The World Cheese Champion

0:03 Caalaroga shock media A seal walks into a bar. No, it's not a joke, it's Johnny Mack with five good news Stories. A bar, New Zealand shared their security footage from their camera. A baby fur seal walked into the Spring for in the Meadows, a craft beer place Bella, The owner said, everybody was pretty shocked. A lot of people thought it was a dog at first, because we're a dog friendly establishment. Of course, it was a mix of shock, excitement and everything all at once. The seal hung out in the bar for about twenty five minutes. They eventually lured the seal into a dog crate using salmon from the bar's pizza special. Apparently you can get pizza with salmon on it in New Zealand. The seals picked up by the conservation rangers and released on Rabbit Island, an island considered safe for seals due to the absence of dogs. Speaking of dogs, a dog earn the Guinness World Record when his tongue was measured at seven point eighty three inches long. Ozzys a French mastiff and bull mastiff mix belonging to Angela and family. Interesting phrasing on the record here longest tongue on a living dog at seven point eighty three inches. This blew away the record of Rocky the Dog, whose tongue was five point four to six inches. Angela said he always had a tongue that sticks out of his mouth ever since he was born.

1:18 But there's nothing medically wrong with him. We've had him looked at a couple times by a vet and there's no dental issues or anything. It's just a long tongue. She says. It's funny for his tongue to be the way it is. He doesn't really lick a lot. He doesn't give kisses. He gets in your face and kind of loves and rubs noses, but he doesn't really lick a lot of stuff. Switzerland hopes to have yodeling recognized by the United Nations. Switzerland currently counts twelve thousand yodlers lifting their way through the styles distinctive topsy turvy, up and down melodies across seven hundred and eighty yodling clubs. Marcus says this is important for the future. The singing is part of our culture, Switzerland's identity. It's a means of communication between one mountain and another. Evon is part of the choir and says there it requires time practice.

2:01 Yodeling will be examined for inclusion on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage List. We'll let you know what happens. Some palm trees in Rio de Janeiro flowered for the first and only time in their lives decades after being planted in the sixties. Towards the end of their life, which can span between forty and eighty years, the palm tree sends up a central plume crowded with millions of small, creamy white blossoms that rise above the leaves. Originating from southern India and Sri Lanka, the palm can reach up to ninety eight feet tall and can produce around twenty five million flowers when blossoming. Hopefully we got some new trees out of this. And congratulations to the new World Cheese champion. Oh, we got a lot of German words in here that I'm going to buscher all right. A Swiss griare beat out more than five thousand rivals from forty six countries.

2:50 The eighteen month volder Foltigeen Special won the title at the World Cheese Awards, which are held in the Swiss capital of Bern. Grand final judge Perry said it was the kind of cheese that would make people get excited about cheese. It's a big old cheese. There is a lot going on. The texture is beautiful. It's flinty as you break it apart. This crystal line in there, so it's so delicate, it's massive makes an impact. Fifty two hundred and forty four cheeses were tasted by an international jury of two hundred and sixty five experts made up of cheesemakers, chefs, buyers, sellers and journalists from more than forty countries. One of the judges said, first of all, we're looking at the visual appearance of the cheese, how it looks like from the inside and the outside. The second step is the nose, so all the aromas the cheese is actually giving us. And then it comes down, of course too the flavor. The French judge said cheese must be balanced in terms of taste, aroma and flavor.

3:42 Shouldn't be two eights or too young. Cheese is always a question of harmony. That's why good cheeses are often those with a long tradition. Those are your five good news stories for today. You have an awesome day,