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“I envision that adhesive tapes made out of geckel could be used to replace sutures for wound closure, and may also be useful as a water-resistant adhesive for bandages and drug-delivery patches,” said Professor Phillip Messersmith from Northwestern University in Evanston, near Chicago, US.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6904175.stm

They are so many here in different sizes and shapes!We should consider exporting them instead of Oil to the US !! LOL

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6295138.stm

One housewife, Suad Hassan, 30, claimed she had been attacked by one of the badgers as she slept.
“My husband hurried to shoot it but it was as swift as a deer,” she said. “It is the size of a dog but his head is like a monkey,” she told AFP.

Maybe she should tell us the size of his(*) as well! LOL

India is struggling to prevent millions of condoms from being made into toys or sold as balloons.

The contraceptives were distributed free to control the country’s population and restrict the Aids virus.

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However, they are being used instead to strengthen roads, provide extra waterproofing for houses and to carry water.

Health activists said millions of condoms were melted down for their latex and made into toys. Others were dyed and sold as balloons.

In rural areas, villagers used them as water containers. India’s soldiers covered their gun barrels with condoms as protection against dust.

Only a quarter of about 1.5 billion condoms made each year were “properly utilised”, the activists said.

Health planners are trying to control India’s population of more than 1.2 billion. In 2005 the HIV epidemic afflicted more than 5.7 million people. Of the 891 million condoms meant to be handed out free, most were used by road contractors, who mixed them with concrete and tar to create a smooth surface.The Link:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/30/wcondom130.xml

(That explains why the population is 1.1 billion!Condoms are not in the drawers when they need them!)