Orangutan who lost his arms when he suffered an electric shock while fleeing his captors has learned how to climb and find food using only his legs as he prepares for freedom Orangutan Kopral was electrocuted when trying to flee his captors in Indonesia He was brought under the care of the Borneo Orangutan Survival … Read more
I will NUT be beaten! Squirrel jumps off house ROOF to land on bird feeder after its attempts to climb the pole fail A homeowner’s quarantine bird feeder project was ruined by a cheeky squirrel The squirrel found new ways of getting on the feeder in White Plains, New York Footage shot on Wednesday shows … Read more
Pawsome! Pit bull is determined to climb pool ladder so he can jump in for a quick dip A determined dog learned how to scale a pool ladder in Long Branch, New Jersey The pitbull, Max, swims three laps of the pool with his owner before getting out His owner looks at him in shock … Read more
Jumbo effort! Mother elephant gives her calf a helpful shove as it struggles to climb over roadside barrier Footage shows elephants climbing over barrier in Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India Two of the elephants make it over the barrier but the youngest struggles The mother uses her trunk to help hoist the youngest over the concrete … Read more
Sightseers today prepared for a 674-step hike up the Eiffel Tower as the Paris landmark and 1,063 foot-symbol of France was reopened following three months of lockdown. The world’s most-visited paid monument, which attracts some 7 million tourists each year, welcomed dozens of visitors after its longest closure since World War Two. Elevators to the … Read more
NASA has created a new ‘mini’ Mars rover that will be able to climb hills even if they’re covered in sand and gravel – perfect for future exploration missions. Driven by the knowledge that the rolling hills of Mars are a long way from the nearest tow truck, Georgia Tech researchers created a more resilient … Read more
FTSE 100 climbs 0.5 per cent or 32 points to 5,881 after China’s central bank fixed the yuan in bid to ease US trade-war tensions and oil price slipped again amid oversupply fears Broadcaster ITV, fell 0.8% after saying ad revenue plunged 42 per cent in April BP and Royal Dutch Shell tracked a slide … Read more
Italy’s daily coronavirus death toll drops to 437 and number of people infected continues to fall in further evidence country has overcome worst of the disease Daily deaths tally from coronavirus in Italy rose by 437 up from 534 on Tuesday New infections recorded also increased to 3,370 up from 2,729 the day before But people registered … Read more
The stock market’s climb back from the pandemic induced fall is likely to be very different to those which occurred after other market crashes. Some leading indices such as Germany’s DAX have already returned to a technical bull market, generally defined as prices being 20 per cent higher than the recent low point. It’s no … Read more
The pound has bounced back strongly from lows of $1.15 less than two weeks ago to around $1.24 at the time of writing, and from €1.06 to €1.14. Moves of this size in either direction are rare and take a particular set of circumstances to be in place for them to occur. In this instance, … Read more