UGLIEST DOG IN THE WORLD.

How many years has the 'World's Ugliest Dog' contest been around? How many contestants did it attract this year?

It has been around for 26 years and it attracted 29 dog owners this year.

How did this year's winner Peanut get his 'ugly' looks?

He got burnt in a fire and lost most of his hair and his lips.

What is the organizer's main purpose for organizing this unusual competition?

The competition is a great way to honor these pooches, many of whom owe their unusual looks to human abuse. But most importantly, it raises awareness for their adoption by showing the world that physical detractions do not prevent dogs from becoming loving pets.

An Ant

BANG! The starting gun went and giant bodies trampled over me almost squashing me I saw one guy fall over and decided to follow him and see how his race went if felt like an earthquake vibrating under me. I was zooming under people until I got to the guy I wanted to follow he was going good and he looked massive to me I wished I was tall like him.

He almost stood on me as he went down the steep hill and I couldn't keep up with him. He got stuck at the bottom of the hill because there was so many people there so thats where I managed to catch up with him.

He was nearly at the end and coming down that final straight the challenge was on with him and big person in Kahikatea. The Kahikatea Beat him in the last two meters, that was a good race.

What is so special about Migaloo?

Migaloo is special because he has white skin, scientists believe that he has a genetic skin condition called albinism. He was the first ever documented white whale. Migaloo's fans created him webpages and a facebook and twitter page as well.

Cite a few facts from the article that tell you how precious Migaloo is to the people of Australia.

Migaloo has been given a name in indigenous Australian language which means "white fella".

He immediately got given a special status "special interest whale" which means that boats and people have to be at least 500 meters away from Migaloo and plane 2,000 meters.

People have set up facebook, twitter and webpages. 

Migaloo has a lot of fans watching him.

Why is Migaloo known as a 'hypo-pigmented' humpback? is he the only one?

Hypo pigmented means that he has lost all colour.

Cornflake artist

Rosado uses cornflakes to create her portraits.

it takes so long to create the artwork because Rosado needs to sketch the work first and then crunch all the cornflakes to the right size She carefully puts the cornflakes on the outline. She finally gets a pin and makes sure they are in line.

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114-Foot Lego tower.

Where was the most recent tallest Lego structure built? Who built it?
The most recent lego structure was built in Budapest at the front of the Saint Stephen's Basilica and it was built by a elementary school in Budapest.



What are the two requirements imposed by the Guinness World Records before a Lego tower can be eligible for inclusion?
One of the requirements was that the tower had to be free standing so they had to take the wires out. The other requirements was it had to be over 112 ft 11 inch which they made it 114 ft.


Why does the author believe that a new Lego tower record will be attempted soon?
The author believed that the record was going to attempted soon because this record was broken three time alone in 2012.

What in your opinion makes building the world's tallest LEGO structure so popular?
My opinion on what makes building the world's tallest LEGO structure so popular is that it is just something to do for people that are bored.

Vegetarian Crocs

What is unusual about the reptiles that live at Nyanyana crocodile farm?
They are vegetarian because they eat vegetarian pellets. They sleep a lot more than normal crocs and they have skin softer than normal crocs. They not as vicious.

How did they turn this way?

Zimbabwe has a food crisis so they couldn't afford meat. They had to use pellets made with vegetables and meat then slowly they took out the meat and ended up fully vegetarian




What are the crocodiles being bred for?
These crocs are being bred for their skin so that the skin can be made into expensive handbags.

How do you feel about the crocodiles being bred for their skin? Is it different from breeding cows or chickens that are killed for meat? why?

I think that killing crocs is cruel because I like crocodiles.

Current events reading.

Malavath climbed mount everest at an age of 13.

She got Altitude sickness and had to go back down but then she returned to climb the mountain again.

It took 52 days to get to the top.