge in recent weeks, causing flooding in low lying areas.
Incessant and heavy rains being experienced countrywide have seen increased incidents of lightning affecting both animals and humans.
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A cargo ship was broken in two by a huge wave off Turkey’s Black Sea province of Bartin earlier this month. Three sailors died when the Ukrainian-owned Arvin sank in heavy seas on Jan. 16 after the wave snapped its keel near the bow.
This bird might be able to go literally f*** itself. If so, would that be incest?
https://nypost.com/2021/02/24/cardinal-that-is-half-male-half-female-spotted-in-pa/
Rare half male, half female Cardinal spotted in PA
By Tamar Lapin February 24, 2021
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There’s no flitting around it, this is a rare bird.
A cardinal that appears to be half-female and half-male was recently spotted in Pennsylvania.
Jamie Hill, a birdwatcher for 48 years, documented the unusual sighting in a Facebook post on Sunday.
“I had a once-in-a-lifetime, one in a million bird encounter!” he wrote.
A friend of Hill’s had told him about an “unusual bird” seen at a bird feeder in Grand Valley in Warren County.
The creature was bright red like a male cardinal on one side and brownish white like a female on the other.
Hill flocked to the location to see the northern cardinal for himself — and immediately recognized it as a bilateral gynandromorph, meaning one side of it is male and the other female.
“This bird would have a functioning ovary on its left side and a functioning single testis on its right,” Hill wrote. “Theoretically, this bird could either mate with a normal male cardinal and lay fertile eggs, or it could mate with a normal female cardinal and father her eggs!”
Though not unheard of, mixed sex birds are rare.
However, it’s actually not the first time one such feathered friend has been spotted in Pennsylvania.
Another half-male, half-female cardinal was spotted outside of Erie two years ago and featured in National Geographic magazine.
Wild Sheep Sporting 78 Pounds of Wool Gets Life-Saving Shave
A wild sheep that had amassed a jaw-dropping coat of wool was rescued by an animal sanctuary who provided the creature with a life-saving shave. The wondrous ram was reportedly spotted roaming around a state park in Australia by a bewildered witness who reported the sighting to the Edgar’s Mission animal sanctuary in the town of Lancefield. Workers from the organization quickly located the hard-to-miss sheep, whom they named Baarack, and set about freeing it from the hirsute predicament.
The laborious task ultimately saw a staggering 78 pounds of wool removed from the creature's body. The sanctuary was uncertain as to how the sheep wound up in such a state, but it would appear that the animal's ear had once been tagged, suggesting that it had somehow escaped from a farm long ago. As one might imagine, the enormous coat of wool had made Baarack's life in the wild rather difficult as it was found to be both malnourished and nearly blind due to all of the fur that had obscured its eyes.
Now free of the monstrous coat, Baarack looks like a completely different animal, able to see clearly and showing no signs of any ill-effects from its ordeal aside from a few nicks from the shears that were used to shave it. The intervention from the animal rescue organization undoubtedly saved the sheep's life as it was not only highly vulnerable to predators, but faced increasingly challenges when it came to finding shelter and sustenance.
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That poor critter is just one big ball of felt.
Not appetizing, but unbelievably realistic!This is creepy, I don't think I'd eat a piece of that cake...
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This Life-Like Man Cake On A Hospital Bed Is Leaving Netizens Confused
A picture of a man lying on a hospital bed has gone viral after he turned out to be a cake. In 2020, the trend of hyperrealistic cakes had taken social media by storm. But The Bake King has taken the hyperreal cake game to the next level.
The image of the man comes from the song video ‘Feel Away‘ by Slowthai which got released last summer. But this video has gained a renewed attention after the popular cake sculptor The Bake King (Ben Cullen) posted images from the video on his Instagram recently.
He posted several images with the caption: “When I turned @slowthai into CAKE!”
He went on: “Made for his music video ‘Feel Away’ – all his body parts were made from vanilla cake and chocolate ganache with sugarpaste details!”
The man on the bed is first seen smiling at the camera from the comfort of a hospital bed. He looks pretty happy – except look closer, he’s a cake. Lots of cake.
Since the upload of the photos, this hyperrealistic human cake is taking rounds on the internet. It has left netizens confused.
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This is creepy, I don't think I'd eat a piece of that cake...
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This Life-Like Man Cake On A Hospital Bed Is Leaving Netizens Confused
A picture of a man lying on a hospital bed has gone viral after he turned out to be a cake. In 2020, the trend of hyperrealistic cakes had taken social media by storm. But The Bake King has taken the hyperreal cake game to the next level.
The image of the man comes from the song video ‘Feel Away‘ by Slowthai which got released last summer. But this video has gained a renewed attention after the popular cake sculptor The Bake King (Ben Cullen) posted images from the video on his Instagram recently.
He posted several images with the caption: “When I turned @slowthai into CAKE!”
He went on: “Made for his music video ‘Feel Away’ – all his body parts were made from vanilla cake and chocolate ganache with sugarpaste details!”
The man on the bed is first seen smiling at the camera from the comfort of a hospital bed. He looks pretty happy – except look closer, he’s a cake. Lots of cake.
Since the upload of the photos, this hyperrealistic human cake is taking rounds on the internet. It has left netizens confused.
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