The Shark Deck. I'm Johnny Mac with five good news stories. Hey,
good news. Phoebe the border collie. Phoebe is no longer afraid of cats.
Yeah, apparently. When Phoebe was adopted, she was a timid and
scared puppy, afraid of anything new, including cats. To help her overcome
her fear of cats, her owner started fostering kittens. The owner's thought process
was that should be less nervous around little ones. However, Phoebe was still
scared of five year old kittens. Aki. The owners said, we did
a slow and positive introduction. Within a week, she decided she was going
to be their mama dog. The transformation was incredible, from a growling dog
to giving them her fluffy tummy to sleep in. She loves all the kittens
differently, but equally, she said on social media. Each dog has a
gift. Some become working dogs, your personal comfort dog, your protector,
or simply your best friend. Phoebe has found her calling as a nanny dog.
Hey good news. If you like frogs but don't like the sound,
researchers have found a new kind of frog. I mean the frogs not new.
It existed, we just hadn't founded before. The small, silent,
spiny throated reed frog does not croak, does not chirp, does not sing,
does not rib it. Lucina Lawson is a conservation biologist and said it's
a very odd group of frogs. You see, frogs typically use sounds to
attract to meat, but the males of this species, they have tiny spines
on their throats. Lawson said. The male frogs don't call like most other
frogs do. We think they may use the spine as something like brail for
species recognition. Without a call, they need some other way to recognize each
other. It's as if the frogs have learned how to text, Hey,
good news. If you didn't get enough sleep, an expert's got some good
breen foods to eat after a night of little sleep. So it's like a
hangover cure, except for sleep, you know what I'm saying. Yeah,
how about dark chocolate. Dark chocolate contains high amounts of cacao, which is
responsible for boosting your energy as well as increasing your focus to be able to
get all the task done at work. It's also filled with antioxidants such as
magnesium, which is, as you know, linked to numerous health benefits,
including fewer migraines and lowering high blood pressure. You could also try chia seeds,
also high in magnesium, which helps to fight extreme fatigue and high stress
levels. Staying hydrated makes you feel more alert. Chia seeds help your body
retain water. The experts suggest throw them in a smoothie or your yogurt,
or even mix them into a salad. Avocados another food packed with healthy fats
and pantassium which helps present fatigue, and they add plus it tastes amazing on
toast a bagel or does a lunchtime or fueling treat. None of that floating
your boat. Oranges high in vitamin C. They contain natural sugar that gets
converted into glucose that gives your body fuel. Even consuming orange juice instead of
eating an actual orange can boost your memory and mental ability for the day.
This next story is way cool. After a groundbreaking treatment, researchers have announced
that a fifty ye year old man in Germany has officially been cured of HIV.
The man is being referred to as the Dusseldorff patient to protect his privacy.
He's the fifth person to have a confirmed cured case of HIV researchers announced
he has no detectable virus in his body even after stopping his HIV medication four
years ago. He joins four others globally who underwent stem cell transplants for blood
cancer treatment, which included rare genetic mutations that carry a resistance to HIV.
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And why yes, that was a pony at the supermarket. I know
you were at the supermarket and you're just doing your stuff, grabbing an orange
and avocado, some seeds and some dark chocolate. Totally get it. And
then a pony walked by. You're like, hmm, is that a pony?
Why yes? This happened in a Tesco superstore in Cardiff. The pony
was spotted in the clothing section. It wandered around the store for a couple
of minutes and then the staff was able to convince it to leave. How
it got there who knows, but the article says the pony bypass the carrots
to check out the baby food section and then went and checked out the clothes
Where it's from where it went? I don't know, but I'm laughing and
you're probably smiling. So that's your five good news stories for today. Follow
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