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 […]
It’s not the most renowned international sporting competition, but things were kicking off in a pub in the East Midlands, as they held the 38th World Toe Wresting Championships. Yes, that’s right! Competitors went toe to toe to battle it out, and it’s a bit more complex than it looks. “You’ve just got to get the other person’s ankle to […]
This is the moment a soldier ran onto a railway track into the path of an oncoming train to rescue a woman who had fallen onto the tracks. The man was standing on the opposite platform at Strood station when he saw the pensioner run for her train and fall. He then jumped down and ran over […]