‘Injured’ bald eagle ‘too fat to fly’

A supposedly ‘injured’ bald eagle rescued from a national park in Missouri was found to be merely ‘too fat to fly’, after eating a bit too much raccoon.

The official Facebook page for Wilson’s Creek National Battlefield posted that Missouri Department of Conservation officers were summoned to the edge of the park to capture a bald eagle that was “originally reported to be injured. The eagle was found to be healthy but engorged with raccoon — in other words, too fat to fly.”

The Dickerson Park Zoo took X-rays of the eagle, which revealed a recent meal of what appeared to be a fairly large roadkill raccoon.

“The eagle has been rehabilitated and released back into the park,” the post said.

New seamount and species discovered off Chile

An expedition off the coast of Chile discovered a new seamount and 20 potential new species in the Nazca Ridge, using ROV SuBastian to explore. Led by the Schmidt Ocean Institute, the 28-day mission mapped 10 seamounts, uncovering rare marine life, including two “flying spaghetti monsters” and the first-ever footage of a rare squid.

A 3,109-meter-tall seamount with a thriving deep-sea ecosystem was found, along with a coral garden the size of three tennis courts. The discoveries aim to inform future marine protection policies.

Sweden’s banana-topped pizza!

If you thought pineapple-topped Hawaiian pizza was a culinary crime, wait until you hear about Sweden’s take on the Italian staple, a pie topped with curry, pineapple and banana.

As expected, the Swedish pizza sparked many heated debates on social media over the last few years, with fans swearing by the unique combination of ingredients, and others slamming it as an abomination that should be wiped from the face of the Earth. As always, it’s a matter of personal taste.

Some establishments in the Scandinavian country add their ingredients to the pie, including things like peanuts and shrimp.

Man builds 54-level house of cards

Bryan Berg, a trained architect who started breaking card stacking records in 1992, recently, broke a Guinness World Record by creating a 54-level house of cards in just eight hours. Of course he needed a ladder to complete his card tower.

Guinness World Records Adjudicator Thomas Bradford confirmed Berg, who did not use glue or any other form of extra support for his attempt, broke the record for the tallest house of cards in eight hours.

Berg also holds the overall record for the tallest playing card structure, 25 feet and 9 inches, which has stood since 2007.

Published in Dawn, Young World, September 21st, 2024