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No. Just no. We’re not going there and getting people all worked up again. But this is all that the mainstream media knows how to do.
A 41-year-old Chinese man has been confirmed as the first human case of infection with a rare bird flu strain.
Officials did not give details on how the man got infected but the H10N3 strain is thought to not easily spread from humans to humans.
A mother bear ferociously attacked a Colorado man in his garage on Sunday night, wildlife officials said.
The man was hospitalized and needed surgery for severe cuts to his head and legs — but he was expected to survive, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said in a statement released Monday.
The man had stored bird seed and other items that could attract bears in his garage at his house near Steamboat Springs, the statement said.
A wolf robot that can roar and flash its eyes red to scare off brown bears entering populated areas has been introduced in this city in Japan’s northernmost prefecture after a steep rise in sightings of the animals in residential parts of the city.
The “monster wolf” developed by a firm in the Hokkaido town of Naie and others was installed by the Takikawa Municipal Government in September in a bid to “avoid friction between residents and bears.” The initiative marks the first time for the mechanical wolf to be deployed in front of general housing, and since its arrival on the scene, there have been no eyewitness reports of bears. An individual connected to its installation said reassuringly, “At the very least it’s effective in making residents feel at ease.”
A third (33%) of the 3,500 American 11-24-year-olds said that they’ve never seen a cow in person.
A man who paid $150 for a “full-contact experience” with a black leopard says he had to undergo multiple surgeries after he was mauled by the fully-grown animal in an enclosure.
“It was like a six-point buck. I’m staring at it. I was like, I can’t believe this right now. And then the thing started going crazy jumping up on the station.”
“I just screamed, ‘Oh my God! The bear is here! The bear is in the driveway!'”
