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University of Edinburgh vets helps save bear with monstrously enlarged tongue Play

University of Edinburgh vets helps save bear with monstrously enlarged tongue

An Asian black bear was saved from a painful illness that caused its tongue to swell to an enormous size thanks to a team from the University of Edinburgh, who traveled to Myanmar to operate on him. The 18-month-old bear, called Nyan htoo, was rescued by a monastery when he was a cub, alongside his brother Kan htoo. Following the rescue, Nyan htoo contracted an infection, which the Edinburgh veterinary team said may have been mosquito-transmitted elephantiasis. Oct 25, 2017
Meet Charlie LeDoux, the Louisiana Alligator hunter Play

Meet Charlie LeDoux, the Louisiana Alligator hunter

LeDoux runs an alligator hunting business, where he gives hunters the chance to kill some of the most ferocious beasts on the planet. Despite being condemned by numerous animals rights groups, LeDouxs business is booming, with the 56-year-old charging $2,000 per kill. Oct 21, 2017
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