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This giant burger could be the world’s largest. It took four men twelve hours to cook and weighs an amazing 90kg (200lb). It also contains 120 eggs, 150 slices of cheese, 1.5kg of beetroot, 2.5kg of tomatoes and 2kg of lettuce. The big question, however, is whether you want fries with that?

A penguin called Ralph has recently been given a new wetsuit. Usually Humboldt penguins like Ralph gradually lose their feathers to be replaced by a new set. Ralph, however, lost all of his feathers in just one day leaving him at risk of severe sunburn. His wetsuit helps to protect him from the sun and allows him to do all of the things that penguins usually do.

 

 

 

 

This is cool its the Terrafugia Transition a car that flies. The car works like a conventional car but has the added bonus of being able to fly with the help of some fold away wings. It runs on unleaded petrol and can fly 400 miles on a single tank of gas. It does look a little odd and at £139,000 its certainly not cheap but I think there are times we have all wished we had a flying car.

 

 

 

 

This is Ziggy the Pekingese with a difference. Ziggy unlike other dogs can paint. He does this by using a paper towel roll attached to a paintbrush which he grabs in his teeth to create his masterpieces. Not surprisingly Ziggy favours abstract art such as the pieces pictured to the left. There does however, appear to be a demand for Ziggy’s work with his paintings selling at auction for around $250. Now I wonder if I can teach my cats to paint.

This is interesting, it about a herd of elephants that pass through a hotel during their migration. The Mfuwe Lodge in Zambia was built right on the elephants migration route and rather than find another way around the elephants simply walk straight though. The herd of 10 elephants appear every November and take the same route every year to get to their favourite mango trees.

When Lieutenant Teddy Bacon lost his gold watch in 1941, he thought it was gone for good. The watch had slipped off his wrist into the harbour in Gibraltar. Surprisingly though, when the harbour was dredged in 2007 the watch was recovered and detailed harbour records meant it was returned to its owner. Perhaps more surprising it that it still worked perfectly.

A luxury watch with a price tag of £150,000 has sold out within 48 hours of going on sale. That might not seem surprising but the watch is unusual because it doesn't tell the time. It has a crocodile skin strap and is made from steel salvaged from the wreck of the titanic encrusted with sapphires. The face is divided into two sections which signify day and night. It is described by the manufacturer as “world unique - a watch that does not tell the time” and the chief executive of the company says “Anyone can buy a watch that shows time, but only a discerning customer can buy one that doesn’t.” Call me old fashioned I think I will stick with a cheaper watch that tell the time.

A tunnel of love has been built in Somerset to try and encourage some rare dormice to breed. The Tunnel consists of wire mesh and is lined with leaves and is stretched across a road at Batts Combe Quarry. The idea is that it will link two colonies of rare hazel dormice. So far none of the dormice appears to have used the tunnel but there have been reports of squirrels using it as a racetrack.

A man has recently got into the record books by skimming a stone 51 times. If you want to have a go, you might want to read these tips on how he does it. They include picking a flat, oval and palm sized stone, using the forefinger and thumb to skim and throwing the stone so it strikes the water at an angle between 10 and degrees. It all seems very complicated.

A flock of sheep in Romania have been attracting attention after they turned green overnight. The sheep had been treated with a solution of limestone to help them get rid of a skin disease. Overnight the sheep had all huddled together to keep warm and by the morning they had all turned green.

Ahoy there! Today is Talk Like A Pirate Day. Talk Like A Pirate Day was started in 1995 when two friends decided it was great to talk like a pirate and there should be a day when you can do just that. Yarrrr! If you need some tips on how to talk like a pirate you can visit the website for some tips.

These water spiders survive below the surface because they spin an air tank from their own web. The spiders make an air bell trapping air bubbles from the waters surface. They then carry it down under the water where it works a bit like an external lung. How cool is that?

Scientists have finally done something really useful. A team in Italy have come up with a formula for a suit which will allow the wearer to scale a wall and hang upside down, just like Spiderman. The formula is based on natural technology that enables spiders and lizards to stick to concrete and glass. It would work by coating the gloves and boots with structures called carbon nanotubes that mimic the hairs on a gecko’s foot. Obviously its very much still a work in progress, but how cool is that, we could soon be sticking to buildings. 

I found this article about the world’s most expensive desserts. The most expensive one is $14,500 and contains an 80-carat aquamarine gem that rests on a sliver of chocolate. I think the Valrhona Chocolate Sphere looks the most tasty. At a more palatable $48 Warm chocolate sauce is poured over a very thin chocolate shell, causing the sphere to implode, which reveals luscious raspberries and layers of chocolate inside.

OK, it’s not a real sheep. This giant sheep has been created in a field in Basingstoke. The sheep which is visible from the M3 is part of a campaign to promote British Lamb. Police are currently investigating whether the sheep is causing a dangerous distraction to drivers.

I read this article about mummified birds that have been displayed in a textile factory for around a century. There are three ibises and five falcons. The birds will now be displayed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Animals were often mummified because of their symbolic association with certain Gods.

Engineering students in the Netherlands have developed microplanes with unique morphing wings. They developed the tiny planes after studying swifts. The bird design makes them more agile that standard aircraft and means they can mimic the swift’s abilities to change the shape of their wings in flight, meaning they are highly manoeuvrable.

A US town is attempting to break the record for the largest ketchup packet. The packet is 8 foot tall and four foot wide and should hold around 1,500 pounds of ketchup. The ketchup has been donated by Heinz and people will pay a bottle of ketchup for $1 which will then be poured into the packet. All the proceeds will go to charity.

This was the moment the world’s tallest horse and the world’s smallest horse were brought together. Thumbelina stands only 17 inches tall whilst radar is an amazing 6ft 7 inches tall.

If you are sick of sitting in traffic jams then you may be interesting in this cool flying car. Invented by a man in Canada it can travel at 50mph, ten feet above the ground. Currently only the prototype has been made but the vehicle could soon be on sale with a £44,000 price tag. It seems a lot but then it is a flying car.

It seems when there is a full moon there are more violent incidents reported. That's according to the Sussex police force who have started putting more police officers on the street of Brighton when there is a full moon because of the sharp rise in trouble reported. It appears that lunar gravity encourages people out when there is a full moon. There have been no reports of anyone turning into wolves yet though.

Fishermen Chris Earl and Tony Allsopp got more than they bargained on a trip to check their lobster pots. Finding a large deer swimming past them in the sea, they lassoed it and took it back to shore. Quite a catch.

I read this interesting article on The Daily Mail website. A British amateur inventor working in his garden has invented a flying saucer. The contraption is actually a cross between a helicopter and a hovercraft and although it is not large enough to carry people, it has already been brought by the US army who are considering adapting it to be used as a search and rescue device.