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Signs and Portents: Buffalo gives birth to two-headed calf in Andhra Pradesh, India


Times of India
Mon, 15 Jun 2020 13:54 UTC
Buffalo gives birth to two-headed calf

Buffalo gives birth to two-headed calf
A buffalo in Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district gave birth to a two-headed calf recently. The rare phenomenon has stunned the villagers. Plenty of people from nearby villages are flocking the site to see this miracle.

Venkateswara Rao, the owner of the buffalo is a farmer in the Rudravaram village of Redikuda Zone. The family later informed the officials of the veterinary department.

Reportedly, the veterinarians came to visit and have been experimenting and researching why this calf was born with two-heads.

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Attention

Rare, deep water King-of-the-Salmon discovered near Port Angeles, Washington

Emily Molina
South Sound Magazine
Thu, 11 Jun 2020 13:12 UTC
Oarfish
© Courtesy Harbor WildWatch
Oarfish
During one of many beach walks in recent months, Harbor WildWatch of Gig Harbor was treated to the discovery of a rare species of fish known as King-of-the-Salmon, found by a paddleboarder at Salt Creek Recreation Area near Port Angeles.

The small team, who work during low tides, left very early on the morning of June 7 to explore somewhere new. For several months, the beach walks have been streamed and made virtual as a part of Harbor Wildwatch's online offerings in light of COVID-19. Met with a perfect weather day, the group spent more than five hours exploring the area in and around Tongue Point, checking out marine animals and taping vignettes for their Facebook and Insta pages.

As the day was winding down, exhausted and ready for the drive back to headquarters, paddleboarder Scott Herning called out to the group, "Are you biologists?" after coming upon a very large dead creature with a huge eye. Rachel Easton, biologist and education director at Harbor WildWatch, described the experience as a biologist's dream come true: "No matter how tired we were, that's definitely something we want to see!"

The fish found on June 7 measured 53 inches in length, but the species is known to grow to 6 ½ feet long and stays primarily in deep ocean areas. Only five have been recorded as washing up on the shore between British Columbia and Washington.

Comment: Also pertinent: Creatures from the deep signal major Earth Changes: Is anyone paying attention?

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Attention

Fishermen catch rare, 6-meter oarfish off Cozumel, Mexico - normally a denizen of deep water


Mexico News Daily
Fri, 12 Jun 2020 13:03 UTC
Cozumel fishermen with their oarfish.

Cozumel fishermen with their oarfish.
The fish, which appeared to have been injured, is normally found in deep water

Fishermen from Cozumel, Quintana Roo, encountered a rare, six-meter-long oarfish this week.

In a video posted to Facebook, the fishermen filmed the bizarre-looking fish they found swimming close to the surface before they gaffed it and brought it on board. It appeared to have suffered a bite wound, the fishermen said, suggesting that was the reason it had left deep water.

According to the Florida Museum of Natural History, the oarfish, whose scientific name is Regalecus glesne, can grow to 10 meters long, and weigh up to 270 kilos. It is the longest bony fish in the world.

Comment: Read in addition: Creatures from the deep signal major Earth Changes: Is anyone paying attention?

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Cloud Precipitation

Severe summer flood hits Karabağlar-İzmir, Turkey

Infotainment
YouTube
Sun, 14 Jun 2020 10:18 UTC
flood
Severe flood hits Karabağlar-İzmir - TURKEY, June 12, 2020.

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New Zealand has coldest June temperature in five years

Aaron Goile
Stuff.co.nz
Sun, 14 Jun 2020 11:58 UTC
New Zealand State Highway 8 covered in snow

State Highway 8 covered in snow
New Zealand has recorded its coldest June temperature in five years, but some in the south should keep their shorts on hand for the next few days.

The tiny Otago town of Middlemarch was far from the middle of March on Sunday morning, registering the bone-chilling -12.3 degrees Celsius.

According to Niwa, that marks the country's coldest June temperature since 2015, while it was Middlemarch's lowest since 2001.

The second-coldest spot - the -9.9C a couple of hours west in Clyde - was that town's chilliest since 1978.

MetService, meanwhile, have weather stations in different areas to Niwa, and had Pukaki Airport at -9C, Alexandra Airport at -8.6C, Dunedin Airport at -7.8C, Mt Cook Airport at -6.5C and Christchurch Airport at -5.5C.

It was a second successive shivery night, as a cold front moved slowly up the country, bringing clear skies, light winds, but chilly overnight air temperatures.

Comment: Check out our 'extreme temperatures' topic section for more related articles.

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Attention

Giant squid found on beach in the Western Cape, South Africa

Erene Oberholzer
The South African
Fri, 12 Jun 2020 21:20 UTC
giant squid

Giant squid
A rare occurrence indeed! Watch as a giant squid is found on a Western Cape beach.

A giant squid recently washed up on Britannia Bay Beach in the Western Cape. After videos of the squid were shared rapidly on social media, various news reports about the giant squid started to appear.

It's reported that the squid was still alive when it was found, and can be seen moving slightly at various points in the videos shared by Maroela Media, but according to reports, those who found the squid were unfortunately unable to roll the squid back into the water. Richard Davies, who made the discovery on Sunday, 7 June, estimated that this giant squid weighed between 200 and 300 kilograms, and was measured to be 4,19 metres in length.


Comment: For a broader overview concerning these types of events with their troubling associated implications, see: Creatures from the deep signal major Earth Changes: Is anyone paying attention?

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Seismograph

Magnitude 5.7 quake kills one, injures 18 in eastern Turkey


TRT World
Sun, 14 Jun 2020 21:14 UTC
A view of a collapsed house in Turkey's eastern province of Bingol on June 14, 2020.
© AA
A view of a collapsed house in Turkey's eastern province of Bingol on June 14, 2020.
Rescue and relief operation going on as quake hits Bingol province, damaging several houses and collapsing military watchtower, officials say.

An earthquake with a 5.7 magnitude shook Bingol province in eastern Turkey on Sunday, killing one and injuring 18 people and causing the collapse of a military observation tower, officials said.

Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu said that 18 people were injured and one security guard died in the earthquake that struck eastern Karliova district at 1424 GMT.

Some 10 homes have been partially damaged in Elmali and Dinarbey villages of Yedisu district, said Bingol Governor Kadir Ekinci.

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Snowflake

Mt. Rainier in Washington sees snowfall, winter-like conditions in mid-June


kxly.com
Sun, 14 Jun 2020 20:40 UTC
snow on Mt. Rainier.

June snow on Mt. Rainier.
It may be June, but the Cascades are looking like they are stuck in mid-winter, thanks to a new batch of snow on Mt. Rainier.

National Weather Service grabbed this photo from their mountain cam, showing low visibility and piles of snow—in mid-June!

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Snowflake

Mid-June snowfall on the Okanagan Connector, British Columbia

Megan Turcato
Global News
Sun, 14 Jun 2020 20:23 UTC
Okanagan connector hit with heavy snow

Okanagan connector hit with heavy snow
We are less than a week away from the first official day of summer, but that didn't stop snow from falling on Highway 97C Sunday morning.

Environment Canada issued a special weather statement for the highway between Merritt and Kelowna warning that 2 to 5 cm of snow could fall Sunday morning.

Meteorologist Colin Tam said having snow on the Okanagan Connector at this time of year is not an annual occurrence but isn't unheard of.
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Cloud Lightning

40 sheep killed by lightning strike in Ahmednagar, India


United News of India
Sat, 13 Jun 2020 19:53 UTC
lightning
About 40 sheep were killed on the spot after being struck by a lightning bolt at Khatgaon village of the taluka on Saturday.

According to a report, a shepherd Santosh Pawar had taken his flock of sheep for grazing to Nimgaon Ghana road in the afternoon, when there was a loud thunderclap.

The lightning struck the sheep, killing about 40 of them on the spot.

dead sheep
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