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Posts Tagged ‘Perth’
Wildlife & Flora, Jun 8th, 2010,
A surfer was attacked by a shark on Sunday—not once, but twice. The attack happened to off Conspicuous Cliff Beach, located south of Perth, Australia. Surfer Michael Bedford, who was rescued by a friend and some fishermen, suffered deep gashes to his right leg, but fortunately he is in stable condition at a hospital. Apparently, he caught a wave into the beach when the incident happened and his rescuers used the surfboard as a stretcher to carry him to safety. According to his friend, Lee Cummuskey, who saw the attack from the beach: “[Michael] thought it was just going to…
Tags: australia, Conspicuous Cliff Beach, Great White Shark, Perth, shark attack, surfer, White Pointer
Weird Stuff, Wildlife & Flora, Apr 28th, 2010,
Last week, a rather interesting critter was discovered in Perth, Australia. The creature appeared to be nothing more than a common Shingleback, or skink lizard. Well, with one exception: the lizard has 2 heads. The lizard is currently being cared for at a reptile park in Henley Brook. Unfortunately, two-headed lizards don’t have particularly long life spans and it probably doesn’t help that the larger head has been occasionally attacking the smaller one. This particular two-headed lizard eats from both heads, though, and it also has a healthy sibling with no signs of mutation. Polycephaly (the condition of having multiple…
Tags: australia, lizard, multiple heads, Perth, polycephaly, reptile, shingleback, two-headed
Climate Change, Natural disasters, Wildlife & Flora, Mar 26th, 2010,
It may have seemed like the end of the world for residents of Perth, Australia, this week. At least 160,000 people were left without power on Tuesday as golf ball-sized hailstones, floods and landslides attacked the town. Falling trees took out power lines and damaged homes, while flood waters ran into hospitals and schools. Some patients even had to be evacuated from one hospital’s emergency room after the roof collapsed. Colin Barnett, premier of Western Australia, figured the damage bill to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars. He commented: “I think from my memory this would be the most…
Tags: australia, floods, Great Barrier Reef, hailstones, landslides, Perth, power outages, severe weather, storms, tornados
