Know about Muja alligator snapping in his 80s, Swiss brothers' bubble car

With its quirky egg shape and minimalist interior, the bubble car was a symbol of cheap and cheerful mobility on European roads in the 1950s and 60s.

Karachi's rooftop cattle get a crane lift to the ground

Residents of Karachi, Pakistan's largest city, watched as cattle were lowered by crane from the top of a four-story home ahead of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha. Unlike other Muslims who buy animals for slaughter a few days before the sacrificial holiday, Syed Ejaz Ahmad, 55, said raising his own calves was more economical.

Swiss brothers get ready to refloat the bubble car

With its quirky egg shape and minimalist interior, the bubble car was a symbol of cheap and cheerful mobility on European roads in the 1950s and 60s. Today, two Swiss brothers are developing a new version of the two-seater, a full 56 years after BMW halted production of its famed Isetta after churning out more than 160,000 vehicles.

1957 #MesserschmittKR200 #Kabinenroller bubble car after being spruced up on #WheelerDealers in 2015. Amazingly the #KR200's 191cc two stroke engine could punt the #Messerschmitt 3 wheeler along at 56mph... if you were brave enough. #nikonphotography #carphotography pic.twitter.com/M2ZT39w5xu

— Richard Heeley (@richardheeley) August 16, 2018

Muja the alligator still alive and snapping in his 80s at Belgrade Zoo

American alligator Muja arrived at Belgrade Zoo on the eve of the Second World War and is believed to be the oldest of his kind in captivity, and still in good health with a hearty appetite for his age, his handlers said on Tuesday. Generations of Belgraders and tourists have come to watch Muja, and though he rarely moves around much, he is still agile at feeding time - when he munches on rats and quails. This is when his age shows, though, as he sometimes misses the target when he snaps at his food.

Scorching weather helps uncover archeological sites around Britain

Britain's hottest summer in decades has revealed cropmarks across the country showing the sites of Iron Age settlements, Roman farms and even Neolithic monuments dating back thousands of years, archaeologists said on Wednesday. Cropmarks - patterns of shading in crops and grass seen most clearly from the air - form faster in hot weather as the fields dry out, making this summer's heatwave ideal for discovering such sites.

(With inputs from Reuters)