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A Laysan albatross named Wisdom, who lives at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, laid what experts believe to be her 60th egg recently, her first in four years. Wisdom is 74 years old, the Associated Press reported on Dec. 6. Laysan albatrosses mate for life; Wisdom’s mate, Akeakamai, has not been seen for several years, and Wisdom started stepping out with another male.
“We are optimistic that the egg will hatch,” said Jonathan Plissner, supervisory wildlife biologist at the refuge.
Eggs typically incubate for about two months.
Visitors at the Great Hall in Winchester, Hampshire, England, are demanding refunds after the quality of the Santa stand-in was not up to their expectations, the Guardian reported on Dec. 10. Comments included that he had a “blatantly fake beard” and “cheap red suit” and called the whole experience a “shambles.”
“He wasn’t very talkative at all — he didn’t seem very jovial. It ruined the experience,” said dad Matthew Fernandez, 38, who brought his three children.
His children were “in tears regarding the situation and said they knew he was a fake.”
The Hampshire Cultural Trust said this year’s experience is different from last year’s and they would offer refunds to customers who had not visited yet.
An unnamed woman in Chongqing, China, landed the grand prize of $1,380 after she managed to avoid using her mobile phone for … one hour, MSN reported on Dec. 3. A local business organized the “public welfare challenge” aimed to spotlight the issue of smartphone addiction. The winning participant showed up in her jammies and had to lie perfectly still, without benefit of distractions like books or movies. Out of 10 contestants, she was the only one who prevailed.
Ever feel like you’re being watched? Someone in Bend, Ore., has been putting googly eyes on public artwork in local roundabouts, reported the Sacramento Bee on Dec. 8. At least eight statues and sculptures have been “enhanced” so far, and city officials are none too pleased.
“While the googly eyes placed on the various art pieces around town might give you a chuckle, it costs money to remove them with care to not damage the art,” read a Dec. 4 post on the city’s Instagram page.
It seems the adhesive used by the googly bandit can damage the artwork; the city claims to have spent $1,500 on repairs so far.
However, the comments on the city’s post were decidedly pro-whimsy: “These googly eyes give me the hope to move forward each day,” read one.
Others included: “Let us have some fun,” “Googly eyes keep my mental health in a good place,” and the hard-to-argue-with “LONG LIVE GOOGLY EYES!”
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