Dispensary Corner 13 Aug 12
August 13, 2012
VOLCANIC ice shelf?
A NZ navy ship sailing around
1,000 from kiwi shores was
shocked to come across a huge
chunk of solidified lava (pumice),
which strongly resembled an ice
shelf, moving up and down with
the ocean’s swell.
"The rock looked to be sitting
two foot above the surface of the
waves and lit up a brilliant white
colour in the spotlight,” said
Lieutenant Tim Oscar.
“It looked exactly like the edge
of an ice shelf [and it was] the
weirdest thing I've seen in 18
years at sea,” he added.
It is believed that the pumice
originated from a recently active
underwater volcano near NZ.
IS that an arachnid in your ear?
It is the stuff nightmares are made of, but for one woman, Ms Lee, nightmares became a reality when doctors found a spider had set up shop inside her ear. It is believed that the arachnid may have entered Lee’s ear five days before its discovery as she slept. Lee took herself to the doctor after five days of “ear irritation”, and was shocked to learn that rather than a scratch, an infection or a mite, the cause was a an eight legged, two fanged spider. Initially plans were to remove the spider using tweezers, however this plan was ditched as her medical team did not want to risk the arachnid biting Lee, burrowing further down in her ear canal, or digging its leg barbs into her skin. Instead the team used a saline solution to flush the unwanted squatter out. Fortunately for Lee the operation went well, and she walked away from the ordeal with a rather disturbing tale to tell. Doctors posit that the spider crawled into Lee’s ear because it was warm, moist, sheltered and dark.
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