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WORLD’S SMALLEST DOG Milly the Chihuahua may be small, but she has a big appetite. The pooch, who’s the shortest dog by height on record, refuses to eat anything other than food cooked by humans—her favorites are chicken and salmon. Just 3.8 inches tall at the shoulders, Milly is about as high as a cell phone. When she was born she weighed less than an ounce and could fit in a teaspoon. MILES OF GUM WRAPPERS It’s the ultimate upcycling project: Instead of throwing away his gum wrappers, Gary Duschl has been folding them together for more than 50 years, creating a gum wrapper chain that stretches nearly 17 miles, the longest on record. So far the chain has more than 2.1 million wrappers linked together, and Duschl…
High Up Hotel GREEN MAGIC NATURE RESORT WHERE Vythiri, India HOW MUCH About $220 a night WHY IT’S COOL Riding a pulley-operated lift 86 feet to your treetop room is just the start of your adventure. As you look out your open window—there’s no glass!—you spy monkeys and birds in the rain forest canopy. Later you might test your fear of heights by crossing the handmade rope bridge to the main part of the hotel, or just sit on your bamboo bed and read. You don’t even have to come down for breakfast—the hotel will send it up on the pulley-drawn “elevator.” COOL THINGS ABOUT INDIA Chutes and Ladders, a popular board game, originated in ancient India. Over 700 languages are spoken here. India produces more movies than any other…
GOOSE GUARDS BULL Gisborne, New Zealand A big Highland bull like Hamish probably doesn’t need a bodyguard, but this goose disagrees. Whenever the bull is grazing in the pasture, the goose watches for cattle that—in the bird’s opinion—get way too close. “Then the goose will stretch out his neck, shriek, and chase the other cows and bulls away,” says Kees Weytsmans, owner of the Knapdale Eco Lodge where the two live. Hamish and the goose have been inseparable for 10 years—ever since the bird was found resting on Hamish’s leg a week after the bull was born. Since then, the goose has rarely left Hamish’s side. Weytsmans once moved Hamish to another rancher’s pasture for a few nights. But one evening apart was all the goose could stand. “The next…
COZY CLUCKERS WHAT Sweaters for hens WHERE Norwich, England DETAILS Word on the farm is that wool sweaters for chickens are all the rage. People across England knitted “woolly jumpers” for rescued hens that had lost feathers from stressful living conditions. About 1,500 hens were fitted with sweaters of all designs—stripes, bows, and even a few holiday themes. VADER RULES THE SKY WHAT Guanajuato International Air Balloon Festival WHERE León, Mexico DETAILS This might be the Rebels’ worst nightmare. Participants at this festival soared across the sky in giant hot-air balloons, such as this one shaped like Darth Vader’s mask. More than a hundred balloons fly each yearanything from pandas to bees to scarecrows. But don’t worry. This Vader’s only full of hot air. THE HANDS GO MARCHING IN WHAT…
1 A A bullfrog bullfrog named named Rosie Rosie the the Ribiter Ribiter traveled traveled more more than than 21 21 feet feetin in 3 3 hops hops .. 2 A chorus of frog calls can be heard more than a mile away. 3 Certain frogs can produce more than 200,000 eggs in a lifetime. 4 It rained frogs in Kansas City, Missouri, after strong winds sucked up the animals and then them from the sky. 5 Two frogs got married in india at a traditional ceremony attended by 2,000 guests. 6 Frogs have been found in 25-nmillion-year-old fossilizes tree resin called amber. 7 Some frogs can leap more than 20 times their body length. 8 A species of frog in Borneo oozes yellow goo if you pick one up.…
FOLLOWING THE HERD Baltimore, Maryland Police may know how to arrest criminals, but these officers were scratching their heads when they had to capture some odd fugitives: a herd of bison! Nine woolly animals escaped from a farm early one morning and invaded a nearby neighborhood. Police arrived to find the massive mammals shuffling across front lawns as startled homeowners looked on. Linking hands to form a human chain, the officers herded the animals onto an empty tennis court. Some bison even started leaping over the net! “For such big animals, they moved pretty gracefully,” Officer Shawn Vinson says. Finally, police officers and local farmhands guided the bison into an animal trailer using deck chairs and mesh fencing. Why did they roam in the first place? “One of them probably…
