7-year-old sets new limbo skating world record
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a seven-year-old limbo skater has set a new world record - despite the fact he only started skating two years agotiluck keisam from manipur in northeast india set a new world record for the furthest distance limbo skating under bars at the siri fort sports complex in new delhi indiathe hyper-flexible youngster skated 116 metres in 3187 seconds on december 20 2015 - smashing the previous record of 50 metresand to keep things challenging the bars tiluck passed under were set at only 28cm high 7cm less than the required 35cmtiluck039s record-breaking skate also featured his signature move - a u-turn half way through his run despite his age tiluck has a gruelling daily training regime - he wakes at 4am and after a quick breakfast practices for three hours in the morning and four in the evening the youngster is continuing to rack up a huge medal haul and has now set his sights on an olympic gold videographer director: mohan ram producer: haziq qadri nick johnson basit umer editor: joshua douglas

ultimate cat lady: woman shares her home with 1100 felines
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a caring cat lady has given up her 4200 square foot home to more than a thousand felines sixty-seven-year-old lynea lattanzio now lives in a trailer on her six acre property and allows the cats to run freely through the five bedroom house today she runs cat house on the kings which is californias largest no-cage no kill sanctuary for feral and abandoned cats lynea and her team of volunteers care for about 800 adult cats and 300 kittens the team starts feedings at the shelter at 4am and they also give medical attention to critically ill cats to learn more about adoptions at cat house on the kings visithttp:wwwcathouseonthekingscom videographer director: ruaridh connellan producer: samantha grillo nick johnson editor: ian phillips

snake whisperer has one of the most dangerous jobs in the world
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a snake handler shares his small home with 60 of the world039s most deadly reptilesalbert killian began removing snakes from his neighbour039s yard when he was just ten and has loved the animals ever sinceamazingly the 60-year-old has been bitten more than 100 times but has built up a tolerance to their venomhe keeps and handles 28 egyptian cobras three indian cobras forest cobras spotting cobras rattle snakes and vipershe extracts venom from his snakes which is then processed into pharmaceutical products videographer director: ruaridh connellan producer: samantha grillo nick johnson editor: kyle waters

stuntwoman completes first wingsuit flight through panama city
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an italian daredevilhas become the first person to fly over panama city in a wingsuit the stunt sawwingsuit pilotroberta mancino jumping out of a helicopter at 5000ft for a fly-by ofthe citys iconic screw buildingthe fampf tower known locally as eltornilo - which translates to thescrew stands at a whopping 797ft the 35-year-old had to battle through cloudy weather and speeds of up to 70mph to reach her landing zone at a site across the city since 2009 the stuntwoman has been doing wingsuit jumps around the world and had to draw on her years of experience to complete the highly technical jump videographer director: noah bahnson producer: bunmi adigun ellie winstanley editor: matthew hoare

world record: tightest ever 360 degree spin performed bydriver
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a fearless stunt driver squeezes his way into the record books by executing the worlds tightest ever 360 degree spin petrolhead alastairmoffatttravelled at a speed of roughy 30mph down a narrow lane of carsthe professional stunt driver of stunt drive uk spun his subaru brz 360 degrees thenaccelerated to the end of the course - all in onecontinuous motion alastair039s car was slightly over 4m long and the gap allowed for just 225m of clearance for him to complete the stunt - smashing the previous record of 25m videographer director: john robertston producer: tom gillespie nick johnson editor: joshua douglas

daring wingsuiter flies over chiles most active volcano
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a thrill-seeking stuntwoman wingsuits over an active volcano in chile the stunt took place over chiles villarrica volcano one of the south american nations most active volcanoes daredevil roberta mancino 35 jumped from 15000 ft and was able to land safely at the foot of the volcano without a hitch videographer director: roberta mancino producer: bunmi adigun ellie winstanley editor: jack stevens

ella bean the fashionista dog: cute as fluff
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glamorous pooch ella bean wentfrom being two days away from being euthanized to living as one of new yorks top instagram fashion dogs theyorkshire terrier-mix039s days consist of relaxing shopping trips and modelling for her clothing line in new york during her down time stylish ella enjoys lounging in a king sized bed while feasting on ceviche ros and seafood the fashionista was rescued by dog-lover hilary sloan and nowtravels the world wearing only the finest of canine couture the trendy terrier has over 47000 followers and uses her social media platform to raise money for the national mill dog rescue videographer director: ben effinger producer: nora hakramaj ellie winstanley editor: jack stevens

swimming with a wild polar bear family
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a veteran explorer captured the amazing moment a mother polar bear taught her cubs to swimamos nachoum 65 came face to face with the apex predator whilst diving off the coast of north-east canada in august amos attempted to take a similar set of pictures ten years ago with a single male polar bear unfortunately the bear perceived him as a threat and chased amos to a depth of 75 feet amos has previously taken up close underwater pictures of nile crocodiles anacondas leopard seals orcas great white sharks and grizzly bears videographer director: amos nachoum producer: nick johnson editor: kyle waters

underwater museum: unique submerged art installation aims to benefit marine life
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this is one museum you cant just drop into on your lunch break - because its underwater europes first subaquatic museum locatedoff the coast oflanzaroteis the work of british sculptor jason decaires taylor accessible only to snorkelers divers and sea lifethe museum uses human sculptures as a way to generate awareness about the loss of ecosystems and the risks the ocean is currently facing submerged between 12 and 15 meters under the atlantic ocean in the las coloradas bay in lanzaroteone of jasons main aims is for the sculptures to increase the marine biomass by acting as a breeding site for local species in the area videographer director: jason decaires taylor producer: crystal chung nick johnson editor: joshua douglas

snapped the brown bear capital of the world
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a photographer spends thirteen hours in a sweltering hide to get up close and personal with wild brown bearsgeorge turner 26 from dorset ventured to suomussalmi forest in finland to squeeze into a single person hide made of thin plywood and some fabric to photograph the wild animals in their natural environmentto get close to the bears the intrepid explorer visited the martinselkonen wildlife centre in the midst of the kainuu wilderness for three days which is home to the highest concentration of brown bears in the world videographer director: jack stevens george turner producer: hannah stevens ellie winstanley editor: jack stevens

the twins who cant stop eating: born different
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a single mother is struggling to cope with her twin boys who suffer from an extremely rare condition which makes them eternally hungry stevie and eddie ahern were born with prader-willi syndrome and autism a devastating combination that leaves them prone to extreme anger and violent outbursts the twelve-year-old thirteen stone boys are becoming increasingly stronger and more stubborn meaning their mother dianna schatzlein-ahern 55 is considering involving the authorities in order to stop them eating she has to lock up her refrigerator cupboards cat food and even cleaning products which they have been known to try and drink videographer director: ruaridh connellan producer: dan howlett ellie winstanley editor: sonia estal marcus cooper

picture perfect: photographers journey from serengeti to madagascar
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an intrepid photographer has traversed the globe to capture some of the planets most dangerous and elusive animals - as they have never been seen before ten years in the making will burrard-lucas new book top wildlife sites of the world demonstrates the extreme lengths the 32-year-old will go to in search of the perfect shot will thinks nothing of facing down angry gorillas in the congo or spending weeks in the freezing ethiopian mountains to snap an elusive wolf will is also pioneering the use of robot-mounted cameras indispensable for getting up close to africas largest and fiercest creatures including lions rhinos and elephantsfor more information about top wildlife sites of the world go towwwtopwildlifesitescom videographer director: will burrard-lucas producer: crystal chung nick johnson editor: kyle waters

venom man lets deadliest snakes bite him
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an amateur scientist can shockingly take back-to-back bites from the worlds deadliest snakes on purpose and claims to be making himself immune from their venom divorced tim friede 37 has self-inflicted more than 160 bites in 16 years of research and is hoping his experiments will help to develop a human vaccine for snake bitesto prove his self-immunisation theory works tim from wisconsin usa recently took back-to-back bites from two of the worlds deadliest snakes a taipan and a black mamba whose bite can kill in minutes unsurprisingly his obsession with saving the tens of thousands of lives lost every year to snakebites has nearly killed him on a number of occasions and also cost him his marriage his wife beth friede 35 divorced him in october after 20 years together when she finally had enough of tims snake obsession despite the controversial nature of his experiments tim does have some backing from the scientific community dr brian hanley a phd microbiologist from the university of californiasays a test suggests tim now has twice the number of antibodies and hopes his company butterfly sciences will help him develop his vaccine and find investors to get it into the field videographer director: ruaridh connellan producer: dan howlett nick johnson editor: ian phillips

belfie queens get down to business: hooked on the look
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curvy twins dana and nadia bruna make 30000 a month posting pictures of their rounded bottoms onlinethe 30-year-old pair live a life of luxury thanks to their famous behinds which have a combined instagram following of 11million the twins achieved their pert posteriors through 3kg fat transfers from other areas of the body although they insist they were already genetically gifted in the rear to begin with the cosmetically enhanced pair who live in miami florida have had over 60000 worth of surgery for free by advertising the jaw-dropping results on their instagram pages their dedication to plastic surgery and exercise has seen the circumference of their bottoms swell to over a metre each in thickness videographer director: rodrigo gomez producer: emma pearson nick johnson editor: sonia estal

amazing aerial drone footage of leaping mobula rays
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soaring over two metres above the water you would be forgiven for thinking these winged wonders are a type of bird - but they are actually flying mobula rayscaptured on camera by zoologist and wildlife photographer mark carwardine the rays known to local fisherman as flying tortillas measure just over three feet in width carwardine encountered the giant rays demonstrating their acrobatic skills by bursting out of the water with their wings outstretched off the eastcoast of baja mexico he said: i spend every winter running whale-watching trips in baja california mexico its one of my favourite places on the planet and on my most recent trip we saw something quite extraordinary videographer director: mark carwardine producer: crystal chung ellie winstanley editor: joshua douglas