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Strange-looking "elephant" pig born in China

Alex Linder
Shanghaiist
Tue, 21 Oct 2014 10:42 UTC
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Despite the apparent trunk and floppy ears, that is not a picture of a baby elephant, but a very unfortunate (and maybe a little bit cute?) piglet born in northeastern China last week.

The piglet was the second to be born out of eight siblings. He really stood out from his brothers and sisters as the only one with grey skin, big ears, and a trunk. Unfortunately, he was also the only one to be born without a mouth.

Mouths are pretty essential, so the piglet sadly died just two hours after its birth. The farmer has since frozen the carcass so that he can prove to his friends that the pictures he took are totally not photoshopped.

We've seen pigs with two mouths and two noses, we've seen pigs with two heads and three eyes, but we've never quite seen something like this.

All hail the glorious "elephant" pig!
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Extremely rare white rhino dies in Kenya - his kind nearly extinct

Christine Dell'Amore
National Geographic
Tue, 21 Oct 2014 13:33 UTC
The 34-year-old Suni was one of two breeding males of his subspecies left on Earth.

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© Barcroft Media, Getty ImagesSuni, seen here at Kenya's Ol Pejeta Conservancy in November 2010, died at age 34.
The northern white rhinoceros is one step closer to extinction with the death of Suni, one of only two breeding males left of his kind.

The 34-year-old animal was found dead October 17 in his enclosure in Kenya's Ol Pejeta Conservancy, possibly from natural causes, the reserve said in a statement. White rhinos are thought to be able to live up to 40 or 50 years. An autopsy is under way, but officials are certain poachers did not kill Suni, as the animal was monitored around the clock.

The death of the rare creature, which had not fathered any offspring, leaves only six northern white rhinos left on Earth, including just one male of that subspecies. The southern white rhino, a related subspecies, is considered near threatened by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Born at the Dvůr Králové Zoo in the Czech Republic, Suni had been an emblem of hope: He was one of four of the world's eight remaining northern rhinos sent to the Kenyan conservancy in 2009 as part of a last-ditch effort to save the critically endangered subspecies.
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Vicious dog attack by her own pet leaves woman with horrendous injuries in Lichfield, UK

Ben Hurst
Birmingham Mail
Sun, 19 Oct 2014 13:14 UTC
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© Pic from @MAAHMED09Air Ambulance at Whittington Barracks where woman attacked by dog.
Air Ambulance called to horrific scene at Whittington Barracks

A woman was airlifted to hospital with horrific injuries after being attacked by her of Staffordshire bull terrier-type dog.

The dog owner, believed to be in her 20s, sustained serious arm injuries after the daylight attack outside Whittington Barracks in Lichfield, Staffordshire.

After hearing her terrified screams, cadets at the barracks, who were training outside, scaled the 12 foot high perimeter fence to rush to the woman's aid.

With the help of army medics, they tended to her wounds before an air ambulance rushed the badly injured victim to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.

In the wake of the incident the Midland Air Ambulance tweeted: "HMed09 have airlifted a patient from near Lichfield. Thanks to the men & women from Whittington Barracks for their help."
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Man killed in tusker attack in Nepal - 5th fatality in 2 months

Shraddha Khadka
badalnepal.co
Tue, 21 Oct 2014 11:30 UTC
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An elderly man was killed in an elephant attack in Parsa district on Friday.

Bash Tamang, 55, of Ram Nagar, Nirmal Basti-1 died in the tusker attack in the Parsa Wildlife Reserve.

His body was found on Saturday morning, police said

He was returning home while he was attacked.

Since Tamang did not arrive home till the late evening, a police team had started the search operation from Saturday morning.

Comment: See also: Maoist leader killed by elephant in Nepal

Elephant kills man in Bara, Nepal

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Rats invade ground outside Wal-Mart & McDonalds in Baton Rouge


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Wed, 08 Oct 2014 22:56 UTC
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Share this video so something can be done!! An army of rats are living between a Walmart and Mcdonalds in Baton Rouge. Both businesses are located near the intersection of Old Hammond hwy and Airline hwy in Baton Rouge, LA. Numerous rat holes are visible and tons of rats were roaming around before we and other people noticed them. After that, they began to scatter into the holes. View and be grossed out!

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Starving and desperate: Man repelled Siberian bear attack with computer


RT
Mon, 20 Oct 2014 16:52 UTC
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© RIA Novosti / Vladimir Astapkovich
A man in a Siberian village was suddenly confronted by a bear apparently looking for food. The man, however, kept his cool and repelled the attack by throwing a computer component at the animal.

The incident happened in a village near the city of Tomsk in Western Siberia, Russia. A local man decided to walk to a dump apparently in search of non-ferrous metals when he suddenly saw a bear, the district's regional game commissioner told RT.

A medium-sized bear rushed, or maybe just moved, towards the man. But the man kept his head and shouted at the bear, furiously. He picked what was near at hand at the dump - a computer part - and threw it right at the predator. The move evidently confused the bear.

"The bear rushed to one side, the man to the other," added Sergey Yelnikov who arrived at the scene to investigate the incident and later tracked the animal.

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Bear attacks search party in the Bieszczady Mountains, Poland


thenews.pl
Mon, 20 Oct 2014 16:22 UTC
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© The Siberian TimesA one-way ticket for humanity to quit the planet, please...
The search for a missing 60-year-old man was suspended on Sunday evening after a bear attacked members of a rescue team in the Bieszczady Mountains of south east Poland.

According to the Bieszczady branch of Poland's Mountain Rescue Voluntary Service (GOPR), the incident marks the first such bear attack in the region in 50 years.

Two members of GOPR were searching the national park on a quad when the bear struck.

The two men managed to flee unharmed, but when they returned to the vehicle, traces of blood indicated that the bear was injured.

GOPR has stated that the animal could be highly dangerous if wounded, and accordingly, no access to the area is allowed until the bear has been tracked down.
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Claudia Huber, Yukon woman, killed in bear attack: 6th fatality in North America this year


cbc.ca
Sun, 19 Oct 2014 15:51 UTC
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© FacebookClaudia Huber, right, died after an incident involving a bear in the Teslin, Yukon area Saturday.
Claudia Huber, who operated an adventure tour company, died Saturday

A woman from the Teslin, Yukon area has been killed by a bear.

Claudia Huber, who was in her early 40s, was taken to the Teslin Community Health Centre, a 50-kilometre trip, by her husband, who told officials about the incident.

It's not clear whether she had already died by the time he got her to the centre.

Huber and Matias Liniger operate Breath of Wilderness, a year-round adventure touring company. The company website includes a German translation.

Comment: The other deaths caused by bears in 2014 in north America -

Black bear kills hiker near West Milford, New Jersey - fifth fatality this year in North America

Bear attacks - fourth fatality this year in North America: Bear kills hunter near Norman Wells, Canada

Bear attacks and kills 31-year-old man in Wyoming

Rick Cross, missing Kananaskis hunter, killed in bear attack, Alberta

Woman killed by a black bear in Fort McMurray, Alberta

By way of comparison the number of deaths in the recent past (years 2000 - 2013) seem to average out to about just two a year, going by this wikipedia list -

List of fatal bear attacks in North America

A number of fatalities has also occurred recently in Russia -

Bear attacks kill at least three people with many others injured in Siberia and far-east Russia

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CBS producing a show about animals planning global attack against humans

Meredith Woerner
io9.com
Tue, 01 Jul 2014 13:21 UTC
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CBS is making a show that's basically The Birds, but instead of birds attacking humans, it's all of the animals across the globe attacking humans. All of them.

CBS has ordered 13 episode of the TV adaptation of James Patterson's totally wacky Zoo. The book is centered around an outbreak of organized animal attacks. The animals know something, and they're pissed! These are coordinated attacks against the human species, which just sounds so ridiculously terrible I cannot wait to watch it every single day. Here's the synopsis from Amazon:

Comment: For real life creature attacks on humans from across the globe check out this Animals topic.

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Bloodthirsty rabbit joins the long list of critters currently attacking humans!


youtube.com
Sat, 18 Oct 2014 22:39 UTC
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Hilarity ensues as man Is attacked by bloodthirsty rabbit.
The laughing in the background makes it even funnier.

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