Killdeer: A diminutive bird known for its shrill, high pitched call is threatening to derail one of Canada’s biggest music festivals after it built a nest in the same location as the main stage was slated to be erected. The bird – which enjoys protected status in Canada – had laid four speckled eggs on a cobblestone patch, effectively claiming the main stage area as its nesting grounds.
It had already been damaged by ploughing, but permission to excavate a listed site was granted because of damage by more recent trouble makers – badgers which were burrowing out the entire site, and kicking out human bones as they dug.
2019 slug breaks railway
A power cut that disrupted rail traffic on a Japanese island last month was caused by a slug, officials say.
More
than 12,000 people's journeys were affected when nearly 30 trains on
Kyushu shuddered to a halt because of the slimy intruder's actions.Its electrocuted remains were found lodged inside equipment next to the tracks, Japan Railways says.
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