HOME renovators looking to bring life to the smallest room in the home now have the chance-with a toilet that doubles as an aquarium.
The Fish'n Flush has recently been pushed to the market by AquaOne Technologies Inc., California-based. The toilet is a 2.2-gallon see-through aquarium that wraps around a separate 2.5-gallon tank.
Devon Niccole, marketing director of the company said, "We wanted to develop a product that had a dual purpose-to serve as a proper, fully functional toilet and also as a source of entertainment and conversation. To that end, we worked with a marine biologist to design the tank that ensured the fish were not harmed when the toilet was flushed."
AS reported on News.com.au, the opening of the Human Zoo exhibit at the Adelaide Zoo, from January 2 to 26, has blurred the line between human and apes.
Four groups of six people have been chosen to participate in the month-long project, each group staying for a week in the old orang-utan enclosure-next to their fellow great apes, the chimpanzees and gorillas where they're treated like apes.
Each day, they have to forage for hidden food to satisfy their hunger and play with such behavioural stimulation devices as puzzles and exercise equipment. There are no "naked apes"-but the participants can wear swimsuits and have a bag-shower to cool off if the weather gets warm.
Zoo official said this project has several aims-it will educate people about humans' place in the animal kingdom, raise awareness of the need for conservation and generate funds for the nation's largest chimpanzee enclosure planned for Monarto Zoo next year.
ACCORDING to the report by the Daily Mail on January 4, a 53-year-old English woman in Sheffield, Wendy Richmond, dare not tell her children she loves them, because every time she gets emotional she risks collapsing to the floor.
The mother-of-four suffers from narcolepsy, a condition which causes the part of the brain that deals with sleeping and waking to malfunction. Strong emotions like love and laughter trigger attacks, as Wendy's brain mistakenly thinks she should be asleep.
So, instead of showing emotions, she has to back off and become "a bit of a cold fish". "People often think I am aloof or standoffish but it is because I have to hold any emotions in check for fear of what it can do to me," she explained.
Experts believe there could be up to 30,000 cases of narcolepsy in Britain.