Read more about the article 99-Year-Old Grandma Shakes Up Town Hall Race For Mayor
Picture shows Charito, 99, undated. She is the head of the 'Abuelas Por Patones' party list for the next municipal and regional elections in Patones, Spain. (Newsflash)

99-Year-Old Grandma Shakes Up Town Hall Race For Mayor

This is the 99-year-old grandmother planning to stand politics on its head in Spain's local Town Hall elections this spring. Maria del Rosario - known as Charito to her fans…

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Read more about the article Adorable Baby Ape’s Day Out With Mum
Image shows orangutans at the Schoenbrunn Zoo, in Vienna, Austria, undated photo. The animals were enjoying the beginning of the spring in March 2023. (Daniel Zupanc/Newsflash)

Adorable Baby Ape’s Day Out With Mum

This is the moment a baby orangutan explores its enclosure in warm spring weather - but always keeps a tight grip on mum. The nine-month-old girl was being shown round…

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Read more about the article Japanese Village Offers GBP 8,000 For Slippery Creature’s Capture
Photo shows a model of a "tsuchinoko" that is displayed at a museum in Higashishirakawa, Gifu Prefecture, Japan, undated. Tsuchinoko, literally translating to "child of hammer", is a snake-like being. (Higashishirakawa Municipal Government/CEN)

Japanese Village Offers GBP 8,000 For Slippery Creature’s Capture

A village in Japan is reportedly offering more than GBP 8,000 to anyone who captures the mythical 'tsuchinoko' serpent during an organised hunting event to be held this spring. The…

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Read more about the article Gandalf Lookalike Spends 32 Years Living In Forest
Image shows Friedmunt Sonnemann, 56, undated photo. He has spent the last 32 years of his life living in a forest in the municipality of Longkamp, in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. (Newsflash)

Gandalf Lookalike Spends 32 Years Living In Forest

Meet the Gandalf lookalike who has spent the last 32 years living in a forest without electricity or running water and who says it is the only way he wants…

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Read more about the article 5,300-Year-Old Ice Mummy Died In Spring And Not Autumn As Previously Believed
Image shows the investigation of Otzi in South Tyrol, Austria, undated photo. The South Tyrolean Museum of Archeology is the exhibition venue of the "Man from the Tisenjoch". (South Tyrol Museum of Archeology, EURAC, Samadelli, Staschitz/Newsflash)

5,300-Year-Old Ice Mummy Died In Spring And Not Autumn As Previously Believed

New research has suggested that Otzi the 5,300-year-old prehistoric iceman did not die in autumn before being preserved under winter snow, and instead had died in early spring on a…

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Read more about the article Malta’s Heftiest Hedgehog Dies Of Liver Failure
Image shows Malta's fattest hedgehog Garfield, undated photo. She was put on a strict diet and exercise regime in October 2022. (Nature Trust-FEE Malta Wildlife Rescue Team/Newsflash)

Malta’s Heftiest Hedgehog Dies Of Liver Failure

Malta's fattest hedgehog - who was so big at one point that she was unable to even walk - has died of liver failure. Garfield the hedgehog was last seen…

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Read more about the article Woman Lived With Hubby’s Mummified Corpse For Months
Picture shows Elsterwerda, Germany, undated. An unidentified woman, 60, kept the body of her dead husband, 67, for months in their apartment, in the city. (Newsflash)

Woman Lived With Hubby’s Mummified Corpse For Months

A woman in Germany lived with the mummified corpse of her dead husband in the other room for months before anyone noticed. The gruesome discovery took place on Berliner Strasse,…

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Read more about the article Record Hatching Of Rare Chicks
Young storks before they are ringed in the eyrie at the Zurich Zoo in Switzerland. (Zoo Zurich, Enzo Franchini/Newsflash)

Record Hatching Of Rare Chicks

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A zoo has seen an astonishing number of white storks chicks – once considered extinct in parts of Europe – hatching this spring thanks to perfect weather. Switzerland's Zurich Zoo…

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