Feb. 17, 2026
Friendly Rabbit entering cars at Golf Course
00:00 The Friendly Rabbit 01:01 Inspiring Teacher Donates Award Money 01:55 AI Technology Helps Study Seal Populations 02:43 Record-Breaking Sock Collection 03:32 Deputy Rescues Loose Chickens
00:00 The Friendly Rabbit
01:01 Inspiring Teacher Donates Award Money
01:55 AI Technology Helps Study Seal Populations
02:43 Record-Breaking Sock Collection
03:32 Deputy Rescues Loose Chickens
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Caloroga Shark Media. Hi there, I'm Johnny Mack. Five good
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news stories. I'm laughing because I'm enjoying this first story here. So,
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there was this rabbit. It was kind of friendly in
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it kept trying to hop in people's cars at a
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Colorado ski resort. Were turned out this was just a
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wild local rabbit, not a runaway pet. Authorities at the
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Summit County Animal Control said they were contacted after an
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employee at the ski area set a rabbit kept trying
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to climb into cars. People were worried, not so much
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about the rabbit, but like they felt bad for it.
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They thought maybe it was an escaped or abandoned pet.
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Officers were unable to locate the rabbit immediately, but later
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received clear photos from witnesses. They reviewed the images, and
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the officials determined the rabbit is a wild rabbit, not
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a domesticated one. The rabbit has not been captured. If
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you were at the Colorado ski resort and a rabbit
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attempts to enter your car, do not alarmed. In the Bronx,
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a high school teacher received twenty five thousand dollars after
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being named a winner of the Flag Award for Teaching Excellence,
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which recognized as New York City educators who inspire learning
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through creativity, passion and commitment. Al Hassan, the teacher, gave
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every dollar away. He has spent years raising money to
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sport teachers in his home country of the Gambia. He
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has created his own foundation named after his grandmother. He
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created a Teacher of the Year prize meant to spotlight
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and support educators working in severely underfunded school systems. He
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told The New York Times he personally took forty five
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thousand dollars out of his retirement savings to help launch
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the foundation, so when he won the award in June,
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he put the entire amount towards the Foundation's Teacher of
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the Year Prize. Part of the foundation's work focuses on
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supporting students with disabilities. He explains disability to stigmatize people
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who are disabled can be successful if they're given the
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proper support. Nice job there, sir. Scientists are using AI
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to study seal populations in northeast Scotland. There's a beach
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where thousands of gray seals love to hang out, and
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marine biologist Claire's using AI to analyze drone footage that
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once took hours to process. The study is looking into
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whether or not tourist numbers are affecting the seals. Claire
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flies a drone over the beach once a week year round,
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even during the winter. The drone castres high res images
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of the seals and where the seals hang out. In summer,
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seals tend to stay closer to the estuary mouth, where
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human activity on the beach is highest. In winter during breeding,
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a multi season, they hang out more by the high tideline.
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In olden times, a single image containing around twenty five
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hundred seals could take three hours to process. The AI
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can do that in seconds. Congratulations to Jim Donovan. He
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is a longtime Philadelphia news anchor. He has retired, but
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he's made the Guinness World Record Book for the largest
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collection of socks. He owns fifteen hundred and thirty one
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unique pairs. Dude, can you help me? I have a
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sock drawer and I'm not doing a bit here, and
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this is nothing you haven't heard before. There are days
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I go, how can I not even pair up two
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of these? I work from home. Sometimes I might wear
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mismatched shocks under the sweatpants when recording a podcast Don't
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Judge Anyway. Jim Donovan's love of bold, colorful socks became
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a familiar on air trademark during his years behind the
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anchor desk. Viewers noticed and started sending him socks from
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around the world. Donovan said breaking a Guinness World Record
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had been on his bucket list since receiving a Guinness
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book at age eight, and now he's mister socks. Ah. Yes,
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it's another story about an animal turned loose. The Douglas
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County Sheriff's Office at Deputy Lopez was dispatched reports of
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multiple chickens running loose near Jordan Road in Bluegrass Circle.
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Body camradge footage capture the moment Deputy Lopez spotted one
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of the chickens and yelled out, what do I do
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about a chicken? Animal Control was on the way. Deputy
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Lopez improvised. He loaded the chickens onto the back of
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his patrol crew to keep them safe and contained. The
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chickens were unharmed and secured while authorities worked to track
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down their owner. Anyone who recognizes these chickens should contact
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the Douglas County Animal Services Department and those are your
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five good news stories for today. You have an awesome day,
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