A video uploaded to popular Facebook group ‘Are You Being Served’ has made the rounds showing a rat infestation in nature reserve Wied Blandun, located in Paola.
Erika Schembri, the woman who posted the video, stated that hundreds of rats appeared suddenly next to her house, something she had never seen in her life. She also asked where she can report the situation which highlights the rarity of the situation and of such a massive infestation in public spaces.
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Marine biologist Alan Deidun took to social media to share footage of a 3 metre rope like creature known as the barbed wire jellyfish.
Spotted near Gozo, the Apolemia uvaria – ‘or more mundanely known as the stingy, stingy, stingy’ – is a highly stinging siphonophore species belonging to the same group as the Portuguese man o’ war.
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The colony was filmed and photographed by Lewis Mark Sell and can be found down depths of up to 1000m and includes thousands of individual tentacled zooids.
The zooids are all happy to paralyse any helpers small creature which comes its way. Deidun described it as nature’s version of a long fishing line or drift net.
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The iconic floating piece of wood that saved Rose from the blockbuster movie ‘Titanic’ has been sold for an insane $718,750 at an auction raising funds for charity.
The piece of wood is one of the most contested parts of the film as many fans still to this day think that it was large enough for both Jack and Rose to fit on rather than Jack having to sacrifice his own life for his love.
In the movie the character Jack, portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio, argues that the panel, which is part of a door frame, was only large enough for his lover Rose, played by Kate Winslet. Tragically, he later succumbs to the freezing waters of the Atlantic Ocean, with his body sinking into the depths below.
According to auctioneers Heritage Auctions, the prop, often misidentified as a door, was actually based on a complete piece of debris recovered from the 1912 tragedy.
The auction included props and costumes owned by famous restaurant chain Planet Hollywood.
Other props that were sold included Tobey Maguire’s Spiderman suit sold for $125,000 and an axe used by Jack Nicholson in ‘The Shining’ sold for the same amount. More notably the whip from ‘Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom’ sold for a whopping $525,000.
Overall the auction raised a staggering $15.68m, making it the one of the most successful sales of a prop and costume collection, Heritage Auctions said.
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A new black comedy by award-winning writer Malcolm Galea is set to be staged at Spazju Kreattiv on the 12-14 and 19-21 April. The Heimlich Hustle is the story of a hapless couple whose life is turned upside down when they let a passionate and eccentric young artist into their lives. Before they know it, their life has been turned into a frantic rollercoaster ride involving viral videos, questionable art pieces, and accidental death.
Malcolm Galea has previously written such plays as Porn the Musical, Il-Kbir Għadu Ġej and some of your favourite Christmas pantomimes. However with The Heimlich Hustle, he has explored a new level of crazy.
The show stars Malcolm Galea, Angele Galea, Davide Tucci and Myron Ellul, with direction by Chiara Hyzler who most recently directed the pantomime Beauty and the Beast.
The Heimlich Hustle is supported by Arts Council Malta and Galea’s Art Studio. Tickets can be booked from kreattivita.org
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