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Feeling Green? Buy Paper Made Out of Poo
By Monica Garske - AOL NewsFinding your desk covered in animal dung doesn't have to be a bad thing. When it's in stationery form, at least. Whenever entrepreneur Michael Flancman talks about his business, there's usually an elephant in the room. That's because he runs the Great Elephant Poo Poo Paper Co., a unique, environmentally conscious company based in Thailand that specializes in turning elephant dung into paper goods and stationery. Alternative Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd. On any given day, Thailand-based entrepreneur Michael Flancman can be found scooping up elephant or cow poo at conservation parks ...
2 Million-Year-Old Mastodon Skull and Tusks Unearthed in Chile
By Lee Speigel - AOL NewsNow that's some mammoth discovery. The skull and tusks of a 2 million-year-old elephant relative -- a mastodon -- have been unearthed in Chile. Construction workers building a hydroelectric power plant near the Chilean capital of Santiago dug up 4-foot-long, 6-inch-wide tusks as well as the first complete mastodon skull found in the South American country, the Daily Mail reports. "When we were in the excavation process, we were aware that the bone continued," said Rafael Labarca of Chile's PDI Institute. "Practically the whole skull complete and in perfect condition, with its four molars and ...
Sad Tale of Circus Elephant Getting Hit, Kicked [VIDEO]
By Lisa Flam - AOL NewsAn animal minder has been secretly filmed in the U.K. repeatedly hitting a 57-year-old Asian elephant with a metal pitchfork and kicking the circus animal, prompting an investigation by police and an animal rights group. Northamptonshire police and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals are looking into covert footage taken by Animal Defenders International, The Guardian reports. Shocking new ADI cruelty exposé shames UK circus industry from Animal Defenders on Vimeo. "We are appalled and shocked by the scenes contained in the video and will be investigating what ...
No Dumbos: Elephants Learn Cooperation, Study Finds
By Traci Watson - AOL NewsA new study shows that elephants have a talent that even many humans lack: Pachyderms can learn cooperation. In experiments at a Thai refuge, paired elephants quickly figured out that they could reach bowls of treats only if they worked together. When one partner yanked on a rope, the treats bowls remained out of reach. When both partners pulled on the rope simultaneously, the bowls moved close enough for the animals to help themselves. Cooperation itself is not rare in the animal kingdom -- think of honey bees. But the ability to learn a new cooperative task and understand its workings is ...
Video Shows Elephant at Ohio Zoo Attacking Trainer
By Michelle Ruiz - AOL News(July 22) -- Newly released video from Ohio's Toledo Zoo shows a 4,000-pound elephant charging a veteran trainer twice before knocking him to the ground. The attack left the trainer hospitalized in an intensive care unit with punctured lungs and several broken ribs. Zoo officials said elephant manager Don Redfox, a 30-year veteran of the zoo, and the 7-year-old elephant named Louie may not have expected to see each other when Redfox entered the elephant stall on the afternoon of July 1, toting a bag of carrots. "If Don was planning to work with Louie, the treats would have been in his ...
Fark's Weird News Quiz (Puppy Hurling Edition)
By Tony Deconinck - AOL News(June 18) -- Editor's note: How well do you follow weird news? Find out with this strange news quiz from our obsessive friends at Fark.com. Test your knowledge, and check your answers below. 1. Internet culture lost a battle to a traditional organization earlier this week when: a) BP network administrators disrupted a planned protest by changing the meet-up location posted online b) The last of the original 1995 dot-com companies was dissolved and the domain sold at auction c) The New York Times banned the word "tweet" from its newspaper 2. In an attempt to disrupt his murder ...
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