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NEWS ABOUT: survival

survival stories: 3 news summaries

Sole Survivor of '71 Jungle Crash Recounts Ordeal

Teen girl fell 2 miles from sky, trekked 10 days out of Amazon

Jul 3, 09 1:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - The miraculous survival of a sole passenger in the Indian Ocean plane crash this week brought back some painful memories for German librarian Juliane Koepke, CNN reports. Koepke, then 17, was the sole survivor of a 1971 crash in the Amazon rainforest. She plummeted more than two miles strapped to... More »

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plane crash • survivors • Amazon rainforest • survival

(Newser) - Lion prides display the behavior of human gangs not to hunt more efficiently, but to defend their turf, researchers have discovered. The larger the prides, the more successfully lions keep out interlopers, reports the BBC. Scientists have long been stumped by why lions are singularly sociable among cats and what... More »

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gangs • lioness • lion • territory • gangsters • survival • lion pride • street gangs

'Tough' Toddler
Survives 2 Days
in Mo. Woods

He was 4 miles
from home—starved,
naked, and grinning

May 7, 09 8:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - By the time his bare bottom was spotted in the woods yesterday, rescue crews were doubtful they would find Joshua Childers alive. But the 3-year-old sprang up and grinned when a volunteer called out to him. He had wandered into the Missouri woods Monday morning and survived 50 hours barely... More »

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Missouri • toddler • missing child • forests • Joshua Childers • survival

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