Dog drives double decker bus

Koolie dog Woodley takes his master Richard McCormack's double decker bus for drive in Darwin in Northern Territory of Australia. The dog was sitting in the driver's seat with its paws on the steering wheel. He chased after the runaway bus, leapt through an open window and rammed on the handbrake.

It ran for a couple of hundred meters (yards), swerved across the road, went up on the footpath and was just about to run into a parked car when I stopped it.

His owner, Richard McCormack, 62, said, "He sits next to me when I'm driving and in the driver's seat when I'm not. The handbrake is on the dashboard and he's seen me release it many times.

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Baby dinosaurs nest found

Scientists have discovered a 70-million-year-old nest filled with the remains of baby protoceratops dinosaurs.

The nest of 15 juvenile Protoceratops andrewsi dinosaurs provides clues about the dinosaurs' early behaviour.

While large numbers of eggs have been associated with other dinosaurs, such as the meat-eating oviraptor or certain duck-billed hadrosaurs, finding multiple juveniles in the same dino nest is quite rare.

The scientists have analysed the dinosaur remains along with the nest, which measured about 70 centimetres in diameter and was round and bowl-shaped. All were found at Djadochta Formation, Tugrikinshire, Mongolia, where it's believed sand "rapidly overwhelmed and entombed" the youngsters while they were still alive.

The researchers conclude that the 15 dinosaurs all show juvenile characteristics. These include short snouts, proportionately large eyes, and an absence of adult characteristics, such as the prominent horns and large frills associated with adults of this species. At least 10 of the 15 fossil sets are complete.

The nest and its contents imply that protoceratops juveniles remained and grew in their nest during at least the early stages of postnatal development. The nest further implies that parental care was provided.

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Ears can read someone's mind

These ears are cutting-edge technology. They can read your brain waves and transmit how you're feeling through ear movements.

When you are relaxed or bored, the ears lie flat, when you are concentrating or focused they perk up, and even wiggle if you are amused.

The "Necomimi", which means "cat's ears" in Japanese, launched in May but are set to go on sale at the end of the year, and was picked by Time magazine as one of the year's 50 best inventions.

Iit has two brain-wave sensors that can detect and interpret what you are thinking, and show it through four different movements.

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Cremated ashes converted into gemstones

The cremated ashes of your loved one can be converted into beautiful gemstones as a memorial to their unique life. The most beautiful and timeless memorial available for honouring their unique life.

The World War II soldier hid in a cave for 28 years

Shōichi Yokoi was a Japanese sergeant in the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during the Second World War. He was among the last three Japanese hold-outs to surrender after the end of hostilities in 1945.

In 1943, he was transferred to the 38th Regiment in the Mariana Islands. He arrived on Guam in February 1943. When American forces captured the island in the 1944 Battle of Guam, Yokoi went into hiding with ten other Japanese soldiers. He would remain in hiding until 1972. Seven of the original ten holdouts eventually moved away. Only three remained in the region. Later these last three separated, but they visited each other until about 1964, when Yokoi found his two friends dead, apparently of starvation. The last eight years he lived entirely alone.

Yokoi survived by hunting, primarily at night. He used native plants to make clothes, bedding, and storage implements, which he carefully hid in his cave.

On the evening of January 24, 1972, Yokoi was discovered in the jungle. He was found by two local men who were checking their shrimp traps along a small river on Talofofo.

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Irukandji jellyfish

Irukandji jellyfish are tiny and extremely venomous jellyfish that inhabit marine waters of Australia and which are able to fire their stingers into their victim, causing symptoms collectively known as Irukandji syndrome. Its size is roughly no larger than a cubic centimetre (1 cm³).

The average jellyfish has stingers only on its tentacles, but the Irukandji also has stingers on its bell. Irukandji jellyfish differ from other box jellyfish species in that they have the ability to fire stingers from the tips and inject venom.

Irukandji syndrome is produced by a small amount of venom and includes severe pains at various parts of the body (typically excruciating muscle cramps in the arms and legs, severe pain in the back and kidneys, a burning sensation of the skin and face), headaches, nausea, restlessness, sweating, vomiting, an increase in heart rate and blood pressure, and psychological phenomena such as the feeling of impending doom. . If left untreated, this syndrome may cause the victim to go into cardia arrest and die within 20 minutes!

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Amazing Kangaroo Facts

Baby kangaroos, also called joeys, spend their first several months attached to a teat inside their mother’s pouch. After it leaves the pouch, it typical will continue to drink its mother’s milk until it is over a year old.

Kangaroos mate again as soon after a joey is borne, but the development of the second embryo stops, or rather, is paused after a few days. So in a way kangaroos are permanently pregnant. If a joey is lost, or if one has grown up and left the pouch, they can immediately give birth again.

After a joey has left the pouch, kangaroos give birth again. One of their teats will continue to produce high carbohydrate milk for the older joey. The new baby will attach itself to another teat that produces a different kind of milk with a higher fat content.

A female kangaroo can have three babies at the same time: an older joey living outside the pouch but still drinking milk, a young one in the pouch attached to a teat, and an embryo awaiting birth.

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