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September A parrot at a British zoo has
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viral sensation online after belting
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out a rendition of Beyonce’s “If I
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The Lincolnshire Wildlife
Park posted a video to Facebook

IRISH of the 9-year-old yellow-crowned
Amazon parrot, Chico, breaking
into song for a gathered crowd of
patrons.
The video quickly went viral,
$75 million estate in Virginia “He came down right away to pick it recent weeks. A video recorded leading the zoo to give Chico his
comes with Budweiser Clydesdales up. Very very thankful. He just went on Saturday shows a bear lunging at Heigh own Instagram account for shar-
A property listed for $75 million in and on about how he needed it to get back as he attempted to block its path into the ing his renditions of pop songs.
Virginia comes with amenities, including a to work,” Bly said. store. Chico’s repertoire also
winery, a brewery, a go-cart track - and Bly said the man told him the leg would “It was kinda scary, yeah, I’m not includes “Poker Face” by Lady
some of Budweiser’s retired Clydesdale have cost $15,000 to replace, making it the going to lie,” Heigh told CBS Gaga, “Firework” by Katy Perry
horses. most expensive item the diver has fished Sacramento. “It’s not in the job descrip- and “You Drive Me Crazy” by
The Mount Ida Estate, which encom- out of the river this year. tion no, not at all. Fighting off bears was Gnarls Barkley. C
passed 4,500 acres, features 26 houses and “If you’re bringing something valuable not in the job description.” A long-distance swimmer
was once owned by Bernard Arnault, CEO on the river, make sure it floats,” Bly said. A video dated Aug. 12 shows a bear spent 24 hours swimming non-
of luxury conglomerate LVMH Moet wandering into the store and being swat- stop in Lake Michigan to raise
Hennessy - Louis Vuitton SE. Pilot reports ‘guy in a jetpack’ ted on the backside by a customer. money for an Illinois diabetes
The current owner, Tom Sullivan, 3,000 feet over Los Angeles Wildlife officials said a bear that was charity.
spent about $100 million on renovations An American Airlines pilot preparing to seen inside a Safeway grocery store in Marian Cardwell, who previ-
and upgrades to the property, listing land in Los Angeles reported an unusual Kings Beach recently is one of the same ously swam across the English
agency Sotheby’s said. encounter at about 3,000 feet with a “guy bears that has been visiting the Chevron Channel in 2012, said she had
The upgrades include the fully function- in a jetpack.” store. originally planned to swim across
ing winery and brewery, go-cart track, A recording of the conversation Ann Bryant with the BEAR League Lake Michigan from Chicago to
Grand Haven, Mich., but her
event spaces, two tennis courts, a pool, a between the pilot and air traffic control said she has been in contact with both plans were interrupted by the
180-foot water slide and a collection of Sunday evening at Los Angeles stores to advise them on how to keep COVID-19 pandemic.
Clydesdale horses that were formerly part International Airport recounted the inci- the bears out. She said the stores should Cardwell instead spent 24
of Budweiser’s famous herd. dent. disable their automatic doors and use hours swimming non-stop along
“Everything is just in immaculate condi- “Tower, American 1997, we just passed the smell of Pine-Sol cleaner to ward off the Wilmette, Ill., coastline and
tion ... just unbelievable condition,” Daniel a guy in a jetpack,” the pilot said in the the animals. raised more than $10,000 for the
Heider of Sotheby’s told WVIR-TV. recording. “The bear should not be going into Chicago Diabetes Project.
“There’s not any aspect of Mount Ida that The pilot said the man wearing the jet- buildings where someone could shoot The swimmer said she is now
has been neglected. It’s certainly one of the pack was flying at about 3,000 feet, about him or kill him or the Department of planningtoattempthercross-lake
swiminAugust2021,withanaim
largest parcels of its kind and I would say 10 miles away from the airport. The man Wildlife could kill him,” Bryant said. of setting a world record for the
really nothing is of its equal.” came within 300 yards of the plane, the longest unassisted open water
The listing agency said the estate would pilot said. Two large pythons crash swim. C
take the title of Virginia’s most expensive A second pilot also reported spotting a through man’s kitchen ceiling
property if it sells for the $75 million asking man flying at a high altitude in the jetpack. An Australian man called reptile A British man who posted an
price. The jetpack sightings remained a mys- experts for help when he arrived home ad for “ghost ship” tours of the
tery Tuesday, as no one had come forward to find two large snakes had fallen empty cruise ships moored in the
Prosthetic leg found in to claim credit for the flight. Wearable per- through his kitchen ceiling. English Channel said the business
California river returned to owner sonal aviation devices have been demon- Steven Brown of Brisbane North hasprovenunexpectedlypopular.
PaulDerham,whoworkedon
A diver who takes near-daily plunges strated before, but usually at much lower Snake Catchers and Relocation said he cruise ships for 27 years before
into California’s American River said he altitudes. responded to a Brisbane home Monday making the move to running two
encountered an unusual item under water The Federal Aviation Administration when a man called complaining of a 9.5- local ferries in Mudeford,
- a prosthetic leg - and was able to return it said the investigation into the incident has foot carpet python and an 8.2-foot carpet England, said he saw a potential
to its owner. been turned over to the Los Angeles Police python slithering around his kitchen. business opportunity in the multi-
Karl Bly, who runs the American River Department. “Both these snakes were two of the ple empty cruise ships moored in
Lost & Found Facebook, said he regularly fattest snakes I’ve seen, as in the amount the English Channel amid the
finds phones and other devices at the bot- Bears make repeated visits to of muscle they had,” Brown told CNN. COVID-19 pandemic.
tom of the water, but the prosthetic leg dis- California convenience store He said the snakes were “very well fed.” Derham started using his
covery was a first for him. Security cameras at a California con- Brown said in a Facebook post that he expertise to give 2.5-hour “ghost
ship” tours, in which he takes
“Once I got past the foot that was on it, venience store captured video of repeat- determined the big serpents had fallen tourists as close as 160 feet to the
the human-looking foot, I saw the ed visits from a group of unusual through the man’s kitchen ceiling before empty vessels, some of which he
mechanics of it and realized it was a pros- shoplifters - bears. exploring the house. worked aboard during his time in
thetic leg and I just knew immediately Footage recorded Sunday by the secu- The snake catcher said the male the cruise industry.
somebody needed it back,” Bly told CBS rity cameras at the Chevron gas station pythons were likely fighting over a near- “They look spectacular,
Sacramento. convenience store in Kings Beach shows by female when they crashed through because even when they’re in the
Bly posted a photo of the leg on his a bear lying on the floor eating merchan- the ceiling. ports of call, like Southampton or
Facebook page and he soon received a dise, including candy and crackers. The snakes were safely captured and wherever, you can’t get that close
message from the leg’s owner, a man Employee Paul Heigh said local bears relocated more than a half mile away to a ship, with a good view,”
Derham told CNN. C
named Scott. have repeatedly visited the store in from the man's home. C