Striking to look at, with a vivid blue face, two red flaps of skin hanging from their neck and a hollow “helmet”, the Cassowary birds are considered to be the most dangerous in the world. These flightless birds, which are huge, territorial, and aggressive are native to the forests of New Guinea, the Aru Islands, and northeastern Australia. It is believed that thousands of years ago, they were kept as pets by the humans, something that is difficult to imagine nowadays, but not for everyone.
One particular man from Florida named Marvin Hajos, 75, has studied these birds for many years and he even had a permission to keep two breeding pairs as pets on his property. In fact, Marvin did a lot for this species and it was his goal to help preserve them. Over the years, he became an expert, and traveled around the US giving lectures on them at various colleges.
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Being very familiar with their aggressive nature, Marvin was aware of the dangers that came with keeping them and approaching close to them. Unfortunately, one day in 2019, he got too close to one of the Cassowaries he kept and got severely wounded by one of them. His call to the emergency services as a blood-chilling one.
The tragedy took place when Marvin tried to retrieve an egg the female bird had laid in order to prevent the male from smashing it, because that is what they do.
According to Fox 35, He was tending to them when he got attacked. One of the females recently laid an egg, the males typically try to smash those eggs. It is believed that Hajos tried to retrieve the eggs and put them in an incubator before the attack.”
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It is not known how exactly he got attacked, but when he called 911, Marvin could be heard saying, “Can you send an ambulance? I’m bleeding to death.”
He was rushed to UF Health Shands Hospital where he succumbed to the injuries.
Alachua County Fire Rescue Deputy Chief Jeff Taylor explained: “It looks like it was accidental. My understanding is that the gentleman was in the vicinity of the bird and at some point fell. When he fell, he was attacked.”
While these birds are certainly equipped to kill, like most animals, they don’t look for trouble. On the contrary, they tend to avoid contact and conflict unless they feel that their lives and that of their young are endangered.
Marvin Hajos, may you rest in peace.
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When someone isn’t satisfied with the way they look and long for a change, they usually get new hairstyle or change their clothing, but there are also those who undergo plastic surgeries in an attempt to alter their appearance. The thing is that once a procedure is done, there is this urge for more, and as we all know, too many plastic surgeries rarely seem to be a good decision.
Mary Magdalene is a 25-year-old internet sensation from Toronto, Canada who has spent thousands and thousands of dollars to look the way she does, and her changes are so drastic that they cause mixed feelings of whether she looks good or ridiculous.
In a recent Internet post, Mary says that her ‘new face’ looks like a “forest fairy elf.”
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Her desire for plastic surgeries emerged when she was 17 years old and started working as an exotic dancer. The first ever surgery she had undergone was breasts enlargement surgery. From that moment on, Mary turned into an internet sensation, gathering over 300,000 followers on her now suspended account. During the pandemic, she turned into a full-time online dancer and charged $110 for five-minute sessions.
“I do a chat and a [exotic dance], although sometimes I am just a therapist. Some people just love having someone to talk to,” Mary Magdalene told Unilad. “I get all sorts of different requests. Some people just want to see me eat, twerking, trying on clothes. I also get foot fetishists – I’ve even had people begging me to humiliate and insult them.”
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Over the years, she has undergone plenty of surgeries, and the list is so long that it’s easy to lose a track. Among the rest, Mary has done a brow lift, fat transfers, three Brazilian butt lifts, multiple nose jobs, boob jobs, liposuction, veneers, and butt injections.
All these surgeries cost her over $100,000.
For her latest surgery, Mary had to fly to Russia because the surgery she wanted couldn’t be performed in the States due to safety reasons. “Next week I have my eyebrow transplant, jaw and lips booked then my face will be complete,’ she captioned the photo,” she told The Sun in early February.
“The doctors think I don’t need any more surgeries but respect the fact that I have my own unique aesthetic and are open to helping me achieve my goals,’ the dancer and model explained.
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What Mary wanted from her latest surgery was getting the “fattest v*gina in the world,” where doctors took fat from other parts of her body and injected it into her v*gina. Sadly, it went wrong and her left side kept growing consistently, which resulted in a surge of scar tissue. In order to save her life, she had two blood transfusions.
“I custom-designed it, so I have the fattest in the world. I almost died during [the] procedure,” Mary Magdelene said on the No Jumper podcast. “The doctor said I was losing so much blood and turning very pale. He thought I was going to die.
“He thought I was going to die. I felt nauseous for a whole week, and I thought I was dying and had a bad allergic reaction to the new blood I received from the transfusion.”
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One would say this would be an alert to stop undergoing more surgeries, but not for this extravagant woman.
“I plan to have my next boob surgery in a couple of months. I’m on the fence with what route I’m going to take, but I plan to have the world’s biggest boobs,” she said.
“I get a lot of dirty looks and have literally caused car accidents. I often have people stop me on the street begging for my number and desperate to give me money. The wives and girlfriends try and distract their boyfriends and husbands when I walk by because they are jealous. They will stare at [my body] and get turned on,” Mary added.
“But I don’t care; they always find a way to stare at me anyway. There have been times where they secretly slipped me their number before. I thought it was hilarious.”
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Just recently, she posted a photo of her face all wrapped in bandages. And although she is complete swollen on it, she says she’s pleased with the results and the way she looks.
“It’s a very fake-looking Barbie nose which is exactly what I asked for, and so many surgeons said it was not possible for me to have this type of nose because of my three prior nose jobs.”
Mary believes that her appearance is good for her business, but at the same time, it prevents her from being in a relationship. “They get controlling and insecure about my Instagram and my website; they hate other men seeing my [hot] pictures, and they wish I wore more clothes out in public because it is too chaotic,” she said.
What are your thoughts on Mary Magdalene’s looks and her surgeries?
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Katie Stubblefield was just 18 years old when she decided to take her own life following a dispute with her boyfriend.
Before that, she was an excellent student and a fun loving young lady who found love during her senior year at the church where their parents taught. One night, Katie learned that her boyfriend was chatting with another girl, and when she confronted him, he told her he didn’t want to be with her any longer.
Katie felt terrible and instead of going home, she rushed to her brother’s house. Robert, her brother, noticed that Katie was visibly disturbed. “I was like, ‘What are you doing home from school?’” he recalled asking her. “So, you know, I called my parents, like, ‘Hey, just so you know, she’s at my house right now.’”
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Katie’s mom, Alesia, who knew her daughter experienced some hard time during the previous year when she needed to have both her appendix and her gallbladder removed, went to Robert’s house to comfort her daughter, but Katie refused to speak to her or anyone else.
Robert and Alesia then decided to get out of the house and give Katie some time to collect herself, but shortly after, they heard what resembled a door being slammed. They went inside and realized Katie was locked inside the bathroom and the place was filled with the smell of a gunpowder.
“I tried to open the door,” Alesia recalled. “I said, ‘Katie?’ And nothing. And then I said, ‘Katie.’ I said, ‘Are you OK?’ And about the third time I said, ‘Katie,’ that’s when my heart began to just palpitate.”
“At that point, I smelled gunpowder because it was, obviously, indoors, and you can smell it,” her brother Robert added. “And I knew exactly at that point what had happened.”
Katie shot herself in the face, but somehow, she managed to survive although she was completely disfigured.
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“When she was in that ER … she said, ‘Tell my mom and dad I love her — love them. I’m sorry,’” her father told ABC. “It took a lot of strength.”
Katie lost parts of her forehead, nose, sinuses, and most of her mouth except the corners of her lips. The bones that made up the jaw and front of her face were also gone. Her eyes remained, but were severely damaged.
Doctors tried to reconstruct her severely disfigured face, and her family was told that the only option for a normal life was a face transplant.
“[The doctor] said, ‘This is the worst wound I’ve ever seen, and I think the only thing that will give her any kind of life again will be a face transplant,’” Katie’s father said. “That was the first time we’d ever heard that term.”
Katie herself spoke of the tragic decision to shot herself in the face and the possibility of transplantation. “I had no clue what a face transplant was,” she said. “When my parents helped explain everything to me, I was very excited to get a face again and to have function again.
“I never thought of doing that ever before, and so on hearing about it, I just didn’t know how to handle it,” she recalled. “I felt so guilty that I had put my family through such pain, I felt horrible.”
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After a year, the family of a 31-year-old woman named Adrea Schneider who suddenly passed away decided to donate her face and Katie was given the chance for a new face. She had undergone a complex surgery which lasted 31 hours, making Katie the youngest ever face transplant
Katie’s procedure involved transplanting the scalp, forehead, upper and lower eyelids, eye sockets, nose, upper cheeks, upper jaw and half of lower jaw, upper teeth, lower teeth, partial facial nerves, muscles, and skin – effectively replacing her entire facial tissue, the clinic explained in a statement.
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“To reach this point of recovery has often times been a difficult road to travel, but I’m thankful there’s been a road – and Cleveland Clinic has been the vehicle to help drive me along,” Katie said shortly after the surgery.
“I am forever grateful for the care this hospital has given me and continues to offer on my journey of recovery and healing. To call my surgeons, physicians, nurses and caregivers’ world class’ would be an understatement. And to my donor and her family – words cannot express the appreciation I have for this incredible gift. With a grateful heart, I say ‘thank you’ to all who have made this possible for me.”
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The process of recovery took a lot of time and plenty of medications. And although she has received a new face, Katie’s speech is still not very recognizable and she’s using braille lessons twice or thrice a week and speech therapy four times a week.
Fourteen months after the face transplant, doctors have completed three major revision surgeries intended to slim her face, reduce scarring, and improve her eyelids.
“I am able to touch my face now, and it feels amazing,” Katie told CNN.
“You take it for granted, the different components of our faces – the bone, the tissue, the muscle, everything – but when it’s gone, you recognize the big need. Then when you receive a transplant, you’re so thankful.”
Katie has a lot of plans for the future. Among the rest, she wants to attend college and become a counselor and a motivational speaker.
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William Shatner, the legendary Star Trek captain, opened up about his mortality in his upcoming documentary You Can Call Me Bill and said he’s living each day as if it is his last.
“I’ve turned down a lot of offers to do documentaries before. But I don’t have long to live,” he revealed during an interview with Variety. “Whether I keel over as I’m speaking to you or 10 years from now, my time is limited, so that’s very much a factor. I’ve got grandchildren. This documentary is a way of reaching out after I die.”
The documentary, directed by Alexandre O. Philippe, will premiere at the SXSW Film Festival in Texas and will give fans an inside look of the actor’s personal life as well as highlights of his successful career. His three daughters, Leslie, Lisabeth, and Melanie, have also been featured in the documentary which served as an eye-opener for Shatner.
“I’m trying to discover something I’ve never said before or to find a way to say something I’ve said before in a different way so I can explore that truth further,” the actor said.
“The sad thing is that the older a person gets the wiser they become and then they die with all that knowledge,” he told Variety.
Shatner further said that he doesn’t regret anything, not even his decision not to attend the funeral of his friend and Star Trek co-star Leonard Nimoy despite the backlash he faced.
“When Leonard Nimoy died a few years ago, his funeral was on a Sunday. His death was very sudden, and I had obligated myself to go to Mar-a-Lago for a Red Cross fundraiser. I was one of the celebrities raising money . . . I chose to keep my promise and go to Mar-a-Lago instead of the funeral,” Shatner shared, and added that good deeds live forever.
Speaking of his personal life and being a grandparent, Shatner told The Guardian several years ago, “Being a grandparent is the greatest joy for me. I have the time now to grab a grandchild and talk, and hug and kiss them and make sure that I’m taking time to be with them and to give them some aspect of the things I’ve learned.
“Family life is totally encompassing,” he added. “I see my daughters every weekend. And we go off on holidays together – everything from skiing to snorkelling.”
Shatner has been married four times in his life. Recently, he made headlines when he got back together with his fourth wife Elizabeth whom he divorced in 2019 after $2 million worth divorce settlement.
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Thomas Jung, an employee of the Government of Yukon, recorded a video which caught the attention of many and stunned many animal lovers.
Namely, this man, who is a researcher, spotted a Canada Lynx, also known as Lynx canadensis, which is a species of lynx native to North America, including Canada and parts of the United States. These animals have typical light brownish-grey fur coat, although there are those with black fur, but until Jung took a video of one, there was no footage showing a black lynx.
The video was taken in 2022 and spread like a wildfire. The Mammalia magazine even published an article titled “Paint it black: first record of melanism in Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis).”
The rare lynx was spotted in a rural residential area near the town of Whitehorse, Yukon, at a distance of about 50 meters. It was running around until it heard a dog barking and decided to leave.
The Canada Lynx is a solitary and secretive animal.
”It had a black coat containing whitish gray guard hairs throughout, as well as whitish gray hairs in the facial ruff and the rostrum and dorsal regions,” Jung reported and said the grainy video prevented them noticing too many distinctive features.
During the summer time, these animals’ silvery gray coats turn into reddish brown.
According to Jung, these variations are often adaptations that can be of evolutionary benefit (adaptive) or come as a disadvantage (maladaptive). He believes that in the case of the black Canadian lynx this is maladaptive because of the camouflage. It means hat during winter time, when there is snow out there, their distinctive black fur would stand out.
You can take a look at the footage of this rare and stunning animal below.
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Camila Roxana Martinez Mendoza was just three years old when she started experiencing stomach pain, vomiting, and fever. Her parents got really worried and rushed to a pediatrician in her hometown of Villa de Ramos without wasting time. However, the pediatrician believed Camila’s case could be more severe than it looked like so they advised the parents to take their daughter to a hospital at the central state of Mexico; San Luis Potosí.
There, Camila was prescribed paracetamol as doctors tried to lower her body temperature by placing a cold towel on her lower body. At the same time, she was placed an oximetar to check on her oxygen levels.
Sadly, her condition didn’t improve much, so her parents sought a second opinion from a doctor at another hospital. Camila was prescribed more medications and her mom, Mary Jane, was told to give her daughter more fruits and vegetables. As this didn’t help either, Camila was then taken to the Salinas hospital between 9 and 10 p.m. where she was urgently hospitalized.
“They wanted to give her (intravenous therapy). They took a long time to put oxygen on her. They didn’t put it on her because they couldn’t find her little veins; finally, a nurse managed it,” the mom told the Daily Mail. Once they removed the IV drip, Camila was taken to another room to rest and her mom wasn’t allowed in to be with her daughter although she insisted to be let inside the room.
“She still was hugging me, they took her away and told me, ‘You have to let her rest in peace,’” Mary Jane recalled.
Not much time had spent when the doctor got out and told the parents the most devastating news. Their girl died and the reason why was dehydration. Their world crushed into a million pieces.
On the day of Camila’s funeral, the family noticed that the glass window of the coffin started fogging up and her grandma insisted they opened it up. Once they did so, they saw Camila moving her eyes and having a puls. The girl was rushed to the hospital where they tired to revive her, but she was once again pronounced dead, with cerebral edema listed as the cause of her death.
“That was really where my baby was done. We are devastated because my girl was a very happy person, she got along with everyone, she didn’t single anyone out. We have many people on the ranch who support us because she was cherished,” her mom said.
Her first death certificate stated the cause of death as just dehydration, while the second one listed it as dehydration along with cerebral edema and metabolic failure.
“What I really want is for justice to be served. I have no grudge against the doctors [who] went to extreme [measures],” her grieving mother told NY Post. “I only ask that the doctors, nurses and directors be changed so that it does not happen again,” she finished.
San Luis Potosí State Attorney General Jose Luis Ruiz is looking into the case asthe family is waiting for the results of the autopsy to be revealed.
We can’t even imagine what it might have felt like for these parents to lose their daughter twice. May she rest in peace.
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Johnny Depp, the heartthrob the world has fallen for over and over again, was given a rousing seven-minute standing ovation at the opening night screening of Jeanne Du Barry at Cannes 2023. As he walked down the red carpet, fans screamed his name and a woman broke down in tears in order to gather his attention.
Jeanne Du Barry, in which he stars as the former King of France Louis XV, has been the actor’s first film project since a defamation trial with his ex-wife Amber Heard which took place last summer. Their high-profile court battle was a nasty one and all manner of private affairs were aired for the world to see.
Depp won the case, and after losing millions of dollars and a lot of time out of work, he’s finally back, to the delight of his millions of fans.
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His presence at the festival was a much-debated topic as many critics fiercely condemned his appearance at Cannes, to the extent that festival director Thierry Fremaux felt compelled to issue a response ahead of the opening night.
“I don’t know about the image of Johnny Depp in the US.
“To tell you the truth, in my life, I only have one rule: It’s the freedom of thinking, and the freedom of speech and acting within a legal framework.
“If Johnny Depp had been banned from acting in a film, or the film was banned, we wouldn’t be here talking about it.”
Fremaux went on: “This [controversy] came up once the film was announced at Cannes because everybody knew Johnny had made a film in France. I don’t know why she chose him but it’s a question you should ask Maiwenn. As for the rest, I’m the last person to be able to discuss all this.
“If there’s one person in this world who didn’t find the least interest in this very publicised trial, it’s me.
“I don’t know what it’s about. I also care about Johnny Depp as an actor.”
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At the press conference for the film at Cannes, Depp said that “the majority of what you have been reading the last four or five years…with regard to me and my life what you’ve read is fantastically, horrifically written fiction.
“The focus should simply be on that fact it’s a miracle to get a film made that you care about in the first place,” he said. “You win right there.”
Several footage from the premiere emerged which show Depp overcome with emotions at the reaction of the fans and the standing ovation. He could be seen shedding tears and holding his hands to his face before hugging the director, Maïwenn.
Besides the success of the premiere, Depp has also signed a contract with Dior worth $20 million.
One thing about Johnny Depp is that there is no actor more versatile than he is, and the world of film is certainly happy to have him back.
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The passing of Queen Elizabeth meant that her son, King Charles III acceded the throne and Britain witnessed a coronation taking place after over 70 years. However, the loss of the Queen has also brought some significant changes withing the royal family.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s children, Archie and Lilibet Diana, received the titles of Prince and Princess. This came as a surprise to many as one of the reason for the Sussex’s departure from the Firm was that they wanted to lead a more quieter lives. At the same time, they believed that these titles could be a burden to their children, but then they changed their mind.
The announcement about the new titles came shortly after Lili’s christening, and according to Harry and Meghan, this is their children’s birthright.
“The children’s titles have been a birthright since their grandfather became monarch. This matter has been settled for some time in alignment with Buckingham Palace,” a spokesman for the couple said.
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The Royal Family’s website has been updated accordingly, and Master Archie Mountbatten-Windsor and Miss Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor were listed as Prince and Princess in the line of succession.
Many have been left puzzled as to why Archie and Lilibet got to receive the titles of Prince and Princess, but the explanation is in fact a very simple one.
In 1917, George V created the rules that are still in place today. He decided that the children of the sons of any Sovereign “shall have and at all times hold and enjoy the style title or attribute of Royal Highness with their titular dignity of Prince or Princess prefixed to their respective Christian names or with their other titles of honor.” So, when the Queen passed and King Charles became the monarch, Archie and Lilibet became eligible for their own royal titles.
“It wasn’t clear if they would use them or not since Harry and Meghan have left the family as working royals and headed to the States,” TalkTV Royal Editor Sarah Hewson told Sky. “We understand discussions took place after the Queen’s funeral and it has been agreed that they will be known formally as prince and princess – although Harry and Meghan won’t be using it in everyday life.”
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The decision to accept the titles for their children, which are their birth right, wasn’t embraced by everyone.
Royal expert Angela Levin argued that it might have an unwanted impact on Archie and Lilibet’s futures.
“It will take a long time for little Lilibet to realise the extent of the burden her parents have placed on her young shoulders,” Levin told Sky News. She added that by giving their daughter a princess title, Harry and Meghan have now “glued her to the British Royal Family,” the same establishment they have criticized for many years.
“Why on earth would you want your daughter to experience such anguish?” Angela Levin said, adding that Lilibet’s everyday life will be more challenging since she has the princess title attached to her name.”
“Little girls obviously love being a princess at parties, but if Lilibet is the only one in the class who is a real princess, it could lead to jealousy that could easily be avoided,” the royal expert concluded.
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Others believe that Harry and Meghan could benefit financially from their children’s titles.
“You wouldn’t be wrong if you look at this and think about the branding,” Sarah Hewson said. “When they said they wanted to distance themselves from the family, they wanted to have a private life, when Archie was born, I remember vividly being told they wanted him to be Master Archie, now he is Prince, and Lilibet is Princess,” Hewson added.
Mere days after Lilibet and Archie’s titles were officially added to the Buckingham Palace website, King Charles announced another big change within the Royal Family.
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Prince Edward, his youngest brother, who held the titled the Earl of Wessex, was honored with a new title: the Duke of Edinburgh.
A palace statement said: “His Majesty the King has been pleased to confer the Dukedom of Edinburgh upon the Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and Forfar, on the occasion of His Royal Highness’s 59th birthday. The title will be held by Prince Edward for His Royal Highness’s lifetime.”
“The Dukedom was last created for Prince Philip in 1947, upon his marriage to Princess Elizabeth, who held the title of Duchess of Edinburgh before acceding to the throne in 1952. The new Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh are proud to continue Prince Philip’s legacy of promoting opportunities for young people of all backgrounds to reach their full potential.”
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What experts noticed was that the contrast between the announcements regarding the new titles given to Harry and Meghan’s children and that to Prince Edward was ‘stark.’
“The contrast between the way in which Harry and Meghan released the news of their children’s royal titles and the way King Charles announced his brother’s ennoblement was stark,” Seward told the Mirror.
“King Charles issued a formal statement from Buckingham Palace to say he was ‘pleased’ to confer the Dukedom of Edinburgh upon The Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex and Forfar,” the royal expert added. “It was such a grand announcement it felt as if it were in a gilded frame pinned to the Buckingham Palace railings.”
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