“A four-legged chicken born in a Jerusalem slaughter house has started a religious debate regarding its kosher label, which can only be determined once it is slaughtered, according to local media. The bird, hatched in the ultra orthodox Jerusalem neighbourhood of Mea Shearim, drew crowds of curious onlookers to the slaughter house, the Internet news agency NTN24 reported. The twelve-toed chicken awaited its fate in a cage on the floor of the Kroish family’s slaughter house, waiting for local rabbis to decide whether or not the animal was kosher. “I’ve seen three twice, four is a little strange,” said Yoel Kroish, the owner of the slaughter house, in the NTN24 report.” w/ photos

“Towering in front of tall skyscrapers, these enormous tree appear to be thriving in the middle of the city. But the vast woodland in Singapore is actually entirely manmade, stretching up to 164ft into the sky. The imposing trees have colossal concrete trunks weighing hundreds of tonnes. While thousands of thick wire rods have been used to create artificial branches and canopies. The incredible installation, which is still being built, was created as a national landmark as the island looks to create a vast green space in its Marina South district that will become the ‘botanical capital of the world’. But the towering supertrees will be hard to miss for the thousands of people expected to descend on the recreation area.” w/ photos