Essay on Escaped Flamingo Wandering in Dudley’s Street

It appears that even flamingos are tired of the lockdown. A flamingo managed to escape from its enclosure and it was filmed wandering in a street in Dudley.

The long-legged bird seemed to enjoy its adventure as it walked past the construction fences on the main road. Instead of walking in parks, it walked through construction sites. It was only in minutes that keepers from the zoo appeared on the scene and managed to catch the bird.

It was stated by a keeper: A flamingo of ours did not consider the advice of staying home and staying safe very important. Our keepers appeared on the scene in only a few minutes and returned the flamingo safely back to its enclosure where she is self-isolating.

Since March 22, Dudley Zoo has not had any visitors because it has been closed ever since because of coronavirus. Thus, birds have a lot of quietness and peace to enjoy.

It has been stated by the zoo: During the afternoon, flamingos were in the enclosure when the weather turned quite blustery and a gust of wind carried a flamingo out of the enclosure. However, thanks to the public call, the bird was located quickly by keepers and after a quick health check-up, she was returned to her flock. When the flamingo was actually located, she was present on a grass lawn within the grounds of zoo. It was later on that we realised that she had visited Caste Hill road as well.

China

Indonesian Villages Relies on Ghosts for Making People Maintain Distance

Countries around the world are experiencing difficulties in keeping people away from each other. It is time for new tactics. An Indonesian village relies on ghosts to enhance social distancing.

As it has been reported by BBC, people of Java have taken to use volunteers dressed as ghosts for spooking people into distancing from each other over coronavirus. The villagers began using bed-sheet patrols last month. In the folk stories of village, pocong are ghostly figures and they tend to represent trapped souls of dead people. In accordance with the staff of a news agency who visited to see volunteers acting, they felt as if these ghosts had the opposite effect on people. Instead of scaring people, they seemed to attract them into coming out of their houses and spot them.

In spite of it, it is stated by locals that matters of social distancing have experienced an improvement with the new method. A resident explained that ever since pocong appeared, children and parents have not been out. People also do not stay or gather on the streets.

Even though it is slightly bizarre, using ghosts is not the only strange method which has been used for bringing attention to the issue of outbreak. It serves to cause people to take their attention to the outbreak and make sure that coronavirus does not spread. After all, it is quite a deadly disease, capable of crippling even the most developed economies.

Africa

Algerian Students, with their Memes, Participate in Anti-Bouteflika Protests

Thousands of students marched in the capital of Algeria for seeking a fifth term for a second week.

Similar to their peers who seemed to hold similar protests across the nation, the students took to the streets in Algiers to reject the candidacy of the 82-year-old in the elections. A student of science and technology determined: There is no person who desires a fifth-term for Bouteflika. They are treating us with contempt and this is ridiculous.

On Tuesday, slogs were chanted by the young protesters against the ailing leader. It was notified by his brother that the candidate has a major political influence. Students focused on government inefficiency and widespread corruption. Other than the political banners and flags, there a significant number of cheeky signs on display during the rally of students. In fact, there was also references to pop-culture.

‘Algeria has no master’ was stated on a banner, which gave reference to a line said a character in the series of Harry Potter. ‘Accio loyal government’ was stated by another sign which imitated the spell of a fictional wizard.

It was written by another student: ‘Where is democracy? I don’t see it.’ It is also a meme which is inspired by a show, Dora the Explorer. Humour is one of the many ways in which Algerians have been dealing with the absence of president since the eruption of mass protests last month. New protests are planned in which more memes could follow suit.

South America

Prehistoric Monkeys Rafter to South America from Africa on Floating Islands

It is stated by scientists that a remarkable journey might have taken place approximately 34 million years ago.

A species of monkeys which has become extinct now made a significant and remarkable journey to South America from Africa, across the Atlantic Ocean on a natural raft. It is believed that the prehistoric monkeys made a journey of over 900 mils when two continents were a lot closer. They relied on floating vegetation islands which were broken off from coastlines.

Professor Erik Seiffert said that the trip would have be incredible tough for other animals. However, it was quite easier for small monkeys. He also explained that small animals with the size of Ucayalipithecus would actually be at an advantage over animals with large sizes such as mammals in such type of a situation because they would have seemingly required less water and food that their vegetation raft could have provided easily.

It has been determined that this is a unique discovery. It indicates that other than a group of rodents and New World monkeys, there is actually a third lineage of mammals that made this improbable journey to get to South America from Africa.

The monkeys were noted to have been descended from ancestors in Africa through their resemblance to Egyptian monkeys’ teeth. It has been determined by scientists that the migration might have taken place approximately 34 million years ago.