Stories that made us smile this week
STORY: Stories that made us smile this week
These teenage walruses are feasting
on gourmet mussels and clams
as they settle into their new home
in Washington state
Location: Tacoma, Washington
(Sheriden Ploof / Assistant curator, Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium)
"These are restaurant-quality mussels. They're eating very well, yes. We go through about 16,000 pounds of clam a year just for walruses alone. It's a lot of clam."
Balzak and Lakina were initially trained
in a French-speaking province of Canada
both are bilingual when it comes to
responding to commands
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Soaring energy costs
can't deter this Christmas enthusiast
Location: Olching, Germany
A German homeowner used 20,000 lights
to turn his house into a festive spectacle
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This amateur soccer commentator
dreams of attending Qatar’s World Cup final
Location: Amman, Jordan
Amer Abu Nawas’ Facebook page
has around 60,000 followers
with some of his videos
exceeding a million views
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This dancing traffic officer is
handing out red and yellow cards
Location: Al Wakrah, Qatar
to direct drivers and pedestrians at the World Cup
He says he's using the cards to ease
tension and make his job easier
(Dennis Mochu Kamau, Traffic officer)
"You get to argue with people, every time you stop them, they are in a hurry, maybe they are tired, but now I decided to come with a red card and a yellow card idea. So when the person sees a red card, they are like 'oh no, don't give me a red card' and he goes. And it makes people happy, it is all about World Cup.
