And whats a bit of both . So hang on for a wild ride. For in nature, and in the world of animals, the truth is always stranger than fiction. Just ask the kangaroo that lives in the tree or the dog with webbed feet or the bird that can look an elephant in the eye or the frog that looks like a tomato or any other astonishing animal you might meet. Lets start with a startli statement. Thats both so false and so true. Confused . Consider this. The river or nile hippopotamus, which is the great behemoth pachyderm most of us are familiar with, as well as the much smaller and much rarer pygmy hippopotamus, dont have true sweat glands. A thick red substance from their pores called, yes, blood sweat. Okay, its not blood, and its not sweat. But it does make the pygmy hippo shine. It even creates a foam behind the animals ears. Despite being thickskinned, hippos have very sensitive skin that needs to be k kt wet most of the day, which is why, more often than not, if you happen upon a hippo in the
Jury selection in the trial of the woman accused of removering the unborn baby from an expectant mother began today. 35yearold lane lured Michelle Wilkins and took the baby from her womb. The unborn girl did not survive. 300 potential jurors answered questions. Lane faces attempted first degree murder, assault, and unlawful termination of a pregnancy. A realty star is facing 52yearold richard wyatt, the owner of gun smoke in wheat ridge. Wyatt surrendered his license in 2012 but continued to sell guns, sent customers to another store. Wyatt did not report more than 1 million in income to the irs and turned himself in today. Colorado legislators are considering a bill aim ed at confession by forcing police to record video as they interrogate suspects. 9 News Reporter nick mcgill joins us following the hearing where prosecutors advocated for the change. This is a move that lawmakers say would increase transparency in Police Operation and reduce the risk that an innocent person is wrongly
With you this morning. Meteorologist Marty Coniglio is in the backyard. We will see our beautiful weather continue into the weekend. We have been so spoiled this week. We have been spoiled. The one thing that may spoil our weekend ever so slightly is the wind. It will be intense coming up tomorrow night through sunday. Boy is it if you have today off, and youre extending your Holiday Weekend, you picked a good day for it. Early morning this is beautiful again. The predawn sky in denver is gorgeous. We have a wee bit of an inversion going today. Poor visibility anticipated, we have wood burning restrictions in effect today. We will make it into the lower to mid50s with sunshine during the afternoon, and we will hold the winds in the foothills today, and then they are going to come roaring down tomorrow into sunday, and 40s, 50s, for Northern Colorado, and the foothills with mid to upper 50s for the metro area. The state. No new snow for the mountain areas today. We have to wait until su
And so anyone who wishs to donate in honor of deputyiformen can come to any donor center and specify group code b 016 and they can donate in his honor. 6 Community Sites are set up, we have information how you can donate on 9news. Com. Funeral plans have been sets up for a mesa county deputy removed from life support early this morning. Deputy derek geer was shot after he shot a 17yearold, when the suspect was told he was being detained, he ran away and the suspect fired at geer multiple times. The 17yearold was in court yesterday. Prosecutors have until next week to decide whether he will be charged as an adult. Before taken off life support harvested. Windy as well. Meteorologist Becky Ditchfield is in the backyard, actually in the Weather Center right now. It is expecting to stay like this for a few days, becky. It is, you know, we have a little bit of a cool off that is headed our way but it is nothing compared to what we certainly have seen in the past. Mild temperatures for a whi
Is from the eisenhower tunnel cam, you can see nice, light volume and good conditions up that direction it is a little windy into the high country look at the road weather index. Highway 9 over loveland pass, all places to focus and hold on to the Steering Wheel you may have a little trouble spot on i25 at i70. Look at the green. Were at or near posted sims a man who attacked james holmes in prison told the department of corrections that guards were in on the attack. Daniels and serving time for a variety of criming including autotheft. In a letter to cbs 4, he asked to contact his father. I asked about the allegations that guards were in on the attack. Department of corrections said that daniels posted on the back and on the top of his head and daniels responded, this is your fault, you control the doors, i dont. But the director of prisons us by phone that the Inspector General had no truth to the involvement. Its an allegation he made trying to justify his own actions. Hes been move