Chinese Couple Raise 3.7-Meter-Long Python as Their Child

An elderly couple in Haikou, China’s Hainan Province, have been sharing their home with a 60 kilogram, 3.7-meter-long python for seven years, raising it as their child and even taking it for walks around their neighborhood. 68-year-old Shi Jimin, a retired meat processing worker, adopted the python in 2009, to save it from certain death. A fish […]
Designer Creates Human Ivory Jewelry Out of Her Own Teeth

In a time when ivory poaching has gotten so bad that it threatens to wipe out several animal species, a young Dutch designer is creating “egalitarian jewelry” made of our very own ivory – teeth. Lucie Majerus first got the idea for her “human ivory” collection after having her wisdom teeth removed. She kept them […]
German Town Builds Huge Stone Wall to Separate Locals from Refugees

The Munich suburb of Neuperlach Sud has nearly completed a giant stone wall meant to separate the local population from around 160 unaccompanied child refugees set to move into a nearby shelter. The 4-meter-high barrier will be taller than the Berlin Wall (3.6 meters). After the local government decided to build a large refugee shelter approximately […]