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A 'Crash Helmet' For Timmy The Tortoise

Looking at this gentle giant, one would never believe that it could be involved in a fight. However, if zookeepers at the Paignton Zoo in Devon are to be believed, not on...

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Japanese Astronaut Tests Magic Carpet

When Japanese Astronaut, Koichi Wakata left for space in March, one of the fun experiments he had planned to conduct was to try flying on a magic carpet. Earlier this wee...

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Freeze! - You Have Been Squirted By A Microdrone

While this 11-inch unmanned remote-controlled spy helicopter looks like something you would only see in a James Bond movie, it is an actual working device that is being u...

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Endangered Frogs Flown To Safety

Dozens of Giant Ditch Frogs, popularly known as Mountain Chicken Frogs, are being flown from the Caribbean island of Montserrat to London, to help prevent this highly end...

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The Happy Spider

While wild animals evoke various emotions, very few succeed in bringing a smile to our faces as quickly as these little spiders do. Though scientists have named the speci...

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It's Official - Birds Can Boogie To A Beat

It has always been believed that humans are the only ones who can dance to a beat. However, thanks to a cockatoo named Snowball and an African Gray parrot called Alex, sc...

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Lewis Gordon Pugh AKA Human Polar Bear

Your eyes are not deceiving you! This man is diving in ice water wearing just a Speedo and it's not a prank either. Meet long distance cold-water swimmer, explorer and en...

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Snow Rollers - Nature's Amazing Phenomenon

If you have never seen or heard of a snow roller or snow donut, it's because these amazing natural formations occur very rarely, under only the most perfect conditions an...

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