Highlights of the week of March 18-24
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Another incident involving reptiles was reported this week, this time in India. In addition, funny photos of bears and more have appeared online.
An Indian blogger sold the poison
As stereotypical as it may seem, whenever you hear a story about cobras and the use of poison, you have to wonder if it happened in India. And it's not even the fact that the cobra is considered one of the country's main attributes. The problem is the sophisticated and often incomprehensible ways of entertainment in Asia.
One of them is the use of snake venom as a narcotic. Similar to marijuana, snake venom is used for recreational purposes. A popular Indian youtuber, Elvish Yadav, has been arrested for selling venom and is accused of illegal snake trade and distributing venom at raves.
The blogger himself denies guilt and expresses his desire to cooperate fully with the police, but is still in custody pending the outcome of the investigation.
Bears on a catamaran
Keepers at Woburn Safari Park in the UK have captured some unusual footage. After heavy rainfall created a mini lake in the bears' enclosure, the keepers lowered an old catamaran in the shape of a swan onto the water.
The bears were immediately interested in their new neighbor and quickly began to learn the technique. According to the zookeepers, bears are extremely curious animals, so it is up to humans to keep them in a normal state of mind and body when they are in captivity.
To do this, they have to come up with different ways of feeding and entertaining the bears to make their experience as natural as if they were foraging in the wild. The catamaran is hardly a "new way" to get food, but at least the footage is spectacular.
A pensioner found the biggest nugget
It's important to clarify — the largest in the history of England. Richard Brock, 67, was late for the group raskovki in which he was supposed to participate because of a faulty detector. When he finally got to work, however, he found gold just minutes later at a depth of about 15 centimeters.
Brock had never found such a large specimen in his 35-year career. The 64.8 gram specimen broke the previous record of a 54 gram nugget. However, much larger deposits of the precious metal have been found on the territory of Great Britain.
A nugget weighing 97.12 grams was found in Wales, and a nugget weighing 121.3 grams was found in Scotland.
