Showing posts with label feet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label feet. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Baby Born with 2 Faces in India

In northern India, a baby was born with two faces. The baby has a rare condition called craniofacial duplication, where one head has two faces. All of her facial features are duplicated, except for her ears. She has two noses, pairs of lips, and pairs of eyes.

She is doing well and is being worshiped as the reincarnation of a Hindu goddess. Hundreds of pilgrims have traveled to visit her and touch her feet out of respect and to receive blessings.

Read More and See Pictures: http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-04-08-india-two-faces_N.htm

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

German Police Dogs Being Forced to Wear Shoes

Police dogs in Düsseldorf, Germany are being forced to wear fiber shoes while on patrol and the dogs are currently being trained to walk in the shoes. They are being forced to wear the shoes due to the high rate of paw injuries on duty and the dogs are often stepping on broken glass while on patrol. The pieces of glass often get stuck in their paws.

The dogs will start to wear the shoes on patrol during the spring but only during times that demand special foot protection. The shoes come in small, medium, and large sizes and were ordered in blue to match the officer uniforms.

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

New Dinosaur Fossils Found in China

Scientists have found new dinosaur fossils in China. The fossils are small, sparrow sized, toothless, and have carved toes. Despite their small size, they strongly resemble pterodactyls. They supposedly spent most of their time living in trees. Pterodactyls are widely known for being giant flying reptiles and most of their fossils have been found around costal areas.

The new fossil has been named Nemicolopterus cryptic, meaning hidden flying forest dweller. It was found in the western part of China’s Liaoning province, which is a region that had forests 120 million years ago. The fossil had attachments for muscles so that it could grasp limbs. It didn’t have any teeth, unlike most pterodactyls, and probably ate insects.

Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Woman Born With Feet Facing Backwards

In China, a woman named Wang Fang was born with her feet facing the wrong way. She lives fine with her condition and doesn’t want to receive disability pension because she doesn’t see herself as disabled. She says that she can run faster than most of her friends and has a job as a waitress. After she was born, Doctors thought she would not be able to walk properly but she is doing fine.

See Pictures:

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/12_01/WangFang1EURO_468x330.jpg

http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/12_01/WangFangEURO_468x612.jpg

Read More of the Story: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,314781,00.html

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Police Shoot 5-Year Old Boy While Shooting at Snake

It is reported in Noble, OK, a 5-year old boy named Austin Haley was fishing with his grandfather, Jack Tracy, when Tracy heard a bullet hit the water a few feet in front of the boat dock where they were standing. Moments later a second shot was fired that hit the child in the head. The police office responsible for the shot was trying to shoot a snake that officers were trying to get out of a tree.

After the incident Tracy put the boy in the back a 4-wheeler and drove to his daughter’s house nearby. When the officers came by the house they didn’t admit that they were the ones who had accidentally shot the boy. The boy was taken to an Oklahoma City hospital, where he was sadly pronounced dead.

The officer suspected of firing the shots has been placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. The situation is going to be fully investigated.