Shut Ins: Britain’s Fattest People viewers brand husband of a 30st woman her ‘servant’ and ‘feeder’

Shut Ins: Britain’s Fattest People viewers branded the husband of a 30st woman her ‘servant’ and ‘feeder’ after he was shown fetching her food, and pandering to every whim.   In last night’s episode of the Channel 4 show, Samantha, 35, from Hartlepool, told how she felt too ashamed to go out, and left the responsibilities … Read more

Scientist trains magpies to exchange bottle caps for food using high-tech bird feeder 

Bird-brained scheme: Scientist trains magpies to exchange bottle caps for food using high-tech bird feeder A computer scientist trained magpies to trade bottle caps for food Hans Forsberg built a birdbox that uses a Raspberry Pi system and sensors Birds drop a bottle cap through a hole and sensors activate the feeder The feeder releases … Read more

Squirrel jumps off house ROOF to land on bird feeder after its attempts to climb the pole fail

I will NUT be beaten! Squirrel jumps off house ROOF to land on bird feeder after its attempts to climb the pole fail A homeowner’s quarantine bird feeder project was ruined by a cheeky squirrel The squirrel found new ways of getting on the feeder in White Plains, New York Footage shot on Wednesday shows … Read more

Bear obeys man teling it to get away from bird feeder

‘Down!’: Hilarious moment guy orders bear to leave his bird-feeder alone and the huge beast obeys by climbing down tree A bear climbed a tree to get to a bird feeder in  Steamboat Springs in Colorado  Scott Bixby saw the bear and managed to get it to back off by telling it ‘down’  After getting lots of … Read more

Hilarious moment squirrel runs on the spot as it tries to climb greased bird feeder

‘Pole 1, Squirrel 0’: Hilarious moment squirrel runs on the spot as it tries to climb greased bird feeder Leslie McLeod filmed the squirrel in Chester, New Hampshire, on Monday The squirrel tries to climb a greased pole 11 times before sliding back down  Leslie greases her bird feeder to deter pesky rodents steeling her … Read more

Giant fish from 380 million years ago was a suspension feeder

A giant fish that lived around 380 million years ago fed in a similar way to basking sharks, the second-largest living shark in the world today, scientists report.     The Titanichthys, from the class of pre-historic fish called the placoderm, was a suspension-feeder – it captured and ingested food particles suspended in water.  A Titanichthys fossil that was … Read more

Hilarious moment squirrel is defeated by an oiled bird feeder pole and gently slides to the ground 

Nuts to that! Hilarious moment squirrel is defeated by an oiled bird feeder pole and gently slides to the ground Cheeky squirrel desperately tries to scrabble up the pole in Buckinghamshire  Bird feeder owner had used extra virgin olive oil to foil the greedy squirrel’s plan  While he slowly slides down the police the squirrel … Read more