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Andre Puts Ghost and Dog Whisperers to Shame

Posted by on May 1, 2012 with 0 Comments

Dog and ghost whisperers take a back seat to Andre Hartman. He is: The Shark Whisperer.

American photographer Doug Perrine was able to capture amazing images of Shark whisperer Hartman, an ex-fisherman, putting a terrifying 16ft Great White shark into a dream like trance off Cape Province, in South Africa.

The formidable man-eaters are lured to the surface with bait, by Andre who then strokes their super-sensitive snouts to hypnotize them.

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Has Kenichi Ito Gone Bananas?

Posted by on April 27, 2012 with 0 Comments

Some may claim Kenichi Ito has gone bananas.

According to Reuters, the 29-year-old Tokyo man has received inspiration from the African Patas monkey to develop a four-legged running style over the past eight and one half years. He squats like a simian when talking to others, walks in his suburban neighborhood and performs chores around the house on all fours.

He is doing more than monkeying around though.

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Bode Villagers Celebrate Ancient Ritual For Protection

Posted by on April 23, 2012 with 0 Comments

Overlooking a cheering crowd of onlookers in Nepal, 31-year old Jujubhai Basan Shrestha put his hands together and raised them, recognizing them.

Shrestha, wearing a white turban, watches as a man places a 13-inch metallic skewer through his tongue during an ancient ritual in Bode, an underprivileged settlement, which lies eight miles east of Kathmandu.

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Weird Humming Bird Underwear!

Posted by on September 29, 2011 with 0 Comments

Now this is weird! Imagine having LIVE humming birds in your underwear.  A Dutch traveller was caught attempting to smuggle more than a dozen live hummingbirds in special pouches sewn in to the inside of his underwear at Rochambeau airport in Cayenne, French Guiana.

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