April 9, 2016 - CHINA - Shocking pictures of a massive road crash have emerged on
Chinese media showing wreckage of a sleeper bus and two trucks that
reportedly collided on China’s major Shenyang-Haikou expressway.
There
are at least eight victims, according to reports.
The accident happened on
China’s Shenyang-Haikou Expressway in the city of Jiaozhou in the
Shandong Province, which is located in the northeastern part of the
country, according to a witness who uploaded photos to the Chinese microblogging platform Weibo.
April 9, 2016 - VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES - Two dozen dead birds, believed to be European starlings, were found Friday along a road in the Chantilly area of Fairfax County.
No cause could be determined for the deaths of the birds found near Avion Parkway and Lee Jackson Memorial Highway.
Nothing suggested that the deaths were the result of malice, but the
birds appear to be among the most unwelcome of creatures, often because
of the wastes they leave in trees and on buildings.
Although large numbers of dead starlings are found throughout the area
from time to time, starlings represent a story of startling
multiplicative power.
Sixty were introduced to this country in 1890,
and, by 2000, their number was more than 200 million. The deaths will be
investigated. - Washington Post.
April 9, 2016 - SAUDI ARABIA - An unusual freak hailstorm hit Saudi Arabia on April 6, 2016 covering
the desert, streets and entire cities with white icy stones.
The thunderstorms were so powerful that they created a tornado just 100km way from Riyadh.
Stormy conditions are growing and sweeping across Saudi Arabia since Monday, April 3, 2016.
The storm line has now reached central Saudi Arabia where the desert suddenly turned white on April 6, 2016.
The low is sweeping from North to South and is currently flooding the city of Ta'if in biblical proportions.
Extreme wind gusts are also accompanying the stormy weather.
So there is cold air coming from the north and warm air coming from the
south.
As the clash in the center of the country, they create a kind of
belt, responsible for this extreme weather phenomenon.
WATCH: Freak hailstorm in Saudi Arabia.
Sometimes the strong winds are creating sand tornado and sandstorms. This one was captured just 100km away from Riyadh!
This extreme weather also reached Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain and western Yemen.
Anomalous is the best terminology I can find! - Strange Sounds.
April 9, 2016 - EARTH - The following constitutes the latest reports of animal attacks on humans.
Electrocuted snake found while eating another by city workers in Morganton, North Carolina
Workers in a North Carolina city found a snake had electrocuted itself at a home slated for demolition and a second snake died while trying to eat the first.
The City of Morganton said in a Facebook post that Electric Services Department workers visited a home last week to disconnect the power prior to its scheduled demolitionand they were greeted with a bizarre sight when they opened the electrical box.
"They were greeted by two dead snakes that had managed to climb
into the box. One snake slithered across two hot terminals and was
electrocuted; the second snake was biting the first and received the
jolt as well," the post said.
The post quoted Electric Services Director Brooks Kirby as saying
workers find electrocuted snakes every two or three years "and that's
one time too many!"
He did not say if there had been a previous case of a snake being electrocuted while practicing cannibalism.
Kirby said the snakes appeared to be venomous black snakes, with one
measuring about 3-1/2 feet long and the other measuring about 6-1/2 feet
long.
"The public needs to be aware that if they can get into an electrical box, they can crawl through any small hole," he told Morganton's The News Herald.
City of Morganton Electric Services Department Workers were in for a surprise last week when they went to disconnect... - UPI.
Pedestrian is kicked to the ground by belligerent monkey
One unsuspecting pedestrian was viciously assaulted in the street and kicked to the ground in a terrifying attack - by a monkey.
Incredible video footage has captured the moment a man walking along a street was drop-kicked to the ground by the animal.
The monkey can be seen running at speed behind the man, before
jumping up and kicking him, dealing a powerful blow to the man's back
and knocking him to the ground.
The primate - deceptively stronger than it looks - then flees, pouncing onto a nearby car then escaping over a wall.
Stunned bystanders appear on the scene, clearly shocked by what they have just seen.
The victim, who was knocked flat onto his face, slowly stands up, evidently shaken by the 'attack'.
The belligerent monkey runs straight at the man with the clear intention of knocking him to the ground.
The footage, captured in an unknown location, was recorded by a CCTV camera.
Uploaded to YouTube only hours ago, the video has already amassed tens of thousands of views.
It is accompanied by the caption: 'This monkey is an amazing wrestler--
the man in the video gets DESTROYED by this monkey's incredible
drop-kicking abilities.'
WATCH: Monkey kicks man in the back and send him to ground.
But this is not the first time an unsuspecting human was kicked into
shape by a monkey - footage emerged last year of a similar incident in
which a man in Shimla, India, was drop-kicked by a monkey after he
provoked it.
The monkeys in the region have a terrifying reputation.
They are known to roam about in gangs, stealing tourists' food and
rummaging through bags and even peoples' pockets in order to take
valuables such as phones and cameras.
Monkey bites across the area are common and in some instances, they have caused deaths when people attempting to flee them have fallen from heights.
Countless attacks prompted calls for the belligerent primates in the
area to be sterilised, however this was shut down amid criticisms of
animal cruelty. - Daily Mail.
Dingo euthanised after attacking tourist on Fraser Island, Australia
A dangerous dingo was euthanised on Fraser Island after multiple reports of violent and aggressive behaviour.
A dingo has been humanely euthanized after it attacked a tourist on Fraser Island last week.
Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service Sunshine and Fraser Coast
Principal Ranger Ross Belcher said a tourist was bitten by the dingo
several times in an incident at Eurong late on Friday afternoon.
"A woman was walking with her boyfriend on the beachfront at Eurong when they were approached by the dingo," Mr Belcher said.
"At first the couple thought the dingo was being playful but
it then became aggressive and bit the woman four times, firstly on the
back of the leg, just behind her right knee, and then three times on her
left leg.
"The woman's companion then kept the dingo at a distance by placing
himself between her and the animal and waving his thong at it until a
passer-by in a 4-wheel-drive saw what was happening and rendered
assistance."
Mr Belcher said the couple was able to clearly identify the dingo by its tag and the animal had a history of concerning behaviour which had been escalating in recent days.
"Just one day earlier on March 31 this dingo approached a family who was fishing near Dili Village," he said.
"They were so concerned about the dingo's behaviour that they returned
to their vehicles while two of the men tried to chase it away," Mr
Belcher said.
"In a further incident on March 28 a police officer intervened when the same dingo was observed running menacingly towards two young children estimated to be under ten years of age."
He said the police officer used his siren to distract the dingo, and
drove the police car between the animal and the children to stop any
possible attack.
The officer then reminded the children's father that he needed to more closely observe the dingo safe messages.
"Rangers have been conducting extended patrols in the Eurong area in
response to the concerning behaviour exhibited by this animal and others
from the same pack."
Mr Belcher said there had been eight 'Code E' incidents of
high-risk behaviour involving dingoes on Fraser Island in 2016 and this
dingo had been involved in four of them.
"Euthanasia is a last resort but the safety of visitors to Fraser Island must come first.
"It is vitally important that everyone on the island follows the advice of rangers when it comes to being safe around dingoes.
"The most important message for families with young children is the recommendation to stay in one of the fenced camping areas." - Fraser Coast Chronicle.
