The Lighter Side
To The Lighter side we go again to take the seriousness out of the week.
Firstly we go to New Zealand, where two Australians have become the first people to cross the sea to New Zealand…in a Kayak.
James Castrission, 25, and Justin Jones, 24, spent two months paddling across the Tasman Sea in a kayak before arriving at Ngamotu Beach, near New Plymouth where several thousand people, including fleet of Maori wakas (canoes) were there to greet them.
The duo had spent 62 days in cramped conditions and were reduced to one meal a day as food supplies dwindled. They had hoped to complete the 2,200km journey from Sydney by Christmas but were battered by strong winds and currents and spent days rowing in circles. In the end they travelled more than 3,300km.
Staying with the Australian theme and a boomerang has finally returned to the city of Mount Isa, 25 years after it took flight.
The boomerang was stolen from Frank Aston Underground Museum, which once displayed old mining equipment and Aboriginal artefacts in the Queensland town by an American tourist 25 years ago.
A Vermont man, who named himself in a letter only as Peter, stated in a letter to the Mt. Isa mayor Ron McCullough that, “I removed this back in 1983 when I was younger and dumber. It was the wrong thing to do. I’m sorry, and I’m going to send it back,”
And finally Hungarian Scientists may be able to help dog owners understand their pets needs.
Scientists at the Budapest’s ELTE University have tested software which distinguishes the emotional reaction of 14 dogs of the Hungarian Mudi herding breed to six situations: When the dog is alone, when it sees a ball, it fights, it plays, it encounters a stranger or it goes for a walk.
Studies showed that the computer recognised the barks and yelps in 43 percent of the cases, while People had judged correctly in 40 percent of cases.
Saturday, January 19th, 2008 and is filed under Views on News.
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