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Man Mauled After Leaping Into Tiger Den

A 25-year-old man was critically injured by a tiger Friday after jumping from a monorail into the tiger enclosure at the Bronx Zoo, officials said.

  Vaune Trachtman

Entrance to the Bengali Express Monorail at the Bronx Zoo.

David Villalobos, of Mahopac, N.Y., was riding the zoo's open-air monorail through the 43-acre Wild Asia exhibit at about 3:23 p.m. when he leaped out, officials from the zoo and New York Fire Department said. He cleared the exhibit's perimeter fence and fell 17 feet, landing inside.

A 400-pound male Siberian tiger named Bachuta attacked him, mauling him with bites and puncture wounds on his arms, legs and back, Bronx Zoo Director Jim Breheny said. One of his legs may have to be amputated, a law-enforcement official said.

Ancient Tooth Found In Slovenia Suggests Beeswax Was Used To Treat Toothache

 

An ancient cracked tooth repaired with a filling made of beeswax may be the earliest known example of therapeutic dentistry, researchers say.

The tooth is 65 centuries old and was part of a man's jaw found more than 100 years ago in Slovenia.

Definite evidence of ancient dentistry is rare. The oldest examples are 7,500- to 9,500-year-old molars found in Pakistan that had regularly shaped cavities with concentric ridges drilled into them. Other, more questionable finds include a 5,500-year-old artificial tooth from Egypt.

Scientists reported online today (Sept. 19) in the journal PLoS ONE that they found the filling as they analyzed a 6,500-year-old lower jaw recovered from a cave near Trieste, Italy. The jaw, which once belonged to a 24- to 30-year-old man, included a left canine tooth possessing a vertical crack in its hard enamel and softer dentin layers. The severe wear and tear seen on the tooth was probably due to activities besides eating, the researchers said  — for instance, men of the time might have used their teeth to soften leather or help make tools, and the women bit down on threads to hold them while weaving.

This Is NOT a Counterfeit Bill

 Now have a look at the back. Notice anything missing from the old one on top?





The phrase "In God We Trust" is absent. The 1935 series certificate was the last paper currency in the nation whose run began without the language -- it had been used and dropped previously on certain American coins. However, it was added later in the series, which was printed for several years. The bill we're showing here is the 1935F, without the wording, but it can be found on some subsequent G notes, first appearing in 1961, and on all of those in the H run, the last of the 1935s. (Other, newer bill series first carried the phrase in 1957.)

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