A Russian man survived after downing three bottles of vodka and leaping from a fifth floor balcony - twice. Alexei Roskov says he jumped the second time because he couldn't take his wife's nagging about the first time. Wife Yekaterina had watched in horror as her drunken hubsand opened the kitchen window of their Moscow apartment, and hurled himself out. Astonishingly Mr Roskov, 22, survived and managed to stagger back upstairs with barely a scratch after the 50ft fall. But while his wife called for an ambulance and began to scold him, he jumped again. Amazed medics treated Mr Roskov for minor cuts and bruises before releasing him. Mr Roskov says he is now teetotal after giving up drinking, and added: "Now I can say just one thing - I was very lucky. "I have no idea why I jumped the first time but when I came back up and I heard my wife screaming angrily at me I thought it was best if I left the room again - out of the window."
10 April, 2009--
Fishermen in the Philippines have accidentally caught and then eaten one of the rarest sharks in the world. The megamouth shark is one of the most elusive species in the world - the one eaten by the fishermen was only the 41st ever spotted, reports Sky News. The four-metre, half-tonne fish was accidentally snared by fishermen trawling for mackerel off the coast of Donsol. A WWF representative said the shark was butchered and its meat sautéed in coconut milk as a local delicacy, against the conservation group's advice. Ironically, the coastal town of Donsol has earned a global reputation for marine conservation. Campaigners recently convinced the locals to stop butchering giant whale sharks which feed in nearby waters. The town prides itself as being the whale shark capital of the world and marine tourism is vital to the town's economy. The megamouth shark is a fairly recent scientific discovery. The first specimen was caught off the coast of Hawaii in 1976. Only eight megamouths have ever been encountered in Philippine seas. They have also been spotted off California, Japan, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa and Australia
By Daily Mail Reporter. Last updated at 4:27 PM on 31st March 2009
Aquarium staff have unearthed a 'giant sea' worm that was attacking coral reef and prize fish.
The 4ft long monster, named Barry, had launched a sustained attack on the reef in a display tank at Newquay's Blue Reef Aquarium over recent months.
Workers at the Cornwall-based attraction had been left scratching their heads as to why the coral had been left devastated and - in some cases - cut in half.
After staking out the display for several weeks, the last resort was to completely dismantle it, rock by rock.
Halfway through the process the predator was revealed as a four-foot polychaete worm.
Staff eventually lured it out with fish scraps, but not before it bit through 20lb fishing line.
The tropical worm is capable of inflicting permanent numbness on humans with its sting.
Matt Slater, the aquarium's curator, said: 'Something was guzzling our reef but we had no idea what, we also found an injured Tang Fish so we laid traps but they got ripped apart in the night.
'That worm must have obliterated the traps. The bait was full of hooks which he must have just digested.'
He added: 'It really does look like something out of a horror movie. It's over four feet long with these bizarre-looking jaws.
'We also discovered that he is covered with thousands of bristles which are capable of inflicting a sting resulting in permanent numbness.'
Mr Slater said Barry, who has now been relocated to his own tank, probably arrived as a juvenile in a delivery of living rock from another aquarium.
