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© Saichon SrinuanchanOfficials tranquilize and capture two of the feral dogs that have been attacking vehicles in Muang district, Ratchaburi. The pack caused major damage to a parked car (inset).
Two dogs were caught, but the owner of the car subject to the shocking attack was not sure whether they were part of the pack or not.
Chartchai Sangsil, chief of Ratchaburi livestock office, led a team of municipal officials and livestock officials to hunt down the canine marauders along Soi Srisuriyawong 2 and adjacent areas in Muang district on Friday morning.
Many dogs were seen fleeing as the team entered the nearby forest where they were known to stay.
"We found a lot of fire jellyfish near Gai Island and we have warned all tour boats to be careful of them and avoid diving in the area as they are poisonous and can leaving painful stings if you swim into them," said Chief of Hat Noppharat Thara-Mu Ko Phi Phi National Park, Worapot Lomlim.
© International Fund for Animal WelfareThe minke whale that died in Wellfleet Harbor
The male whale was spotted swimming in Wellfleet Harbor on Wednesday, but stranded and then died shortly after the team began to provide care, Branon said.
Researchers are investigating the animal's cause of death and its condition.
Minke whales are common with a population that is believed to top a million individuals, and frequently seen in waters around Cape Cod. They can grow to up to 33 feet long and weigh up to 10 tons, according to the American Cetacean Society.
Villagers stand beside the 7.8 metre (25.6 foot) long python which was killed after it attacked an Indonesian man, nearly severing his arm, in the remote Batang Gansal subdistrict of Sumatra island
Security guard Robert Nababan crossed paths with the giant creature while patrolling an oil palm plantation in the remote Batang Gansal subdistrict of Sumatra island on Saturday.
"The python was 7.8 metres long (25.6 feet), it was unbelievably huge," local police chief Sutarja, who like many Indonesians only has one name, told AFP.
Sutarja said the 37-year-old Nababan, who sometimes liked to eat snake, tried to catch the giant python and stuff it in a gunny sack.
© USGSThe 6.3 quake struck just off Japan's eastern coast
The quake's epicenter was recorded out at sea and is located parallel to the Fukushima prefecture.
The nation's meteorological agency is reporting a depth of 10 kilometers, with the earthquake measuring at least 6.0 on local seismic recording equipment.
Prelim M6.0 earthquake off the east coast of Honshu, Japan Oct-6 07:59 UTC, updates https://t.co/5BUwzWA3i4
— USGS Big Quakes (@USGSBigQuakes) October 6, 2017
© Jack Varin/Real World New HampshireThe blaze near Lost River Gorge seen overnight.
Crews were working to contain the fire in the Lost River Gorge area Wednesday, and said that it was still spreading. A driver first called it in around 6:20 a.m. Tuesday.
Mackay told WBZ-TV a man walking through the area Wednesday told them he saw something - possibly a meteor - hit the side of the mountain while he was driving by the night before.
"He swears that something come out of the sky and hit the side of the mountain where the fire is," Chief Mackay said. "We can't confirm it or deny it, we just took his word. We don't know if that is the cause."
Snow in South Africa
South African Weather Services forecaster Victoria Nurse said this occurs from time to time.
"It is not that common, but we have seen it before," she said.
"Today there was a thick band of moisture over the central parts of the country. This, combined with the passage of a previous cold front, caused temperatures to drop and snow to fall in Lesotho and the Drakensberg."
© Lars Trodson/Block Island TimesThe carcass of a humpback whale was found on Ballard's Beach on Block Island, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration called a "declared unusual mortality rate" for whales beginning in April 2016 for an area stretching from North Carolina to Maine, which is still ongoing. Some people in New England are claiming that the existence of the five turbines comprising the Block Island Wind Farm are causing the unusual mortality rate, while so far NOAA said it has not found any link between the deaths of the whales and the unusual mortality rate.
Comment: See also this report from last month: Dead whales found on Narragansett, Block Island shores in Rhode Island
The deceased has been identified as Dhanu Bag.
Dhanu had gone to a forest located near the village to collect firewood when the bear attacked him. He died on the spot. His body was recovered by some villagers later in the morning.
The M Rampur police reached the spot and sent the body for autopsy.
Comment: A few hours later a 5.4 magnitude quake struck off the coast of Iwaki, just 35 miles (56.5km) south of the now-disabled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.