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Rwanda's Mountain Medicine

Aug. 6, 2009
How do you give a Rwandan gorilla a shot, anyway? From a distance, if you're smart. The vets use darts to administer medicine, and just like with human infants, the bum is the best bet. Which is how one vet found herself aiming darts of medicine at an infant gorilla bum on a lovely Saturday...
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler