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Disturbing moment baby owl clamps starts eating a live gecko

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Disturbing moment baby owl clamps its talons around a live gecko’s neck and starts eating the helpless reptile Lamai Janta recorded the footage at her home in Tak province, northern Thailand The birdling, named Hedwig, used its pointed beak and razor-sharp talons It devoured the blue and orange tokay gecko much to fascination of its … Read more

Germany clamps down on SINGING over coronavirus fears

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German authorities are warning against singing and several states have banned it from church services over fears it spreads the coronavirus.  The ‘increased production of potentially infectious droplets’ involved in singing means that choirs are facing a longer shutdown even as shops and restaurants re-open, the government says.  Lothar Wieler, the head of Germany’s RKI … Read more

Ban on sale of wet wood and house coal hits 2.5m homes as Government clamps down on air pollution

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Homeowners will be stopped from buying coal and wet wood logs from next year as part of a Government clampdown on toxic air pollution. An estimated 2.5million homes in the UK have hearths with open fires or woodburning stoves. But from 2021, traditional coal and wet wood, used by thousands across Britain, will be phased … Read more