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Kerala’s marauding elephant
https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...e-tusker-india

The team of 71 vets, forest officers and field workers have identified a specific spot among the wooded hills in Idukki district where Arikompan – which means the Rice Tusker, because of his love for rice – comes every couple of days to cool off in water.

The plan is to ambush him at the spot and remove him from the area, where he has trampled 10 people to death and crushed 60 shops and homes.

His favourite targets have been the government food shops scattered all over the district which distribute free wheat, sugar and rice to people below the poverty line. Once, he waylaid a truck that was carrying rice and other grains to those shops.

Arikompan is about 30 years old and the area has been his stomping ground since childhood.

Bon voiyage, voi à…

Trăm năm trong Kerela
Giống người giống tượng khéo là ghét nhau
(Ấn độ tân thanh)

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Con ong cũng hiểu đường đi lối về:

‘Bees are sentient’: inside their stunning brains
https://www.theguardian.com/environm...ds-pollination

This March, Buchmann released a book that unpacks just how varied and powerful a bee’s mind really is. The book, What a Bee Knows: Exploring the Thoughts, Memories and Personalities of Bees, draws from his own research and dozens of other studies to paint a remarkable picture of bee behavior and psychology.

It argues that bees can demonstrate sophisticated emotions resembling optimism, frustration, playfulness and fear, traits more commonly associated with mammals. Experiments have shown bees can experience PTSD-like symptoms, recognize different human faces, process long-term memories while sleeping, and maybe even dream.

“Bees are self-aware, they’re sentient, and they possibly have a primitive form of consciousness,” writes Buchmann. “They solve problems and can think. Bees may even have a primitive form of subjective experiences.”

Cảo thơm lần giở trước đèn
Ong tình cảm thụ còn truyền sử xanh
(Đoạn trường phong thanh)

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Thú du lịch:

platypus travelling on Brisbane train
https://www.theguardian.com/australi...brisbane-train

Two people were spotted boarding the train at Morayfield on Tuesday with a platypus wrapped in a towel, Queensland police said.

The pair were patting the animal and showing it to fellow commuters, and investigators believe they were on their way to Caboolture, about 20 minutes away.

The platypus is at risk of becoming sick, diseased or dying the longer it is out of its habitat, police say.

Tôi giờ như con thú hoang lạc đàn
Từng ngày qua từng phút sống trong nhà giam
Kiếp tha hương lắm đau thương lắm chua cay

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German Easter Bunny gets 70,000 letters from children
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Youngsters wished for chocolate eggs, sent colorful handicraft gifts, and shared their worries with the Easter Bunny. The tradition in the north German village of Ostereistedt has been ongoing for over 40 years.



The Easter Bunny in Ostereistedt, northern Germany, once again received tens of thousands of requests from children hoping to have their wishes realized.

The meaning of Ostereistedt loosely translates to "Easter egg town" in English, and children have been sending their letters there for the past four decades.

Where did the letters come from?

According to Deutsche Post, some 70,000 letters were received at the post office in the village some 30 kilometers (19 miles) northeast of Bremen.

A person dressed as an Easter Bunny was seen delivering the last of the children's requests.

More than a thousand letters came from abroad, from a total of 40 different countries, including Australia and Brazil. Ukrainian children living in Germany because of the conflict back home also wrote to the Easter Bunny.


Rabbit figures stand in front of the village sign of Ostereistedt, which translates as 'Easter egg town'


The total is actually down 10,000 on last year's figure — and well short of a peak of 100,000 in 2021, when the coronavirus pandemic was at its height.

What did the letters say?

The tradition aims to encourage children to write letters. In response, Deutsche Post's Easter post office sends back colorful Easter-themed letters written by a team of volunteers.

Whether it was peace on earth, cinema tickets or more chocolate, the children were keen to let the bunny know what they wanted this year.

Some of the Ukrainian children who wrote said they were grateful to live in Germany and had already made friends. Some also mentioned that they wanted to learn German.

One letter writer, Lola from Baden-Württemberg, asked what the Easter Bunny's favorite food was. Another, Fynn from Rhineland-Palatinate, wanted to go to the movies with him.

"With every letter, I see the children's eyes light up when they find the answer in the letterbox," said Doris Kröger, head of the Easter Post Office.

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Thời nay mà ông già Nô en với thỏ già Ít tơ vẫn chưa biết xài email há.

Người Tàu thì tin trên mặt trăng có con thỏ ngọc (ngó giống chú Cuội). Tết Trung thu xấp nhỏ muốn gửi cho Ngọc thố thì bưu điện làm cách nào đưa tới?

Lễ Phục sinh thời xưa là ngày Xuân phân, hội Đạp thanh của người bên lương. Mùa Xuân đến nên thiên nhiên cây cối hồi sinh, thỏ chạy ra khỏi hang ăn cỏ uống nước.

Sau này đạo Công giáo lấy ngày đó làm lễ Phục sinh, nhập nhằng với ngày lễ của người không có đạo, cũng y như lễ Giáng sinh là ngày Đông chí, dân gian thường tổ chức ăn chơi nhậu nhẹt vì trời mùa Đông thời xưa buồn lắm em ơi, tuyết trắng đang dâng cao vời mà tình yêu chưa nên đôi…

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Ai đem con gấu sang sông:

A jail for wayward polar bears
https://www.theguardian.com/environm...urchill-canada

Some Churchill residents believe the bears have become bolder, perhaps because they are hungrier – or maybe because they are becoming more acclimatised to humans.

Those that wandered into town were shot and killed on sight, sometimes as many as 30 a year.

Those bears that are not easily scared away from the town’s few streets with “cracker shells” (blanks fired by shotgun) are taken to a holding facility known as the polar bear jail, where they are held for up to 30 days before being tranquillised and taken by helicopter 90 miles away from the town.

Trên trời mây trắng như lông
Ở dưới cánh đồng lông trắng như mây
Những con gấu nửa tấn Tây
Bộ lông như thể đám mây vào làng
(Ca dao)

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Ai đem con gấu sang sông:

Taiwan bear badge punches back after China drills


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People in Taiwan alarmed at China's latest military drills have found a symbolic way of turning a geopolitical tussle into a bear-knuckle fight.

A popular new badge depicts a Taiwanese black bear punching Winnie the Pooh, who often appears in memes representing Chinese leader Xi Jinping.

The fad began among air force pilots, but has since gone viral.
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(coi nữa)

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Xi Jinpooh: gấu thành tinh.


https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...o-president-xi

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Phi cần sa:

Worms crave junk food after consuming cannabis, study suggests
https://www.theguardian.com/society/...study-suggests

In the study, published in the journal Current Biology, researchers managed to simulate worms getting stoned by soaking them in cannabinoid.

It is not known whether the worms got high, but they did display a stronger preference for higher-calorie foods, just as humans crave junk food after taking cannabis.

Chắc là giun của bác Phạm Duy:

Như con giun ngước lên trời
Yêu trăng sao vời vợi

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Crikey!

headless crocodile found on north Queensland beach
https://www.theguardian.com/australi...eensland-beach

The four-metre-long saltwater crocodile was found dead and decapitated on a sandbank near Cow Bay on the edge of the Daintree Rainforest, about 120km north of Cairns, on 12 April.

Photos of the headless reptile quickly began circulating on social media, sparking theories of the crocodile’s demise, which included a possible altercation with a great white shark, or a vicious battle with a larger crocodile.

The Queensland Department of Environment and Science investigated the incident but said it was unable to determine the cause of death and decapitation of the protected species due to the decomposed state of the corpse.

Betcha it‘s the Crocodile Dundee dude.