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The exhibit, Sea Monsters Revealed: Aquatic Bodies, includes the preserved bodies of sharks and other animals with their flesh stripped away to expose muscles, bones, and organs underneath. The exhibit is similar to the popular Bodies and Body Worlds exhibits of dissected human bodies that have toured the world.
The show includes 18 big sea creatures along with more than 150 individual organs and smaller animals. The preserved specimens do not include animals from the Georgia Aquarium. The aquarium says all of the animals in the exhibit were recovered from fisheries and other sources in accordance with animal protection standards.
A police impersonator picked the wrong man when he approached an undercover detective and demanded he hand over drugs as part of a police drug bust, authorities in Colorado said.
The undercover detective was in a mobile phone store speaking to a clerk when a man came in demanding to know why the detective had so many phones and accused him of being a drug dealer, according to the Pueblo Chieftain. He demanded the detective “give him the drugs”, according to the paper.
The detective then turned the tables on the impersonator, showing the man his own law enforcement credentials, and advised the man he was under arrest on suspicion of impersonation of a police officer. Authorities say Roland Herrera was taken to jail.
A Wisconsin legislator is introducing a bill — no pun intended — that would legalise duck races.
Well, not real ducks but the plastic ones with numbers on the bottom. Non-profit organisations commonly race the little plastic ducks as fundraisers. Participants usually buy a raffle ticket corresponding with a duck’s number. The first to float across the finish line wins.
State representative Andre Jacque circulated a proposal to legalise the races. He says the village of Mishicot was warned by the Wisconsin department of justice that its annual rubber duck race amounts to illegal gambling. Jacque’s bill creates an exemption for duck races, similar to laws in Minnesota and Michigan.
Rubber duck races in Wisconsin include the “Ducktona 500” in Sheboygan Falls and the “Lucky Ducky Derby” in Menomonee Falls.
Grave plots should be re-used to address a shortfall in spaces, an academic has said.
Churches and other authorities with responsibilities for burial grounds should look at the role they play in society on the continent, according to Julie Rugg, of the University of York’s Cemetery Research Group.
Research by the BBC’s local radio stations found that 44% of cemeteries are expected to be full within 20 years, with a quarter full within the next decade. Dr Rugg said there needed to be a rethink about reusing graves.
A suburban Dallas police officer ended up playing midwife to one mother in labour.
Gene Kimpton says he entered a home in Carrollton with his weapon drawn. All he knew is there was some sort of emergency situation in the house.
A young boy pointed Kimpton into the bathroom, where his mother — who hadn’t realised she was pregnant — was in labour.
Kimpton helped guide the baby boy out and wrapped him in a towel until paramedics arrived and cut the umbilical cord.
Police say the mother and child are resting comfortably at an area hospital.
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