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Tiny goat is the shortest in the world at 1 foot, 3 inches tall

A full-grown goat standing at just 1 foot, 3 inches tall has been dubbed the shortest living goat in the world by Guinness World Records.

Karumbi, a 4-year-old female black pygmy goat, belongs to Kerala, India, farmer Peter Lenu, who said he hadn't considered her diminutive stature could be record-breaking until a guest remarked that his pygmy goats seemed much smaller than the others they had seen.

Karumbi, one of 23 goats on Lenu's farm, is the clear smallest of the bunch. The farmer took her to be officially measured by a veterinarian, who confirmed she is just 1 foot, 3 inches tall.

"I take special care to maintain the genetic quality of all the animals I have," the farmer told Guinness World Records.

Karumbi already has one kid, and Lenu recently learned she is pregnant again.

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Lucky numbers 6-6-6 lead Michigan man to $2.39M lottery jackpot

A Michigan man who won $500 playing 6-6-6 in a Daily 3 lottery drawing used $100 of his winnings to buy Fast Cash tickets and wound up with a $2.39 million jackpot.

The Shiawassee County man told Michigan Lottery officials his luck began with a $500 win in a Daily 3 drawing.

"I played 6-6-6 on a couple of Daily 3 tickets and won big," the player said. "I decided to take $100 of my winnings and buy some Fast Cash tickets because the jackpot was so huge."

The man bought $100 worth of Jackpot Slots Millionaire tickets from King's Corner Market of Owosso.

"As soon as the clerk handed me the tickets, I ran my eyes over them to see if I had won anything. I was absolutely shocked to see that I had hit the jackpot for $2.39 million! We started celebrating in the store and then I got to make the best phone call I've ever made to my family and friends to tell them the news! Everyone has been so happy for me and my wife," the winner said.

The man said his winnings will go toward paying bills and making investments.

"Winning a $500 prize for matching the Daily 3 is great but turning that into a record-setting $2.39 million Fast Cash progressive jackpot win is incredible," Lottery Commissioner Suzanna Shkreli said. "Fast Cash games are great for players because they feature exciting prizes and great for retailers because the progressive jackpot attracts players as it grows and grows."

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Minnesota cat's 18.5-inch tail earns Guinness World Records title

A silver Maine coon cat from Minnesota was awarded a Guinness World Record after his tail was measured at 18.5 inches long.

Amanda Cameron said her family's 2-year-old cat, Mr. Pugsley Addams, has always had a long tail, and the subject even came up during his first visit to the vet.

Cameron said the veterinarian mentioned it again 6 months later, inspiring her kids to research the Guinness World Records for the longest tail on a domestic cat living.

"And what do you know — to our shock, Pugsley beat it," Cameron said.

She said Pugsley is a remarkably easy-going and friendly feline.

"Everybody always wants to meet him, and falls in love with his calm demeanor. He is pretty level-headed, even in new situations that might be scary for some cats," she said. "He is super soft, and is always purring. He's just a great little guy to be around. When we go out and about, they call him a 'local celebrity!'"

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Egyptian diver breaks world record for underwater pull-ups in Red Sea

An Egyptian free diver plunged into the Red Sea to break the Guinness World Record for the most pull-ups under open water with one breath.

Ramy Abdelhamid, 36, swam 29 feet and 6 inches straight down to where his pull-up bar was waiting.

"A lot of people will think it's easy because you're pulling yourself up under water, the buoyancy will help you, which is true, but the challenge was actually pushing myself back down," he told Guinness World Records. "That was really the challenge because I'm resisting the water and I'm doing this on a single breath at a depth of 9 meters."

Abdelhamid managed to take the record with 33 pull-ups before he had to surface for air.

"It's a pretty indescribable feeling. I'm one of the people who are in the history [books] now, this is too big for my brain to absorb," he said.

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Snake handler rescues pet bird from hungry python

A professional snake catcher in Australia was called out to a home where a pet bird had a close call with a coastal carpet python that squeezed its head into the avian's cage.

Stuart McKenzie of Sunshine Coast Snake Catchers 24/7 posted a video to social media showing the scene that unfolded at a Queensland home where a hungry coastal carpet python set its eyes on a caged pet bird.

"Thankfully we got here in time," McKenzie says in the video. "When I arrived here just then, the bird and the snake were literally touching noses in between [the bars of] the enclosure."

"Unfortunately many bird and other small animal cages are still sold regardless of whether they're snake proof or not," he wrote in the post. "In our industry, it's hard seeing so many families lose their pets because of this."

McKenzie wrote that the snake can't be blamed for seeing the bird as a meal.

"It cannot differentiate wild birds to pet birds, and is simply trying to feed itself. We are just lucky that for the bird's sake, we came quick enough," he wrote.

The snake was safely relocated to a wilderness area to find its next meal.

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Raccoons impede attempts to capture Wis. zoo's escaped otters

The Wisconsin zoo searching for a pair of escaped otters said one of the animals was nearly caught in a trap, but the attempt was foiled by a meddling raccoon.

The New Zoo & Adventure Park in Green Bay, which previously revealed North American river otters Louie and Ophelia escaped during a March 20 snowstorm, shared video from a camera set up to monitor a trap located near the zoo.

The zoo said at least one of the otters has repeatedly visited the traps, but only attempted to enter the contraption after it had already been sprung.

"Raccoons have, unfortunately, impeded some of our efforts, even setting off one trap not long before an otter arrived and tried to enter it," the zoo said on social media.

Officials said they are now attempting to use "raccoon-proof" traps to ensnare the fugitive otters.

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Chopstick 'ninja' skills earn Idaho man a Guinness World Record

The world's top Guinness World Record-breaker put his "ninja" skills to the test by using chopsticks to hit a target across a distance of 13 feet.

Idaho man David "Record Breaker" Rush, who holds the most concurrent Guinness World Records, reclaimed the record for the most target hits with chopsticks in one minute.

The record requires a prospective record-breaker to stand 13 feet away and hit the inner gold and red circles of the archery target.

"Chopsticks flew. One after another, they sailed through the air, finding their mark in the coveted gold and red zones. The rhythm was almost meditative, each successful hit fueling the next," Rush recalled.

Rush originally set the record at 19 hits, but his title was later taken by another chopstick marksman who managed 21.

Rush successfully retook the record with 29 hits.

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