Body-Snatching Parasite Turns Male Crabs into Females
Sacculina carcini is a common species of barnacle that not only attaches itself to various species of crab, forcefully castrating males and turning them into females willing to care for and release their eggs. Most barnacles spend their entire existence attaching themselves to underwater rocks or the bottoms of ships and just filtering food from water, […]
Indian Man Builds His Own Titanic-Shaped Villa
A farmer in India’s West Bengal state has been working on an unusual-looking house modeled after the famous RMS Titanic ship that sank after colliding with an iceberg. Mintu Roy, a man from Bengal’s Darjeeling district, has been dreaming of living in a house shaped like the Titanic since he was a small child growing […]
Ultramarathon Runner Stripped of Medal for Using a Car during a Race
Joasia Zakrzewski, an accomplished ultramarathon runner from Australia, was stripped of her bronze medal and trophy won in a recent 50-mile race after organizers learned that she had used a car for a portion of the course. 47-year-old Joasia Zakrzewski finished third in the 2023 GB Ultras 50-mile (80km) race from Manchester to Liverpool on […]