It’s animals gone wild this week. In Ohio, residents are urged to stay home as nearly 5 dozen ‘exotic’ animals prowl loose on the streets. A wild-life expert warns individuals not to run in the face of one of the rogue creatures, adding that these animals such as the mountain lion have "great leaping ability." Down in Antarctica, filmmakers catch a male penguin cold in mid-act stealing stones from neighboring nests. Meanwhile, Chinese micro-bloggers voice outrage and angst over video footage of a young girl, profusely bleeding to death, left and ignored on the street after a hit-and-run. One micro-blogger concludes that the human race is “worse than animals.”
In other news, there is some optimism for the human race, or at least concerning those who expend energy in unusual ways. A 56-year-old Quebec-man returns home after walking around the world for 11 years in honour of world peace. And a 100-year-old man becomes the world’s oldest marathon runner. Fauja Singh finished the Toronto marathon in eight hours and 25 minutes. The marathon’s official winner, Kenneth Mungara of Kenya, won in a time of two hours, nine minutes and 51 seconds. Six minutes and 13 seconds off from the world record, but-- still impressive.
