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Month: November 2021
Moose Breaks Into School in Canada
Moose crashes through window of Sylvia Fedoruk School in Saskatoon
Officials say 1 student sustained minor injuries, classes continuing as normal.
Jayme Melnyk took this picture of a moose after it smashed through a window at Sylvia Fedoruk School in Saskatoon. (Jayme Melnyk)
Jayme Melnyk says she couldn’t believe her eyes as a moose smashed into a school room located directly across the hallway from her son’s daycare.
Melnyk was dropping her two-year-old son off at an early-learning centre attached to Sylvia Fedoruk School in Saskatoon Thursday morning.
Her son spotted the moose running outside and was excited to see the huge animal at his school.
Suddenly, the moose ran through a large glass window in a community room and eventually slumped to the ground, in shock.
Despite the chaos, Melnyk kept a level head.
“I was very calm about it,” she said. “It didn’t really faze me as much as it probably should have.”
No serious injuries
The moose broke into the room just before 9 a.m. CST as a before-school program was wrapping up for the morning.
Immediately, Melnyk said the room’s supervisor gathered up the children in the room and got them to safety.
She snapped a picture of the young moose as it lay down near the classroom’s door, dazed from the experience.
Not surprisingly, her two-year-old has been talking about the experience all day long.
“We know the lady who works at the child care centre who was able to get all the kids out,” she said.
“So, he’s been talking about her a lot and how she was scared of the moose because, obviously, the moose burst through the window.”
According to Saskatoon Public Schools, the school division that oversees the elementary school, no one was seriously injured. One student sustained minor injuries but did not need medical help.
Moose tranquilized and released outside city
Ben Denis saw the moose trotting down his alley while working in his home office. He noticed a conservation officer tracking the animal, so he decided to follow behind.
When he arrived at the school, officers told him the moose had smashed inside.
Within about 45 minutes, conservation officers had tranquilized the moose and brought the unconscious animal outside.
Curious, Denis followed the conservation officers outside the city and talked to them as they stopped at a gas station.
He said he was told that the moose was in good condition and would be released outside the city.
“It’s a feel-good story, even if there was a little bit of property damage,” said Denis.
“I think it’s the type of story we need after everything that’s gone on.”
Saskatoon Public Schools said classes at the school are continuing as normal.
Curious parrot investigates highway traffic camera
Nov. 3 (UPI) — Workers with a Brazilian highway management company received a surprise when a curious Amazon parrot flew up to investigate a traffic camera.
Footage posted to Twitter by highway management company Arteris Planalto Sul shows the parrot’s head blocking the view of the highway near Curitiba as it investigates the traffic camera.
“We received a special visit,” the post said.
Environmental authorities confirmed the bird was an Amazon parrot, a species listed as endangered in Brazil and Bolivia.
Gargantuan Grotesque Potato Unearthed in New Zealand May be Largest Ever Found
A New Zealand couple cleaning out their vegetable garden were astounded when they unearthed an enormous potato that weighs a staggering 17 pounds. Colin and Donna Craig-Brown reportedly made the incredible discovery back in August as they were in the process of preparing for the forthcoming spring season Down Under. As Colin was attempting to turn some soil over with a hoe, the tool struck a sizeable solid object that made him stop in his tracks.
Carefully and slowly digging around the oddity, he eventually pulled a massive and wildly misshapen potato out of the ground. The jaw-dropping spud was so peculiar that Colin and Donna actually debated whether or not it was a potato until he poked it with a fork and confirmed that to be the case. The couple believes that the tremendous tuber, which they dubbed ‘Doug,’ had been growing unnoticed in their garden for the past two years as that was the last time that they planted potatoes.
Their amazement was compounded when they eventually put the vegetable on a scale and saw that it weighs an extraordinary 17 pounds. A subsequent check online found that the spud easily surpasses the current record holder for the title of the world’s largest potato, which is a ‘mere’ 11 pounds. However, the couple and Doug now find themselves in something of a race against time as it could take up to 12 weeks for Guinness to confirm the tuber’s championship status.
As such, the Craig-Browns have wrapped the potato in two plastic bags and are keeping it in their freezer in order to prevent it from losing too much water weight before the final judgment from Guinness can be handed down. Should the spud be awarded the title, Donna declared that “there will be a celebration.” However, Doug’s fate beyond that point remains uncertain as self-described “hobbyist homebrewer’ Craig has considered using the tuber to create a special vodka or, failing that, he jokingly mused “we’ll fence it off and I reckon I could charge at least five bucks admission.”
Wild Jagged Skyscraper in New York City
56 Leonard Street is an 821 feet (250 m) tall, 57-story skyscraper currently under construction on Leonard Street in, New York City, United States. The Pritzker Prize-winning Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron describes the building as “houses stacked in the sky.”
The building has 145 condominium residences priced between US$3.5 million and US$50 million. Residences will range in size from 1,418 to 6,400 square feet (131.7 to 594.6 m2) and will include 2 to 5 bedrooms all with private outdoor space.
As of May 2013, 70% of the building had sold. According to building developer Izak Senbahar, the building was 92% sold in seven months. In June 2013, a penthouse at 56 Leonard went into contract for US$47 million, making it the most expensive residential property ever sold below Midtown Manhattan.
The building was completed in 2016. Due to its cantilevered balconies it has been nicknamed as the Jenga building by the media.
Chinese Elevated Bus to Travel over Vehicles
Engineers in China have designed a novel new transportation method in the form of an enormous elevated bus which may make traffic jams a thing of the past.
The innovative vehicle, dubbed the ‘Transit Elevated Bus,’ would cruise along Chinese highways passing over cars and trucks that are driving below it.
Propelled via rails embedded in the road, the giant bus is designed to seat an incredible 1,200 passengers in its three massive carriages.
The engineer tasked with implementing the project contends that construction of the bus should cost a fraction of what it would take to build a new subway and accrue considerably less maintenance costs as well.
And, despite its futuristic appearance, the jaw dropping vehicle looks to be comparatively easy to construct as Chinese officials expect to begin testing the first ‘mega bus’ later this year.
Provided the trial period goes well, the Transit Elevated Bus could be in widespread use throughout Chinese cities sometime in the next year or two.
Whether the unique vehicle makes it way over to America in the future remains to be seen, but we’re hopeful that it does, because it looks like an incredibly fun way to travel and an awesome way to beat the traffic.
Central Park Tower NYC
Also known as Nordstrom Tower. At 1,550 feet, it has the highest roof height of any building in the United States, surpassing the Willis Tower by 100 feet (30 m). The building is also the tallest residential building in the world both by roof height and architectural height. Construction was delayed in 2015 and resumed in 2017. Topped out in September 2019. The building is listed as having 99 floors. Other sources put it at over 100 floors.
Pensacola police trying to wrangle a pig on the loose
Pig on the loose! Pensacola police capture runaway pig after hour-long chase near downtown.
A Pensacola Police Department officer apprehends a runaway pot belly pig on Spring Street on Tuesday.
At least five officers from the Pensacola Police Department spent about an hour Tuesday morning chasing a runaway pig just north downtown Pensacola.
“No warrants on the pig, don’t know why he’s running or where he came from,” PPD spokesman Officer Mike Wood said in a text message.
At least five officers from the Pensacola police Department spent about an hour Tuesday morning chasing a runaway pig just north downtown Pensacola.
“No warrants on the pig, don’t know why he’s running or where he came from,” PPD spokesman Officer Mike Wood said in a text message.
The five officers were joined in the chase by at least two animal control officers and two code enforcement officers.
“What we were trying to do is keep him north of Garden Street because if the pig ran out on to Garden Street, it could cause all sorts of problems,” Wood told the News Journal. “Garden Street is a busy street, and if he ran out onto Garden, the pig could get hit. So we were trying to keep him north of Garden until Animal Patrol could get there.”
The chase began at about 7:15 a.m. near the intersection of West Jackson and North Coyle streets. It ended when a field training PPD officer leapt onto and apprehended the pig at about 8:15 a.m. near the law offices of Ferry & Ferry close to the intersection of North Spring and West La Rua streets.
As of Tuesday morning, Wood said the pig was being kept in “protective custody.” The owner of the pig is asked to contact PPD at 850-435-1901.
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