After the recent severe floods, masses of spiders have been forced to seek new accomodation in and around Wagga Wagga in New South Wales. The normally solitary wolf spiders have congregated in their thousands and moved from their ground-based homes to seek higher, drier ground by spinning their webs above ground.
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Scared Sophie Dack-Stainer has been left trembling by the spooky soul haunting the shoe shop she runs. In November 1940 a German Luftwaffe plane crashed into Stainer’s cobblers in Poole, Dorset, killing the three pilots on board. Now, 72-years-later, an estranged WWII Nazi called Heinz haunts the store, scaring workers and customers alike. The shop,…
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP14pHjDryI&w=560&h=315] Located in the Teutoburg Forest in the Westphalia region of Germany the statue of Hermann (or Arminius as he was known to the Romans) commemorates the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in which the Germanic tribes under Arminius recorded a decisive victory against three Roman Legions in 9 AD. Known as “Hermann German”…
The first-ever observed hybrid may be a sign the predators are adapting to climate change. This hybrid black tip shark contains both Common and Australian black tip DNA. University of Queensland Scientists said on Tuesday that they had discovered the world’s first hybrid sharks in Australian waters, a potential sign the predators were adapting to…
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Chupacabra, ‘Dog-Headed Pig Monster’ Stalks Namibian Villagers Huffington Post UK Sara C Nelson Villagers in northern Namibia are reportedly being terrorised by a hideous “pig-dog hybrid”.The beast is said to be white in colour, with a doglike head and the broad, nearly hairless back and shoulders of a giant pig, MSNBC said. The creature…
A mode of transport flying through a speed restriction and getting snapped by an enforcement camera is nothing new – although it’s not every day that mode of transport is one from the 19th century (i.e. a horse). Neigh charges: Horse caught by speed camera in Germany Normally reserved for catching motorists haring along in…