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Heroic beachgoers rescue shark stranded on beach
A group of beachgoers rescued a struggling beached shark in Perth, Australia last Sunday.
According to reports, the group was visiting Quinns Rocks when they saw the species, believed to be ‘mako shark,’ which swam close to the shore.
A video posted showed the distressed shark thrashing in the shallow water while opening and closing its mouth as seven men pushed it back into the ocean.
‘Mako sharks’ according to officials are classified as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, therefore, the group of men rescuing the species was, indeed, termed heroic deed by social media users.
Meanwhile, in another viral video, a filmmaker managed to record the moment a shark chomped down on his camera, showing what it is like to be eaten by a shark.
Filmmaker and conservationist, Zimy Da Kid, was shooting a documentary in the Maldives when a tiger shark circling him took a bit of his camera. The video caught the inside of the shark’s mouth in incredible detail, with its huge teeth and gills visible. – ndtv.com
An Alberta baseball team hosted a Guinness World Record attempt involving an Australian shepherd jumping across the backs of 56 people.
The Edmonton Riverhawks, an amateur summer collegiate team in the West Coast League, hosted the record attempt for the most jumps between people by a dog in one minute during a June 14 game.
Chardonnay, a 4-year-old Australian shepherd belonging to dog trainer Jennifer Fraser, bounded across the backs of 56 fans arranged in a straight line in the outfield.
The record’s rules set a time limit of one minute, but Chardonnay managed to set the record in just 16 seconds.
Fraser said she trained Chardonnay to jump onto her back a few years ago, and her trick repertoire has since expanded.
“Jumping across backs is just one of her many skills,” Fraser said.
Firefighters and an animal control officer in San Francisco came to the rescue of a wild parrot that got its head stuck between panes of glass on a third-floor balcony.
San Francisco Animal Care & Control said on social media that Officer Mullen responded alongside the San Francisco Fire Department on Sunday when a parrot was spotted with its head stuck between two panes of glass on the balcony of an under-construction building.
Firefighters went to the roof of a building and lowered a ladder to the balcony, where they were able to slide the bird upward to free its head.
“They wrapped the bird in a towel and handed it off to Officer Mullen, who checked out the bird,” the post said. “Thankfully they were fine: their wings, legs and neck were all OK, so Officer Mullen released the bird.”
The parrot made its way to a nearby tree to rest on a branch. UPI.com
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