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September 14, 2011

Giant Crocodile

A massive crocodile weighing one ton (1,075kg) has been caught by villagers in a remote area in the Philippines. At 21ft. (6.4m), it is thought to be one of the biggest crocodile to be caught alive.


After weeks of hide-and-seek with the crocodile hunters, the big lizard was finally caught in one of the traps set by the hunters. It is reported that some residents of the village was gone and is believed to be attacked by the said crocodile that was caught. One of which reportedly gone was a little girl.


After the big croc was caught, many of the villagers were thankful because they can now sleep tight without the thought of being eaten by the giant animal. The animal was then turned over to the authorities for it to be kept safe and away from humans so that it can't harm anyone anymore.


It is reported that one of the hunters was hurt during the capture of the said animal. The crocodile swept its huge tail and hit the leg of one of the hunters that cause it to be fractured and broken. The injured hunter was then immediately taken to the nearby hospital to be cared for.


Now that the big crocodile was caught, it is said that there is another crocodile living in the said area which is bigger than the caught one. And while villagers was happy with the caught of the first, they are still in danger to be fallen victim for the second and bigger crocodile.

Crocodile hunters said that they will pursue the other crocodile up until December and hopefully they will capture it by then. Because when December comes, the rains will start falling and the water level will be as high as ever and it will then be hard for them to operate in that said condition.




September 12, 2011

Astronaut traces on the Moon


A spacecraft that circles the moon captured a high quality photo of the moon. In this photo shows the tracks and trashes left by the Apollo astronauts in their moon visits from 1969 - 1972.

These images were taken by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter which is located around 13 to 15 miles from the moons surface. The images shows the paths that the astronauts left while walking on the moon as well as ruts left by the moon buggy. Some experts can even identify some backpacks that the astronauts pitched out of their lunar landers on the way back to Earth.

"What we're seeing is a trail," said Arizona State University geology professor Mark Robinson, the orbiters chief scientist. "It's totally awesome," he added. Robinson also said that the orbiter isn't close enough to see individual footprints of the astronauts.

The images were snapped in August 2011 that shows the landing sites of Apollo 12, 14 and 17. The closest image taken were that of the Apollo 17 site of 1972, the last moon mission.


September 8, 2011

Canine with the biggest ears!


Meet Harbor, the black-and-tan coonhound owned by Jennifer Wert of Boulder Colorado. He is the Guinness world record holder for the longest canine ears in the planet. His left one measures 12¼in while the right is longer at 13½in.

Coonhound breed was developed to hunt raccoons with the long ears sweeping the smell to their ears.

Harbor's ear span is greater than the height of the worlds smallest man which is Junrey Balawing who is only 23.5 inches tall. His ears is also wider than the worlds road-legal car which is 26 inches wide.