Conrad Smith

A pet cat named Stuart, who ran away from his owner in 2014, has been found in the United States. This is reported by WGME-TV.

Rose Dorian sheltered a black cat when she lived in the city of Portland, Maine. The pet would sometimes stay away from home for long periods of time, but would always return. However, in 2014, Stewart disappeared. And it happened a few weeks before Dorian was supposed to move to New York.

The woman was never able to find the cat before moving to another state. She did, however, keep his papers and chip information. A few years later, Dorian returned to Maine, and she recently received a call from an animal shelter.

“They were like: ‘Oh, we called because we have a cat here and he has your phone number.’ And even before they said that, I was like, ‘Is this Stuart here? – says the American. – And I’m standing in the corridor, people are looking at me, and I shouted: “What does he look like? He’s really big, like six and a half kilos.” My brain just… I mean, I couldn’t believe it.”

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A woman from China has decided to bequeath her entire fortune to her pets. The South China Morning Post reports about it.

A woman surnamed Liu from Shanghai wrote off 20 million yuan (251.5 million rubles) to her pets instead of her children. According to the first will she made several years ago, the money and property were to go to her sons and daughters. However, the children rarely visited their mother and did not care for her when she became ill, so the woman changed her mind.

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In the Republic of South Africa (RSA) crocodiles mauled a praying prophet. This is reported by Times Live.

On Sunday, 21 January, the 48-year-old man went to the Elephantes River with two other prophets to pray. According to local police, during his spiritual practice, the South African man suddenly drowned in a body of water swarming with Nile crocodiles. The predators are believed to have attacked the man and eaten him. Two other men tried to find and rescue the prophet, but were unsuccessful.

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An elderly woman living in a retirement community in the United States was eaten by an alligator. This is reported by CBS News.

85-year-old Gloria Serge was walking with her dog near the lake near the house in the community for the elderly Spanish Lakes Fairways, in the state of Florida. Suddenly, a large alligator crawled out of the water and lunged at the senior citizen and her dog. The reptile managed to grab the American woman’s leg and drag her underwater. A woman living nearby noticed this and called the emergency services. The incident was also caught on CCTV cameras.

The woman could not be saved and her remains were later recovered from the lake. Wildlife conservationists captured the three-metre crocodile and sedated it. In January, the woman’s son William Serge filed a lawsuit against the housing company that owns the Spanish Lakes Fairways community and maintains the buildings. Serge is seeking $50,000 in damages from Wynne Building Corporation.

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A diver from the United States told about a 23-year friendship with a tiger shark. About it writes Oddity Central.

Jim Abernethy and tiger shark Emma first met in 2001, when the diver removed the hook from her mouth. Since then, the diver and the 4.5 metre predator have become friends and are practically inseparable. Every time Jim dives in the water at Tiger Beach in the Bahamas, she swims up to him and rubs her head against him as a sign of affection. The diver noted that this is not the behaviour most people expect from a huge tiger shark, which can easily tear a person apart.

The American compared the shark to a big dog because it also gets excited about him during encounters and waits for him to pet it. “What makes Emma so special is that she’s really big, just huge, and when you look at her it seems like it might be the last thing you’ll ever see in your life. But after being in the water for a while, you realise that it’s loving and affectionate. They are not mindless man-eating monsters, but intelligent creatures, just like cats and dogs. Hanging out with Emma is like rolling around in the grass with a retriever, it’s really fun and cool, we often take selfies together,” Abernathy told reporters.

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