Since being shared, the short clip has garnered over 14,600 views on Twitter. Clever monkey fools tiger trying to hunt, escapes unhurt
A short video of a strange but hilarious tree-top encounter between a fully-grown tiger and a monkey has gone viral on social media.
The short clip was shared on Twitter by Indian Forest Officer Praveen Angusamy with the caption: Don t push your weaknesses, always know & play with your strengths.
Have you seen it yet?
The 30-second clip shows a tiger on a tree slowly approaching a monkey, which is hanging from a thin branch not too far away.
Transport Minister Michael Wood speaks out on Auckland port safety issues
12 Apr, 2021 12:00 AM
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Transport Minister Michael Wood. Photo / Alex Burton
Ports of Auckland has not had a culture that values human life and wellbeing, says Transport Minister Michael Wood. An independent review of health and safety at the port had laid out systemic failings that must be addressed urgently, and he expected all recommendations from the resulting report to be implemented, Wood said. There hasn t been a culture in place that values human life and wellbeing and we ve seen the tragic results of this with deaths and serious injuries at the port over the last few years.
WATCH: Lightning Disintegrates Tree Next to High School
As a little kid, I used to cringe any time I saw lightning, because I once saw a story on the news about a kid who was playing baseball under blue skies and got struck by lightning from a storm 2 miles away. Maybe I didn t read it, but I definitely had someone tell me about it, and it freaked me out for the longest time.
Today, my fear for lightning is now more of a healthy respect, because I better understand the true badassery that it is. I stand no chance against the wrath of a storm, and that s just further proven by this video near a high school in Wisconsin.
Bird roosts mitigate some impacts of wind farm development
12 Apr, 2021 04:01 PM
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Richard Thompson (left) and his team from MacBlack Timber with Josh Penn (right) on top of a completed shag roost, showing the structure and its strength. Photo / Peter Frost
Richard Thompson (left) and his team from MacBlack Timber with Josh Penn (right) on top of a completed shag roost, showing the structure and its strength. Photo / Peter Frost
Wanganui Midweek
In mid-March, two large timber structures were erected at Tapuarau Lagoon in the Waitotara Conservation Area, just inland from the mouth of the Waitotara River.
Constructed from heavy, 3m long, old wharf piles, and connected by joists of eucalyptus, they were built by MacBlack Timber in Whanganui, then taken to Tapuarau in kitset form and reassembled.