CANBERRA, Australia — An Australian farmer couldn’t go to his aunt’s funeral because of pandemic restrictions so he paid his respects with a novel alternative: dozens of sheep arranged in the shape of a love heart. Drone-shot video of pregnant ewes munching barley in a paddock while unwittingly expressing Ben Jackson’s affection for his beloved Auntie Deb…… read more »
It was on a sssshoppping sssspree. Customers at an Australian supermarket got an unexpected wildlife encounter after happening upon a 10-foot python slithering about the shelves. “Only in Australia!” Facebook user Hilary Leigh wrote above a clip of the serpentine “shopping spree,” which occurred Monday night at Glenorie supermarket in Sydney’s North West District. The accompanying 12-second…… read more »
BERLIN (AP) — No job is too small for Hamburg police. Officers in the German city found themselves having to perform CPR on a Chihuahua last week after a distraught girl came rushing into a police station saying her pet had stopped breathing after she accidentally dropped it. After checking its vitals, officers cupped the dog’s…… read more »
Thousands of shoppers in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen fled the vicinity of a 957-foot skyscraper Tuesday, after it inexplicably began swaying. Videos circulating on Chinese social media showed crowds running from the wobbling building, with some screaming and looking back over their shoulders. The weather was fine at the time and there were…… read more »
The world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridge has just opened in Portugal. 516 Arouca — so called because it’s 516 meters long and is in the town of Arouca, an hour south of Porto — connects Aguieiras Waterfall and Paiva Gorge and is the latest adventure offering in the Arouca Geopark, known for its extreme sports.…… read more »
The company’s ‘Pupweiser’ contest launched this week Big news for dog parents: you could get a picture of your pup on a can of Budweiser this holiday season. Budweiser announced this week that fans can send in pictures of their dog for a chance to be featured on the brewing company’s beer can. Popular social media…… read more »
The French navy has salvaged a nuclear submarine that suffered a fire that left it structurally unsound — at least in the front half. The navy decided since half the sub was still good, they’d save some resources by taking the part that still worked and welding it to the back half of another busted…… read more »
Busch is sniffing around for a new CTO — “chief tasting officer” — and it wants your very good boy or girl to apply. The beer brand is expanding its “Dog Brew,” a canine-friendly, alcohol-free bone broth it launched last year. According to Anheuser-Busch, the brew sold out within 24 hours. The role comes with…… read more »
Both Disneyland and Walt Disney World are attractive to families, and each offers a different experience. People who have been to both don’t usually run from one to the other, though. And I mean really “run.” Iron man athlete Don Muchow, 59, was welcomed into Disney World in Florida with cheers on Tuesday after a…… read more »
An Ontario dog is being hailed as a hero after she stopped traffic to get help for her owner, who was suffering from a seizure. Haley Moore says she was walking her dog, Clover, through her neighborhood last week when she had a seizure. Although Moore has no memory of the incident, a neighbor’s security…… read more »
