ucifer, a 30-stone (190 kilograms) male Asian lion, is surrounded by London Zoo’s team of vets and keepers. They carried out a health check ahead of moving him to a new home. After being anaesthetised, he was given a thorough examination while he lay in his enclosure. Vets checked his stomach, chest and even peered inside his mouth to […]
CCTV footage in China shows this incredible moment a man caught a baby who fell out of a two-storey building. Residents in Guangdong Province scrambled to catch the one-year-old who climbed onto a window ledge while looking for his mother. They laid down cardboard and a sofa to try to avoid any serious injuries if he fell. Mr Li, […]
The world’s largest lizard species returns to New York’s Bronx Zoo where an exhibit called “Amazing Monitors” opens on Saturday. The zoo’s three Komodo dragons, two female and one male, will roam through the indoor space throughout the day, one at a time. The trio is still just teenagers and are just over five feet long (1.5 metres). The adult […]
This was the dramatic moment a lifeboat crew lassoed a runaway speedboat in Devon. According to RNLI a sailor was trying to tie up his boat when he accidentally knocked the throttle and was thrown overboard. They said the man had already unclipped the kill cord and pushed the throttle lever to full power, as he fell into the water. The […]
From the left hand side of the screen ,you can see a man jump onto the tracks. He stands there, swaying for several minutes. Other passengers try talking to him, but he doesn’t move. He can then be seen jumping about and even waving in front of him. But it is not long before a train approaches. […]
A funeral for a record breaker. The world’s heaviest man is laid to rest in Mexico. Manuel Uribe died on Monday after spending twenty days in hospital. The 48-year-old once weighed as much as a small truck. Family and friends gather to pay their final respects in Monterrey. Manuel once tipping the scales at 560 kilos after […]
Five baby meerkats have taken their first steps into the outside world. All of the pups are full of rough and tumble already with mum and dad having to keep them all in check. The tiny newcomers made their first public appearance after being hidden away in burrows by their parents since being born last month at Chester Zoo. Meerkats have four […]
“I’m Harriette Thompson, and I’m 91 years old, and I’m running the marathon at San Diego.” That’s right! Ninety-one-year-old Harriette Thompson ran her way into the record books on Sunday after she completed the San Diego Rock ‘n’ Roll marathon for the 15th time. Completing the race in seven hours, seven minutes and 42 seconds, Hariette […]
“Oh my God!” “Oh my God! Oh my God! Oh my God. Oh my God.” Not quite what you want on your wedding day. It wasn’t just the bride and groom taking the plunge at this wedding in Minnesota, when the whole party ended up in a lake. The hilarious video shows the moment Dan and Jackie Anderson were dunked into […]
Yes, that is a group of small-clawed otters taking it in turns to play the keyboard. Zookeepers from the Smithsonian’s National Zoo decided it was time for a music lesson, placing a keyboard and a toy xylophone in reach of animals to play with. While the otters got on well with the keyboard, Bonnie the […]