Fashion designer creates remarkable "squishy" flesh suits out of cotton and jersey fabrics - to show the concept of an "ideal" body type is "ridiculous"
Image by: Daisy May
Meet the bizarre 'family' created by a fashion designer using a series of grotesque 'flesh suits.'
Textile artist Daisy May Collingridge, 29, used her skills to make five striking characters - Burt, Hilary, Clive, Dave and Lippy - out of stuffed fabrics.
The characters - which she refers to as her family - have exaggerated anatomical features which give them an unsettling effect.
Drooping layers of hand-dyed fabric in pink and purple are stuffed with wadding and bean bags to exaggerate the human anatomy.
Gaping eyeholes are cut from the headpieces of the bespoke suits which each take around three months to create.
Image by: Daisy May
Image by: Daisy May
Image by: Daisy May
Image by: Daisy May
One is loosely based on her father Dave, but the others she says are 'imaginery.'
Daisy says she created them to show there is no such thing as an "ideal" body type.
Daisy, who lives in Leicester, said: "They neither promote nor demote one body type, The idea that there even is an "ideal" body is ridiculous.
"They are creations that are reflective of the human form but with fantasy elements and I really designed them to bring a bit of joy into the world.
"They, just like people, have their own individual characters and, just like people, some people will be repelled by them whilst others will adore them."
Daisy graduated from Central St Martins, University of Arts in Kings Cross, London, in 2014.
And since then has been developing her favourite form of design - free machine quilting.
Image by: Daisy May
Image by: Daisy May
Image by: Daisy May
Image by: Daisy May
Image by: Daisy May
The technique sees Daisy hand-quilting three layers of hand-dyed jersey fabric and cotton, filling it out with wadding, beanbag beans and even sand, to form a soft, "blobby" skin suit.
The sculptures can be displayed as static items or can be worn for a more lifelike performance.
She said: "It's just become something else now. It's become these figures. They move so well - they're stretchy, and they bounce a little.
"All the outfits are made up of separate components to make them more wearable - so often it's a stuffed vest top, or the quilted material stitched over dungarees to slip on.
"And there's gloves and a mask to cover the hands and head. It's all based on normal outfits."
Daisy added: "It's artwork, more than anything. I want to do more photoshoots with them, and I definitely want to do more exhibiting and performance work."
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Mum feared she'd die after she got trapped under her bed - for 13 HOURS
Image by: Claire Montello
A mum has told how her she feared she'd die after she got trapped under her bed -- for 13 HOURS.
Claire Montello, 39, pulled up her hinged Ottoman style bed to grab her MP3 player from the underbed storage.
The mum-of-three was reaching inside when the piston holding up the mattress failed - and the entire bed top crashed down on her arm.
She was trapped because she didn't have the strength in her one free arm to lift the bed up - and her phone was out of reach - and she feared she'd die.
Terrified Claire screamed and shouted to no avail and even had to lean on the bed - further compressing her arm - when her legs grew too tired to stand.
She was only set free when her husband Francesco, 61, came home from his night shift and lifted the bed up.
Image by: Claire Montello
Image by: Claire Montello
Claire from Grangewood, Chesterfield, said her arm was "flat as a pancake" but it then swelled up dramatically, before it "burst".
She spent two weeks in hospital where she endured four operations, and is waiting to see if she'll regain the use of her left arm.
Claire said: "I just can't believe it happened.
"I thought I was going to die.
'I had to keep making myself sick to keep the moisture in my mouth as a way to survive.
"I must have vomited about 40 times.
"Because the wardrobe was right next to the bed I couldn't even sit down.
"I knew Francesco wouldn't be back until the morning so I had no choice but to sit on the bed. I couldn't stand up for that long.
"I couldn't sleep through it I was in so much agony.
"I'm surprised I didn't pass out of the pain but I was and for the whole 13 hours."
Claire was home alone at 9.30pm on 23 January and went to get her MP3 from underneath her bed to listen to music.
Her MP3 player fell down a gap in the middle of her bed - which is split in half, with two sides which can be lifted up on a hinge near the wall, to access storage beneath.
She jumped off, lifted up one side, and was reaching under the raised mattress, when the bed smashed down on her arm - trapping it from the elbow down.
With her mobile phone out of reach and unable to lift the king-size bed up by herself, Claire said she thought she'd die.
She said: "I was screaming and shouting to get some kind of response but it doesn't help that I live next door to a 92-year-old man whose deaf.
"I could hear his TV.
"All the lights were on in my house so the chances of me getting some kip were nil.
"I had BBC News on loop and it was doing my head in. I was sitting there thinking 'Oh god not the sixth time I've heard this.'
"So it was quite hard taking my mind off what was actually happening.
"I had no choice but to go to the toilet there and then."
Staying awake throughout the whole night, it was only when care worker husband Francesco, 61, returned from an overnight shift at 10.30am she was finally set free.
"As soon as I saw Francesco it was the biggest sigh of relief," she said.
"He was swearing like anything. I just remember him saying: "Oh my f***ing sh**. What the f***?
"He then lifted it up as quick as he could.
"There was just this massive dent in my arm.
"Then it started swelling up like a football and just burst. It was terrible.
"I don't even know if I'll get full control of my left arm back. It's just a waiting game at the moment."
Image by: Claire Montello
Image by: Claire Montello
Husband Francesco added: "I just couldn't believe it when I saw her.
"I knew something was up when I walked in and all the lights were on and the TV was on.
"When I left to go to work she didn't seem ill so I thought it was weird she would have gone to bed without turning everything off.
"Then I saw her and I was swearing like anything. I just couldn't believe it.
"I lifted up the bed and when she got her arm out it was flat.
"I've never seen an arm go that flat before."
Claire was rushed to Royal Derby hospital and was kept in for a two week stay and underwent four operations.
Doctors performed a skin graft using skin from her thigh.
She had a muscle removed and doctors told her there is a 50:50 chance she will regain movement in her left arm, she said.
Claire said: "I'm now in absolute agony.
"I've got a splint on it and I can't feel anything.
"If that wasn't in there my arm would just be a floppy mess.
"I'm having to do everything with my right arm.
"I can't wash or do basic things by myself.
"I've had to get Franco to start tying my hair up. But to be fair for a first attempt he doesn't do a bad job.
"He's been absolutely brilliant. I don't know what I'd do without him.
"He's being going back and forth from work cooking me meals and looking after me.
"I want to thank the surgeons and the staff at Royal Derby hospital too. They've been great.
"I just can't really believe this happened.
"We bought it from a warehouse a few years back for £800 and have never had any issues.
"When I was in hospital Franco took a sledgehammer to it.
"There's no way we'll be using one of them again. We'll have to find somewhere else to keep our Christmas decorations.
"I just want to warn people about buying these kinds of beds.
"They can be death traps.
"If it were a kid they'd be locked in there like a coffin."
Video by: Claire Montello
Acrobats build the Ultimate Trampoline Playground in the middle of a container terminal!!
Image by: Domen Rozman
This is the moment a team of acrobats perform inside a trampoline sandwich - bouncing up and down between two trampolines while they are being driven along a road.
Dunking Devils is a troupe of daredevil gymnasts who perform gravity defying stunts around the world.
Their latest trick saw their team rig up a giant trampoline on top of a moving flatbed truck in a shipping container depot in Slovenia.
Another trampoline was suspended 50ft directly above the first - strapped to the bottom of a shipping container also travelling along a track.
Four members of the daredevil team bounced between the two while the truck moved along in last February
Image by: Domen Rozman
Image by: Domen Rozman
Image by: Domen Rozman
Other stunts performed with the help of Slovenian Railways involved the Dunking Devils Squad - Matevž Pogačar, 28, Gašper Novak,
26, Maks Veselko, 28, and Jan Žnidaršič, 23.
One of the acrobats, Gašper Novak, 26, from Slovenia, said: “This is another one in a line of successful projects with Slovenian Railways.
"We are very happy and grateful that they decided to support us in our endeavours once again, as this project wouldn’t have been possible without them.
“Jan Žnidaršič and I prepared all the plans and stunts for this episode, and we are really glad we managed to realise all of them.
“This episode was something special for all of us who played a part in its creation.
"Moving the containers around and stacking them atop one another felt like playing with LEGO - but massive ones.
“The experience was truly memorable and I look forward to many such projects in the future!"
Video by: Domen Rozman
Abandoned wonky-faced dog finally finds forever-home - and he's called PICASSO
Image by: Liesl Wilhardt
A forever home has finally been found for this wonky-faced dog - called PICASSO.
Picasso is pit-bull, chihuahua and pomperianian mix and was born with "wry mouth" - an upper jaw deformity.
His unconventional look gave him the name Picasso because he looks like one of the artist's famous abstract portraits.
Picasso's condition has disfigured his face with his nose pushed to the right and his overbite pushed to the left - but he can still eat, bark and play like any other pooch.
He was abandoned two days before Christmas 2016 with brother Pablo - who did not suffer from the defect - by dog shelter owner Liesl Wilhardt, 51, a few months later.
Despite only intending to foster the two pups for a few months, Pablo died suddenly of a brain aneurysm in October 2017.
Devastated by the loss of his brother Picasso, 3, now lives with eight other rescue dogs, two cats and a rescue pig named Pax.
Image by: Liesl Wilhardt
Image by: Liesl Wilhardt
Image by: Liesl Wilhardt
Owner Liesl Wilhardt who runs Luvable Dog Rescue in Oregon, USA, said: "People feel sorry for him at first because they think he was hurt.
"But he was born that way. He is perfectly imperfect.
"Once they know he isn't in any pain and nothing horrible happened to him, they relax and his appearance makes him laugh.
"He was actually almost killed as a puppy because he ate some plastic and it caused a blockage in his system.
"Nobody knows why some animals are born with this condition. Something just happens when they are developing in the womb.
"He is not in any pain, and does not need corrective surgery. He can still do all the things other dogs can do.
"He can do everything a normal dog does, but he is a bit of a messy eater.
But he can only lick to his left.
"He knows tricks and commands. He can play dead, wave, walk backwards in circles, jump through hoops. You know it, he can do it.
"He often does it with Pax the pig too.I fell in love with his face right away. We are the best of friends.
"His jaw line is fine and he can open his mouth normally as you can see with his amazing yawns."
To keep up to date with Picasso's escapades follow him at @picassothewonkyandwacku on Instagram
Video by: Liesl Wilhardt
Meet the mum who became so fed-up with her messy teens she forced them to sign a 'cleaning contract' and fines them £5 for every rule broken
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Meet the mum who became so fed-up with her messy teens she forced them to sign a 'cleaning contract' - and fines them £5 for every rule broken.
Frustrated Katrina Neathey, 36, fines her kids for failing to make their bed, drinking fizzy drinks in their room or leaving litter on their bedroom floor.
She had spent the last two decades cleaning up after her kids - and is a cleaner by trade.
But the mum-of-three got to the end of her tether when she found mud on her new £1,200 carpet, within a few weeks of a complete upstairs refurb.
She called kids Hayden, 19, Joshua, 18, and Olivia, 13, to the dining table and presented them with tailor made ten-point contacts to sign.
The eldest pair agreed they will get fined £5 per rule break - while Olivia has her phone taken away for a day per infringement.
The mum from Horsham, West Sussex, said her "harsh but fair" parenting has whipped the kids into shape - and she has only pocketed £20.
Katrina, who runs a cleaning business with her twin sister Natalie, said: "My kids are all teenagers so in my eyes they are all capable of keeping to simple rules.
"I tried to set up some basic ground rules after we did up the bedrooms but after a few days they were falling back into old habits.
"They'd hide dirty clothes or plates at the back of their wardrobe when I told them to tidy up. It's as if they forget I'm a cleaner. I know exactly where to find things.
"I know the boys are only on apprenticeships and don't earn that much so they'll notice when £5 has gone out their pocket.
"We had a talk during the family meeting and I knew something needed to be done.
"When I first mentioned it to them they just thought it was hilarious.
"But I thought the only way they will listen is if I fine the older boys with money as they work and for Olivia to lose her phone."
Katrina and husband Gareth, 41, carpenter, completed a massive £4,000 refurb on their 4 bed semi-detached home in Horsham.
All the bedrooms were redecorated and got new furniture, and Katrina told the kids it was time to step up and clean up their act.
But she said within a few days they fell into old habits, so she introduced the new rules at the start of the year.
The were given contracts demanding they put all plates in the dishwasher, only drink water in their bedrooms and put dirty washing in the laundry basket.
She said she has looked after them all their lives and it is time for them to give back.
"It might sound heavy but I just think it's time they learn the hard way," said Katrina, who runs Instagram page with her twin sister Twinklecleaningduo.
"When they started school they were really good because I encouraged them to put all their toys away in their rooms.
"They never ate upstairs because I was controlling that as the adult.
"It was when I started the business and begun working longer hours that things started to creep in.
"They started getting into football and dance so all of us were rushing in and out of the door.
"As they grew older and technology and phones came into play, they would just prioritising chatting to their mates than helping out with the housework.
"Plus I started doing it for them.
"Countless time I've told them I wasn't their slave but that was always short lived and they would hide things instead.
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Image by: Tony Kershaw SWNS
Image by: Tony Kershaw SWNS
Image by: Tony Kershaw SWNS
"The worst was when I found a used chopping board in the wardrobe.
"I've also found other things like forks, bowls and milk bottles left to go off, all tucked away somewhere in the hope I wouldn't find it.
"Pizza boxes were great as they kindly left the crumbs for me to follow them.
"To be honest the only one benefiting from their hidden gem was the dog."
She said Josh, a carpenter apprentice, has had three fines so far - all in one day for two food wrappers hidden in a shoebox and down the side of his bed, and clothes thrown into his wardrobe.
"Olivia has only lost her phone once after I found a wrapper in her room," she added.
"She still got to take it to school for safety reasons so I just banned it for two evenings in a row."
Hayden, plumber apprentice, got a fine for not making his bed.
"Again I think he was testing his luck because I was going to London for the day which means I'm usually back really late but on this occasion I actually got home before him!" she said.
"Gareth and I work hard to give them the best we can be as parents and sometimes it can become easy for them to take advantage of our generosity.
"Part of growing up is learning to respect property and those you look after you. And I think the contract will help do that.
"I've spent years cleaning up after them.
"Since I've introduced them it's been great.
"I'm really pleased with how it's going and it's making my life so much easier.
"I don't have to nag either which is great for everyone.
"I'm not looking for perfect bed making and things like that.
"It's just knowing that they are trying and for me to see evidence that they have respect for their rooms, new furniture and me."
Olivia's contract
- No make-up in bedroom
- No eating in bedroom
- No juice or fizzy drink in bedroom - only water
- Make bed everyday
- All clothes must be hung up or put away
- Put dirty washing in wash basket
- Keep room tidy
- Put your washing up from downstairs in the dishwasher (empty if full)
- Put shoes/trainers away
- Put bag away
Failure to follow this contract will result in your phone being taken away...for days!
Josh and Hayden 's contract (two separate but identical)
- No eating in bedroom
- No juice or fizzy drink in bedroom - only water
- Make bed
- All clothes must be hung up or put away
- Put dirty washing in wash basket
- Keep room tidy
- Put your washing up from downstairs in the dishwasher (empty if full)
- Put shows/trainers away
- Put bag away
Katrina and Natalie's business can be followed on Instagram at @twinklecleaningduo.
Video by: Ashley Moran
A mother lost both FEET after a life-threatening labour ordeal which left her bleeding heavily and infected with sepsis
Image by: Callie Colwick
A mother lost both her FEET after a life-threatening labour ordeal which left her bleeding heavily and infected with sepsis.
Callie Colwick, 30, suffered from a rare condition called placenta accreta while pregnant with her son Quinn.
The serious complication occurs when the placenta detaches from the uterine wall after delivery and causes severe blood loss.
She tragically lost her newborn son and contracted sepsis which left her fighting for her life as her organs failed.
Doctors had no choice but to amputate both of Callie’s legs, her left thumb and forefinger and remove her uterus as the tissue had ‘died’ due to the loss of blood.
The graphic designer, from McKinney, Texas, said: “My limbs started to die.
“My legs were black and shriveled up, my toes looked like raisins.”
When Callie finally returned home after spending over a year in the ICU, her health insurance refused to cover the $11,000 custom wheelchair she needed to move around freely.
The mother of Kenzi, four, couldn’t push herself around in a standard wheelchair and was forced to wear diapers as she wasn’t able to go to the bathroom alone.
Callie was astounded to receive an Instagram message on December 31 2019 from a kindhearted stranger offering to raise the funds to buy her the special wheelchair.
Amy Bernhard, 32, set up a GoFundMe campaign and within just one day she had raised a staggering $20,980 for Callie’s chair with the extra money going towards installing ramps in her home.
Callie and husband Kevin, 30, a web developer, were delighted to discover that Callie was pregnant with Quinn, their second child, in November 2016.
But when Callie began experiencing heavy bleeding at work when she was 15 weeks pregnant, she went to hospital.
“I’d had light bleeding from day one,” Callie said.
“But what made me go to the doctor was the heavy abdominal bleeding.
“I was passing blood clots.
“I was at work about to go into a meeting and I felt this gush of liquid - my pants were soaked in blood.
“I went straight to hospital and called Kevin.”
Image by: Callie Colwick
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Image by: Callie Colwick
Doctors told Callie that Quinn could be born at any time and that tragically he would not survive the birth.
“They put me in the pregnancy wing.
“Here we were in this room, surrounded by women giving birth and babies crying and we were told that Quinn had no chance of survival and we were just waiting to give birth to him.
“It was a solemn few weeks.”
Callie lay in the Trandelenberg Position with her feet elevated above her head in a last ditch attempt to help her baby survive.
“I hung like a bat trying to keep him inside through gravity,” she said.
“I was afraid of sneezing or going to the restroom in case my waters broke and he was born.
“It was a terrifying few weeks with nothing to do in the hospital but just wait.”
Doctors induced labour on December 26 2016 and little Quinn was stillborn, weighing just half a pound.
“I was fading in and out of consciousness,” Callie said.
“I wasn’t responsive, my eyes would roll to the back of my head and I was burning up.
“My fever had spiked way too high and they were packing ice onto me.
“They broke my waters and he was born.
“Quinn was too tiny to survive; he went straight to heaven.
“My husband was stuck between mourning the loss of his son and making all these medical decisions.”
During the delivery Callie lost so much blood that a trauma doctor was flown in from Dallas.
“My uterus was hemorrhaging blood.
“Doctors were pumping blood into me as soon as it was flowing out.”
But Callie developed septic shock in her uterus and the infection soon spread leaving doctors no choice but to remove her uterus.
She said: “My world went black.
“That infection overrode my entire body.
“They had to take out my uterus.
“The sepsis shut down my kidneys and my lungs so I was on a breathing machine.”
Two months later, doctors decided that they would have to amputate Callie’s legs below the knee and part of her left hand as the tissue was so damaged due to lack of blood.
“I remember coming to, in extreme pain and confusion.
“My husband had to explain what happened.
“I had everything minus my uterus and my feet.”
Image by: Callie Colwick
Image by: Callie Colwick
Image by: Callie Colwick
Callie spent more than a year in the ICU and finally in March 2018 she was able to return home.
She had been refused prosthetics by her health insurance and struggled to adjust to life as an amputee in a bulky wheelchair that she could not push herself in.
“The wheelchair they sent me home in was a basic chair off of Amazon.
“Kevin had to dress my wounds every day.”
Callie was finally able to stand on her knees for the first time on January 15 2019.
“Until then, Kevin had been picking me up and putting me in my chair.”
In April 2019 she was finally approved for prosthetics and she applied for a custom chair in October.
“My doctor put in the order and they denied my chair.
“It is just insane.
“I don’t have feet and I can’t put my prosthetics on by myself.”
She shared her frustration on Instagram where Amy, a business coach, from Lafayette, Louisiana, came across her story.
“I glanced at Callie’s page and as I watched her videos, I had tears come down my face,” Amy said.
“I had trouble sleeping because I could not stop thinking about what this woman had gone through.”
She reached out to Callie and offered to start a GoFundMe campaign for her chair, but Callie at first turned down the offer.
Callie explained: “I messaged her back and said: ‘No thanks’.
“I was still hoping that my insurance would approve it.
“But she just kept messaging me and then when my request was declined again for the chair, I agreed.
“I said: ‘Yes, do what you think is best’.”
The next morning Amy launched the fundraising campaign and Callie was amazed to see how quickly people donated.
“It was shared like wild fire,” she said.
“This generous gift from a complete stranger gives me the ability to make my home completely accessible.
“It’s a lightweight custom built chair so I can pick it up by myself.
“I can actually wheel myself around in it.
“Imagine being trapped in a chair - for me, this chair is the difference between a chair that has wheels and one that doesn’t.”
The two women met in person for the first time on January 24 when Amy flew to Dallas for work.
They bonded over a sushi dinner where Callie told Amy just how big a difference the baby pink chair had made to her life.
“She shared with me what that wheelchair would actually do for her,” Amy said.
“She told me that it was the first time in three years that she was able to go to the bathroom herself.”
Callie added: “I felt like I had known Amy my whole life.”
Despite all her health struggles, Callie says she is keen to make the most of her life.
She said: “My hope is to help and inspire others.
“I was 27 when this happened - no one expects a 27-year-old mom to die.
“I truly feel like I am living on borrowed time now.”
Video by: Callie Colwick
Baker creates a LIFE-SIZED Karl Lagerfeld cake to mark the one-year anniversary of his death
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A British baker has created a LIFE-SIZED cake of German fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld to mark the one year anniversary of his death.
Confectionary artist Debbie Wingham, 38, used 195 eggs, 44lbs of sugar paste, 13 bags of flour and over 15,000 baby marshmallows to create the edible sculpture - which stands at 5'10 tall and weighs 287 pounds.
"I made it with all the vital statistics of the late, great Karl Lagerfeld," said Wingham, who spent 11 days building the creation for an unnamed German businesswoman.
“The person who commissioned it shares my passion for this legend in couture,” added Wingham.
The cake was even made to taste like the late Karl's favorite food, toasted corn bread.
"It is a sweet corn bread cake with honey salted butter frosting," said Wingham.
The sugary model depicts Lagerfeld in his signature black sunglasses, monochromatic
suit, fingerless gloves, and starched, detachable collar.
“Every detail in this cake embodies King Karl,” said Wingham who sculpted the legs from rice crispy treats, bonded with butter and marshmallows.
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Image by: Matthew Newby SWNS
The facial likeness of the former Chanel honcho was achieved with the help of Israeli sculptor Mike Viner, who traditionally works in clay, but turned his hand to modeling chocolate on Wingham’s request.
“Working in modeling chocolate is a little different from what I’m used to, and I was somewhat worried when I accepted the challenge,” said Viner.
Adding: “But the result of both mine and Debbie’s sculpting skills together are the perfect combination.”
Wingham is hailed as one of the top sugar artists in the world, with clients including Drake, Tim Burton and Justin Bieber.
In 2018 she famously made a “cake-a-like of Kim Kardashian.
“
Sculpting Kim Kardashian’s curves in cake was no easy job,” she said.
“But making Karl was even more difficult.
“I have always had much admiration for Karl and every job I do is always important to me, but to date this cake was definitely my most important edible creation.
"I hope Karl would have approved.”
Karl Lagerfeld died in Paris, France on 19 February 2019 at the age of 85 after a battle with cancer.
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These amazing photographs show how an ingenious bird has built a cosy nest for its chicks - inside a set of city centre traffic lights
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These amazing photographs show how an ingenious bird has built a cosy nest for its chicks - inside a set of city centre traffic lights.
An industrious mistle thrush piled up a cluster of leaves and twigs on a visor below the middle amber light at the top of a metal post.
It was built in Leeds, West Yorks, and is home to five young chicks.
It's thought the unusual spot was chosen by the bird because of the warmth given off from the light, as chicks need supplementary warmth until they are fully feathered.
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Image by: Dan Rowlands SWNS
Image by: Dan Rowlands SWNS
Dozens of passersby and motorists have been spotted inspecting the nest, which sits at the centre of a busy junction close to Leeds Beckett university.
The mistle thrush is a large songbird with pale grey-brown upper parts, a greyish-white chin and throat, and black spots on its pale yellow and off-white under parts.
Generally found if wood and parkland, the creature feeds on a variety of invertebrates, seeds and berries.
Their favoured food is mistletoe fruit, which is reflected in its name.
Mistle thrush's incubate their eggs for around two weeks, which is when chicks are usually mature enough to fledge.
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Adorable pair of cats suffer from rare condition Cerebellar Hypoplasia - which causes them to constantly WOBBLE
Image by: Emily Horner
Meet Pablo and Bones - two cats that suffer from a rare condition which causes them to constantly WOBBLE.
Cerebellar Hypoplasia is an incurable disease caused by an underdeveloped cerebellum - a part of the brain which controls movement.
Symptoms can range from mild to severe - causing them to stumble and stutter as they navigate through day-to-day activities such as walking, eating, and jumping.
Despite the odds, owner Emily Horner, 26, says the pair are still able to do everything else a 'normal' cat can - just with a bit more fumbling about.
She said: "My boys are classified as mild, they can do almost everything other cats can.
"They run around, play together and shred my sofa to pieces, just like any cat, there's just more falling over involved.
"Bones [grey] is the boss of the two, he's very vocal. Pablo [ginger] is the baby of the two, he's a bit more timid but loves being brushed and fussed over. Both are massive foodies."
According to research - Cerebellar Hypoplasia develops when a mother is severely malnourished during the pregnancy phase.
Although it is a mild form of the disease - Emily says she must still keep a watchful eye on the pair to avoid any accidents.
"I do have to be more careful of things that can present a danger to them"
"We have carpeted stairs and CH (Cerebellar Hypoplasia) cats are excellent climbers so they've managed to manoeuvre those with a bit of practice."
Emily, who works in Customers operations in Bristol, adopted the adorable duo a month ago.
Image by: Emily Horner
Image by: Emily Horner
Image by: Emily Horner
The charity, World Animal Friends, specialise in re-homing special needs animals.
Pablo and Bones were being fostered and believed to have been strays at the time.
"The first few nights at hers they slept on the cold floors at her house, they had to learn that sofas were comfy etc"
"They are also scared of people walking around in shoes and seem to eat like they don't know when their next meal is coming."
Emily describes being "instantly sold" after their foster owner sent a picture of them.
"I was actually in contact with the charity about adopting a different cat, but the lady I was speaking to asked if instead of one, if I would consider two, she sent me a picture of the two of them and I was immediately sold".
Emily later created an Instagram account to give her friends a break from the bombardment of pictures she would send of them.
She also discovered communities who had pets living with the same condition.
"People love seeing what my boys get up to and how they navigate the world."
"I found out about CH cats through a page called orangeandblackisthenewtan. They helped to educate me on CH and it leads to me adopting two disabled boys."
"I'm hoping to also show people that disabled animals are in just as much need for a loving home, and just because they are disabled, it doesn't mean they can't have a long happy life with you."
You can watch Emily document Pablo & Bones' wobbly adventures on their Instagram @pablo.and.bones.
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Incredible video shows two friends pulling off Romantic surprise by dressing up as street performers and flying out to Columbia
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This is the moment two men pulled off the perfect romantic surprise by disguising themselves as street performers to stun their partners on holiday in Colombia.
Jonny Rhodes, 28, and Tom Mitchell, 27, booked secret flights so they reunite with their girlfriends who are currently touring through South America.
But the duo took their surprise act one step further by learning a synchronised dance routine and dressing up in inflatable morph suits.
They flew out to Columbia earlier this month and travelled for 14 hours on a coach to track down their loved ones to a cafe terrace in the coastal city of Cartagena
Video footage then shows them performing a choreographed dance flawlessly to roars of laughter before they revealed their true identities to their open-mouthed partners.
They then whisked them off to a nearby five-star hotel.
Jonny's partner Ellie Websdale, 26, said: "It was very emotional - it was the most shocked I've ever been in my entire life.
"I couldn't believe it."
Emily Potter, 27, Tom's partner, added: "It was the shock of my life, my legs were quaking like a little quivering leaf.
"It was the best surprise ever, well done chaps.
"We thought it was a couple of Colombians doing an elaborate bag heist - trying to distract us before nicking all our cash and passports."
The two men - both DJs from Bristol who perform as TWOGOOD - had spent months planning their secret trip that included finding a suitable costume and figuring out exactly where their partners would be when they arrived.
Tom and Jonny had initially told them they couldn't join them on their travelling adventures due to work commitments.
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Jonny said: "We realised we had to find a disguise, so the first idea we came up with was to hire a mule and dress up as Colombian singers and serenade them with songs.
"Then we came up with the plan to do a synchronised dance and be street performers, and wear masks and morph suits - but we realised that if we wore morph suits they would see our body shapes and that would maybe give it away.
"We did some digging on the internet and found some inflatable morph suits and we thought they were perfect, they'd never be able to guess it was us."
Jonny said it took all their detective skills to confirm where the partners would be on the day.
He added: "So we had the outfits set and the only thing now was to locate exactly where they were going to be.
"We had some friends out there and they could tell us where they would be on what day, and luckily my brother Chris was out there travelling already so he arranged to meet them on the day so we would know exactly where they were."
They flew into Medellin on the February 13 before taking a 14 hour coach journey to Cartagena.
With the plan set, the duo inflated their brightly coloured morph suits and hailed a taxi, before heading to perform their dance routine for their unaware girlfriends.
Tom said: "We could barely see through the masks to locate the girls table, so we had to act as if we were actual performers.
"We spent about five minutes with the general public first going down the street and entertaining them before we made it over to their table.
"Then we pressed play on the bluetooth speaker and then did the dance and did the grand reveal which you could see on the video."
In the video, Jonny and Tom can be seen dancing arm in arm and spinning round each other, before encouraging Ellie, and Emily to join in.
Then, after the girls sat back down, the duo bowed and stood side by side before ripping off their masks and revealing their true identities - and the girls instantly start to scream.
Tom added: "When the girls screamed everyone in the square went silent and the police came out, no one knew what was going on.
"Then everyone applauded and cheered when they realised that obviously this must be a reuniting of two couples."
Video by: Two Good
