Chennai: Blogger tries to eat octopus alive, it fights back successfully
A blogger, a live-streamer on Chinese photo sharing app Kuaishou won’t be eating octopus alive again in near future as her meal turned on her. The viral video shows the host trying to film herself consuming an octopus alive. But unluckily, the octopus decided to fight back and latched on to her face turning the live-streaming into a painful few minutes for her. The host started screaming in pain as she tried to remove the creature’s tentacles off her face. She desperately managed to pull it out, but her lower eyelid stretched to a horrifying degree before she can get rid of the sea creature. She was left horrified with a small wound on her cheek after the ‘meal’ nearly ripped her face off.
Canadian finds a treasure of 27 kg pearl in family heirloom
A family heirloom kept in safe deposit box by a Canadian man without realising what it actually was turned out be a 27 kg natural pearl. The pearl, possibly the world’s largest and costliest, weighs 27.65 kg — four times the weight of the Lao-Tzu Pearl, also called the Pearl of Allah, thought to be the world’s largest. Named the Giga Pearl, the white and cream-coloured gem looks like a huge tooth. Abraham Reyes, 34, said “didn’t know it was worth anything — didn’t even know it was a pearl.” “Nobody really looked at it ... it doesn’t look like a pearl,” Reyes who got it from his aunt a few years ago said. Insurance appraisers say it may be worth between $60 million and $90 million. Reyes had already gotten a 22-karat gold leaf octopus built to hold it.
Social media alight with Afghan boy’s dance in delight on prosthetic leg
A video of a boy from Afghanistan dancing in joy after receiving a prosthetic leg has touched the hearts of thousands across the world. The 20-second clip was shot at an International Red Cross orthopedic centre in Afghanistan and it has been going viral online. According to Roya Musawi, who shared it on Twitter, the video shows a young boy named Ahmad, who lost his leg in a landmine explosion in the Logar region of Afghanistan. Happiness is evident on Ahmad’s face as he dances around his ward even as other patients smile on. The heart melting video has been viewed by over 3 lakh times since it was shared online. It has also collected over 16,000 likes and tonnes of comments praising the boy’s resilience. The Red Cross too was hailed for their work in Afghanistan.