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    Vandals demolish 115,000,000-year-old dinosaur footprint in Australia

    Thugs have smashed a 115,000,000-year-old dinosaur footprint with a hammer at a famous site in Australia. The footprint of the meat-eating theropod was discovered by palaeontologists in 2006 at Flat Rocks in the state of Victoria, which is one of

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    Bat bites off more banana than it can chew

    When that phrase 'bitten off more than you can chew' becomes an actually reality... This fruit bat really found out the meaning when it tried to shove a whole banana in its mouth. The little cutie, named Miss Alicia after the human that

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    Bathing kangaroo has perfect beach body

    This is the bizarre moment a gardener spotted a threatening 'bodybuilder' 16st kangaroo bathing its bulging biceps in an Australian creek. Jackson Vincent snapped these astounding photographs of the huge roo tensing its rippling muscles

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    Crocodile killed in Australia the largest seen in 30 years

    A huge 'iconic' saltwater crocodile has been shot and killed in Australia. The search is on for the person who illegally killed the 17ft (5.2m) crocodile, which has been described as the largest to be caught in the last 30 years. See

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    Man tries to rescue great white shark on Australia beach

    A man tried to pull a great white shark washed ashore on Sydney's Manly Beach back to the sea last week. Karl Bucholtz, 33, can be seen grabbing the shark's tail and dragging back into the water in a bid to rescue it. See also:

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  • TechnologyAOL

    'Shark drones' to protect Australia beaches

    A shark detection artificial intelligence system will be used by drones in Australia this summer to detect sharks and ensure greater protection for beach users. The drones will provide a live feed to an operator who then uses the software to

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    Terrorists try to blow up plane with bomb hidden in Barbie doll

    Lebanese security forces say they've foiled a plot to blow up a plane with explosives hidden inside a large Barbie doll and a meat grinder. According to the country's interior minister, terrorists plotted to plant a bomb on a plane

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