NEWS FROM NOWHERE - Wednesday

ON THIS DAY IN - 1718 - English pirate Edward Teach (a.k.a. "Blackbeard") was killed during a battle off the coast of North Carolina. British soldiers cornered him aboard his ship and killed him. He was shot and stabbed more than 25 times. 
And now some more recent news from the CFZ Newsdesk

Endangered apes saved from pet trade

Bringing back large herbivores to the steppes

Dozens of alligators captured prior to child’s dea...

Sheep 'can recognise human faces'

AND TO WHISTLE WHILE YOU WORK... (Music that may have some relevance to items also on this page, or may just reflect my mood on the day).