Wednesday 24 August 2016
Tuesday 23 August 2016
Digit the gorilla has lived with a French couple for 18 years
Digit the gorilla has lived with a French couple for 18 years
When Pierre and Eliane Thivillon adopted Digit the gorilla, she weighed just four pounds and six ounces.
But you would struggle to get her on to the scales now, with the huge primate eclipsing her two owners.
Despite her size, Digit is still a softie and remarkably has lived with the couple nearly all of her life.
When Pierre and Eliane Thivillon adopted Digit the gorilla, she weighed just four pounds and six ounces.
But you would struggle to get her on to the scales now, with the huge primate eclipsing her two owners.
Despite her size, Digit is still a softie and remarkably has lived with the couple nearly all of her life.
Wednesday 3 August 2016
Fitness fanatic: 56 Y.O man splashes £18,600 A YEAR on his appearance to...
A 56-year-old man who splashes nearly £20,000 a year on his appearance says he does so to force his younger wife to keep up.
Donavon Nelson, from London, has forked out thousands on surgical treatments and has three personal trainers to hone his shape - admitting his intense grooming regime forces long-suffering wife Anna, 35, to stay in shape too.
The father-of-two claims that as well as enjoying his youthful looks his regime 'also creates pressure for her [Anna] to keep fit, fitness is very important to me.
'You don't want to marry one wife and find you get one three years down the line when they're twice the size. The whole idea is to try and keep them the same way that turned you on when you first met,' he admitted.
Donavon, who has had pectoral implants and several rounds of liposuction, spends three hours a day on his appearance including no less than 20 minutes brushing his teeth each morning.
He also spends £50 a month on flights to return to London from Sweden, where his business is based, to visit his favourite hairdresser where his cuts set him back £175 each month.
He said: 'With my wife being 21 years younger than me, I want to maintain my body. At least I know if she ever leaves me I can still go on the market, I won't be left on the shelf.'
London-born Donovan claims he has to carry ID around with him because he's been turned away from nightclubs and refused alcohol for looking too young.
He said: 'I was on holiday in Thailand a few years ago and I was held up by border control for three hours.
'They had to wait for the UK office to open so they could check if my passport had been stolen because they couldn't believe my age.
'I also went to Tramps in London last year and they thought I was trying to get in on my father's membership and asked me if I had a second ID. It's embarrassing when I get turned away when I want to go out or buy alcohol. I'm used to it now.'
Donavon's wife Anna said his strict regime gives her a 'kick up the bum' to stay on top of her own fitness.
While the 35-year-old journalist refuses to get her own personal trainer, she still works out three times a week.
She said: 'We both try to stay fit and healthy, and of course Donavon's extensive regime gives me a kick up the bum. I do pig out occasionally though.
'Sometimes I'll have no motivation to go to the gym and he'll be out training. I just think, "I'm getting fatter while he's getting fitter". It's like I'm the older one and he's the younger one."
But Anna says that while she struggles to motivate herself her husband does inspire her.
She added: "I think everybody should have someone who motivates them to go to the gym. At the time I might think, "Oh God he's on at me again", but once I've gone to the gym I feel fantastic. If I'd never met Donavon I don't think I'd be as motivated.
'Fitness is such an important part of his life and we've been together so long that it's become a part of me too.You want to do the same things, and his drive rubs off on me.'
Speaking about the 21-year age gap Anna said: 'He has so much charisma and everybody loves him. We meet in the middle - he tries to stay young and I have made older friends. I have a lovely husband, and he looks fantastic.'
Donavon says he loves being the 'trendiest dad on the playground' to daughter Aspen, 10, and son Damien, 13, and his efforts ensure he gets plenty of attention.
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Donavon Nelson, from London, has forked out thousands on surgical treatments and has three personal trainers to hone his shape - admitting his intense grooming regime forces long-suffering wife Anna, 35, to stay in shape too.
The father-of-two claims that as well as enjoying his youthful looks his regime 'also creates pressure for her [Anna] to keep fit, fitness is very important to me.
'You don't want to marry one wife and find you get one three years down the line when they're twice the size. The whole idea is to try and keep them the same way that turned you on when you first met,' he admitted.
Donavon, who has had pectoral implants and several rounds of liposuction, spends three hours a day on his appearance including no less than 20 minutes brushing his teeth each morning.
He also spends £50 a month on flights to return to London from Sweden, where his business is based, to visit his favourite hairdresser where his cuts set him back £175 each month.
He said: 'With my wife being 21 years younger than me, I want to maintain my body. At least I know if she ever leaves me I can still go on the market, I won't be left on the shelf.'
London-born Donovan claims he has to carry ID around with him because he's been turned away from nightclubs and refused alcohol for looking too young.
He said: 'I was on holiday in Thailand a few years ago and I was held up by border control for three hours.
'They had to wait for the UK office to open so they could check if my passport had been stolen because they couldn't believe my age.
'I also went to Tramps in London last year and they thought I was trying to get in on my father's membership and asked me if I had a second ID. It's embarrassing when I get turned away when I want to go out or buy alcohol. I'm used to it now.'
Donavon's wife Anna said his strict regime gives her a 'kick up the bum' to stay on top of her own fitness.
While the 35-year-old journalist refuses to get her own personal trainer, she still works out three times a week.
She said: 'We both try to stay fit and healthy, and of course Donavon's extensive regime gives me a kick up the bum. I do pig out occasionally though.
'Sometimes I'll have no motivation to go to the gym and he'll be out training. I just think, "I'm getting fatter while he's getting fitter". It's like I'm the older one and he's the younger one."
But Anna says that while she struggles to motivate herself her husband does inspire her.
She added: "I think everybody should have someone who motivates them to go to the gym. At the time I might think, "Oh God he's on at me again", but once I've gone to the gym I feel fantastic. If I'd never met Donavon I don't think I'd be as motivated.
'Fitness is such an important part of his life and we've been together so long that it's become a part of me too.You want to do the same things, and his drive rubs off on me.'
Speaking about the 21-year age gap Anna said: 'He has so much charisma and everybody loves him. We meet in the middle - he tries to stay young and I have made older friends. I have a lovely husband, and he looks fantastic.'
Donavon says he loves being the 'trendiest dad on the playground' to daughter Aspen, 10, and son Damien, 13, and his efforts ensure he gets plenty of attention.
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Monday 1 August 2016
The 21st-century caveman: Argentine man who lived 40 years in a cave
Pedro Luca has lived in a cave in northern Argentina for 40 years.
The 79-year-old survives without running water or electricity in his cavern high in a mountain in northern Tucuman province.
When he gets hungry he picks up his rifle and goes hunting or heads on a three-hour trek down the mountain to the nearest settlement of San Pedro de Colalao. A creek is his main source of water.
'It's the purest, richest water there is,' he says.
His cave mates? Eleven roosters and two goats that roam the mountainside during the day and return at night looking for shelter from pumas and other predators. The crows of the roosters wake him up at around 3 a.m. every morning and he begins the day by starting a fire.
'Fire is magical,' he says, as the smoke fills his cave.
Luca has become a legend in San Pedro de Colalao, and town dwellers often give him food and supplies. He buys candles, yeast and corn with a government old-age pension, worth about $100-$200, that he collects at the town's post office.
His only technological gadget is a small, battery-powered radio, but he has a hard time tuning into stations because the signal is weak up the mountain.
He walks three hours every day, climbing the steep mountainside to reach his cave. Luca's skin is weather-beaten and he has few teeth left, but he seems much younger than a man who is almost 80.
Luca says he always wanted to live in isolation in the wild, even as a boy. He was raised by his grandfather in San Pedro de Colalao, which he first left at age 14 to travel northern Argentina and earn a living transporting coal to Bolivia.
He returned to the area and the cave. Word of his solitary lifestyle spread and he now gets occasional visits from tourists and schoolchildren.
'I never asked myself why I chose to live here,' he says. 'There was another cave nearby but I liked this one better. Sometimes, I think that I would have liked to travel the world, see Europe. But there's a lot of sea in the middle of it all and you have to have the time to cross that sea.'
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The 79-year-old survives without running water or electricity in his cavern high in a mountain in northern Tucuman province.
When he gets hungry he picks up his rifle and goes hunting or heads on a three-hour trek down the mountain to the nearest settlement of San Pedro de Colalao. A creek is his main source of water.
'It's the purest, richest water there is,' he says.
His cave mates? Eleven roosters and two goats that roam the mountainside during the day and return at night looking for shelter from pumas and other predators. The crows of the roosters wake him up at around 3 a.m. every morning and he begins the day by starting a fire.
'Fire is magical,' he says, as the smoke fills his cave.
Luca has become a legend in San Pedro de Colalao, and town dwellers often give him food and supplies. He buys candles, yeast and corn with a government old-age pension, worth about $100-$200, that he collects at the town's post office.
His only technological gadget is a small, battery-powered radio, but he has a hard time tuning into stations because the signal is weak up the mountain.
He walks three hours every day, climbing the steep mountainside to reach his cave. Luca's skin is weather-beaten and he has few teeth left, but he seems much younger than a man who is almost 80.Luca says he always wanted to live in isolation in the wild, even as a boy. He was raised by his grandfather in San Pedro de Colalao, which he first left at age 14 to travel northern Argentina and earn a living transporting coal to Bolivia.
He returned to the area and the cave. Word of his solitary lifestyle spread and he now gets occasional visits from tourists and schoolchildren.
'I never asked myself why I chose to live here,' he says. 'There was another cave nearby but I liked this one better. Sometimes, I think that I would have liked to travel the world, see Europe. But there's a lot of sea in the middle of it all and you have to have the time to cross that sea.'
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