Environment
A Snake Bathed With Shampoo
A viral video shows a young man fearlessly washing a king cobra with shampoo, though where it was filmed is unknown.
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Rooftop farming
People and a Herd of Deer Shelter Under One Roof in the Rain
A viral video shows wild deer in Japan's Nara Park sheltering from heavy rain beside people under a roadside roof.
Environment
75% of the World's Tigers Now Live in India; Numbers Up in Nepal and Bhutan
India, Nepal and Bhutan have made major gains in tiger numbers, with India now home to about 75% of the world's tigers.
Environment
Hollywood-Style Hunt for a Lioness Near Berlin Turns Up a Wild Boar
A 30-hour search for a lioness reported loose in the German town of Kleinmachnow ended when experts concluded the animal on a viral video was most likely a wild boar.
Environment
Penguins Starving in the Atlantic, Thousands of Bodies Wash Ashore
More than 2,000 Magellanic penguins, most of them young, have washed up dead on Uruguay's Atlantic coast, apparently from starvation.
Environment
19-Foot Burmese Python Caught in Florida
A 22-year-old in Florida has caught a Burmese python 19 feet long, as long as an adult giraffe is tall, thought to be the longest of its kind in the world.
World
Seven Cheetahs Die One After Another in Modi's Dream Project
Seven cheetahs brought from Namibia and South Africa, or born to them, have died in India in four months, threatening the reintroduction project.
Crops
Tomatoes Worth 2.5 Lakh Stolen, Farmer Goes to Police
A woman farmer in Karnataka's Hassan district has filed a police case after 50-60 bags of tomatoes, worth 2.5 lakh by her account, were stolen from her field.
World
Mexican Mayor Marries Crocodile to Bring Good Fortune
The mayor of a town in southern Mexico has married a crocodile in a traditional ritual meant to bring good fortune to its residents.
Agribusiness
Cattle Selling 'Dirt Cheap' in Kolkata
With street sales banned in Kolkata, temporary animal markets outside the city are selling local cattle at low prices ahead of Eid-ul-Azha.
Crops
Photos Shared Online, 'World's Most Expensive' Mangoes Stolen from Odisha Orchard
Four Miyazaki mangoes, said to fetch Rs 2.5 lakh a kilogram, were stolen from an Odisha farmer's orchard after he posted photos of them online.
Fruits
Bangladeshi Mangoes Handed to Indo-Bangla Press Club Members
Members of Kolkata's Indo-Bangla Press Club and their families were given Bangladesh's famous Rajshahi mangoes at an event on 17 June.
Fruits
World News in Brief: 13 June 2023
A round-up of important world news from 13 June 2023, from Cyclone Biparjoy to the Kakhovka dam collapse.