Unusual scene in the town of Nochchiyagama, Sri Lanka: a two-meter crocodile broke into the police station. The building was evacuated while the animal was captured. A two-meter-long crocodile broke into a police station in Sri Lanka and settled there overnight, forcing its occupants to evacuate the scene until it was captured. The reptile entered…
A huge swarm of wasps descended on a temple in Mundal, 110 kilometers north of Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, as pilgrims celebrated Buddha’s birthday there. Fifty of them had to be hospitalized. Wasp attacks are particularly feared in the country, which also proceeded on Tuesday to clean up nests in a tea plantation district in…
Port workers in southern Sri Lanka rescued a baby elephant from a manhole cover on Sunday. He was then evacuated for treatment. A baby elephant trapped in a sewer in the town of Hambantota, in southern Sri Lanka , was saved on Sunday. The ten port workers who came to his rescue did not spare…
A newly hired executioner threw his neck out at the sight of the gallows for which he was responsible, the Sri Lankan head of prisons announced on Tuesday. A newly hired executioner threw his neck out at the sight of the gallows for which he was responsible, the Sri Lankan head of prisons announced on…