A University of Cambridge academic who was trapped in the bathroom of a medieval tower for seven hours said she took inspiration from MacGyver to make her escape. REALLY!

Krisztina Ilko who resides in the rooms once occupied by 16th Century philosopher Desiderius Erasmus at Queens College, said she heard the heavy wooden door in the windowless bathroom lock behind her.

Ilko, who suspects the door’s latch had been broken by a plumber who recently worked on her shower, said she found herself locked inside the room on Thursday and it wasn’t due to be cleaned until Monday. Her initial attempts to escape proved fruitless.

She took inspiration from her childhood love of MacGyver, a show where the titular hero was known for his ability to turn everyday objects into useful tools, to mount her escape.

Ilko used a cotton swab to fashion a hook and used an eyeliner pencil to push down on the latch so she could pick the lock.

upi.com

CIENTÍFICOS DESCUBREN QUE A UNA RANA LE BROTÓ UN HONGO

Al observar una multitud de ranas de lomo dorado en un estanque al borde de una carretera en Karnataka, India, un grupo de naturalistas notó algo extraño en uno de los anfibios: el animal tenía un pequeño hongo que brotaba de su costado. EN SERIO!

La forma en que la rana aparentemente sana llegó a desarrollar su compañero hongo, un hecho que nunca antes se había documentado, ha dejado desconcertados a los científicos.

“Cuando observé por primera vez la rana con el hongo, quedé asombrado e intrigado por el avistamiento”, dijo Lohit Y T, especialista en ríos y humedales del Fondo Mundial para la Naturaleza India en Bengaluru. “Mi idea era documentarlo, ya que este fenómeno es algo de lo que nunca habíamos oído hablar. Solo esperábamos que esto fuera un incidente raro y no un fenómeno peligroso para la rana”.

cnn.com