Move over James Cameron. A sea turtle found a waterproof camera in the Caribbean, somehow activated the device, filmed itself and is now a YouTube sensation.
Back in May US Coast Guard agent Paul Schultz found a digital camera in a waterproof case on a beach in Key West, Florida, and posted images he found on its memory chip on the internet in an attempt to find its owner.
In a video clip "a turtle came across the camera, and it's really hard to tell how, but it turns the camera on and recorded itself swimming with the camera," Mr Schultz said.
He later realised that the camera was just hitching a ride with a sea turtle.
"The last thing the camera owner did was shoot a video underwater, and then it goes right into the next video with the camera turning around in the water," Mr Schultz said.
Mr Schultz eventually found the owner, a Dutch navy sailor who lost the camera when he was diving off the island of Aruba in November. (AFP)
Bunker art
A secret nuclear bunker built for Yugoslav dictator Marshal Tito is to be reborn as one of the world's quirkiest art galleries.
The massive underground complex, built 25 miles south of Sarajevo and completed in 1979, was known only to four generals and the handful of soldiers guarding it until Bosnia broke away from Yugoslavia in 1992 and its new army took over.
The brainchild of a group of Sarajevo artists, the gallery is to stage a Biennale of Contemporary Art starting next year - with the Council of Europe providing much of the funding. (PA)
Freed on parole, breaks into jail
A Mozambican prisoner who had been released on parole broke back into jail after discovering he didn't like life on the outside, state media reported yesterday.
Camilo Antonio, 28, was released from the Manica Agricultural Penitentiary in Mozambique after serving half the 10-year prison sentence he had received for the 2004 murder of his stepfather, Noticias newspaper said. But Antonio had trouble finding work and feared his stepfather's family would try to kill him. So he broke back into jail by tearing down part of the prison wall.
He was then arrested for destruction of property and received a one-year sentence.
"To me, prison is the safest place," Antonio told Noticias, adding, "I don't want to live in jail, but at this stage in my life it's the best place I've found." (AFP)
Bee medicine
Honey bees could help in the fight against hospital bug MRSA, researchers have said.
Beeglue, or propolis, which the bees make out of material from trees and plants in the Pacific region, was found to stop the bacteria from growing. Two compounds, Propolin C and Propolin D, were isolated during tests on 15 strains of MRSA obtained from the NHS.
Both compounds stopped MRSA growing but the researchers said more tests are needed to establish if the extracts can actually kill the bacteria.
The discovery may lead to new anti-MRSA medicine, said researchers from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow and Natures Laboratory in North Yorkshire, which campaigns for better scientific understanding of natural medicines and carries out propolis research. (PA)
Helicopter drop-off
A parent was banned from flying a child to an end-of-term primary school dance in a helicopter, it has been revealed.
The local authority rejected the request, made earlier this week, on health and safety grounds.
The parent wanted to fly the 11-year-old to the ceilidh, a traditional Scottish dance event, at Mearns Primary School in upmarket Glasgow suburb Newton Mearns. (PA)
Had marijuana in 13 suitcases
Authorities have arrested a California woman they say flew to Ohio on a private jet with 230 kilo-grams of marijuana in 13 suitcases.
Lisette Lee, 28, and three others were arrested at the airport in Columbus after arriving on a plane chartered from Van Nuys, Cali-fornia, drug enforcement adminis-tration agent Anthony Marotta said.
Ms Lee told authorities that her companions were her secretary and two bodyguards.
Ms Lee has been charged with conspiracy and possession of drugs with the intent to distribute. She is being held without bail. (PA)
Brazilian voodoo on Argentines
Never mind the vuvuzelas, Brazilian World Cup fans are giving rivals Argentina the needle with some voodoo 'fun.' A Brazilian website, voodoocopa. com.br, has been selling the 15cm-tall dolls for 10 reais ($5.6) with five needles included.
There's even a doll of Argentina coach Diego Maradona - though there's also one of Brazil's own - much maligned - Dunga. (AFP)
Foxes smuggler caught
Security officers at Cairo's international airport stopped an Egyptian man trying to smuggle eight live foxes and 50 chameleons out of the country.
Police say the officers stopped a 36-year-old traveller with a suspiciously large suitcase, then opened it to find the animals con-tained in small plastic cages. (PA)