The Spitting Llama

0:03 Kalaroga Shark Media. Hi there, I'm Johnny mag with five good news stories. The world's tallest woman and the world's shortest woman met up for tea. The world's tallest woman is seven foot one, the shortest woman two foot one. The shorter woman explained, it was so amazing meeting for the first time. Was difficult for us to make eye contact at times to do our heigh difference, but it was great. We do have things in common. We both love makeup, self care and doing our nails. The shorter woman explained, I'm used to looking up and seeing people taller than me, but I was so happy to look up today and see the world's tallest woman. I'm delighted I got to meet her. She's so good natured and I felt very comfortable talking to her. In Kazakhstan, the first international rewilding of tigers Yeah tigers have been reintroduced to the state nature reserve more than seventy years after they vanished from the area. Bodonna and Kuma were relocated from a Dutch sanctuary and released into a semi natural enclosure.

0:59 The project aims to rewild fifty tigers by twenty thirty five. An AI mediation tool is trying to help people find common ground. It's a chatbot kind of thing that creates group statements that reflect majority and minority views, helping people defind areas of agreement. Scientists a Google designed what they call the Habermiths Machine, a large language AI inspired by German philosopher Jurgen Habermiths and Jurgen's theory of communicative action, the idea that common understanding foster's cooperation. So what the AI does is it takes in different views on a contentious topic and comes up with a set of statements that are designed to keep everyone happy. Researchers found that people like the machines outcomes of fifty six percent of the time compared to statements produced by human mediators. Good job by the Multi Story Orchestra. They bring classical music to young people who might not otherwise encounter classical music.

1:50 They were performing in a parking lot in South London. The Multi Story Orchestra has made a habit of performing in unconventional spaces, often parking lots, and bid to bring classical music to young people. Founded in twenty eleven by composer Kate and conductor Christopher, they collaborate with local choirs and instrumentalists along the way. Dupree has been part of Multi Story since he was twelve, initially playing clarinet before going on to sing with the ensemble as part of its Young Creatives program. Dupree says, it's more than an orchestra. It's a family where performers come together to create something extraordinary. Well, there's Marie and she decides, Hey, I'm gonna pet that lama. She assumed that the lama would be into being pet.

2:31 The problem is the lama was not in the mood. Is a viral TikTok post shared by Marie. It's been viewed more than forty six million times. In the video, Marie can be seen approaching what she believed to be a lama, although might be an outpaka lama or oupaka, was standing by itself in a petting area. Marie got close the alpac i'll tucked its ears back. What happened next? The apack I'll got right in Marie's face and spit on her. Marie screamed, then captured the video, never touching a lama again. According to BBC Wildlife Magazine, there could be several reasons why lamas and upaka spit. It's typically used as a warning to other members of the same species to chill out. Wildlife Magazine explains, like us, lamas and alpacas have different personalities, and the grumpier individuals are most likely to spit. They say, there are telltale warning signs, and if you want to look out for a potentially spitting lama or alpaca, what they do is they flatten back their ears, they puff air from their nostrils, they tip their chin back while leaning forward. Then they spit on you. We're told that the spit is a foul smelling mix of gastric juice and undigested plant material. And those are your five good news stories for today. Yeah.

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