Whales in needles and other bizarre occurrences

Itrsquos the last few days for the people of Bournemouth to feast their eyes upon what is being called the worldrsquos smallest zoo Well yoursquoll need to grab some magnifiers first and spot the eccentric man dressed as Willy Wonka when you enter Wolverhamptonrsquos Change Makers Hub where artist David A Lindon has displayed his latest artwork Renowned for his complex creations Lindon is an expert at creating microscopic paintings and sculpturesHis debut solo exhibition features a myriad of miniature wildlife crafted in the eye of a needle Itrsquos not only the animal in focus that Lindon has paid attention to hersquos also meticulously crafted their surroundings The scarlet macaw flies above the evergreen forests of America and the panda is seen in its natural habitat lounging around with bamboo in hand The tiniest sculpture at the exhibition is an emperor penguin resting on the tip of a needleIt is no easy feat to get these figurines just right While one might joke that he must use human hair or a houseflyrsquos leg to make them Lindon has clarified that neither could get the job done He makes his own tools which often break only after a few hours of use or disappear and uses a diverse set of materials like pieces of ceramics precious metals like gold and platinum carpet fibers and even gemstones like emeralds and diamonds The process involves patience intense concentration and at least a month of relentless effort The tiniest mistake can ruin everything Lindon once inhaled his own workDespite the obvious challenges the artist believes itrsquos all worth it The audiencersquos reaction is what keeps him going Theyrsquod first be skeptical or simply confused only to be taken completely by surprise While this wondrous exhibition ends this week you may get to experience it sometime in the future as Lindon hopes to bring it to New York and LondonOneMonth is needed to make one pieceCheese with an extra crunchMilbenkase cheese is ripened in wooden boxes and infested with mitesPicOddity CentralThe history of Milbenkaumlse can be traced back to the Middle Ages when it was produced in the SaxonyAnhalt and Thuringia regions of Germany But its cheesemaking tradition faded with time with only one elderly woman in the world in 1970 residing in the village of Wuumlrchwitz passing on her knowledge to local science teacher Helmut Poschel They season small balls of quark with salt caraway and elderflower They then place them in large wooden boxes and cover them up in a thick layer of live mites millions of them curing the cheese for three months to a year An enzyme in the digestive juices Milbenkaumlse can only be produced under a permit by the local food safety officeSleeping Beauty gets a boob jobEfteling Theme Park Resort a cheaper and weirder dubbed version of Disneyland in Netherlands is taking heat after a photo of its Sleeping Beauty went viral Nick Ringelberg posted a photo ldquoHer hair has grown a lot in the last 8 months some people think therersquos more than just hair grown no idea not paying attentionrdquo he commented on XAre you a SharentAccording to a new study parents sharing pregnancy posts and ultrasounds put their babies at risk of ID theft digital kidnapping and harm ldquoEven when they post about their pregnancy or anticipating the birth of the child they give away identifying datardquo Valeska Berg lead researcher of the report says ldquoAnd that creates a digital identity even before the child is bornrdquoWhorsquos your daddyOne might believe that their expartner was a manipulative liar but only till they meet 29yearold William Boswarva from Liverpool England The man allegedly sent his friend to the medical centre for a paternity test instead of himself in order to avoid paying child support Even on trial for fraud by false representation Boswarva refuses to provide another sampleFlorida is at it againPicLynn DanielsonUnsplashIn a case of rediscovering yet another bizarre law yoursquod be surprised to find out that swimsuits and singing do not pair well at some beaches in Florida While it is not commonly enforced be careful before you break into a tune because you might just end up in a lockupWild wild westPicAssociated PressThe narrative of cop and robbber chase was changed after a shoplifter from Walgreens in Albuquerque in New Mexico was chased down by horsemounted police officers for stealing merchandise worth R 19000 The horse caught him within seconds