WILD TALES

More surprising stories from the animal kingdom, from orca salmon hats to Thai monkey riots

TOP DOG While taking part in the flight of a lifetime over the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, American paraglider Marshall Mosher was not expecting the view he got of the second tallest of them, the 448ft (136m) Pyramid of Khafre. “We noticed something running back and forth on top of the pyramid,” said Mosher. “One person thought it was a mountain lion.” It was not a mountain lion, which are not native to Egypt, but was a stray dog, chasing birds. Moser was initially concerned for the animal, saying that he thought “he was stuck up there”, but then realised “If he got himself up, he can get himself down unless he found some secret portal that helped him teleport to the top of the pyramids.” And indeed a…

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