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  • EXCLUSIVE: Great white sharks have mysteriously vanished from one of their most popular hunting grounds in South Africa leaving tourism bosses baffled as to what has driven away one of their biggest money spinners. Theories include a fear of Orca's who have been targeting the apex predators tearing them open to eat their fatty livers as well as pollution, climate change and over fishing of much of the great whites natural prey. Between 2010 and 2016 shark spotters recorded an average of 205 great white sightings a year in False Bay which is a 600 square mile section of the Atlantic Ocean near tourist hot spot Cape Town. In 2018 they were only 50 sightings of the deadly predators made famous by the Hollywood blockbuster Jaws and so far this year not a single one of the much-feared great white shark has been spotted. And it has been two years since the Shark Spotters Applied Research Programme has picked up a signal from any of the great white’s that had been tagged by scientists and were resident in False Bay. This comes after 5 great white sharks were washed up along the South African coastline in 2017 with gaping wounds on their side with their livers having been bitten out by two killer whales in the area. The killer whales bite a large slit in the side of the great whites after attacking as a pair and then suck out the fatty liver which is 600lb meat delicacy in a phenomenon that has only recently been discovered. The two Orca’s responsible – known as Port and Starboard as their dorsal fins hang to the left on one and to the right on the other – spurned their natural prey like seals having developed a taste for shark. The great whites population in False Bay sea to be taking no chances and have moved to new hunting grounds away from Seal Island but it is hoped that they will in time return to their usual hunting ground. The City of Cape Town said: ”Great white sharks have been noticeably absent from False Bay during 2019 prompting questions as to when t
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Great white sharks have mysteriously vanished from one of their most popular hunting grounds in South Africa leaving tourism bosses baffled as to what has driven away one of their biggest money spinners. Theories include a fear of Orca's who have been targeting the apex predators tearing them open to eat their fatty livers as well as pollution, climate change and over fishing of much of the great whites natural prey. Between 2010 and 2016 shark spotters recorded an average of 205 great white sightings a year in False Bay which is a 600 square mile section of the Atlantic Ocean near tourist hot spot Cape Town. In 2018 they were only 50 sightings of the deadly predators made famous by the Hollywood blockbuster Jaws and so far this year not a single one of the much-feared great white shark has been spotted. And it has been two years since the Shark Spotters Applied Research Programme has picked up a signal from any of the great white’s that had been tagged by scientists and were resident in False Bay. This comes after 5 great white sharks were washed up along the South African coastline in 2017 with gaping wounds on their side with their livers having been bitten out by two killer whales in the area. The killer whales bite a large slit in the side of the great whites after attacking as a pair and then suck out the fatty liver which is 600lb meat delicacy in a phenomenon that has only recently been discovered. The two Orca’s responsible – known as Port and Starboard as their dorsal fins hang to the left on one and to the right on the other – spurned their natural prey like seals having developed a taste for shark. The great whites population in False Bay sea to be taking no chances and have moved to new hunting grounds away from Seal Island but it is hoped that they will in time return to their usual hunting ground. The City of Cape Town said: ”Great white sharks have been noticeably absent from False Bay during 2019 prompting questions as to when t
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Great white sharks have mysteriously vanished from one of their most popular hunting grounds in South Africa leaving tourism bosses baffled as to what has driven away one of their biggest money spinners. Theories include a fear of Orca's who have been targeting the apex predators tearing them open to eat their fatty livers as well as pollution, climate change and over fishing of much of the great whites natural prey. Between 2010 and 2016 shark spotters recorded an average of 205 great white sightings a year in False Bay which is a 600 square mile section of the Atlantic Ocean near tourist hot spot Cape Town. In 2018 they were only 50 sightings of the deadly predators made famous by the Hollywood blockbuster Jaws and so far this year not a single one of the much-feared great white shark has been spotted. And it has been two years since the Shark Spotters Applied Research Programme has picked up a signal from any of the great white’s that had been tagged by scientists and were resident in False Bay. This comes after 5 great white sharks were washed up along the South African coastline in 2017 with gaping wounds on their side with their livers having been bitten out by two killer whales in the area. The killer whales bite a large slit in the side of the great whites after attacking as a pair and then suck out the fatty liver which is 600lb meat delicacy in a phenomenon that has only recently been discovered. The two Orca’s responsible – known as Port and Starboard as their dorsal fins hang to the left on one and to the right on the other – spurned their natural prey like seals having developed a taste for shark. The great whites population in False Bay sea to be taking no chances and have moved to new hunting grounds away from Seal Island but it is hoped that they will in time return to their usual hunting ground. The City of Cape Town said: ”Great white sharks have been noticeably absent from False Bay during 2019 prompting questions as to when t
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Great white sharks have mysteriously vanished from one of their most popular hunting grounds in South Africa leaving tourism bosses baffled as to what has driven away one of their biggest money spinners. Theories include a fear of Orca's who have been targeting the apex predators tearing them open to eat their fatty livers as well as pollution, climate change and over fishing of much of the great whites natural prey. Between 2010 and 2016 shark spotters recorded an average of 205 great white sightings a year in False Bay which is a 600 square mile section of the Atlantic Ocean near tourist hot spot Cape Town. In 2018 they were only 50 sightings of the deadly predators made famous by the Hollywood blockbuster Jaws and so far this year not a single one of the much-feared great white shark has been spotted. And it has been two years since the Shark Spotters Applied Research Programme has picked up a signal from any of the great white’s that had been tagged by scientists and were resident in False Bay. This comes after 5 great white sharks were washed up along the South African coastline in 2017 with gaping wounds on their side with their livers having been bitten out by two killer whales in the area. The killer whales bite a large slit in the side of the great whites after attacking as a pair and then suck out the fatty liver which is 600lb meat delicacy in a phenomenon that has only recently been discovered. The two Orca’s responsible – known as Port and Starboard as their dorsal fins hang to the left on one and to the right on the other – spurned their natural prey like seals having developed a taste for shark. The great whites population in False Bay sea to be taking no chances and have moved to new hunting grounds away from Seal Island but it is hoped that they will in time return to their usual hunting ground. The City of Cape Town said: ”Great white sharks have been noticeably absent from False Bay during 2019 prompting questions as to when t
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Great white sharks have mysteriously vanished from one of their most popular hunting grounds in South Africa leaving tourism bosses baffled as to what has driven away one of their biggest money spinners. Theories include a fear of Orca's who have been targeting the apex predators tearing them open to eat their fatty livers as well as pollution, climate change and over fishing of much of the great whites natural prey. Between 2010 and 2016 shark spotters recorded an average of 205 great white sightings a year in False Bay which is a 600 square mile section of the Atlantic Ocean near tourist hot spot Cape Town. In 2018 they were only 50 sightings of the deadly predators made famous by the Hollywood blockbuster Jaws and so far this year not a single one of the much-feared great white shark has been spotted. And it has been two years since the Shark Spotters Applied Research Programme has picked up a signal from any of the great white’s that had been tagged by scientists and were resident in False Bay. This comes after 5 great white sharks were washed up along the South African coastline in 2017 with gaping wounds on their side with their livers having been bitten out by two killer whales in the area. The killer whales bite a large slit in the side of the great whites after attacking as a pair and then suck out the fatty liver which is 600lb meat delicacy in a phenomenon that has only recently been discovered. The two Orca’s responsible – known as Port and Starboard as their dorsal fins hang to the left on one and to the right on the other – spurned their natural prey like seals having developed a taste for shark. The great whites population in False Bay sea to be taking no chances and have moved to new hunting grounds away from Seal Island but it is hoped that they will in time return to their usual hunting ground. The City of Cape Town said: ”Great white sharks have been noticeably absent from False Bay during 2019 prompting questions as to when t
    MEGA491637_005.jpg
  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Great white sharks have mysteriously vanished from one of their most popular hunting grounds in South Africa leaving tourism bosses baffled as to what has driven away one of their biggest money spinners. Theories include a fear of Orca's who have been targeting the apex predators tearing them open to eat their fatty livers as well as pollution, climate change and over fishing of much of the great whites natural prey. Between 2010 and 2016 shark spotters recorded an average of 205 great white sightings a year in False Bay which is a 600 square mile section of the Atlantic Ocean near tourist hot spot Cape Town. In 2018 they were only 50 sightings of the deadly predators made famous by the Hollywood blockbuster Jaws and so far this year not a single one of the much-feared great white shark has been spotted. And it has been two years since the Shark Spotters Applied Research Programme has picked up a signal from any of the great white’s that had been tagged by scientists and were resident in False Bay. This comes after 5 great white sharks were washed up along the South African coastline in 2017 with gaping wounds on their side with their livers having been bitten out by two killer whales in the area. The killer whales bite a large slit in the side of the great whites after attacking as a pair and then suck out the fatty liver which is 600lb meat delicacy in a phenomenon that has only recently been discovered. The two Orca’s responsible – known as Port and Starboard as their dorsal fins hang to the left on one and to the right on the other – spurned their natural prey like seals having developed a taste for shark. The great whites population in False Bay sea to be taking no chances and have moved to new hunting grounds away from Seal Island but it is hoped that they will in time return to their usual hunting ground. The City of Cape Town said: ”Great white sharks have been noticeably absent from False Bay during 2019 prompting questions as to when t
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Great white sharks have mysteriously vanished from one of their most popular hunting grounds in South Africa leaving tourism bosses baffled as to what has driven away one of their biggest money spinners. Theories include a fear of Orca's who have been targeting the apex predators tearing them open to eat their fatty livers as well as pollution, climate change and over fishing of much of the great whites natural prey. Between 2010 and 2016 shark spotters recorded an average of 205 great white sightings a year in False Bay which is a 600 square mile section of the Atlantic Ocean near tourist hot spot Cape Town. In 2018 they were only 50 sightings of the deadly predators made famous by the Hollywood blockbuster Jaws and so far this year not a single one of the much-feared great white shark has been spotted. And it has been two years since the Shark Spotters Applied Research Programme has picked up a signal from any of the great white’s that had been tagged by scientists and were resident in False Bay. This comes after 5 great white sharks were washed up along the South African coastline in 2017 with gaping wounds on their side with their livers having been bitten out by two killer whales in the area. The killer whales bite a large slit in the side of the great whites after attacking as a pair and then suck out the fatty liver which is 600lb meat delicacy in a phenomenon that has only recently been discovered. The two Orca’s responsible – known as Port and Starboard as their dorsal fins hang to the left on one and to the right on the other – spurned their natural prey like seals having developed a taste for shark. The great whites population in False Bay sea to be taking no chances and have moved to new hunting grounds away from Seal Island but it is hoped that they will in time return to their usual hunting ground. The City of Cape Town said: ”Great white sharks have been noticeably absent from False Bay during 2019 prompting questions as to when t
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Great white sharks have mysteriously vanished from one of their most popular hunting grounds in South Africa leaving tourism bosses baffled as to what has driven away one of their biggest money spinners. Theories include a fear of Orca's who have been targeting the apex predators tearing them open to eat their fatty livers as well as pollution, climate change and over fishing of much of the great whites natural prey. Between 2010 and 2016 shark spotters recorded an average of 205 great white sightings a year in False Bay which is a 600 square mile section of the Atlantic Ocean near tourist hot spot Cape Town. In 2018 they were only 50 sightings of the deadly predators made famous by the Hollywood blockbuster Jaws and so far this year not a single one of the much-feared great white shark has been spotted. And it has been two years since the Shark Spotters Applied Research Programme has picked up a signal from any of the great white’s that had been tagged by scientists and were resident in False Bay. This comes after 5 great white sharks were washed up along the South African coastline in 2017 with gaping wounds on their side with their livers having been bitten out by two killer whales in the area. The killer whales bite a large slit in the side of the great whites after attacking as a pair and then suck out the fatty liver which is 600lb meat delicacy in a phenomenon that has only recently been discovered. The two Orca’s responsible – known as Port and Starboard as their dorsal fins hang to the left on one and to the right on the other – spurned their natural prey like seals having developed a taste for shark. The great whites population in False Bay sea to be taking no chances and have moved to new hunting grounds away from Seal Island but it is hoped that they will in time return to their usual hunting ground. The City of Cape Town said: ”Great white sharks have been noticeably absent from False Bay during 2019 prompting questions as to when t
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: A THIRD lion pride has been brutally butchered in a MONTH in South Africa by evil poachers who hacked off their heads and paws and stole them to be used to make black magic potions. Distraught owner Menno Parsons, 46, was broken the news that his male lion Tau, 10, and four lionesses had been fed chicken carcasses laced with poison causing them an agonising death. Menno - one of the top air display pilots in South Africa - owns Sunward Ranch which provided lion experiences for underprivileged children near the town of Brits in Limpopo Province. On Tuesday night a gang of poachers threw poisoned chickens over the two electrified fences and waited for the predators to eat them and suffer for up to 30 minutes until all his five lions were dead. Then they cut their way through the fences and using machetes hacked off the heads or jaws of the majestic lions to steal their teeth and hacked off 20 paws and stole them for use in “muti”. Traditional witch doctors or healers use the body parts to make potions known as "muti" for local customers or the body parts are smuggled to the Far East and sold for vast amounts to dealers. Divorced father-of-three Menno said : “When you get the phone call telling you that your lions have not just been killed by poachers but have been butchered I tell you nothing prepares you. “I fly helicopters on anti-poaching patrols and go after poachers who are on the run to help out the police and security agencies but you never actually expect it is going to happen to you. “I have looked after lions for 10 years and they are like a family to me. I am not afraid of these poachers and I have got guys with me and we will be going out there looking for them” he said. Along with head of the pride Tau, 10, his four lionesses were killed sisters Tana and Jade, both 5, and Zuri and Nala, both 3. The animal park owner also flies a World War 2 P51 mustang and a Douglas DC3 airline and two Huey helicopters and is one of the most popular
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Great white sharks have mysteriously vanished from one of their most popular hunting grounds in South Africa leaving tourism bosses baffled as to what has driven away one of their biggest money spinners. Theories include a fear of Orca's who have been targeting the apex predators tearing them open to eat their fatty livers as well as pollution, climate change and over fishing of much of the great whites natural prey. Between 2010 and 2016 shark spotters recorded an average of 205 great white sightings a year in False Bay which is a 600 square mile section of the Atlantic Ocean near tourist hot spot Cape Town. In 2018 they were only 50 sightings of the deadly predators made famous by the Hollywood blockbuster Jaws and so far this year not a single one of the much-feared great white shark has been spotted. And it has been two years since the Shark Spotters Applied Research Programme has picked up a signal from any of the great white’s that had been tagged by scientists and were resident in False Bay. This comes after 5 great white sharks were washed up along the South African coastline in 2017 with gaping wounds on their side with their livers having been bitten out by two killer whales in the area. The killer whales bite a large slit in the side of the great whites after attacking as a pair and then suck out the fatty liver which is 600lb meat delicacy in a phenomenon that has only recently been discovered. The two Orca’s responsible – known as Port and Starboard as their dorsal fins hang to the left on one and to the right on the other – spurned their natural prey like seals having developed a taste for shark. The great whites population in False Bay sea to be taking no chances and have moved to new hunting grounds away from Seal Island but it is hoped that they will in time return to their usual hunting ground. The City of Cape Town said: ”Great white sharks have been noticeably absent from False Bay during 2019 prompting questions as to when t
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Great white sharks have mysteriously vanished from one of their most popular hunting grounds in South Africa leaving tourism bosses baffled as to what has driven away one of their biggest money spinners. Theories include a fear of Orca's who have been targeting the apex predators tearing them open to eat their fatty livers as well as pollution, climate change and over fishing of much of the great whites natural prey. Between 2010 and 2016 shark spotters recorded an average of 205 great white sightings a year in False Bay which is a 600 square mile section of the Atlantic Ocean near tourist hot spot Cape Town. In 2018 they were only 50 sightings of the deadly predators made famous by the Hollywood blockbuster Jaws and so far this year not a single one of the much-feared great white shark has been spotted. And it has been two years since the Shark Spotters Applied Research Programme has picked up a signal from any of the great white’s that had been tagged by scientists and were resident in False Bay. This comes after 5 great white sharks were washed up along the South African coastline in 2017 with gaping wounds on their side with their livers having been bitten out by two killer whales in the area. The killer whales bite a large slit in the side of the great whites after attacking as a pair and then suck out the fatty liver which is 600lb meat delicacy in a phenomenon that has only recently been discovered. The two Orca’s responsible – known as Port and Starboard as their dorsal fins hang to the left on one and to the right on the other – spurned their natural prey like seals having developed a taste for shark. The great whites population in False Bay sea to be taking no chances and have moved to new hunting grounds away from Seal Island but it is hoped that they will in time return to their usual hunting ground. The City of Cape Town said: ”Great white sharks have been noticeably absent from False Bay during 2019 prompting questions as to when t
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • EXCLUSIVE: The dense population of Cape fur seals July 27, 2017 at this time of year attracts the seal's main predator, the flying Great White Shark. Seal Island and the adjacent waters provide rare opportunities for those who wish to witness attacks by White Sharks on the Cape Fur Seal and to observe social interactions amongst creatures of both species. The island is well known for the way the sharks ambush their prey: a shark launching an attack will come up from underneath and often hurl itself out of the water with the seal in its jaws. It has been shown that if the seals enter the "Ring of Death" (where the sharks circle the island) on the surface instead of at the murky bottom, they are more likely to be picked off by the faster and more aggressive Great White Shark. All pictures from an ongoing project by British photographer Dan Callister. 27 Jul 2017 Pictured: Great white Shark breaching at sunrise in Mossel Bay, South Africa. Photo credit: Dan Callister / MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
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  • EXCLUSIVE: The dense population of Cape fur seals July 27, 2017 at this time of year attracts the seal's main predator, the flying Great White Shark. Seal Island and the adjacent waters provide rare opportunities for those who wish to witness attacks by White Sharks on the Cape Fur Seal and to observe social interactions amongst creatures of both species. The island is well known for the way the sharks ambush their prey: a shark launching an attack will come up from underneath and often hurl itself out of the water with the seal in its jaws. It has been shown that if the seals enter the "Ring of Death" (where the sharks circle the island) on the surface instead of at the murky bottom, they are more likely to be picked off by the faster and more aggressive Great White Shark. All pictures from an ongoing project by British photographer Dan Callister. 27 Jul 2017 Pictured: Great White shark's dorsal fin. Photo credit: Dan Callister / MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
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  • EXCLUSIVE: The dense population of Cape fur seals July 27, 2017 at this time of year attracts the seal's main predator, the flying Great White Shark. Seal Island and the adjacent waters provide rare opportunities for those who wish to witness attacks by White Sharks on the Cape Fur Seal and to observe social interactions amongst creatures of both species. The island is well known for the way the sharks ambush their prey: a shark launching an attack will come up from underneath and often hurl itself out of the water with the seal in its jaws. It has been shown that if the seals enter the "Ring of Death" (where the sharks circle the island) on the surface instead of at the murky bottom, they are more likely to be picked off by the faster and more aggressive Great White Shark. All pictures from an ongoing project by British photographer Dan Callister. 27 Jul 2017 Pictured: Shark warning signs, South Africa. Photo credit: Dan Callister / MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water… Great white sharks that once instilled fear around a small island off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa, have not been seen in months. Seal Island became one of the best locations in the world for tourists to see the three-ton predators in their natural habitat and to witness the phenomenon known as “Air Jaws” in which sharks attack seals from underneath and emerge completely from the water. But reports have claimed that there have been no recently sightings of the creatures and the disappearance remains a mystery. 29 Aug 2019 Pictured: Great White Shark. Photo credit: Dan Callister / MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
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  • EXCLUSIVE: Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water… Great white sharks that once instilled fear around a small island off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa, have not been seen in months. Seal Island became one of the best locations in the world for tourists to see the three-ton predators in their natural habitat and to witness the phenomenon known as “Air Jaws” in which sharks attack seals from underneath and emerge completely from the water. But reports have claimed that there have been no recently sightings of the creatures and the disappearance remains a mystery. 29 Aug 2019 Pictured: Great White Shark. Photo credit: Dan Callister / MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
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  • EXCLUSIVE: The dense population of Cape fur seals July 27, 2017 at this time of year attracts the seal's main predator, the flying Great White Shark. Seal Island and the adjacent waters provide rare opportunities for those who wish to witness attacks by White Sharks on the Cape Fur Seal and to observe social interactions amongst creatures of both species. The island is well known for the way the sharks ambush their prey: a shark launching an attack will come up from underneath and often hurl itself out of the water with the seal in its jaws. It has been shown that if the seals enter the "Ring of Death" (where the sharks circle the island) on the surface instead of at the murky bottom, they are more likely to be picked off by the faster and more aggressive Great White Shark. All pictures from an ongoing project by British photographer Dan Callister. 27 Jul 2017 Pictured: Seal Island, False Bay, South Africa. Photo credit: Dan Callister / MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • Tourists now have the chance to take the ultimate holiday snap — by coming face-to-face with a killer crocodile. The Cage of Death attraction based at Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, Australia, sees thrill seekers submerged into an aquatic enclosure with a 16ft saltwater beast called Chopper while sat inside a plastic cylindrical cage. The 30 minute encounter — which costs $170 AUD for one person and $260 AUD for two people — starts with up to two people per cage being hoisted over the water to see the croc swirling below. A keeper then feeds the reptile as the cage is lowered, so the participants can see the crocodile barreling towards them underwater. These photos show tourists posing up a storm while submerged in the tank as the croc swims around them. One frame in particular captures the ominous scratch marks all over the cage — proving tourists really are looking into the jaws of death. After 15 minutes underwater the cage, which operates via an overhead monorail, is lifted to safety. German tourist Nellie Winters told local media: “I was scared but I was fascinated as well. I kept thinking he was going to eat me. You are right next to him and you sometimes forget that there are cages around you. 'You're that close that you think you could swim next to him and, yeah, he could also eat you, even though he won’t.” The Saltwater crocodile — the largest of its kind — can grow up to 20ft long with teeth as long as 4in. In the wild they are found across the north of Australia and are also native to India and other areas of south-east Asia. Crocosaurus Cove has a total of seven crocodiles, including a breeding pair called William and Kate, named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. The Cage Of Death has been running since 2011 and other attractions at the park include visitors being given the opportunity to hold baby crocodiles. 08 Sep 2017 Pictured: Thrill-seeking tourists come face-to-face with a killer 16ft Saltwater crocodile at Crocosaurus Cove
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  • October 27, 2017 - Maui, Hawaii, U.S - IAN WALSH of Hawaii advances to the semifinals after winning round one heat 3 of the 2017 Peahi challenge (Credit Image: © Keoki Saguibo/WSL via ZUMA Wire/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • Indian doctors were at their wit’s end after excising as many as 500 teeth from a seven-year-old’s palate in Chennai, India. The young patient was only three when his lower right jaw started to swell up but was left undiagnosed for four years as his parents lacked the right knowledge. The doctors diagnosed it to be a rare case of "compound composite ondontome", the boy was brought to the hospital with a swelling in his lower right jaw. "Later as swelling increased, the parents brought the boy to our hospital," said P.Senthilnathan, Professor -Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital on Wednesday. According to the doctors, the patient's family was worried that the swelling was carcinogenic. An X-ray and CT-scan of the boy's lower right jaw showed a lot of rudimentary teeth following which the doctors decided on the surgery. A team of doctors operated on the boy for five-long hours and successfully removed 526 teeth-like structures from his mouth. "We opened up the jaw after administering general anaesthesia and saw a bag/sack inside it. The sack, weighing about 200 grams, was carefully removed and was later found to contain 526 teeth -- small, medium and big sized,” said Dr Senthilnathan. Dr. Pratibha Ramani, Professor and Head of Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, said, “Social consciousness on emerging environmental hazards is imperative. Every tissue information is patient’s right, surgical decision making is the key and final diagnostic expert is the pathologist.” According to the doctors, this is the first ever case documented in the world in which in an individual has been found to have so many minute teeth. Though some were very tiny particles, the doctors said, they had the properties of teeth. It took five long hours for the doctors to remove all the minute teeth from the sack. "It was reminiscent of pearls in an oyster," the doctors said. "The boy was normal three days after the sur
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  • April 25, 2017 - Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - The Dino-Safari exhibition featuring these robotic dinosaurs in Tokyo, Japan. The rubber creatures make use of a 'Dino-Tronics' mechanism, which allows them to smoothly and quietly walk around, and move their heads and jaws. However the dinosaurs are not completely autonomous - performers encased in the models control their movements..The animatronics were created by Japanese firm ON-ART Corp. The exhibit, set to open on Apr. 26 at Hikarie Hall in Tokyo's Shibuya district, will feature the 4.8m tall Raptor, the 8m Tyrannosaurus Rex and the 6.5m Triceratops. (Credit Image: © Alessandro Di Ciommo via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 25, 2017 - Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - The Dino-Safari exhibition featuring robotic dinosaurs. The rubber creatures make use of a 'Dino-Tronics' mechanism, which allows them to smoothly and quietly walk around, and move their heads and jaws. However the dinosaurs are not completely autonomous - performers encased in the models control their movements..The animatronics were created by Japanese firm ON-ART Corp. (Credit Image: © Alessandro Di Ciommo via ZUMA Wire)
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  • April 25, 2017 - Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - The Dino-Safari exhibition featuring these robotic dinosaurs in Tokyo, Japan. The rubber creatures make use of a 'Dino-Tronics' mechanism, which allows them to smoothly and quietly walk around, and move their heads and jaws. However the dinosaurs are not completely autonomous - performers encased in the models control their movements..The animatronics were created by Japanese firm ON-ART Corp. The exhibit, set to open on Apr. 26 at Hikarie Hall in Tokyo's Shibuya district, will feature the 4.8m tall Raptor, the 8m Tyrannosaurus Rex and the 6.5m Triceratops. (Credit Image: © Alessandro Di Ciommo via ZUMA Wire)
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  • Dec. 12, 1965 - Amin Keeps In The Swim: It's difficult to keep President Amin of Uganda out of the news, even when he has no official duties, and when he fancies a swim he makes shore their are photographers around to keep him in the news. Photo shows head of Idi Amin in water Jaws Is The Warmest, Tenderest, Lovingest Movie Of They Year. I Give It Four Coconuts. (Credit Image: © Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • RELEASE DATE: June 26, 1979. FILM TITLE: Moonraker. STUDIO: 20th Century Fox. PLOT: A Boeing 747 carrying a US space shuttle on loan to the UK crashes into the Atlantic Ocean. When the British examine the wreckage they can find no trace of the spacecraft and send agent James Bond to the shuttle's manufacturers, Drax Industries, to investigate. PICTURED: ROGER MOORE as James Bond, and RICHARD KIEL as Jaws. (Credit Image: © 20th Century Fox/Entertainment Pictures/ZUMAPRESS.com)
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  • April 25, 2017 - Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan - The Dino-Safari exhibition featuring these robotic dinosaurs in Tokyo, Japan. The rubber creatures make use of a 'Dino-Tronics' mechanism, which allows them to smoothly and quietly walk around, and move their heads and jaws. However the dinosaurs are not completely autonomous - performers encased in the models control their movements..The animatronics were created by Japanese firm ON-ART Corp. The exhibit, set to open on Apr. 26 at Hikarie Hall in Tokyo's Shibuya district, will feature the 4.8m tall Raptor, the 8m Tyrannosaurus Rex and the 6.5m Triceratops. (Credit Image: © Alessandro Di Ciommo via ZUMA Wire)
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  • Three man have been killed and four others injured this afternoon after three vehicles collided on the M3 near the Firgrove turn-off in Constantiaberg, Western Cape.<br />
ER24 paramedics, along with various other services, arrived on the scene and found one light motor vehicle lying overturned in the middle of the road. A second wrecked light motor vehicle lay on the side of the road while the third had come to a stop in the middle of the highway.<br />
On inspection of the vehicle of the side of the road, paramedics discovered four men lying trapped. Unfortunately, three man had already succumbed to their multiple, fatal injuries. Nothing could be done for them and they were declared dead on the scene.<br />
The fourth man, also trapped, was found to have sustained numerous injuries, leaving him in a critical condition.<br />
Rescue services had to use the jaws-of-life equipment to free the man before treatment could continue.<br />
Three other patients were found on scene, including a 5-year-old boy. All these patients were found to have sustained minor to moderate injuries.<br />
Paramedics treated the patients and provided the critically injured with advanced life support interventions. Once treated, the patients were transported to various hospitals for urgent treatment.<br />
It is believed that the driver of one vehicle apparently lost control, causing his vehicle to roll into the oncoming traffic and collide with the other vehicles.<br />
Local authorities were on scene for further investigations.
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  • Three man have been killed and four others injured this afternoon after three vehicles collided on the M3 near the Firgrove turn-off in Constantiaberg, Western Cape.<br />
ER24 paramedics, along with various other services, arrived on the scene and found one light motor vehicle lying overturned in the middle of the road. A second wrecked light motor vehicle lay on the side of the road while the third had come to a stop in the middle of the highway.<br />
On inspection of the vehicle of the side of the road, paramedics discovered four men lying trapped. Unfortunately, three man had already succumbed to their multiple, fatal injuries. Nothing could be done for them and they were declared dead on the scene.<br />
The fourth man, also trapped, was found to have sustained numerous injuries, leaving him in a critical condition.<br />
Rescue services had to use the jaws-of-life equipment to free the man before treatment could continue.<br />
Three other patients were found on scene, including a 5-year-old boy. All these patients were found to have sustained minor to moderate injuries.<br />
Paramedics treated the patients and provided the critically injured with advanced life support interventions. Once treated, the patients were transported to various hospitals for urgent treatment.<br />
It is believed that the driver of one vehicle apparently lost control, causing his vehicle to roll into the oncoming traffic and collide with the other vehicles.<br />
Local authorities were on scene for further investigations.
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  • Three man have been killed and four others injured this afternoon after three vehicles collided on the M3 near the Firgrove turn-off in Constantiaberg, Western Cape.<br />
ER24 paramedics, along with various other services, arrived on the scene and found one light motor vehicle lying overturned in the middle of the road. A second wrecked light motor vehicle lay on the side of the road while the third had come to a stop in the middle of the highway.<br />
On inspection of the vehicle of the side of the road, paramedics discovered four men lying trapped. Unfortunately, three man had already succumbed to their multiple, fatal injuries. Nothing could be done for them and they were declared dead on the scene.<br />
The fourth man, also trapped, was found to have sustained numerous injuries, leaving him in a critical condition.<br />
Rescue services had to use the jaws-of-life equipment to free the man before treatment could continue.<br />
Three other patients were found on scene, including a 5-year-old boy. All these patients were found to have sustained minor to moderate injuries.<br />
Paramedics treated the patients and provided the critically injured with advanced life support interventions. Once treated, the patients were transported to various hospitals for urgent treatment.<br />
It is believed that the driver of one vehicle apparently lost control, causing his vehicle to roll into the oncoming traffic and collide with the other vehicles.<br />
Local authorities were on scene for further investigations.
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  • Three man have been killed and four others injured this afternoon after three vehicles collided on the M3 near the Firgrove turn-off in Constantiaberg, Western Cape.<br />
ER24 paramedics, along with various other services, arrived on the scene and found one light motor vehicle lying overturned in the middle of the road. A second wrecked light motor vehicle lay on the side of the road while the third had come to a stop in the middle of the highway.<br />
On inspection of the vehicle of the side of the road, paramedics discovered four men lying trapped. Unfortunately, three man had already succumbed to their multiple, fatal injuries. Nothing could be done for them and they were declared dead on the scene.<br />
The fourth man, also trapped, was found to have sustained numerous injuries, leaving him in a critical condition.<br />
Rescue services had to use the jaws-of-life equipment to free the man before treatment could continue.<br />
Three other patients were found on scene, including a 5-year-old boy. All these patients were found to have sustained minor to moderate injuries.<br />
Paramedics treated the patients and provided the critically injured with advanced life support interventions. Once treated, the patients were transported to various hospitals for urgent treatment.<br />
It is believed that the driver of one vehicle apparently lost control, causing his vehicle to roll into the oncoming traffic and collide with the other vehicles.<br />
Local authorities were on scene for further investigations.
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  • Three man have been killed and four others injured this afternoon after three vehicles collided on the M3 near the Firgrove turn-off in Constantiaberg, Western Cape.<br />
ER24 paramedics, along with various other services, arrived on the scene and found one light motor vehicle lying overturned in the middle of the road. A second wrecked light motor vehicle lay on the side of the road while the third had come to a stop in the middle of the highway.<br />
On inspection of the vehicle of the side of the road, paramedics discovered four men lying trapped. Unfortunately, three man had already succumbed to their multiple, fatal injuries. Nothing could be done for them and they were declared dead on the scene.<br />
The fourth man, also trapped, was found to have sustained numerous injuries, leaving him in a critical condition.<br />
Rescue services had to use the jaws-of-life equipment to free the man before treatment could continue.<br />
Three other patients were found on scene, including a 5-year-old boy. All these patients were found to have sustained minor to moderate injuries.<br />
Paramedics treated the patients and provided the critically injured with advanced life support interventions. Once treated, the patients were transported to various hospitals for urgent treatment.<br />
It is believed that the driver of one vehicle apparently lost control, causing his vehicle to roll into the oncoming traffic and collide with the other vehicles.<br />
Local authorities were on scene for further investigations.
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  • Three man have been killed and four others injured this afternoon after three vehicles collided on the M3 near the Firgrove turn-off in Constantiaberg, Western Cape.<br />
ER24 paramedics, along with various other services, arrived on the scene and found one light motor vehicle lying overturned in the middle of the road. A second wrecked light motor vehicle lay on the side of the road while the third had come to a stop in the middle of the highway.<br />
On inspection of the vehicle of the side of the road, paramedics discovered four men lying trapped. Unfortunately, three man had already succumbed to their multiple, fatal injuries. Nothing could be done for them and they were declared dead on the scene.<br />
The fourth man, also trapped, was found to have sustained numerous injuries, leaving him in a critical condition.<br />
Rescue services had to use the jaws-of-life equipment to free the man before treatment could continue.<br />
Three other patients were found on scene, including a 5-year-old boy. All these patients were found to have sustained minor to moderate injuries.<br />
Paramedics treated the patients and provided the critically injured with advanced life support interventions. Once treated, the patients were transported to various hospitals for urgent treatment.<br />
It is believed that the driver of one vehicle apparently lost control, causing his vehicle to roll into the oncoming traffic and collide with the other vehicles.<br />
Local authorities were on scene for further investigations.
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  • Three man have been killed and four others injured this afternoon after three vehicles collided on the M3 near the Firgrove turn-off in Constantiaberg, Western Cape.<br />
ER24 paramedics, along with various other services, arrived on the scene and found one light motor vehicle lying overturned in the middle of the road. A second wrecked light motor vehicle lay on the side of the road while the third had come to a stop in the middle of the highway.<br />
On inspection of the vehicle of the side of the road, paramedics discovered four men lying trapped. Unfortunately, three man had already succumbed to their multiple, fatal injuries. Nothing could be done for them and they were declared dead on the scene.<br />
The fourth man, also trapped, was found to have sustained numerous injuries, leaving him in a critical condition.<br />
Rescue services had to use the jaws-of-life equipment to free the man before treatment could continue.<br />
Three other patients were found on scene, including a 5-year-old boy. All these patients were found to have sustained minor to moderate injuries.<br />
Paramedics treated the patients and provided the critically injured with advanced life support interventions. Once treated, the patients were transported to various hospitals for urgent treatment.<br />
It is believed that the driver of one vehicle apparently lost control, causing his vehicle to roll into the oncoming traffic and collide with the other vehicles.<br />
Local authorities were on scene for further investigations.
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  • Three man have been killed and four others injured this afternoon after three vehicles collided on the M3 near the Firgrove turn-off in Constantiaberg, Western Cape.<br />
ER24 paramedics, along with various other services, arrived on the scene and found one light motor vehicle lying overturned in the middle of the road. A second wrecked light motor vehicle lay on the side of the road while the third had come to a stop in the middle of the highway.<br />
On inspection of the vehicle of the side of the road, paramedics discovered four men lying trapped. Unfortunately, three man had already succumbed to their multiple, fatal injuries. Nothing could be done for them and they were declared dead on the scene.<br />
The fourth man, also trapped, was found to have sustained numerous injuries, leaving him in a critical condition.<br />
Rescue services had to use the jaws-of-life equipment to free the man before treatment could continue.<br />
Three other patients were found on scene, including a 5-year-old boy. All these patients were found to have sustained minor to moderate injuries.<br />
Paramedics treated the patients and provided the critically injured with advanced life support interventions. Once treated, the patients were transported to various hospitals for urgent treatment.<br />
It is believed that the driver of one vehicle apparently lost control, causing his vehicle to roll into the oncoming traffic and collide with the other vehicles.<br />
Local authorities were on scene for further investigations.
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  • Three man have been killed and four others injured this afternoon after three vehicles collided on the M3 near the Firgrove turn-off in Constantiaberg, Western Cape.<br />
ER24 paramedics, along with various other services, arrived on the scene and found one light motor vehicle lying overturned in the middle of the road. A second wrecked light motor vehicle lay on the side of the road while the third had come to a stop in the middle of the highway.<br />
On inspection of the vehicle of the side of the road, paramedics discovered four men lying trapped. Unfortunately, three man had already succumbed to their multiple, fatal injuries. Nothing could be done for them and they were declared dead on the scene.<br />
The fourth man, also trapped, was found to have sustained numerous injuries, leaving him in a critical condition.<br />
Rescue services had to use the jaws-of-life equipment to free the man before treatment could continue.<br />
Three other patients were found on scene, including a 5-year-old boy. All these patients were found to have sustained minor to moderate injuries.<br />
Paramedics treated the patients and provided the critically injured with advanced life support interventions. Once treated, the patients were transported to various hospitals for urgent treatment.<br />
It is believed that the driver of one vehicle apparently lost control, causing his vehicle to roll into the oncoming traffic and collide with the other vehicles.<br />
Local authorities were on scene for further investigations.
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  • Three man have been killed and four others injured this afternoon after three vehicles collided on the M3 near the Firgrove turn-off in Constantiaberg, Western Cape.<br />
ER24 paramedics, along with various other services, arrived on the scene and found one light motor vehicle lying overturned in the middle of the road. A second wrecked light motor vehicle lay on the side of the road while the third had come to a stop in the middle of the highway.<br />
On inspection of the vehicle of the side of the road, paramedics discovered four men lying trapped. Unfortunately, three man had already succumbed to their multiple, fatal injuries. Nothing could be done for them and they were declared dead on the scene.<br />
The fourth man, also trapped, was found to have sustained numerous injuries, leaving him in a critical condition.<br />
Rescue services had to use the jaws-of-life equipment to free the man before treatment could continue.<br />
Three other patients were found on scene, including a 5-year-old boy. All these patients were found to have sustained minor to moderate injuries.<br />
Paramedics treated the patients and provided the critically injured with advanced life support interventions. Once treated, the patients were transported to various hospitals for urgent treatment.<br />
It is believed that the driver of one vehicle apparently lost control, causing his vehicle to roll into the oncoming traffic and collide with the other vehicles.<br />
Local authorities were on scene for further investigations.
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