Researchers tagging marine animals off Australia’s Orpheus Island were shocked when a tiger shark they caught spat up an echidna, a grub-eating monotreme recognizable for its spine-covered body. Known for eating just about anything, it seems this tiger shark met its match. “I’ve seen videos of them eating a rock for no reason,” said Nicolas […]
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Shark spits out land-loving creature in front of shocked scientists
A tiger shark has surprised Australian scientists on an ocean research trip by regurgitating a spiky land-loving echidna in front of them. Researchers from James Cook University said Thursday they were tagging marine life on the northeast coast when the three-meter tiger shark they caught vomited a dead echidna — a spiny creature similar to […]
‘Topless’ bar employee slaps and spits on customer for not tipping, Florida cops say
One of the employees at a Florida “topless nightclub” was arrested on the job, after being accused of attacking a man for not tipping, according to investigators. The customer was not seriously injured but did get hit in the face — twice — and spat on, the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office said in an […]
Officers chase woman in airport, then she spits on them and strips in custody, cops say
A chase after a rowdy traveler at a Georgia airport led to a precinct fiasco when officers detained her, police said. Airport police arrived to a gate in the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport at about noon on Feb. 5 to approach a “disorderly customer,” according to an Atlanta Police Department news release. A woman at […]
Woman runs from police on Atlanta airport tarmac, spits on them, strips, pees herself, APD says
It was a wild day for one woman at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. Atlanta Police said on Monday morning, just before noon, officers with the Atlanta Police Airport Section responded to a “disorderly customer” at gate E1. [DOWNLOAD: Free WSB-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] The suspect, who police identified as Lezlie […]