World’s first 4D rollercoaster

WANT to feel how it would be like to fly like Batman? Here is the good news, the world’s first 4D rollercoaster set to open at a theme park in Texas, US. The ride ‘Batman’ is based on the DC comic books, and is due to be unveiled in 2015 at the Six Flags Fiesta Texas amusement park in San Antonio.

It begins with a 120ft climb before the riders are flipped head over heels six times as they tumble though the air. The unexpected ‘more-than-90-degree’ drops are guaranteed to give thrill seekers the ultimate adrenaline rush.

For added effect, riders face each other and invited to ‘face their fears’ as they take their seats in the Wing Coaster. Park president, Martin Bozer, said: “BATMAN: The Ride is an entirely new concept in ride engineering and will provide a sensory experience like no other coaster.

“The unanticipated tumbling will add even more thrills as riders travel along the dipping and swirling track,” he added.

USUALLY it is an orange lobster that makes it to the dining plate but to 14 year old, Meghan LaPlante, a one in two million azure treat was waiting in her fishing pot. Jay LaPlante and his daughter Meghan were out at sea hauling traps off the coast, near Portland, Maine, when they unloaded a pot containing the spectacular two-pound azure lobster.

Meghan named the crustacean Skyler, presumably as she is the same shade as the sky. Oceanographers estimate that around one in two million lobsters are this alluring shade of blue, the unusual colour caused by a genetic defect which causes the shell-fish to over-produce a certain protein.

Due to his almost unique appearance, Skyler has avoided the dinner plate and has been given to the Maine State aquarium in West Boothbay Harbour.

AN extremely small mixed-breed dog in England has captured the attention on the internet after potentially earning the title of the country’s smallest.

This only four inches long and weighing almost exactly 11onces, five-month-old Lhasa Apso-Chihuahua crossbreed Tyson is so small that he can barely feed himself and is transported in a hamster cage. One of the challenges owner Rosemarie McLinden had to face was when she had to find a toy for a dog so tiny even the smallest collar was too big.