Mystery illness strikes after meteorite hits Peruvian village

LIMA (AFP) - Villagers in southern Peru were struck by a mysterious illness after a meteorite made a fiery crash to Earth in their area, regional authorities said Monday.

Residents complained of headaches and vomiting brought on by a "strange odor," local health department official Jorge Lopez told Peruvian radio RPP.

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Some villagers then developed super strength, and super powers. Cool...

Religion of the Indians

Multi-cultural, multi-religion Indians

Man attacked by an owl

Imagine you were jogging and suddenly an owl decides to use your head as target practice and a scratching pool. That is just what happened to this guy at San Antonio, Texas.

I've always know owls are evil night drawlers. Just lucky it's not this giant crab or the devil's goat.

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Man dies after 3-day of non-stop gaming

BEIJING, China (AP) -- A man in southern China appears to have died of exhaustion after a three-day Internet gaming binge, state media said Monday.

The 30-year-old man fainted at a cyber cafe in the city of Guangzhou Saturday afternoon after he had been playing games online for three days, the Beijing News reported.

What a way to die. I guess it's game over for him then.

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Holy crab! thats huge!

Photo spotted on Digg. Here are some info about the so called Coconut crab on Wikipedia.

"The coconut crab is admired for its strength, and it is said that villagers use this animal to guard their coconut plantations. A coconut crab may attack a person if it is threatened. The coconut crab, especially if it is not yet fully grown, is also sold as a pet, for example in Tokyo. The cage must be strong enough that the animal cannot use its powerful claws to escape."

ooh?

Scaring people can be fun

Scaring you peers is funny. Taping them is funnier!

Alex the smartest Parrot on the planet has died

Alex the famous African gray parrot, renowned for the landmark cognition research conducted by owner Dr. Irene Pepperberg, Ph.D., has died at the age of 31.

Alex, the little bird brain, is able to identify different objects, colors, shapes, and quantities of up to six. Alex also understood the concept of bigger and smaller, same or different. How's that for a bird brain?

Alex also had the emotional level of a 2-year-old child, Pepperberg says. After repeating some learning trials dozens of times, Alex would become tired and throw objects off the trays with his beak. When visiting the veterinarian, Alex would go back in his cage and slam the door. Yes smart people are like that too.

How would Alex say goodbye? Pepperberg says that she imagines it would sound something like what Alex would say to her every night before going to bed: "You be good. I love you. See you tomorrow."

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