A 21-month-old girl who went missing during a New Year’s party in northern Brazil has been found alive at the bottom of an abandoned well after five days without food or water, reports say.
Television images showed members of the Military Police bringing Ana Clara out of the well showing a few minor injuries and insect bites all over her body.
Clara disappeared from her ranch in Ariquemes, in the northernmost state of Roraima, as her parents and friends were getting ready to celebrate on New Year’s Eve.
Local firefighters and police with rescue dogs searched the neighbourhood, fearing the girl had strayed to a nearby river, until they found her at the bottom of an old well hidden by thick bushes.
“It’s a miracle,” said Clara’s mother Francoise Abranches.
“God’s hand helped my daughter. I knew we would get her back,” said her father Ronaldo Nunes.
During her five-day ordeal, Clara apparently survived by eating mud and grass, and lost three kilograms, according to the media reports.
She is now recovering at a local hospital.
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Professional British skater Jayne Soliman last week was born a healthy girl, two days after she experienced a stroke and died.
Jayne Soliman, British champion in figure skating, she had healthy and normal pregnancy, but the last week collapsed in her house, complaining to the strong headache.
A few hours after being admitted to hospital, doctors have declared brain death, writes Daily Mail.
But her heart was healthy, and doctors are two days keeping alive through the appliance, and by the emperor cut saved her daughter.
This is not the only case that the dead mother bore a healthy child. Three years ago, American Susan Torres has experienced heavy stroke. While her brain is not worked, doctors were three months of keeping its vital functions. After the birth, were excluded from the appliance.
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A wildlife park in China is looking for three human volunteers to share an enclosure with 36 wild wolves.
Qinling Wildlife Park in Xi’an says they will be safe in a tree house 3 meters above the ground, reports the Xi’an Evening Post.
It wants three volunteers, aged between 22 and 45, to spend three full days in the treehouse in exchange for a certificate and a cash reward worth 770$.
“They will be safe in the hut. We will equip them with a walkie-talkie and monitor the hut around the clock. In case of emergencies, we can shoot tranquilizer darts at the wolves,†said a park spokesman.
The three volunteers will each be expected to write three 300-word articles, take eight pictures and film two video clips per day, as well as answer questions from the public online.
The 36 wolves in the enclosure are all said to be “very wild” and between three and ten years old.
“It will be a real challenge, both physically and mentally,” added the spokesman.
More than 600 people, including several women, volunteered in just two days for the experiment which is being broadcast live on local TV.
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