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Signs and portents: Rare two-headed calf born in Kyrgyzstan


AKIpress.
Fri, 10 Feb 2017 19:23 UTC
Two-headed calf

Two-headed calf
A rare two-headed calf was born in Batken region, local veterinarian Astanakul Muratov told Turmush regional news service.

The calf was born on February 9 in the village of Ak-Tilek, Kadamjay district.

Owner of the cow that gave birth to a rare two-headed calf is local villager Muhammad Karabayev.

"The owner of the calf and I after the birth checked the health of the animal, it was OK first minutes of its life despite the rare condition. But because it could not suck milk, the animal died after 20 minutes," said Muratov.

Veterinarians that arrived in the place are studying the died animal, he added.

According to experts, this condition is very rare. It happens only once in 400 million births. Experts term the condition of having two or more heads polycephaly. A polycephalic animal with two heads is described as bicephalic.

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3rd dead whale found within 8 days in Virginia Beach

Stacy Parker and Amir Vera
The Virginian-Pilot
Mon, 13 Feb 2017 19:03 UTC
Necropsy performed on third dead whale to wash ashore

Third dead whale to wash ashore
A male juvenile humpback whale was found washed ashore Sunday morning near 80th Street in Virginia Beach. The whale had suffered propeller wounds.

Matt Klepeisz, a spokesman for the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center, said the whale had been reported off the Cape Henry area on Saturday morning and came ashore either Saturday night or Sunday morning at 80th Street.

According to Alex Costidis, an aquarium stranding team coordinator, the whale, after being spotted at Cape Henry, was seen at Rudee Inlet. The stranding team stayed with it Saturday, taking samples from the water until sunset. The whale was reported ashore Sunday morning at 80th Street by a passerby.

Costidis said the black and white whale had "three large propeller wounds." He estimated the whale was 2 to 4 years old and weighed 13,000 to 16,000 pounds. It measured more than 30 feet long.

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Loud mystery booms rattle homes in eastern Pennsylvania

Tom Knapp
Lancaster Online
Fri, 10 Feb 2017 18:11 UTC
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
© Google Maps
The booms are loud and deep, enough to rattle the dishes.

"I have heard it four times Saturday night through Sunday night," says Carolyn Risko, who lives south of Lancaster. "It's very loud and shakes the house."

She and other residents of the area have been trying to determine the cause of the loud noises, but they haven't had any luck.

Risko says she went outside after each boom but "didn't see anything."

Residents contacted Manor Township police and spoke to an officer who also heard the booms, Risko says. Firefighters, too, patroled the area searching for the cause.

"They can't pinpoint a location so they can't really investigate it," Risko says.

Manor Township police Sgt. Gary Gardner says he doesn't think anyone has tracked down the source of the booms.
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Indonesia's Sinabung volcano spews clouds of smoke, ash in latest of violent eruptions


Yahoo! News
Fri, 10 Feb 2017 17:58 UTC
Mount Sinabung erupts
© AFP
Children play at school as Indonesia's Mount Sinabung spews clouds of smoke and ash on February 10, 2017.
A rumbling volcano on Indonesia's Sumatra island spewed clouds of smoke and ash high into the air Friday, the latest in a series of violent eruptions.

Huge columns of smoke hung over Mount Sinabung and the surrounding area, including an elementary school where children played in the shadow of the towering volcanic cloud.

Activity levels have increased in the past week, with Sinabung shooting hot ash clouds into the sky dozens of times, according to the local volcano monitoring agency. Despite the eruptions, local villagers continue their precarious existence.

The children were playing at a school in Neman Teran district, although officials say it is safe as the site is outside a four-kilometre (2.5-mile) danger zone around the crater where no one is supposed to set foot.

"It's safe for the school to be used," insisted local disaster agency chief Nata Nail.

Farmers continue tending to their crops and people in local towns put on masks to go shopping as ash rains down from the sky.

Comment: Sinabung volcano erupts seven times in less than 24 hours, Indonesia

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Magical sun halo shines over northern Sweden

Christian Krug
The Local - Sweden
Thu, 09 Feb 2017 10:12 UTC
Sweden sun halo
© Tomas Bjornerback
A sun halo or a portal to another world?

Tomas Björnerbäck took these incredible photos with his phone showing the sun over the ski region Hemavan when he went up one of the main ski lifts, Kungsliften.

"The trip up started really foggy with only 50 metres of visibility", he told The Local. But soon the trip would be worth the effort. "At around half way to the top, we suddenly came out of the fog, above the clouds, and the blue sky was all around us. There were ice crystals in the air, and from the top of the ski lift, I took these pictures."

A halo effect is a light phenomenon appearing as a ring around the sun or more suns on the sky. It happens when the light is shining through ice crystals in the air.

"For a halo to be formed, ice crystals must have clean geometric shapes. This is because the light will be spread and reflected in the same direction. If ice crystals are shaped unevenly, we get an irregular distribution and we get an even haze instead of a halo," SVT meteorologist Åsa Rasmussen explained.
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First responders probe loud house-rattling booms in northeast Indiana


The Post and Mail
Sun, 12 Feb 2017 17:44 UTC
Whitley County, Indiana
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Whitley County law enforcement and volunteer firemen have investigated calls from homeowners in southern Whitley County of at least two loud "explosion" noises that rattled homes and homeowners alike.

The calls came into emergency dispatch centers between 6:30 and 6:45 p.m. Saturday. Both Whitley County and Huntington County dispatch centers fielded calls, including one from the Roanoke town marshal.

Whitley County responders investigated the areas between Meridian and Washington Roads near CR 800 South after the Saturday night phone calls but were unable to find the sources of the loud booms.

Homeowners reported the explosive noise literally shook their houses.

Possible sonic booms from air craft in the area were discounted as the cause as there were no Air National Guard exercises ongoing at the time.

Another cause could be the phenomena named "frost quakes," although those usually happen in much colder weather; however, there is also a moisture component to the freak winter events.
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Snow piles on across New England for second time in a week

Bart Jansen
USA Today
Mon, 13 Feb 2017 15:13 UTC
A Waterville Public Works department employee struggles to clear the sidewalk of snow along Elm Street in Waterville during the storm on Monday.
© David Leaming
A Waterville Public Works department employee struggles to clear the sidewalk of snow along Elm Street in Waterville during the storm on Monday.
Heavy snow fell Monday across the Northeast, closing schools and government offices, snarling roads and cancelling flights with a forecast for 8 to 16 inches expected from New York to Maine.

By morning, some towns in Upstate New York already had a foot of snow on the ground.

The storm, called a nor'easter, will bring blizzard conditions across Maine with strong winds, which the weather service warned could bring heavy snow and reduced visibility.

Travel could be dangerous during the height of the storm as road crews have difficulty clearing roads, according to AccuWeather.com. Blizzard warnings are in effect for eastern Maine, according to the weather service.

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Raging bulls break free of pen and charge around stadium injuring matadors and spectators in Encarnación de Díaz, Mexico

Simon Holmes
Daily Mail
Wed, 08 Feb 2017 14:47 UTC
'Inolvidable' flings the bull fighter into the ring where he got attacked by the other rampaging bovine

'Inolvidable' flings the bull fighter into the ring where he got attacked by the other rampaging bovine
Several people were injured after two rampaging bulls escaped their pen during a bull fighting festival.

A large crowd crammed into 'La Chona' stadium in the town of Encarnación de Díaz, Jalisco, Mexico when a bull called the 'Primoroso', which translates to the exquisite one, broke its door and ran into the bull ring, according to local reports.

Another named 'Inolvidable,' or the unforgettable, also escaped out of the pen soon after but made its way to the bottom of the stands causing spectators to hurry for the exits.

'Inolvidable' was filmed goring Spanish bull-fighter Adolfo Ramírez in the back and flinging him into the bull ring.

As soon as Ramirez landed in the ring he was quickly gored in the back by Primoroso who was circling the arena.

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Golfer attacked by alligator on Florida golf course

Lois Thome and Chuck Myron
WINK News
Thu, 09 Feb 2017 14:30 UTC
Florida man alligator attack
Every golfer needs a putter he can rely on — especially when an alligator decides to play through. North Fort Myers resident Tony Aarts used his Cleveland Golf putter to subdue a 10-foot gator that attacked him Wednesday as he was approaching the fourth hole at Magnolia Landing Golf & Country Club.

"As I was walking about 5 to 6 feet away from the water I heard a splash, and as soon as I heard that splash I knew it was an alligator, and he got me," Aarts said. The gator grabbed Aarts by his right ankle. He wound up on his back and rolled into the nearby water hazard as they struggled.

"I remember having a club in my hand, and as soon as he had me in the water up to my waist, I started hitting him over the head," Aarts said. The gator didn't give up easily, and soon the water was up to Aarts' chest.

"He was looking at me with his big eyes, and I kept hitting him," Aarts said. "And I'm thinking I'm getting deeper and deeper, and I thought you're not gonna get me." A subtle change of club technique helped turn the tide in Aarts' favor. "I started hitting him in the eye socket," Aarts said. "I hit him three times and he let go of my foot, so I crawled back out and by that time the guys were there."

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Dog attacks basketball team on bus in Camden, New Jersey

Phil Anastasia
Philly.com
Sat, 11 Feb 2017 14:29 UTC
Dog attack
Bernie Hynson says he won't ever forget his 100th career victory.

The Woodrow Wilson High School girls' basketball coach reached that milestone on Saturday when his team beat Delran 43-35 in a consolation game of the South Jersey Invitational Basketball Tournament.

Woodrow Wilson scored the victory even though two players, including a starter, were sent to the hospital after being bitten by a dog that entered the team bus as the Tigers were preparing to travel to Eastern High School.

"It was one of those freak things that could never happen in a million years," Hynson said. "But it happened to us."

Hynson said that junior Halima Scott, a starting guard, and sophomore Tayla Alford were attacked by a dog that the coach described as a pit bull.

"One of those real muscular dogs," Hynson said.
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