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Which sculptor was killed by the statue he made?

Sculptor Luis Jimenez received an order from Denver Airport in 2006 and set about creating the "Blue Mustang" - a huge horse with infernal glowing red eyes, also called Blucifer. When Jimenez had already painted the head, she fell and cut the artery in her leg, causing the sculptor to die. His relatives and colleagues, however, finished the job and erected the statue.

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What birds dig holes?

Everyone knows the shore swallows that dig holes in the sandy steep banks of rivers. Are there other birds capable of this?

Among the woodpeckers of Africa and the New World, there are several species that have abandoned the ancient "carpenter profession" and completely switched to the "digger clan". They live in the steppe area and prefer to dig holes in cliffs, but in the absence of such, in exceptional cases, they return to the traditional practice of making hollows for woodpeckers, picking up trees with the softest wood.

The "profession of a digger" was much more widespread among the crustaceans - bee-eaters, momots, rollers, kingfishers. The beak of all these birds, due to the thickening of the bones of the upper jaw, has acquired high strength and therefore, as a spade, is distinguished by excellent working qualities. Kingfishers, for example, when building a nesting hole, dig with their beaks, and rake the earth out of the tunnel with their paws, backing back to the entrance, and so deftly that clay and sand fly out of the hole in a fountain. The finished hole is a narrow tunnel from 30 centimeters to 2,5 meters long, running horizontally or with a slight slope. The entrance of the hole always faces the river, and in its depths there is a rounded nesting chamber no larger than a good orange. This is the nursery, which is quite sufficient in size for the normal growth of five or six chicks.

But the best "diggers" of the world of birds should rightfully be considered puffins - sea birds, representatives of the auk family. Underground puffin towns are located on the flat tops of coastal cliffs covered with a thick layer of peat. With strong beaks, birds dig nesting burrows in it, reaching a depth of up to 1 meter and reaching a length of 15 meters. Quite often the tunnels of neighboring burrows connect with each other, open into common vestibules, or even are located on two or three floors.

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