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China: Larger Fish Caught on Video Nibbling Smaller One’s Tail in Guangdong

A video captured the moment a larger fish clamped its mouth on the tail of a smaller one, sucking and nibbling repeatedly in Guangdong on September 10.

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China: Massive Tornado strikes Wulanhada Volcano in Inner Mongolia

On August 4, 2025, a rare giant yellow tornado swept through Wulanhada Volcano Geopark in Ulanqab, Inner Mongolia, damaging power poles and temporary buildings. The massive funnel cloud, likened to a “dragon sucking water,” lasted about 20 minutes, but no casualties were reported.

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China: Rare Waterspout Twirls Over Songyuan Sky

This stunning moment captured a rare waterspout phenomenon, known locally as a “dragon sucking water,” appearing in the sky on July 16, 2025, in Songyuan, Jilin. It mesmerized onlookers with its swirling, column-like form. The rare sight left local residents in awe, as the phenomenon remained visible for about three to four minutes before gradually fading away.

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Leech Therapy Treatments - India

A man’s back seen with leeches sucking his blood, thousands of patients suffering from various skin ailments gather at Hazratbal, the outskirts of Srinagar, in Srinagar, India on March 21, 2023 to receive the leech treatment. In this centuries-old alternative treatment, practitioners use leeches to suck impure blood from the affected patient. Photo by Firdous Nazir/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Leech Therapy Treatments - India

A man’s face seen with leeches sucking his blood, thousands of patients suffering from various skin ailments gather at Hazratbal, the outskirts of Srinagar, in Srinagar, India on March 21, 2023 to receive the leech treatment. In this centuries-old alternative treatment, practitioners use leeches to suck impure blood from the affected patient. Photo by Firdous Nazir/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Leech Therapy Treatments - India

A woman's hands seen with leeches sucking her blood, thousands of patients suffering from various skin ailments gather at Hazratbal, the outskirts of Srinagar, in Srinagar, India on March 21, 2023 to receive the leech treatment. In this centuries-old alternative treatment, practitioners use leeches to suck impure blood from the affected patient. Photo by Firdous Nazir/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Leech Therapy Treatments - India

A man’s face seen with leeches sucking his blood, thousands of patients suffering from various skin ailments gather at Hazratbal, the outskirts of Srinagar, in Srinagar, India on March 21, 2023 to receive the leech treatment. In this centuries-old alternative treatment, practitioners use leeches to suck impure blood from the affected patient. Photo by Firdous Nazir/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Leech Therapy Treatments - India

A boy’s belly seen with leeches sucking his blood, thousands of patients suffering from various skin ailments gather at Hazratbal, the outskirts of Srinagar, in Srinagar, India on March 21, 2023 to receive the leech treatment. In this centuries-old alternative treatment, practitioners use leeches to suck impure blood from the affected patient. Photo by Firdous Nazir/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Leech Therapy Treatments - India

A man’s ear seen with leeches sucking his blood, thousands of patients suffering from various skin ailments gather at Hazratbal, the outskirts of Srinagar, in Srinagar, India on March 21, 2023 to receive the leech treatment. In this centuries-old alternative treatment, practitioners use leeches to suck impure blood from the affected patient. Photo by Firdous Nazir/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Leech Therapy Treatments - India

An elderly man is seen with a leech on his face sucking his blood, thousands of patients suffering from various skin ailments gather at Hazratbal, the outskirts of Srinagar, in Srinagar, India on March 21, 2023 to receive the leech treatment. In this centuries-old alternative treatment, practitioners use leeches to suck impure blood from the affected patient. Photo by Firdous Nazir/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Leech Therapy Treatments - India

Woman's feet seen with leeches sucking her blood, thousands of patients suffering from various skin ailments gather at Hazratbal, the outskirts of Srinagar, in Srinagar, India on March 21, 2023 to receive the leech treatment. In this centuries-old alternative treatment, practitioners use leeches to suck impure blood from the affected patient. Photo by Firdous Nazir/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Leech Therapy Treatments - India

A man’s face seen with leeches sucking his blood, thousands of patients suffering from various skin ailments gather at Hazratbal, the outskirts of Srinagar, in Srinagar, India on March 21, 2023 to receive the leech treatment. In this centuries-old alternative treatment, practitioners use leeches to suck impure blood from the affected patient. Photo by Firdous Nazir/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Leech Therapy Treatments - India

A woman's face seen with leeches sucking her blood, thousands of patients suffering from various skin ailments gather at Hazratbal, the outskirts of Srinagar, in Srinagar, India on March 21, 2023 to receive the leech treatment. In this centuries-old alternative treatment, practitioners use leeches to suck impure blood from the affected patient. Photo by Firdous Nazir/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-JIANGSU-NANJING-FOSSIL-MALE MOSQUITOES-BLOOD SUCKING (CN)

(231206) -- NANJING, Dec. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This undated combination photo provided by the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences shows the fossil sample of an ancient male mosquito (L) and the amber flake that encapsulates the mosquito. TO GO WITH "Fossil suggests ancient male mosquitoes likely suck blood: scientists" (Xinhua)

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CHINA-JIANGSU-NANJING-FOSSIL-MALE MOSQUITOES-BLOOD SUCKING (CN)

(231206) -- NANJING, Dec. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This undated photo, captured with a laser scanning confocal microscope and provided by the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences, shows the piercing mouth part of a male mosquito. TO GO WITH "Fossil suggests ancient male mosquitoes likely suck blood: scientists" (Xinhua)

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Land in Sidoarjo, Indonesia covered with mud

SIDOARJO, Indonesia - Land in Sidoarjo, Indonesia, continues to be covered with mud on Jan. 17, 2014, nearly eight years after a massive mud flow from underground engulfed a village during an appraisal exploration of a gas well. The ship (front) is sucking up the mud.

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Passenger train crashes into a car, killing 1

HIGASHIOMI, Japan - Inspectors look at the totaled remains of a car which was hit by a passenger train on the JR Tokaido Line at a crossing between Inae and Notogawa stations in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, on Jan. 6, 2010. The train dragged the car for around 80 meters, killing the one man in the car, and stopped after running about 400 meters more, sucking in parts of the car that were smashed.

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Passenger train crashes into a car, killing 1

HIGASHIOMI, Japan - Aerial photo shows a passenger train on the JR Tokaido Line and a car which it crashed into at a crossing between Inae and Notogawa stations in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, on Jan. 6, 2010. The train dragged the car for around 80 meters, killing the one man in the car, and stopped after running about 400 meters more, sucking in parts of the car that were smashed.

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Lecture from space: Drinking juice with super-long straw

STORY: Lecture from space: Drinking juice with super-long straw DATELINE: Oct. 12, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:01 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: SCIENCE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the experiment in the Wentian lab module 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIU YANG, China's Shenzhou-14 astronaut STORYLINE: Is it possible to suck juice through a 2-meter-long drinking straw? Chinese astronauts show you the experiment from China's space station. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LIU YANG, China's Shenzhou-14 astronaut "Today I'm going to use a 2-meter-long drinking straw to drink. I've sucked my mango juice. It's pretty easy. Due to the gravity on the ground, the longer the straw is, the more effort it takes to suck. But the space station is a microgravity environment. Just sucking gently, I can easily drink from the drinking bag two meters away." The third live class from China's space station was held Wednesday afternoon, delivered by Shenzhou-14 crew members Chen Dong, Liu Yang and Cai Xuzhe to students on Earth. Xinhua News Agency correspond

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CHINA-FUJIAN-FUZHOU-BIRD-CHERRY BLOSSOMS (CN)

(220225) -- FUZHOU, Feb. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Feb. 24, 2022 shows a bird sucking nectar from a cherry blossom in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Mei Yongcun)

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CHINA-FUJIAN-FUZHOU-BIRD-CHERRY BLOSSOMS (CN)

(220225) -- FUZHOU, Feb. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Feb. 24, 2022 shows a bird sucking nectar from a cherry blossom in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Mei Yongcun)

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Zebras? No, wagyu cattle with body coated in insect-repelling test

An experiment is underway in the Yamagata Prefecture town of Oguni, home to Yonezawa wagyu beef cattle, to prevent damage from blood-sucking insects such as gadfly and cattle fly by coating the body in a “zebra-like pattern.” The prefectural government, which is leading the project, is considering putting it into practical use after finding the coating “effective to a certain extent.”Date: October 2021 (shooting day unknown)Place: Oguni town, Yamagata Prefecture

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A Boy Named Charlie Brown - film (1969)

Linus & Snoopy Characters: & Snoopy Film: A Boy Named Charlie Brown (USA 1969) / Titel Auch: 'Ein Junge Namens Charlie Brown' Director: Bill Melendez 04 December 1969 Charlie Brown und seine Freunde (A Boy Named Charlie Brown, USA 1969, Regie: Bill Melendez) Linus und Snoopy Cinetext Bildarchiv Date: 04-Dec-69

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L'ULTIMA DONNA

L'ULTIMA DONNA [IT / FR 1976] aka LA DERNIERE FEMME aka THE LAST WOMAN ORNELLA MUT Date: 1976

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L'ULTIMA DONNA

L'ULTIMA DONNA [IT / FR 1976] aka LA DERNIERE FEMME aka THE LAST WOMAN ORNELLA MUTI Date: 1976

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Passenger train crashes into a car, killing 1

HIGASHIOMI, Japan - Inspectors look at the totaled remains of a car which was hit by a passenger train on the JR Tokaido Line at a crossing between Inae and Notogawa stations in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, on Jan. 6, 2010. The train dragged the car for around 80 meters, killing the one man in the car, and stopped after running about 400 meters more, sucking in parts of the car that were smashed. (Kyodo)

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Passenger train crashes into a car, killing 1

HIGASHIOMI, Japan - Aerial photo shows a passenger train on the JR Tokaido Line and a car which it crashed into at a crossing between Inae and Notogawa stations in Higashiomi, Shiga Prefecture, on Jan. 6, 2010. The train dragged the car for around 80 meters, killing the one man in the car, and stopped after running about 400 meters more, sucking in parts of the car that were smashed. (Kyodo)