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Man moves large snake off road with bare hands
A video of a person moving a snake which was crossing a road with his bare hands has caught Twitter’s attention.
In the clip, uploaded by Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Parveen Kaswan on Twitter, the man was seen alighting from a vehicle and casually walking towards the snake.
He then picked the serpent by its tail and moved it into the forest as people, in the background, were heard shouting and advising him against it. Moments later, the snake slithers its way into the forest.
According to Mr Kaswan, the incident took place in South India.
He wrote: “Going into wildlife habitat and disturbing or saving it from a road accident. Your views on it.” At the time of writing this, the video had amassed more than 14,000 views on Twitter where users were quick in responding to Mr Kaswan’s question.
For many, the man saved the snake from a mishap as it could have come under a vehicle.
“Looks like he was saving it from being run over,” one user said.
“I feel it is better to just turn off your headlights and wait for the snake to cross. This had happened to me once and we just waited for the snake to pass. Not all roads near or inside forest divisions have night time restrictions so this is a common occurrence,” another user said. —ndtv.com
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Message in bottle floats from Canada to Ireland in 13 years
A message in a bottle launched by visitors to Newfoundland’s Bell Island was found washed up on an Irish beach nearly 13 years later, after apparently crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
Kate Gay said she was walking a Dingle Peninsula beach this week when she spotted the wine bottle with a sheet of paper inside.
Gay showed the bottle to members of Creative Ireland NeartnaMacharaí during a meeting at her house that evening, and they broke the bottle open.
The note, written by a couple named Brad and Anita, was dated Sept. 12, 2012. The letter described the couple’s day trip to Bell Island.
There was a phone number on the letter, but there was no answer when group members tried to call.
The Maharees Heritage and Conservation group posted photos of the bottleto social media on Monday, and within an hour group members were messaging with Anita.
Group member Martha Farrell said Anita reported that she and Brad had married in 2016 and are still together to this day. -upi.com
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Woman earns world record for collection of 15,485 egg cups
A Spanish woman who has been collecting egg cups for over 50 years earned a Guinness World Record when her collection was tallied at 15,485 items.
María José Fuster recruited two witnesses to help her tally her collection at a community center in her hometown of Campo, Spain.
Fuster’s collection includes multiple patterns, colors, designs and even novelty cups bearing the images of characters including Superman, Betty Boop and Garfield.
Fuster maintains two blogs related to her hobby — one to catalog each piece, and one to list the names of the people who have donated egg cups to her collection.
Some of her most prized egg cups, about 1,143 of them, are currently on display at a local museum.
-upi.com
