Parrot uses tools to snatch his food

A clever cockatoo called Figaro, has become the first known parrot to make and use tools. Researchers have been amazed by his ability to figure out how to modify and use a tool to get his food.

In the video that follows, Figaro grabs a stick and cuts it so as to determine the appropriate size, and then he uses it to retrieve a nut placed out of his reach. 

     

Zac Vawter climbs Chicago's Willis Tower with bionic leg

Zac Vawter, a 31-year-old amputee who lost his right leg in a motorcycle accident, has become the first person to climb 103 floors of a skyscraper with a bionic leg. 

Zac made his achievement at an annual charity event, called SkyRise Chicago. It took him around 45 minutes to scale 2,100 steps to the top of Chicago's Willis Tower.

Do you need a mobile phone? Catch 60 rats!

An area of Johannesburg, South Africa known as Alexandra, is facing giant rad problem. 

In an attempt to find solutions to the problem, the city officials made a strange offer to the residents: ''Bring in 60 rats and you'll get a new mobile phone''. 

Resident Joseph Mothapo, who has won two phones so far and plans to get one for each member of his family, told the South Africa’s Mail & Guardian newspaper: ''It's easy.You put your leftover food inside and the rats climb in, getting caught as the trap door closes.''

Carrier pigeon's skeleton with coded message found in a home in Surrey

David Martin from Surrey, UK, was renovating his home when he discovered a skeleton of a pigeon with a coded message strapped to its leg. 

Historians believe that the bird was almost certainly returning from Nazi-occupied France during the June 1944 D-Day invasion.

The message contains 27 codes, and it was written by a Sergeant W. Stott.

Turtle escapes from an Anaconda attack

Photos taken by the French  photographer Jean-Michel Labat in Los Llanos, Venezuela, show an Anaconda wrapping itself around a turtle.

The turtle was able to resist due to its strong shell. Eventually, Mr. Labat intervened and helped it to escape.

As he said, ''he found it all fascinating to watch at first but then he realised it was going to end badly for the turtle and he had to step in, as it became clear that it would drown if he didn't do something''.

An ice hockey match turns into a brawl

An ice hockey match in Slovakia between Banska Bystrica and Poprad turned into a boxing game.

                  

All started when the one golie was hit in the mask and dropped to the ground, prompting other players to start fighting. The final round belonged to the two goalkeepers who showed off their boxing skills.

An owl acquired his own brick house

The owners of an owl called Gandalf decided to build him a brick house, since he is frightened of flying outside in big open spaces.

Gandalf now spends his time looking out the window.