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Little Bird Vs. Big Bird

“This is the David v Goliath moment when a plucky kingbird hopped onto the back of a huge hawk and pecked at its head in a bid to defend its young. Although small, the species can become very aggressive in the breeding season, especially when larger predators come calling. This one easily saw off a red-tailed hawk that ventured too close to its nest. After jumping onto its back, it dug its tiny talons into its opponent’s feathers and drilled at its skull relentlessly. The two birds soared through the skies, with the kingbird clinging on despite the hawk’s valiant attempts to shrug it off. The stunning attack lasted a few minutes until the predator gave up and soared away shrieking. The incredible moment was captured by amateur photographer Michael Parrish at a nature reserve at Elwood near Chicago, Illinois, in the U.S.” w/ photos

Giant Sea Monster Unearthed

“The fossilized skull of a huge ’sea monster’ has been unearthed along Dorset’s Jurassic Coast.”

18ft Picture Of NYC Drawn From Memory

“This astonishing 18ft drawing of the world’s most famous skyline was created by autistic artist Stephen Wiltshire after he spent just 20 minutes in a helicopter gazing at the panorama. The unbelievably intricate picture was drawn at Brooklyn’s prestigious Pratt Institute from Stephen’s memory, with details of every building sketched in to scale. Landmarks including the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building can be seen towering above smaller buildings after just three days in his spellbinding creation. Listening intently to his ipod throughout the artistic process – because music helps him – London-born Stephen uses only graphic pens as he commits his photographic memory to the high-grade paper. Invited by top U.S. television network CBS to display his talents to the American public in a new screen appearance this week, Stephen has dumbfounded art lovers around the globe with sketches of Tokyo, Rome and Hong Kong.” w/ photos

Shockproof Man

“Is 29-year-old Saroj Kumar really immune to electrocution?”

Impossible B-Ball Shot With Baseball Bat

“I’ve heard of calling your shot in baseball before, but this is absolutely ridiculous.”

Florida Man Creates Giant Rubber Band Ball

“Look, over there. Under that blue tarp in a suburban driveway. That thing that’s the size of a Smart car? It’s Joel Waul’s rubber band ball. Waul has spent the last six years carefully wrapping and linking and stretching rubber bands of various sizes into the ball shape. The Guinness Book of World Records declared it the world’s largest rubber band ball in 2008. On Thursday, Waul said goodbye to his creation. A team from Ripley’s Believe it or Not came to his house with a crane and hauled the 6-foot, 7-inch tall, 9,032-pound behemoth away on a large, flatbed truck. “It’s a little bit sad to see it go, but it’s going to be appreciated by thousands and hopefully millions of people in Ripley’s museum to see and wonder, ‘What was this guy thinking?’ “Waul said. The ball will eventually be displayed in a far-off museum yet to be determined, so folks can marvel at Waul’s obsession.” w/ photos

Behind The Back Football Pass

“Football rules are pretty strict about lateral passes, but this one was simply ruled badass.”

World’s Largest And Loneliest Mall

“It was trumpeted as the world’s largest retail mall, with shoppers able to browse through 1,500 stores, take a stroll along a mock Venetian canal or even have lunch in front of an 85ft replica of the Arc de Triomphe. But the New South China Mall, which opened in 2005, stands empty with 99 per cent of its shops having remained unleashed and attractions including a 553-metre indoor and outdoor roller coaster standing idle. It was designed to attract an average of more than 70,000 visitors a day to the city of Dongguan, but has less than a dozen shops in its 9.6million sq ft of floor space… David Hand, a retail analyst at Jones LaSalle in Beijing, said: ‘They set out to the be the biggest, and hoped that being the biggest would be the attracting factor. ‘It hasn’t delivered.” w/ photos

Sperm Whale Eats Giant Squid

“They are creatures of the deep immortalized in fictional bestsellers like Herman Melville’s novel Moby Dick and Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. But these ultra-rare images of a colossal sperm whale feeding on a giant squid are the real thing. The captivating pictures show adult sperm whales feasting on a rare giant squid. Though the squid looks small beside the enormous whales, it is thought to be an incredible eight to ten metres long. One of the dead squid’s tentacles – a leftover scrap – was measured at a jaw-dropping three-and-a-half metres long. And experts now think the pictures could be some of the rarest ever captured beneath the ocean’s surface, showing as they do the sight of five adults teaching a hungry calf how to catch its prey.” w/ photos

Incredible Mouth Guitarist

“I guess if you can’t really play or sing, you can become this!” — downhill240