A double leg amputee has pulled himself up Africa’s highest mountain, disproving doctors who said he would never be a functioning member of society.”
Spencer West, 31, lost his legs as a child after a genetic disorder — sacral agenesis — paralysed the lower half of his body.
But he didn’t let that stop him: the resident of the Canadian city of Toronto arrived at the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, some 6,000 meters (19,700 feet) above sea level, on Tuesday, calling it an incredible personal feat.
West was accompanied on the trek by his two best friends, David Johnson and Alex Meers.
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‘Cockroaches essential for environment’
Washington: The mere sight of a cockroach sends a shiver down the spine of many, but the most despised insect is actually essential to the survival of the earth’s delicate ecosystem, an Indian-origin biologists has claimed.
According to Srini Kambhampati, professor and chair of the biology department at the University of Texas at Tyler, the sudden disappearance of earth’s 5,000 to 10,000 cockroach species would have ramifications far beyond your filthy apartment.
“Most cockroaches feed on decaying organic matter, which traps a lot of nitrogen. Cockroach feeding has the effect of releasing that nitrogen (in their faeces) which then gets into the soil and is used by plants, Prof. Kambhampati said. — PTI