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Watch: Rare Siberian tiger tries to maul farmer in China in an unusual attack

Nick Squires
Yahoo! News
Tue, 19 Nov 2024 21:48 UTC
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A Chinese farmer had a lucky escape after a rare Siberian tiger hurled itself against the gate of his home, smashing it off its hinges.

In video footage, the growling tiger is seen running along a road outside the man's house in a village in the north-east of China.

The attack happened in Changtai village in Heilongjiang province in north-eastern China on Monday.

The farmer walks across a courtyard full of drying maize and into the street to see what is going on, but suddenly retreats as the tiger returns.

He manages to shut the metal gate but seconds later the tiger launches itself against the barrier, bursting it open.

The farmer escaped with his life but a short time before, another villager had been attacked by the tiger while feeding his cattle.

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Ontario woman mauled to death by 3 dogs in attack inside home: police

Prisha Dev
Global News
Fri, 22 Nov 2024 11:37 UTC
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An 81-year-old woman is dead after being attacked by three dogs inside her Northern Ontario home, police say.

At approximately 10 a.m. Monday, Ontario Provincial Police received a call about a reported fatal dog attack at a building in Bonfield, near North Bay.

Const. Kyler Brouwer said three dogs were involved in the attack, which took place inside the victim's residence. The woman who was attacked suffered serious injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Brouwer said the dogs were still at the scene when they arrived. The animals have been taken to a local Animal Welfare agency where they will be in quarantine for 10 days.

Police say the woman was alone at the time of the attack, and next of kin has been notified.

There is an ongoing investigation being led by the Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario in collaboration with the Ontario Forensic Pathology Service.

At this time, no foul play is suspected, and no criminal charges have been laid, according to police.
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Heart

The human heart may have a hidden ability to repair itself


Karolinska Institutet
Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:52 UTC
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After severe heart failure, the ability of the heart to heal by forming new cells is very low. However, after receiving treatment with a supportive heart pump, the capacity of a damaged heart to repair itself with new muscle cells becomes significantly higher, even higher than in a healthy heart. This is according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet published in the journal Circulation.

The ability of the human heart to renew itself by regenerating its muscle cells, myocytes, is very limited. But what happens to this capability when the heart is damaged by severe heart failure has been unknown.

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have now discovered that after an injury, the rate of cell renewal is even lower than in a healthy heart. Standard-of-care for patients with advanced heart failure is a surgically implanted pump that helps propel blood, a so-called left ventricular assist device (LVAD).
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Rare snowy owl migrates south to Inner Mongolia for winter in China


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Thu, 21 Nov 2024 13:14 UTC
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Rare "white owl" snowy owl migrates south to Inner Mongolia for winter

A rare "white owl" recently appeared in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

This larger owl, whose scientific name is Snowy Owl, recently moved south to spend the winter in the southwest of Hulunbuir City. Although it looks a little cute, it is a ferocious hunter in the Arctic. They will settle in Europe, North America, northern Asia and other regions in winter, divide and defend their territories to the death, and migrate north in spring.

The snowy owl is a national second-level protected wild animal and is listed as a vulnerable species in the "International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Endangered Species".

(Translated by Google)


Comment: Other unusual bird migrations to this part of the world recently:

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Attention

Diver dead after shark attack near the Chatham Islands, New Zealand

Sam Sherwood and Nadine Roberts
The Press (New Zealand)
Tue, 19 Nov 2024 13:36 UTC
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A commercial diver is dead after a shark attack near the Chatham Islands.

A police spokesperson confirmed a man died in hospital after being attacked by a shark in the islands on Tuesday.

"Emergency services were called around midday, following reports the man - who had been diving off a boat - had been critically injured. He was rushed to Chatham Island Hospital, but has since died," the spokesperson said.

His death has been referred to the coroner.

Multiple sources have told Stuff the victim is a local commercial diver who is aged in his 20s.

After the attack, he was brought to Waitangi Wharf, before being rushed to hospital.

A St John spokesperson confirmed it sent one ambulance to the scene, and referred further inquiries to police.

Comment: See also:

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Doberman

Woman killed by her own pit bull in Boston was "heart and soul" of family

Mike Toole, Kristina Rex
CBS News
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 13:05 UTC
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The woman who was attacked and killed by her own dog in Boston Monday night has been identified as Jeriline Brady-McGinnis. She was 73 years old.

Brady-McGinnis' landlord and close friend Jean McGuire first identified her as the victim on Tuesday shortly before police confirmed it.

McGuire, 93, is a civil rights pioneer and the first Black woman elected to the Boston School Committee. McGuire said Brady-McGinnis was like a "sister" to her and that they had known each other for years.

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Fin whale nearly 50 feet long washes ashore on Anchorage tidal flats in Alaska

Alena Naiden
Anchorage Daily News
Mon, 18 Nov 2024 12:45 UTC
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© Bill Roth / ADNPeople ventured onto the frozen mudflats on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024, to see a Fin whale that came to rest at Fish Creek near Anchorage.
A 47-foot fin whale washed ashore along Anchorage's coastal trail over the weekend. Hundreds of people ventured out onto tidal flats Sunday to take a look at the carcass in the sun.

The first reports of the animal came to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Saturday before 10 p.m., said Barbara Mahoney, a NOAA biologist. On Sunday, Mahoney and other scientists examined the carcass, taking measurements, collecting skin samples and anchoring it down so they can continue their analysis on Monday.

"We don't know what happened to it," Mahoney said. "They follow food, but I am not sure what it was following this time of year."

Fin whales, which are classified as endangered, migrate worldwide and summer as far up north as the Chukchi Sea. Mahoney said that the species can be found in lower Cook Inlet and are fairly uncommon in the Knik Arm, but at least a couple of them have washed up in Southcentral Alaska.

"We've had a few," Mahoney said. "This is the first time I've had one on this beach."

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Attention

Terrifying moment rhino attacks motorcyclist in Nepal


MSN
Sat, 16 Nov 2024 12:38 UTC
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A motorcyclist in Nepal had to move fast when an unexpected obstacle stopped him in his tracks.

A huge rhinoceros charged from the side of the road and tried to attack the man.


Comment: 2 months prior: Biker dies after being attacked by rhino in Assam, India

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Elderly woman mauled to death by stray dog in Odisha, India


New Indian Express
Fri, 15 Nov 2024 12:39 UTC
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A 65-year-old woman was on Thursday morning mauled to death by a stray dog while she was alone at her house in Jayanarayanpur village of Balasore's Bhograi area. Irate family members later beat the animal brutally leading to its death on the spot.

The deceased was identified as Basanti Sahu. Sources said Basanti was alone at home while her family members had gone to a nearby temple. She was sitting in the verandah when the dog entered the house through the window and pounced on her. On returning from the temple, her family members saw the dog attacking her while the woman was screaming for help. The elderly woman subsequently died.

Peeved, her family members chased the dog and beat it to death. On being informed, police reached the spot and sent the woman's body to Bhograi hospital for postmortem. A case was also registered in this connection.

Tehsildar Himanshu Giri said a team will be sent to the spot for further inquiry.

Villagers, meanwhile, complained that stray dogs had been creating havoc in the locality so much so that they feared going out of their homes. They demanded that the local administration takes appropriate action to curb the dog menace.
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Fish

Second rare deep-sea oarfish washes up on Encinitas beach in California in 2024


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Wed, 13 Nov 2024 18:30 UTC
A dead deep=sea oarfish is shown washed up on Grandview Beach in Encinitas on Nov. 7, 2024.
A dead deep-sea oarfish is shown washed up on Grandview Beach in Encinitas on Nov. 7, 2024.
For the second time this year, a rare deep-sea oarfish has washed ashore in San Diego County, giving scientists a chance to study the species without plumbing the depths of the ocean, it was announced Wednesday.

Last week, Scripps Institution of Oceanography PhD candidate Alison Laferriere found the deceased 9.5-foot specimen at Grandview Beach in Encinitas — just the 21st of its species documented to have washed up on California beaches since 1901, officials said.

The previous 12.25-foot long fish was found in August by kayakers and snorkelers in La Jolla Cove.

Comment: For details and video, see: Rare 'doomsday' oarfish sighted near La Jolla shores, California on August 10

Ben Frable, manager of the Scripps Oceanography Marine Vertebrate Collection — one of the largest collections of deep-sea fish in the world — contacted the NOAA Fisheries West Coast team to recover the specimen and transport it to the Southwest Fisheries Science Center, according to a Scripps statement.

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