Elephants Play Football

Not only humans enjoy a game of soccer. Elephants have a good time playing it too. Despite their size they are very fast and agile.

The fifth annual Chitwan festival in Nepal organized a soccer match for elephants in the region. Competition was rough with masters and elephants playing hard. The Wai Wai noodles team won the event. They dominated the final against the Hotel Association winning 3-0.

Riders sit on the backs of elephants while the animals really kick the ball around. An international elephant race has been included to bring more people (and elephants) to the festival.

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Snakes Are Tough

Snakes are tougher than you may think. A women was driving around in her car which was making strange noises. Mechanics had no hope of finding the problem because the issue wasn't with the car's mechanicals. The cause lay in the air-conditioning system.

Kit Carson (yes real name) had a look at the rotor on the air-conditioning. To his horror a snake threatened to attack him. The snake had been entangled around the rotor of the air-conditioner. It must had been spinning around like "a bloody washing machine", says Kit.

The snake has been released to live the rest of its life in less exciting circumstances, though it will be 5 cms shorter - its tail was smashed around a bit.

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