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Elephants kill tourist in South Africa after he tried to get close to take pictures.



A Spanish tourist reportedly has been "trampled to death" by elephants in South Africa after he tried to get close to them to take pictures.

The fatal incident involving the 43-year-old man happened Sunday at the Pilanesberg National Park outside of Johannesburg, officials told the AFP.

"Reports suggest that the man stopped the vehicle... and went closer to the elephants to take pictures," police spokesman Sabata Mokgwabone told the news agency, with authorities adding that the tourist was in the company of his fiancée.

The North West Parks and Tourism Board (NWPTB) told the AFP that a female elephant then charged at the man and "he was unfortunately not able to escape or evade the elephant, which was now joined by the whole herd, and was caught and trampled to death."

"The elephants moved away immediately from the scene without any aggression toward the nearby vehicles and eventually disappeared into the bushes," the agency added.

NWPTB Chief Conservation Officer Pieter Nel said the female elephant became "agitated" by seeing the man approaching the herd and that it’s normal for them to try to "defend the young ones."

"Lots of tourists are oblivious to the dangers and do not realize how dangerous these animals can be," Nel said to the AFP.

The tourist’s fiancée and two other women that were traveling in his vehicle reportedly were unharmed.

Officials at Pilanesberg National Park recommend visitors driving through the area keep their windows closed and not leave their vehicles, according to the AFP.

 

[Zorba]

Elephants kill tourist in South Africa after he tried to get close to take pictures.



A Spanish tourist reportedly has been "trampled to death" by elephants in South Africa after he tried to get close to them to take pictures.

The fatal incident involving the 43-year-old man happened Sunday at the Pilanesberg National Park outside of Johannesburg, officials told the AFP.

"Reports suggest that the man stopped the vehicle... and went closer to the elephants to take pictures," police spokesman Sabata Mokgwabone told the news agency, with authorities adding that the tourist was in the company of his fiancée.

The North West Parks and Tourism Board (NWPTB) told the AFP that a female elephant then charged at the man and "he was unfortunately not able to escape or evade the elephant, which was now joined by the whole herd, and was caught and trampled to death."

"The elephants moved away immediately from the scene without any aggression toward the nearby vehicles and eventually disappeared into the bushes," the agency added.

NWPTB Chief Conservation Officer Pieter Nel said the female elephant became "agitated" by seeing the man approaching the herd and that it’s normal for them to try to "defend the young ones."

"Lots of tourists are oblivious to the dangers and do not realize how dangerous these animals can be," Nel said to the AFP.

The tourist’s fiancée and two other women that were traveling in his vehicle reportedly were unharmed.

Officials at Pilanesberg National Park recommend visitors driving through the area keep their windows closed and not leave their vehicles, according to the AFP.

Darwin Award nominee...

 

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Couple arrested after X-rated margarita stunt in restaurant goes viral — and they accidentally called the cops on themselves​

They became the butt of their own joke.
A Georgia couple were filmed engaging in an explicit act with a margarita inside a Mexican restaurant — and were later arrested after the wife complained to cops about the X-rated video spreading online, according to a report.

A Georgia couple who filmed themselves engaging in an explicit act with a margarita inside a Mexican restaurant were arrested.
Joe Boyett took a now-viral video of himself attempting to funnel a margarita down the butt of his wife, Mary Sweats, inside Rodeo Mexican Restaurant in Waycross, Georgia, according to TMZ.

However, Boyett couldn’t get the funnel to work — so he tossed it and poured the tequila-based beverage from the pitcher straight down his wife’s rear end as she was on all fours in the restaurant’s booth.
Screengrabs from the explicit video show a woman on her hands and knees in a restaurant booth with her butt exposed, with the man in a baseball cap and orange shirt holding a margarita behind her.
One image shows him pouring the beverage while another shows him grinning after completing the act.

The couple were only arrested after the wife complained to cops that their video had been leaked online.
Sweats then called the cops to complain about their raunchy video being leaked and going viral online — a call that instead triggered the couple’s arrests, TMZ said.
According to the outlet, the police had been unaware of their salt-rimmed shenanigans until that point, but once they were made aware of the video, they arrested the pair.
Boyett turned himself in on Monday while Sweat did so on Tuesday, TMZ said.

The restaurant is investigating the incident.
Police said another explicit clip taken by the couple shows Sweat exposing her breasts and Boyett putting her left breast in his mouth while she pulls him closer.
The restaurant, located in the southern Georgia city of Waycross, slammed the “inappropriate” incident and warned that any employees involved would be facing consequences.
“We recently became aware of an inappropriate incident that took place in our restaurant,” a letter shared by the restaurant online read. “We want to make it clear that such behavior is completely unacceptable and does not reflect our values or mission to provide a family-friendly dining experience.”

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The restaurant is probing whether an employee was involved in the X-rated antics.

While Sweat was a willing participant in the funnel fiasco, the restaurant is probing whether a so-far-unidentified employee was also involved in the X-rated antics.

“We are taking the matter very seriously and are conducting a thorough investigation in collaboration with the authorities,” the restaurant added. “Any employees found to be involved will face appropriate action.”

https://nypost.com/2024/07/10/us-news/couple-arrested-for-x-rated-margarita-stunt-in-restaurant/

 

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Couple arrested after X-rated margarita stunt in restaurant goes viral — and they accidentally called the cops on themselves

Here's their song.

 

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https://www.foxnews.com/us/ohio-mom-dies-frantic-effort-save-6-year-old-son-from-carjacker

An Ohio mom who jumped in front of her own car in an effort to save her sleeping 6-year-old son from carjackers died Thursday after the thieves sent her flying onto the pavement.

Alexa Stakely, 29, was picking up her son from his babysitter's condo at 6300 Blue Knoll Drive in Canal Winchester when she put him in a car seat and went back inside to grab some of his stuff around 1:30 a.m., according to city police.

When she came out again, she saw a stranger in the driver's seat of her 2022 Honda SUV.

She tried to stop him by jumping on the hood. He hit the gas, throwing her onto the pavement and causing a fatal head injury.

Police were on the hunt for two male suspects in connection with the case after they allegedly dumped the car up the road and ran away, hopping over a fence into a neighboring apartment complex. They were part of a larger group of people seen on surveillance video peeping through windows earlier that night, according to authorities.

Police found the child in the abandoned vehicle. He was not physically harmed.

Stakely earned a master's degree from Ohio State and worked as a speech-language therapist at a local elementary school, police said. She was a single mom and worked a second job as a waitress to provide for her son and was picking up her son after her shift

 

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"Shocked medics have had to perform surgery on a farmer after discovering an 18-inch long vegetable stuck in his backside.

The 60-year-old patient, from the Chhatarpur district of Madhya Pradesh in India, called an ambulance to his farm on Sunday after suffering from severe stomach pain.
Once in hospital, doctors were astonished when an X-ray revealed the cause of the unnamed man's discomfort.
A giant vegetable, a bottle gourd or lauki as they are known locally, had been rammed through his rectum and become stuck in his anal cavity. It was pressing onto his abdomen causing severe pain.
Surgeons at the District Hospital Chhatarpur (DHC) performed a marathon two-and-a-half hour operation to remove the foreign object. "

 

[BlueC]

Shocked medics have had to perform surgery on a farmer after discovering an 18-inch long vegetable stuck in his backside.

Must have slipped and fell while mopping in the kitchen.

 

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Must have slipped and fell while mopping in the kitchen.

 

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That really needs to be one of those informative posters on the wall or door in the ER.

 

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That really needs to be one of those informative posters on the wall or door in the ER.

Or on the walls of kitchens and pet stores.

 

[Zorba]

That really needs to be one of those informative posters on the wall or door in the ER.

Too late by then.

 

[BlueC]

Too late by then.

Yeah, but I really like to drive home the shame and embarrassment.

 

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Yeah, but I really like to drive home the shame and embarrassment.

Saw this at Petsmart a while back when the Mrs was getting food for the snakes.

I'm thinking these two may not be the best for selling gerbils.

 

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Saw this at Petsmart a while back when the Mrs was getting food for the snakes.

I'm thinking these two may not be the best for selling gerbils.

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Paris Olympics ‘gold’ medals contain only six grams of gold​

(Kitco News) - The 2024 Summer Games in Paris will kick off with a bang on Friday, with tousands of athletes from around the world coming together to compete for the top prize: an Olympic gold medal.

While the amount of bullion in each prize has remained a constant in all Olympics medals, unique elements are featured in all the designs, and Paris 2024 is no different.

This will actually be the third time Paris has hosted the Summer Games and the 2024 medals reflect the city’s rich history. Each medal is set with an original piece of the Eiffel Tower, which was built a year before Paris’ first summer games in 1900.

The medals for this year’s Olympics were created by LVMH jeweler Chaumet.

“Globally renowned for its craftsmanship, Chaumet has made the medal into a veritable jewel, with a construction conceived around three sources of inspiration: the hexagon, radiance, and gem-setting,” the Paris 2024 committee said in a statement.

The piece of the Eiffel Tower is in the shape of a hexagon, representing the shape of France.

The other side of the medal features the goddess of victory Athena Nike, emerging from the Panathenaic Stadium that witnessed the revival of the Olympic Games in 1896. This has been a standard feature on all medals since 2004.

For Paralympic medals, the other side features a graphic representation of the Eiffel Tower as seen from below. The medal also has ‘Paris’ and ‘2024’ written in Braille, the tactile writing system used by people who are visually impaired which was created by French inventor Louis Braille.

Aside from the unique features, the medals are created to fixed specifications, established by the International Olympic Committee.

In keeping with Olympic guidelines, the gold medal contains only six grams of actual gold bullion. According to reports, the gold medal weighs 529 grams, and it is made with 92.5% silver and plated with gold representing 1.34% of the metal, with the remainder made of copper.

With such little gold, the melt value of the medal is just over $1,000. If the medal as made of pure gold it would be worth $45,000.

The silver medal, which weighs 525 grams, is 92.5% silver with the remainder made of copper.

The bronze medal weighs 455 grams and is composed of 97% copper, 2.5% zinc and 0.5% tin.

All of the medals are 85 millimeters across and 9.2 millimeters thick.

An estimated 5,084 medals were created for the games — roughly 2,600 for the Olympics and 2,400 for the Paralympics.

The Opening Ceremonies of the Paris Summer Games will begin at 7:30 p.m. local time, or 1:30 p.m. EDT, on Friday, July 26.

 

[BlueC]

Paris Olympics ‘gold’ medals contain only six grams of gold

And still overvalued.

 

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13693493/Eel-doctors-pull-eel-anus-Vietnam.html

A man who stuffed a live eel up his backside was left in agony when the sharp-toothed sea creature tried to bite its way out of his digestive tract.

Horrified medics in Vietnam discovered the 26-inch long eel in X-ray scans taken to diagnose the cause of his pain on July 27, local media reports.

They found the eel had attempted to chew its way out by biting through the wall of his large intestine.

But initial attempts to remove the fish with a probe through his anus were thwarted when medics at Viet Duc Hospital, in Hanoi, found a lemon stuffed up there too.

Surgeons had to cut in through his abdomen to remove the eel with forceps, with stomach-churning pictures showing the creature on the operating table.



Doctors manipulated the lemon back down through the patient's anus until it popped out before stitching up the hole in his intestine and cleaning out leaked faecal matter.

Medics say he would have died without treatment and will have to live with a colostomy bag for the rest of his life.

Hospital officials have not named the patient and only identified him as a 31-year-old Indian national.

Hospital Deputy Director of the Center for Colon and Rectal Surgery Dr Le Nhat Huy said they had performed many surgeries to remove foreign objects from patients' anuses.

He told local media how they had removed everything from glass bottles to sex toys.

But this was, he said, the first time they had had to remove a live animal.

Dr Huy warned: 'Eels are animals that can survive in anaerobic conditions for a long time and can puncture the digestive tract.

'People should absolutely not insert animals through their anus to create a strong sensation, as the consequences can be severe.'

Experts say that as long as they are damp and out of direct sunlight eels can survive many days out of water.

 

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A man who stuffed a live eel up his backside was left in agony when the sharp-toothed sea creature tried to bite its way out of his digestive tract.

... medics at Viet Duc Hospital, in Hanoi, found a lemon stuffed up there too.

WTF is wrong with people.

 

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WTF is wrong with people.

There's a lot of mental illness out there and we are supposed to normalize it.

 

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