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Fuck it. Let’s build Jurassic Park. That’s what many have gleaned from recent comments by Max Hodak, one of the founders—alongside SpaceX and Tesla’s Elon Musk—of the neurotech company Neuralink. In a recent tweet, Hodak spoke on the present-day possibilities of a Jurassic Park-esque experience. “We could probably build jurassic park if we wanted to,” Hodak, who’s […]
Internet star April the Giraffe has died at age 20. New Yorks’ Animal Adventure Park announced the sad news in a Facebook post Friday, stating the beloved animal was euthanized “due to her worsening arthritis, in accordance with the recommendations of her veterinary team.” Her body was transported to the Cornell University Veterinary School for a post-mortem examination. […]
President Joe Biden’s dog, Major, has been on quite a tear lately leading to a few biting incidents. On Tuesday, a White House spokesperson confirmed to TMZ that Major bit someone while he was out on a walk. “Major is still adjusting to his new surroundings and he nipped someone while on a walk,” the […]
Nine years after a group of researchers from Yale put together the “Map of Life,” which provides a database that pins where known species live across the globe, they have now put together a map that attempts to locate areas where yet-to-be-discovered species may reside. The goal, according to the guy who spearheaded the project (Yale ecology and […]
Joshua Seguine, 40, of LaGrangeville, N.Y., has pleaded guilty to illegal possession of seven sandbar sharks with an intent to sell, New York Times reports. The ruling comes after those sharks were found in a 16-foot aboveground pool in his basement during a search of his residence in 2017. The charge also stems from the discovery of the […]
Elizabeth Banks is headed back to the director’s chair. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the actress/filmmaker has signed to direct Cocaine Bear—a Universal Pictures thriller inspired by true events that occurred in the 1980s. The outlet reports the movie will be written by Jimmy Warden and will be produced under Lord Miller’s first-look deal with the studio. Specific […]
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden’s two German Shepherds have been removed from the White House and are back in Wilmington, Delaware after a display of aggression from their 3-year-old dog Major, CNN reports. Major, who was adopted from a Delaware animal shelter by the Bidens back in November of 2018, was involved in a “biting incident” with […]
A rooster equipped with a three-inch blade tied to its leg slashed open the groin of its owners during the staging of an illegal cockfight in southern India last week, according to authorities. The bird was reported to have been fluttering out of panic when it accidentally gashed 45-year-old Thangulla Satish. Police inspector B. Jeevan says that Satish […]
A New Hampshire man turned himself in to authorities Wednesday, one day after a warrant was issued for his arrest for allegedly putting two severed rabbit heads on a woman’s car, New York Post reports. Esteven Hincapie, 24, has been accused of sending threatening text messages to a woman he knew two months ago. Hincapie allegedly sent […]
“Cocaine hippos” are taking over Colombian marshlands, forcing scientists to control the population before they dramatically impact the country’s ecosystem. The animals were illegally imported into the country by infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar at the height of his reign. Since Escobar’s death in 1993, the hippopotami have been rapidly breeding, becoming the largest invasive species on the planet. […]
