Two eagle rays – Nibble and Spot – have surprised New Zealand aquarists and scientists by giving birth without any males in their tank
It fills me with pleasure to say
In New Zealand some virginal ray
Have just given birth
So at long last our earth
Has two fishy saviours. Hooray!
Pic: Sea Life Kelly Tarlton’s Aquarium
Donald and Melania Trump walk to board Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Washington DC yesterday
The followers of QAnon
Were told that their President, Don
Was still here to stay
But then yesterday
It transpired that at long last he’s gone
AP
Among dozens of pardons, US President Donald Trump (left) has granted clemency to his former chief strategist Steve Bannon (right)
I’m certain we all will agree
Trump was right to set Steve Bannon free
Why should he do time?
Well, apart from his crime
And his calls to behead Doc Fauci
Pic: White House
A vegan restaurant in south-west France has won a Michelin star, the first for an establishment serving only animal-free products
Most French people won’t want to eat
In a restaurant that doesn’t serve meat
But to see ONA win
A star from Michelin
You’ll have to admit is some feat
Aditya Singh (inset) arrived at Chicago O’Hare Airport on October 19 and has been allegedly living inside the airport’s security zone ever since.
A man who was given a scare
By Covid just couldn’t think where
A safe place would be
So in the end he
Just hid in Chicago, O’Hare
CPD/Google
US President Donald Trump (right) has allegedly fallen out with his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani (left) and refusing to pay his $20k-a-day legal bills
It’s starting to look as though Trump
Is highly unlikely to stump
Up the steep legal fee
That he owes to Rudy
As he reckons his lawyer’s a chump
Reuters
The second largest city on New Zealand’s South Island has closed a popular road (above) for an entire month in order for a sea lion to nest safely with its pup
In Dunedin authorities showed
That they’re willing to shut down a road
If some beasts from the sea
Think that it would be
A good place to make their abode
NZ Herald
Launching the Mother and Baby Homes Commission Report yesterday were, from left: Taoiseach, Micheál Martin, and Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman
Saying clearly just who was to blame
Is not how our state plays the game
So this impropriety
Was due to society
Having old fashioned concepts of shame
Retired pilot Mike Mahon was wrongly assumed dead twice by the Department of Social Protection
In September authorities said
That poor old Mike Mahon was dead
Which was careless, but then
They did it again
So incompetence must be widespread
The Seoul city government is offering advice to pregnant women that includes ensuring their husbands have clean clothes and enough to eat while they are in hospital giving birth.
The mandarins over in Seoul
Gave instructions to those up the pole
Such as making a plan
For feeding your man
So they’re clearly talking through their hole
Alamy
