In Yelville, Arkansas, a 66-year-old experienced hunter died after he was gored by a buck he shot. From CNN:
When his nephew found him, the hunter was alert and talking, and was even able to call his wife. But he stopped breathing by the time paramedics could get him to the hospital, the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission said.
Officials are not certain that the antler wounds are the official cause of his death, the commission said in a statement. He may have died from other medical issues such as a heart attack, the statement said, but there will be no autopsy.
Injuries resulting from wounded deer are not uncommon, said Joe Dale Purdom from the Game and Fish Commission.
Three female mountain gorillas — one pregnant — and one male infant were killed by lightning in Uganda’s Mgahinga National Park. With just 1,000 or so left in the world, their deaths is a “big loss for the species,” according to the Greater Virunga Transboundary Collaboration that works to conserve wildlife in the region. From […]
Yesterday, I posted Sam Rowley’s fantastic photo of two brawling mice on a subway platform that won the London Natural History Museum’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year LUMIX People’s Choice award. Also in the animals-that-fight vein is Aaron Gekoski’s photo of a pugilist orangutan, a beautiful and ultimately tragic image that earned Gekoski a Highly […]
“I mean, just see the flash of him rolling over me and in a straight line, and he was gone,” the deer-trampled gentleman told WSOC-TV.
Everybody wears socks, even presidents, but not everybody wears sophisticated, ultra-comfortable socks made with bamboo yarn that offers softness, ventilation, and durability. So with all these DeadSoxy socks on sale for Presidents’ Day, why not use this opportunity to make those hard-working feet of yours happier than they’ve ever been? With styles for work and […]
If you’re looking to read more in 2020, you probably wish you had more time to get that done. Well, we can’t create more hours in the day (we’re mad about it too), but we can help you maximize those hours. Catch up on that book list and get ahead of the game when you […]
Grover Cleveland served as America’s 22nd President before being narrowly defeated for re-election by Benjamin Harrison in 1888. But the undeterred Cleveland roared back four years later, winning the 1892 election for his second term in the White House. If the American people can give a president a second chance, don’t you think a gently-used […]
