I bet they're secretly hoping it will come back to play again, as long as it behaves itself and doesn't visit during people hours.

I hope they gave it a toy ;_;

The TL;DR is that they often do these "awake surgeries" when they have to operate near critical parts of the brain. They keep the patient talking so they know they have not damaged something critical.

This is pretty common practice for neurostimulation surgery - we can't be certain of what exact specific bits of the brain are responsible for "play the clarinet", its not common across every person and there's no imaging system that could tell you in detail, so experimental stimulation is the best way to determine placement. While playing a full instrument is admittedly uncommon, people are regularly encouraged to talk at length, do basic coordination tests, sing, describe colors etc. during the procedure. Basically do whatever they have problems with, so their reaction can be used diagnostically in realtime.

California: Puts bear on state flag.

Also California: Surprised when bear shows up.

Weird flex but okay.

"So, I hear that you get regular meals here and don't even have to rummage through trash for them. How can I get in on this sweet deal?"

Could have been a pike. They get pretty big.

Sounds like it played with some of their toys enrichment materials too. The zoo bears are unreleasable, but this seems fine imho and I'm glad the keepers were nice about it when they escorted the bear back out to the woods.

If it was Pacific Salmon it would have made one heck of a trip from BC.

Just fyi, swans can fly back to their home pretty easily. Also, deportation and no entry for you mister aren't in their dictionary.

Damn, imagine how long the suspension would have been if it hadn't been from a kiss, am I right?

It started out with a kiss, how did it end up like this? It was only a kiss, it was only a kiss

“My mother ate eight live frogs,” her son said.

None of us expected to read this sentence today.

It's not easy being eating green

Did it work, though? Does her back still hurt?

That feels like an important detail that they just completely missed.

She was pregnant so she was told not to take Tylenol.

These guys work in text only, I think.

This isn’t the same thing as the person spraypainting phalluses around potholes?

In case you didn't read the article, this isn't the same guy who made headlines in 2020 and was eventually caught. That guy said he wasn't the original, and that there are other penis men out there. This guy is apparently one of those (or joined the penis army more recently).

It's nice to have a "feel good" story for once.

Wait until you guys find out where hamburgers and chicken wings come from.

No one was leading a normal life missing 90% of their brain.

What the fuck has happened to the BBC? Last week they had huge headlines about a "cure" for Huntington's disease which was nothing but hyping a drug company press release that was no where near reality.

Omnissiah by praised, a new servitors is here!