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MEET Heathcliffe, the giant burrowing cockroach and contender for the title of world's heaviest insect.
And before you go "Ewwww yuck, a cockie", Heathcliffe and his kind are not your average dirty, imported roaches, The Daily Telegraph reports.Australia's giants give birth to live young, look after them in a burrow, make "great pets" and dine on leaves. "Native to western NSW and north Queensland, they can reach 30 to 35g and more than 85mm in length," Sydney University senior biology lecturer Nathan Lo said yesterday."They are the world's heaviest cockroach and if not the heaviest of all insects, they are certainly a contender. "They are different to other insects in a lot of ways and are totally unrelated to the American or German cockroaches found in Australian households. "Giants can live up to eight years, which is pretty amazing for an insect."


The worlds largest insect? possibly. There was a cockroach found in Queensland. They can live up to 8 years and grow to weigh 30-35g. They were once popular pets, but it was 100 dollars for one pair.


Marion County Sheriff's officials investigated Friday and removed dead and living animals from the home of Ileana Verguizas and Andrew Gonzalo Perez. The animals, many covered in fleas and matted with feces, were kept in crates and pens. Cats, dogs, rabbits and parrots were also among the animals found.
Authorities said Verguizas and Perez were trying to raise quail and kept their eggs for months, hoping they would hatch. Some rotted and exploded.
No arrests have been made but authorities say an animal cruelty investigation is ongoing. Officials hope to rehabilitate all the animals for adoption.

400 sick animals were rescued recently from a home in Florida. The animals were covered in fleas and were kept in small crates. Cats, dogs, rabbits, and parrots were some of the animals found. They are investigating an animal cruelty charge against the owner.


BOSTON — A hurricane that could clip Mexico's coast next week grew stronger Saturday in the Pacific, while heavy rain and dangerous rip currents from a weak tropical system emptied America's East Coast beaches for a second straight late-summer weekend.
Jimena, the 10th named storm of the Pacific season, quickly became a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph.
Fueled by warm Pacific waters, Jimena could be a major Category 3 hurricane by Sunday as it tracked north-northwest at 12 mph about 655 miles off the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California peninsula. It was 270 miles south of Manzanillo

Jimena is now up to a categoy 2. This storm may have a mojor inpact to the northern states. This storm currently has winds of 10 mph but is not done growing


OXNARD, Calif. — David Laut, who won a bronze medal for the United States in the shot put at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, was shot to death after confronting intruders outside his California home, authorities said Saturday. He was 52.
Laut was gunned down early Friday when he went outside to check on a noise in the yard, Oxnard Police Sgt. Ken Klopman said. Police on Saturday hadn't made any arrests or identified suspects.
Born in Ohio and raised in Southern California, Laut won two NCAA titles at UCLA and a gold medal at the 1979 Pan American Games, in addition to his Olympic medal.
At one meet of the then-named Pac-8 conference, Laut purposely fouled by walking out of the ring just after a throw, thinking it had been a poor effort, said Jim Kiefer, Laut's throwing coach at UCLA. However, the throw would have won Laut the conference title and Kiefer warned Laut never to do it again.
When Laut won the 1978 NCAA title the following month, he ran over to his coach and lifted him up over his head.
"And I weighed 220 pounds," Kiefer said. "He just said, 'Wow.' I remember what I said too. I said, 'Put me down.'"
Laut was favored to win the gold medal at the 1984 Olympics after throwing 70 feet, 10 inches at the U.S. Olympic Trials. He won the bronze instead with a mark of 68 feet, 9 3/4 inches on his final attempt at the Los Angeles Coliseum.

The worlds top rated shockputter in the word was shot in his home in California. Not much is known but police are currently investigating the situation.

LOS ANGELES — A growing wildfire sending massive billows of smoke into the sky north of Los Angeles nearly tripled in size Saturday, injuring three residents, burning a small number of homes, knocking out power to many more and prompting thousands of evacuations in a number of mountain communities.

A wildfire is causing mayhem in Los Angeles. The wildfire recently tripled in size last saturday. The fire hasnt killed anyone, only wounded 3 and burned many homes around the nothers outskirts of Los Angeles.