A massive “king of the neighborhood” alligator was caught on camera strolling across a North Carolina street. Johnny Fins grabbed his phone to capture the moment where the reptile lumbered its way slowly along.SINGER LANA DEL REY RUMORED TO BE DATING ALLIGATOR TOUR GUIDE “Good golly, that is the king of the jungle right here,” said Fins in disbelief. “Or …
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Two camels made a great escape on Tuesday after they broke out of their enclosure and roamed free at a roller-coaster park, video shows. The incident happened at Cedar Point, an amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, on June 11. Footage of the incident shows the camels trotting around the park’s sidewalks. “That dude almost died,” an adult man is heard …
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A 21-year-old woman from Georgia recently broke a statewide fishing record, officials say. The Georgia Department of Natural Resources announced the new state record in a press release on June 5. St. Marys resident Lauren E. Harden caught a 33-pound crevalle jack on May 24 while fishing on Cumberland Island. “The previous record of 30 pounds, six ounces was set …
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The Humboldt penguin population has dramatically decreased in areas along the central coast of Chile, making them one of the most vulnerable of the world’s 18 penguin species and putting them at risk of extinction, experts warn. Last year, scientists surveyed two islands off the central Chilean coast and detected 842 breeding pairs or active nests. This year they found …
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A New York woman died on Sunday after she was charged by an overprotective cow and struck several times after tending to a newborn calf, according to reports. WWNY-TV in Carthage, New York, reported that the St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an incident involving an employee of Flack Farm in Lisbon, and a cow. The initial investigation found …
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A fishing crew recently caught a prize-worthy marlin at the 66th Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament in North Carolina. The team aboard the Hatteras-based boat, “Release,” reeled in a blue marlin weighing 504 pounds, earning the group of men $1.7 million. The captain of the 53-foot Bobby Sullivan vessel, Rom Whitaker, led the team to success with Angler Kirk Pugh …
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A recently published study claims that the sounds of African elephants may have a lot more significance than humans think. The research, which was published in a journal called Nature Ecology and Evolution on Monday, found that African elephants call each other unique names. The study explains that researchers followed elephants around to observe how they communicated to each other, …
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A Pennsylvania teenager recently scored a lifetime achievement after reeling in a fish that broke his state’s record, officials say. Mohnton resident Christopher Barrett, 19, caught an unusually large white perch while fishing with his dad back in April. The fish weighed two pounds and one ounce – beating the Keystone State’s previous white perch record by five ounces. The …
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A Florida man with a love for sharks recently reeled in a magnificent catch with a rare genetic condition and captured it all on video. Instagram user @huntingforjaws posted video of his encounter with the rare shark on May 31. The lemon shark likely has piebaldism, which gives it a splotchy black-and-white appearance. “Incredibly rare lemon shark with a genetic …
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A stunning fish recently washed ashore in the Pacific Northwest, and experts say it belongs to a newly discovered species. In a June 6 Facebook post, the Seaside Aquarium in Seaside, Oregon, announced that the unusual aquatic creature was found at a beach in Gearhart on June 3. Experts say that the fish – a hoodwinker sunfish – measured 7.3 …
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