Leopard print hair, anyone?

We’re sure you would have noticed this, but leopard print was big in 2018. It’s always been a fashion favourite, worn as a neutral or in the form of statement accessories. But last year, leopard print went from a classic to a full-on trend.

At Versace’s menswear runway show in Milan, model João Knorr wore leopard print hair to match his coat.

Allure reported that this particular dye job isn’t permanent. Instead temporary dyes were hand painted on to the hair by colourist Davide at Blance Salon. That makes sense — leopard print hair could be tricky to maintain when your hair is growing. Those lovely spots could end up a jumble. So don’t try to look straight out of the jungle.

Wandering lions block road in SA

A surprised driver in South Africa captured a video of a pride of lions wandering out into a road and blocking traffic.

The video, recorded on a road through Kruger National Park in South Africa, shows a group of four male lions strutting through the lanes of traffic.

Vehicles are shown slowing and stopping to make way for the lions, which parade in front of a slow-moving car.

Local experts said the lions are part of a group known as the Mantimahle coalition.

Rare calico lobster rescued at Maryland store

A rare calico lobster has been spared from the boiling pot thanks to its 1-in-30 million mutation and may be headed to the Georgia Aquarium.

The owner of Ocean City Seafood in Silver Spring, Md., noticed the lobster in a batch of crustaceans caught off the coast of Maine and set it aside from the other, more typically coloured lobsters for sale at his store.

The owner consulted with the National Aquarium in Baltimore on how to care for the rare lobster, now named Eve. The crustacean lives in a saltwater tank at the store for the time being, but might wind up at the Georgia Aquarium.

“We’re still in the very early planning stages of possibly caring for the lobster at the aquarium,” Georgia Aquarium spokeswoman Paige Hale told.

It’s raining spiders

A young boy has filmed the incredible moment it began ‘raining’ spiders in Brazil, leaving him ‘stunned and scared.’

Hundreds of the eight-legged invaders can be seen floating in the sky in the astonishing clip captured in a rural area of southern Minas Gerais state.

Although the spiders appear to be falling from the sky, they are actually being suspended by a massive web they have spun to catch prey. The extraordinary phenomenon is caused by the hot, humid weather, according to experts.

João Pedro Martinelli Fonseca, 14, filmed the scene while travelling to his grandparent’s farm and was stunned by the black dots in the sky, especially when one fell inside the car.

The student’s grandmother, Jercina Martinelli, told a local newspaper: “There were many more webs and spiders than you can see in the video.

“We’ve seen this before, always at dusk on days when it’s been really hot.”

Published in Dawn, Young World, February 2nd, 2019