cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/1224173
Archived version: https://archive.ph/bGM0f
Archived version: https://web.archive.org/web/20230809011604/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66446697
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the geopolitical effects of this are wide ranging. Please treat it with more seriousness.
Mildly interesting?.. doesn’t exactly effect The World, though.
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It might be a strech to call it news, but consider it a palette clenser. And in this case BBC is the publisher that called it news.
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It’s news that occurred somewhere in the world, I guess. That’s what all the “US news is world news!” people were saying in the meta thread.
It’s a world story because nature is fighting back. Got hawks dropping snakes on mfs out here. WE NEED TO FOCUS ON SAVING THE ENVIRONMENT!!
It happened in America and is being covered by British news, so clearly it is internationally significant.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Peggy Jones, 64, was mowing her lawn last month when a passing hawk dropped a snake on her before swooping down to angrily try to reclaim its meal.
The snake wrapped itself around her arm and began striking her face as the bird sunk its talons deep into her flesh.
The bizarre incident took place on 25 July in the town of Silsbee, Texas, near the Louisiana border.
The hawk struggled to remove the snake from Mrs Jones body, stabbing her with its talons repeatedly as it attempted to snatch back its food.
“There were puncture wounds, cuts, abrasions, scratches and severe bruising,” she said, adding that the snake’s attacks to her face damaged her glasses.
Mrs Jones described the attack as severely traumatic, adding that she thought she was going to die and has had trouble sleeping since it happened.
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Take that, Australia!
‘Murica upgraded to precision guided Dropsnakes!
Sis really rolled a nat 1 on lawn mowing, huh.
Terrible luck, but she’ll have the wildest story for her friends.
Yeah great, but what about the snake?
Is she safe now? @BrikoX
