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05 Nov 2012 11:26 #109325
by ketchim
‘Albert’ hanging in the library of Britain’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office in London
November 2, 2012. — Reuters pic :cool:
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05 Nov 2012 11:27 #109326
by ketchim
LONDON, Nov 2 —
Britain’s Foreign Office spent £10,000 (RM49,000) to re-stuff the corpse of a giant 120-year-old snake,
at a time when government departments are being told to rein in spending.
In response to a Freedom of Information request from political blog Guido Fawkes,
the Foreign Office said the 6-metre anaconda — called Albert — :

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had been in poor condition and required “essential maintenanceâ€.
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05 Nov 2012 11:28 #109327
by ketchim
“Albert the anaconda was allegedly presented by a bishop in what is now Guyana : ::redcard::
to the Colonial Secretary in the 19th centuryâ€, the Foreign Office said.
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05 Nov 2012 11:30 #109328
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A spokesman for the Foreign Office recoiled at the suggestion that reviving Albert’s
looks might not be essential work for a government whose prime minister
warned voters just last month to brace for “painful decisions†on the economy.
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05 Nov 2012 18:35 #109453
by Kwami
Every single thing thing in the British museum was plundered from some other country
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