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| The only dog in the world who is allergic to the 21st century. |
| This is Tia - the only dog in the world who is allergic to the 21st century.
The three-year-old boxer is allergic to grass, sunshine, wind, and all man made and natural fibres used in cushions, carpets, curtains and bedding.
She is also allergic to any type of food and can only be fed on tapioca and the occasional treat of specially prepared vegetarian cheese. |
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| 16 million to one twins. |
| WHEN Nicky Owen discovered she was pregnant - it didn’t come as a surprise to learn she was expecting twins.
Mrs Owen, 33, is an identical twin herself and had already given birth to one set of identical twin boys.
Her second set of twin boys arrived into the world five weeks ago - completing her remarkable family at amazing odds of 16 million to one. |
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| MIRACLE QUADS |
| THESE are the miracle quads who have amazed doctors with their survival.
When mother Karen Myles was 18 weeks pregnant, experts offered to terminate one or more of the quads, to give the others a better chance of survival.
It was likely that she would go into premature labour, possibly losing all four, or that some would be born with handicaps. |
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| THE GIRL WHO HAS A GOOSE AS A BEST FRIEND |
| WHEN 15-year-old Katrina Lindfield goes shopping into town, she takes her faithful pet with her.
But it isn’t the type of pet that usually gets taken for walks on the end of a leash.
After Katrina saved his life at birth, handreared goose Duffy follows her everywhere.
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| Born weighing just over a pound, doctors said she wouldn’t survive. |
| WHEN Molly Evans was born weighing just over a pound, doctors said she wouldn’t survive.
Lying in her intensive care cot, she wore an egg cosy for a bonnet and at 1Ib2oz (530g) she was so tiny that nurses named her Molly the Dolly.
She had been born at just 23 weeks, when her mother Sally went into premature labour and doctors desperately battled to keep her alive. |
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| The Seagull who thinks he is a chicken or a duck ! |
| When the nest was knocked down, the adult seagulls had gone, but their day old baby chick was found cowering in the bottom.
The team didn’t have the heart to kill it, and instead brought the chick to Katrina, who is the youngest poultry farmer in the UK. |
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| £10,000 of pioneering plastic surgery on a horse ! |
| WHEN Girlie the thoroughbred horse ripped open her leg with barbed wire her devastated owner Julie Gorton thought she'd lost her. The 13-year-old mare had lost so much blood that veterinary experts told Julie she wouldn't last through the night. The bottom of her right leg had been torn away, exposing the bone and severing a main arterty. |
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| Bought one horse ended up with a bonus horse ! |
| When keen rider Julia Dean bought her new horse Solo, she thought she'd got a good deal. The promising grey mare was a good jumper and Julia, 29, spent the first six months riding her in competitions all over Cheshire UK. But nine months after the mare arrived at her stables near Macclesfield, Cheshire, Julia got a lot more than she'd bargained for. |
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| Five foot around with 17lbs (8 kgs) of babies |
| When Stella Watson fell pregnant her bump grew bigger than most. When doctors told her she was carrying triplets it explained her expanding stomach. But her bump carried on growing at an alarming rate - until her waistline measured an enormous five foot across and she couldn't even climb the stairs. |
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| Minihorse finds giant friend. |
| Six week old Angel, the miracle foal, cheated death to be with her closest friend - 17 hands high Fitz. But she has to be careful to stay on the right side of the fence - as if Fitz puts a foot out of place, he could squash his tiny 12 inch friend. |
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