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In 2016, a large coconut crab was observed climbing a tree to disable and consume a red-footed booby on the Chagos Archipelago. [49] [50] The coconut crab can take a coconut from the ground and cut it to a husk nut, take it with its claw, climb up a tree 10 m (33 ft) high and drop the husk nut, to access the coconut flesh inside. [51]
The disappearance of early 20th century aviator Amelia Earhart has puzzled people for decades, with some suggesting she was lost to the sea and others positing that she became a castaway on a ...
In September 2014, a 54-year-old English teacher was killed by a falling coconut in Pitigala, Sri Lanka. [49] In May 2017, a 59-year-old man was killed by a falling coconut while trying to pick coconuts from a tree in Jempol District, Malaysia. [50] In June 2021, an 11-month-old boy was killed by a falling coconut in Haunsabhavi, Karnataka ...
Dan Seavey (March 23, 1865 – February 14, 1949), also known as "Roaring" Dan Seavey, was an American sailor, fisherman, farmer, saloon keeper, prospector, U.S. marshal, thief, poacher, smuggler, hijacker, procurer, and timber pirate in Wisconsin and Michigan and on the Great Lakes in the late 19th to early 20th century.
The Lake Michigan Shipwreck Research Association claims that the triangle is a myth, contending that the triangle has no more shipwrecks than the rest of the Great Lakes. They also stated that the number of shipwrecks within the Great Lakes can be attributed to the high traffic over the lakes.
Each larva that grows into a juvenile sea lamprey will migrate into Lake Michigan and can kill 40 pounds of fish in its 12- to 18-month feeding period.
According to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 8,050 people have died crossing the U.S–Mexico border between 1998 and 2020. [3] In 2005, more than 500 died across the entire U.S.–Mexico border. [8] The number of yearly border crossing deaths doubled from 1995 to 2005, [9] and has since declined and then risen. [3]
Green pleaded no contest to second-degree murder in 1992 and was sentenced to 15 to 25 years in prison, Gautz said. Green was released on parole in 2008.