Nature: Snakes use their bodies as LASSOS to climb poles and reach the nests of endangered birds

A never-before-seen form of snake locomotion — in which serpents use their bodies like a lasso’s noose to climb wide poles — has been discovered by experts in Guam. US experts were trying to design snake-proof poles on which nesting boxes for Micronesia starlings could be placed without fear their eggs would be eaten. However, … Read more

Alan Bennett, 86, struggles to climb stairs but refuses to have a stairlift ‘for aesthetic reasons’

Alan Bennett, 86, has had to give up cycling and struggles to climb stairs but refuses to have a stairlift ‘for aesthetic reasons’ Playwright Alan Bennett, 86, shared his declining health in his annual diary ‘How long I will continue walking is an open question and a pressing one’ he said  The Talking Heads writer … Read more

Miley Cyrus suggests ‘three way’ after watching Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello cover The Climb

Shawn Mendes and girlfriend Camila Cabello recently covered Miley Cyrus’ 2009 hit The Climb for their over 5million TikTok fans on Friday. And after watching the performance for herself, Miley took to the couple’s comment section to make a seemingly sexual suggestion, as per commentsbycelebs. ‘Let’s have a three way,’ joked the megastar, 28, who later clarified that … Read more

California orders 5,000 body bags and 60 refrigerated trucks as coronavirus hospitalizations climb

Gov Gavin Newsom said California is facing its ‘most intense and urgent’ stage of the pandemic on Tuesday  California has ordered 5,000 more body bags and put dozens of mobile morgues on standby as the state faces its ‘most intense’ coronavirus surge yet. Governor Gavin Newsom warned of the possibility of thousands of deaths in … Read more

Fishermen rescue turtle from jaws of a tiger shark after it tries to climb aboard their boat

Fishermen rescue turtle from the razor sharp jaws of a tiger shark after it tries desperately to climb aboard their boat Kai Survance and his friends were out fishing when they saw the sea tussle Pair in boat off coast of Abaco, Bahamas, when turtle and tiger shark appeared Turtle tried to climb on their … Read more

Meg Ryan masks up for grocery run in Santa Monica as coronavirus cases continue to climb

Meg Ryan masks up for grocery run in Santa Monica as coronavirus cases continue to climb By Christine Rendon For Dailymail.com Published: 22:56 GMT, 24 November 2020 | Updated: 22:56 GMT, 24 November 2020 Meg Ryan did her part to help slow the spread of coronavirus as she masked up for a grocery run in … Read more

Migrants climb fences and chant ‘freedom’ in protest at conditions inside disused Kent barracks

Migrants have protested over living conditions under lockdown at a former military barracks. Crowds shouted ‘we want freedom’ at a fence in Napier Barracks, Folkestone, on Monday. Footage recorded by an onlooker shows the group hit and pull at the barrier while officers watch from the other side. Some help lift a man in a blue jacket so he … Read more

Nephew of millionairess femme fatale charts her dogged climb up the social ladder

BIOGRAPHY Kiss Myself Good bye by Ferdinand Mount (Bloomsbury £20, 272 pp) Don’t we all love a wealthy aunt dripping with pearls who whisks us off to the theatre in her chauffeured Rolls, preceded by high tea at Claridge’s, in London? Young Ferdinand Mount relished staying with his Aunt Betty and Uncle Greig in their … Read more

Amazon, Facebook, Google and Apple see profits climb

The big four technology firms have produced a record £29billion in profits and £177billion of sales during the coronavirus pandemic.  In a blowout set of earnings, Amazon, Apple, Google, and Facebook all reported quarterly results within minutes of each other – unveiling combined revenues of £177billion ($220.28billion) and profits of £29billion ($38billion) for July to … Read more

Adorable toddler gives his dad encouragement to get him to climb at the playground

A little boy’s enthusiastic words of encouragement for his dad are melting hearts on social media.  In September, D’Anthony Ward took his two-year-old son Taj to a park in Lawrenceville, Georgia, where Taj climbed to the top of a jungle gym and wanted his dad to follow him up. When D’Anthony tried to tell his son … Read more