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Elusive New Zealand merino sheep named Shrekapo was caught after years in the wilderness and relieved of half his bodyweight in wool

Source: Sheep shorn of 18kg fleece after three years on the lam

Yikes!

A video of ‘Patron’ has been posted on Facebook by State Emergency Service Of Ukraine (SES), which said that the dog has cleared up to 90 explosive devices so far.

Source: 2-Year-Old Ukrainian Dog Sniffs Out Russian Explosives, Hailed As Hero

Heros come in all shapes and sizes.

Amsterdam police rescued a group of ducklings near the A10 motorway on Friday. The ducklings are now safely staying in a bird refuge in Amsterdam Zuidoost. Two members of the Centrum-Burgwallen team were headed for the A10 motorway via the 116 ramp on Friday when they spotted a family of ducklings crossing a road, according to a Facebook post by the police. The mother was nowhere in sight.

Source: Amsterdam police rescue ducklings near motorway

Cute.

 

Adrianne Haslet has faced severe trauma more than once on her path to running Monday’s Boston Marathon. Now that she’s returned to the starting line, the word she keeps coming back to is “gratitude.”

Source: ‘The month my body remembers’

I’d choose “resilience.”

Nearly one year after the passing of David Baldwin who died at 96, half a dozen Tampa Bay charities receive $63 million from his estate.

Source: World War II veteran dies at 96, leaves $63 million to Tampa Bay charities

Wow!

PANAMA CITY, Fla. — A Panama City high school senior applied to 27 colleges and universities. He was accepted into every single one. 18-year-old Jonathan Walker is a senior at Rutherford High School. Caption: CNN Newsource “Its so crazy to think about that I applied to all these colleges and I got in,” Walker said. Multiple Ivy League schools, such as Harvard and Yale, were among some of the schools Walker got accepted into.

Source: Florida high school senior applies, gets accepted into 27 colleges and universities

Wow!

In a small trial, immune cells that fight the Epstein-Barr virus have stopped the progression of multiple sclerosis, an autoimmune condition that can lead to symptoms, such as difficulty walking, that worsen over time

Source: MS reversed by transplanted immune cells that fight Epstein-Barr virus | New Scientist

Yes, a small trial, but still … a very encouraging result. (Looks like a hard paywall, sorry. But the summary alone seems pretty exciting.)

Unprecedented overpass will allow fauna of the Santa Monica mountains to safely cross a dangerous 10-lane stretch

Source: Animal crossing: world’s biggest wildlife bridge comes to California highway

We have at least one major one here in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, and they’re pretty cool.

9-year-old Ben Miller loves animals, and he has raised a lot of money for IHS with his lemonade stand over the last couple of years. He says it just feels good.

Source: 7’s HERO: Boise boy raises close to $2,000 for Idaho Humane Society

Nicely done.

An engineering team at Stanford University have developed solar cells which can actually draw a little bit of power at night.

Source: Nocturnal solar panels: not an oxymoron | The Optimist Daily

Cool idea. (No pun intended.)