Lost and Found Ring, Bug of the Year, and A Dinosaur Surprise

0:03 Callaroga Shark Media. Hello, I'm Jennie Mack with five the Good News Stories. Melanie was dropping off her recyclables at the North Greenville Recycling Center and she noticed she was missing her wedding ring and she never found it again. End of story. No, no, no, that's not how this podcast works. Of course not. You know what's gonna happen here, but let's get the details. She was trying to shove some stuff in the recycling bin, said it was full and my hand was in between some papers and I felt it slip. She started to panic and started searching for the ring in the recycling bin. Couldn't find it. She emailed the Greenville's Public Works department said, I know the likelihood of finding this is slim the nun, but if the ring is found her in the course of recycling, I would be most appreciative if someone could contact me. Public Works supervisor Jeffrey Hammond called her the next day and agreed to search for the ring. He posted on social media, what can we do to get this ring? I if was my wife, I'd have to get it. He talked to his crew and they said, let's dump it on the ground and see if we could find it.

1:03 A couple hours later, Travis found it. Travis said, I was just pushing stuff out of the way and I found it. Was one of those moments where we think you're not going to find it till you find it. Solid Waste supervisor Frank said, people have lost rings and other jewelry, usually it's not found, so this was a special moment that it was actually found. We're all married, we all have families. We would hope someone would do it for our family. Nice job crew. A photography company is capturing adoption photos for shelter animals, which has resulted in increased adoptions and fundraising for over fifty shelters. Ada and Mary run a gold Photo a pet photography venture. The program is called Second Shot. The goals to showcase the unique personalities of the animal's two potential adopters. Had him explains, at the end of the day, it's not about the photos, it's not about the shares on social media. It's about connecting pets and people. Good news for Johnny Mack, he had an extra story right. I was just doing the script that I noticed it went from number two to number four. I could edit this out, but I thought it might make you smile. I almost missed up.

2:00 But I have this. I've always got stories, and here's one. Seven California condors were released into the wild after they were hatched and raised at the Oregon Zoo. The condors hatched back in the spring of twenty twenty two. With a wingspan of up to nine feet, The Californian and condors the largest bird in North America and one of the original animals included on the US nineteen seventy three Endangered Species Act. It is classified as critically endangered, but because of recovery programs like the Oregon zoos, the population now totals around five hundred birds, most of which are flying free. That's awesome good news for the kahakura red admiral butterfly. You guys have been named New Zealand's Bug of the Year after nearly seventeen thousand bug lovers voted for their favorite insects twenty bugs we're vying to become the favorite. Eleven of the twenty are listed as at risk, endangered, or declining. This year's winner, the kahakura has striking red and black wings and is commonly seen in the summer months feeding on.

3:00 Last year's winner was a native bee that I won't even attempt to. All right, I'll attempt the nigaro hooru hooru. I guess that wasn't that bad. The nigaro who whouh? Is a native bee? Now, in case you're curious how the voting went. Number one, the Kahukura Red Admiral got twenty two hundred and seventy five votes, beating out the Mount Arthur giant weita seventeen nineteen. A velvet worm I got fifteen eighty one votes, a glow worm fifteen fifty, the New Zealand praying mantis with thirteen fifteen. The forest ringlet butterfly, the giant land snail, the giant dragonfly, the orange spotted ladybird. I probably would have voted for that one. That got eight hundred and sixty seven votes. The hobbit silid, a spider, a different spider, a beetle, a giant centipede, the two atara tick got three hundred ninety votes. A cicada, Oh I love cicadas, three hundred sixty one votes. Minute grasshopper, unless it's just a minute grasshopper. That guy got three hundred twenty votes, The Globular Springtale at eighteenth in nineteenth, The Black Cockroach Hunter Wasp two hund eighteen votes, and sorry, Mount cook Flea, You're not as loved as the others one hundred and thirty eight votes. Hey, Dad mistakenly bought a six meter long dinosaur. Think about that, and it was delivered by Crean. His son had asked for the biggest dinosaur you've ever seen, and what showed up? A twenty giant dinosaur. The dad bought it online. I guess this is like the reverse spinal tap stonehenge joke.

4:31 Theo asked for the biggest cornator you've ever seen. Dad went online. He bought the statue for one thousand pounds and thought it'd be getting a three meter long dinosaur. When it arrived, it was twice the size. He found this thing after a friend mentioned an amusement park was selling its old stock of dinosaur statues. Dad tells the son online. The issue was, as this was being sold online, there was only a thumbnail image to try and engage the size, no details whatsoever. No one asked. I didn't care, really, I knew it would be bit As it turns out was much bigger. He said. He didn't realize how big it was until the delivery company told him it wouldn't fit in the truck, and then it rained, which made the statue get heavier by two tons. Much of the showed over to your house. Dad told un Lad seven guys couldn't lift it or move it, so they had to get a crane. Sure, the neighbors love it. And that's your five good news stories for today. If you enjoy the program, tell a friend about it or share this episode with them.

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