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Pet cat Wilbur swallowed by python
A couple whose pet cat wandered into a neighbour’s garden heard it screaming in agony as it was crushed to death by a snake.
Wilbur the four-year-old tabby fell prey to a 13ft Burmese python which had apparently been left unattended by its owner.
Owners Martin and Helen Wadey banged on the neighbour’s...
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Baby elephant stuck after falling down manhole in Thailand
His startled expression and pleading eyes say it all.
Left stranded in a rather undignified position, this poor baby elephant was in need of some urgent help after he managed to wedge himself in a manhole in Thailand.
After missing his footing and falling down the gaping manhole of a drainage ditch...
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Eagle swooped on swan
The adult trumpeter swan was flying over a river when the bald eagle swooped bearing its talons.
The eagle, with its massive two metre-wide wings outstretched, landed on the swan.
But after a five second struggle the swan escaped the eagle’s clutches and managed to fly down to the water.
After...
Dogs as intelligent as two-year-old children
Researchers have found that dogs are capable of understanding up to 250 words and gestures, can count up to five and can perform simple mathematical calculations.
Using tests originally designed to demonstrate the development of language, pre-language and basic arithmetic in human children,...