Weird News

Weird News

Firefighters came to the rescue of three-year-old Leyton Bedford-Rankin from Mullion in Cornwall, who came running into his mother Bryony Marie, proud of his new neck accessory.

The 22-year-old mother of two was breastfeeding her eight-week-old baby at the time.

After attempting to ease it off with butter, Bryony called her father, who is a firefighter in nearby Newquay, and he said to call the emergency services for assistance.

She recalled to Metro.co.uk "I tried for five minutes to get it off and I could only get it past his ears and no further. I then had him upside down on the sofa to see if gravity would help.

"He said the best thing is to ring the fire brigade, as they will have the tools to help."

Marwell Zoo in Winchester is opening an PS8 million Tropical House powered entirely on poo.

The rainforest is a two-toed sloth, mouse deer, and pygmy marmosets on their own primate island. There are also free-flying birds and more than 2,500 fish in the aquarium.

James Cretney, Marwell Zoo's chief executive, commented: "This exhibit is a key guest experience with complementary education and sustainability. It provides close animal viewing, while setting new standards of husbandry for the species displayed. We are very excited about this."

Marwell Zoo will convert some of its 700 tonnes of animal waste into energy to heat the site and other buildings across the zoo.

Woodchip will also heat the site's buildings, reducing the zoo's dependency on fossil fuels, with the goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2020.