Read more about the article Baffled Customs Officers Find Endangered Tortoise Skeleton In Its Shell Shipped From Switzerland As Home Decoration
The skeletonised tortoise listed by the IUCN as 'vulnerable' which was found by customs officers in the city of Augsburg in Germany. (Hauptzollamt Augsburg/Newsflash)
Animals

Baffled Customs Officers Find Endangered Tortoise Skeleton In Its Shell Shipped From Switzerland As Home Decoration

German customs officers have seized a protected tortoise skeleton along with its shell that was shipped from Switzerland to Germany as a home decoration. The officials at the Donauwoerth Customs Office located in the southern German state of Bavaria found the tortoise and its shell in a package on 19th…

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January 29, 2022
Read more about the article Intact Skeleton Of Mystery Animal Unearthed At Mill Baffles Turkish Boffins
The skeleton, which is currently unknown to which animal belongs, was found in digging an enterprise garden in Igdir, Turkey. (Newsflash)
Animals

Intact Skeleton Of Mystery Animal Unearthed At Mill Baffles Turkish Boffins

This intact skeleton of an as-yet-unidentified animal has baffled Turkish scientists after it was unearthed at a local mill. The skeleton, about one metre (3.3 feet) tall with ferocious teeth, was found in the field of a textile plant in the Turkish province of Igdir last week. Noting that some…

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November 12, 2021
Read more about the article Skeleton Of Woman Abducted Over Alleged Debt Found In Back Of Burnt Our Car Hours Later
The charred body found in a car in September 2021 in Cuiaba, Mato Grosso in Brazil. (Newsflash)
Crime

Skeleton Of Woman Abducted Over Alleged Debt Found In Back Of Burnt Our Car Hours Later

The skeleton of a woman has been found in the back of a burnt-out car just hours after two men abducted her from her home, reportedly over an alleged debt. The skeletal remains of Maria Diana da Silva were found on the back seat of the burnt-out Ford Ka on…

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September 23, 2021
Read more about the article Gruesome Human Skeleton With Teeth Pulled Out Washes Up On Turkish Beach
A human skeleton was found washed up on the shore by a person who was out for a walk on the beach in Samsun, Turkey on 13th July 2021. (Newsflash)
General News

Gruesome Human Skeleton With Teeth Pulled Out Washes Up On Turkish Beach

A gruesome human skeleton with most of its teeth missing has washed up on a beach in northern Turkey. The incident took place in the neighbourhood of Sancakli in the district of Terme in the northern Turkish province of Samsun at around 4pm on 13th July. According to the news…

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July 15, 2021
Read more about the article Farmer Discovers Skeleton Of Giant Hornless Rhino, The Largest Land Mammal To Ever Exist
Picture shows the fossil remains of a giant hornless rhino which is the largest land mammal to have ever existed on Earth, that have been found in the village of Kara Tepe in the district of Namangan in Uzbekistan. (@namanganmuzeyrasmiykanal/Newsflash)
Archaeology

Farmer Discovers Skeleton Of Giant Hornless Rhino, The Largest Land Mammal To Ever Exist

A farmer digging a hole in order to build a greenhouse has found an almost complete skeleton of a prehistoric Indricotherium, the ancestor of the rhino that was bigger than an elephant and recorded as the largest land mammal ever to have walked the earth. The discovery was made in…

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March 31, 2021