Zoo Replaces Polar Bears With Electronic Ones

St. Louis Zoo has decided that after the death of three of its Polar Bears, they’ll be placing electronic versions in their enclosures instead.

St. Louis Zoo doesn’t have a very good track record for keeping Polar Bears alive. They’ve last three over of them since May 2005 (one of which had two fetuses), with the last being euthanized this April. So, to solve the problem, they’ve decided to place electronic versions instead. The story was revealed in a copy of Post-Dispatch.

This is truly a bizarre twist that I wouldn’t have expected. I would’ve shut down the Polar Bear enclosure outright, instead of charging people as if it were the ‘real-thing’. Interesting nonetheless.

[Source: blogs.riverfronttimes.com]

That’s One Big Dog

What happens when you’re a dog and your owner is smaller than you?

You demand their attention when they’re not giving you it of course…

Source

How A Man Tracked Down A Foreign Couple After Their Proposal

This is the only evidence that the "investigator" had

There’s a rather heart-warming tale circulating on Reddit at the moment about a guy who tracked down an engaged couple after his boss’ wife took a photograph of the man proposing. It’s really an epic tale and only hints at the power of a little intuition. I’ll leave the rest to the original author to explain.

“My boss went to run in the 2005 New York marathon. His wife was standing in the crowd near the finish line to take pictures.

This young couple approached and just after crossing the finish line, he knelt and proposed – ring and all. My boss’ wife snapped a pic.

Since they were obviously (likely) from out of the country, I knew it wasn’t likely that they had anyone there to take a picture for them, and that they would probably want this one.

So…”

Read the rest of the story over on Reddit, and don’t forget to vote if you have an account.

I’m Back. Again.

Hello loyal readers!

I’ve been absent since the end of March this year due to a huge amount of work and stress. Alas, I’ve been dreaming of the day when I could once again publish content for you all to enjoy from around the internet.

Well, I’m proud to say it’s been a long year and exams have just started (today, in fact) – but I’m making a return. A couple nights ago I got a phone call from one of my old friends I’ve known for a couple of years. He got me thinking again about taking up my hobby of writing for a Youth magazine he’s planning in Stellenbosch. Well, he re-ignited a spark in me and I’ve cleaned The Internet Journalist up with a new look, a new Wordpress version and a couple updated plug-ins for YOUR viewing pleasure.

Watch this space, because The Internet Journalist is back, and this time I’m going to see if I can crank it up a notch, and grow my popularity as time goes by. Just a note to my frequent visitors – the content will be more of the same you’ve all grown to love over the months, but I will be giving the content a slightly more tech approach in a bid to keep my interest occupied, and hopefully to expand the audience.

Any feedback about the new look is welcome, and let all your friends / family know.

Keep Well,
Michael.

Millionaire Gets 111,888 Euro Speeding Fine

Above: The speeding fine is worth more than the Porsche 911 GT3!

[photo credit: simons.jasper]

His name is Jari Bär, and he’s a Finnish millionaire that became the victim of one of Finland’s traffic laws: The amount you are fined for is directly proportional to how much you earn!

Jari Bär was doing 82 km/h in a 60km /h zone in Finland in January 2009.

That extra 2km/h made the biggest difference. According to some, like Savon Sanomat,

if the speed had been 80 km/h the fine would have been only 115 Euros

Talk about being unfortunate!

Full story here: [Finnish millionaire gets 111,888-euro speeding ticket | Global Motors]

Fridge Cat

This made me laugh early this morning.

Beer, beer, beer, cat, beer… wait, what? [PIC]

from Tinypic

Toilet Sign

This is a little gem found at Culi Cafe in Vietnam in 2007:

Record to date is 3 hours.

hehe.

[Photo taken by ChrisThorn]