Elephants photo drunk on native fruit at South Africa’s Singita Sabi Sand

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The abundance of the Marula fruit around Singita Sabi Sand, South Africa, this winter proved to be a great excuse for some elephants to party. Like apples on the ground, Marula fruit ferment after they fall off a tree. An African legend describes the results, and these photos provide the evidence, showing the massive pachyderms as they get hammered. In fact, eyewitnesses described the elephants stumbling, falling over and otherwise displaying signs of boozing familiar to humans.

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Daybreak: Kellan Lutz on becoming Tarzan

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How many times can Aled Jones say ‘loincloth’ in an interview? I ended up losing count…
The presenter was talking about the iconic outfit worn by Tarzan, who is again being brought to life in a new 3D digital movie, with ‘Twilight’ star Kellan Lutz creating the motion capture and voicing the titular character.
Lutz proved that he was ready to joke with the ‘Daybreak’ presenters, despite an early start, as he mocked Ranvir Singh for getting the time wrong. Singh is used to presenting the earlier news segment of the show and, as a result, she got the time wrong quite a few times this morning when she covered the rest of the programme. The ‘Daybreak’ team are used to correcting puzzled viewers on Twitter when they don’t realise they’re watching the show on itv1+1, but I’m sure they didn’t expect Ranvir to get confused!
When Lutz finally stopped teasing her, he spoke about his happiness at getting the opportunity to portray two popular figures in films this year. He said, “For me, growing up, I loved watching Disney movies… It’s a little boy’s dream come true playing Tarzan and Hercules.”

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New Korak the Killer Online Comics and Artist Sketches!

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The second strip of our latest online comics series “Korak the Killer” is now up, and available as a free sample!

Carrying on in the family business of jungle adventure, Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Korak – the son of Tarzan – swings into action!

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On top of that, we have added some new artist sketches bonus materials – Night Crwaler original drawing by Nik Poliwko, among others. So if you already subscribed make sure you check them out!

Interested? Subscribe and read 10 different comics strips, updated weekly!

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Lioness wounded by buffalo is rescued by SkyVets

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A comparison of Tarzan and Transcendence by the Hindu

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Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan was the very epitome of manliness. With his “straight and perfect figure, muscled as the best of the ancient Roman gladiators must have been muscled, and yet with the soft and sinuous curves of a Greek god, told at a glance the wondrous combination of enormous strength with suppleness and speed,” Burroughs was underlining the godliness of his creation. With long dark hair and steel-grey eyes, John Clayton, Lord Greystoke aka Tarzan is quite a hottie. Burroughs Tarzan of the Apes was published in a magazine in 1912 and in book form in 1914. The story tells of Tarzan’s parents marooned in the deepest Africa. His mother dies of natural causes when he is one year old and his father is killed by Kerchak an ape. Tarzan is brought up by a she-ape, Kala. The way he teaches himself to read is fascinating—referring to alphabets as black bugs!

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“Korak the Killer” Makes his Digital Comic Strip Debut

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Fabled Son of Tarzan Returns in New Weekly WebStrip by Marz and Leonardi

Tarzana CA (9 April 2014) Carrying on in the family business of jungle adventure, Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Korak – the son of Tarzan – swings into action beginning Wednesday, April 9, 2014 in an all-new digital adventure strip written by Ron Marz and drawn by Rick Leonardi.

The announcement of this latest addition to the EdgarRiceBurroughs.com/comics service was made today by representatives of Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., the company founded by the author himself to protect and maintain his works for generations.

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“One of the first comics I remember getting as a kid was the second issue of the Korak series from DC,” said Ron Marz, the award-winning scribe known for Silver Surfer, Green Lantern, Witchblade and, most recently, Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Mucker web comic. “That cover of Korak fighting a huge crocodile made a lasting impression on me. I was fascinated that Tarzan had a son – and he was wholly different than the little kid I knew from the movies. I’m utterly thrilled to be able to tell new Korak stories very much in the mold of what Edgar Rice Burroughs intended for the son of his most famous creation.”

Though many of the entries in MGM’s Tarzan movie series featured an adopted son called “Boy,” the character bore only a passing resemblance to Korak, who was written by Burroughs as the natural born offspring of Tarzan and Jane.

Extremely popular among fans of the original novels, Korak frequently appeared in the panels of the now classic Tarzan newspaper comic strip, in addition to headlining comic books published at various times by Gold Key and DC. Korak the Killer represents the first time the character has been featured in his own weekly adventure strip.

Illustrator Rick Leonardi, known for his work on Spider-Man 2099, Cloak and Dagger, Nightwing and Batgirl, brings a raw, dynamic tension to the figures and composition in every panel of Korak the Killer.

Based on stories from the original novels, the first strips of the series will be available online for free at www.edgarriceburroughs.com/comics. beginning Wednesday April 9, 2014. Return weekly beginning April 19th to view additional, new Korak strips. Subsequent episodes may be enjoyed anytime, anywhere for just $1.99 a month with a subscription to the Edgar Rice Burroughs Digital Comic Strips service. Regularly updated and expertly crafted, the service currently features a variety of all-new adventure strips based on classic Burroughs creations including Tarzan, Pellucidar, The Eternal Savage, The Mucker, The Land that Time Forgot and Carson of Venus.

“A generation of fans grew up on DC’s ‘Korak’ comic, with those great interiors by Murphy Anderson and Frank Thorne, as well as amazing Joe Kubert covers. Rick and I are thrilled be to carrying on that tradition for returning fans, as well as those just discovering Korak the Killer,” added Marz.

Regularly updated and expertly crafted, the Edgar Rice Burroughs Digital Comic Strips service offers all-new web comic adventures based on the classic characters and stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs – all for just $1.99 per month.

Current offerings include:

KORAK THE KILLER (TM) by Ron Marz, Rick Leonardi, Neeraj Menon and Troy Peteri
THE MUCKER (TM) by Ron Marz, Lee Moder, Troy Peteri and Neeraj Menon
TARZAN OF THE APES (TM) by Roy Thomas and Tom Grindberg
THE NEW ADVENTURES OF TARZAN (TM) by Roy Thomas and Tom Grindberg
CARSON OF VENUS (TM) by Martin Powell, Thomas Floyd, and Diana Leto
THE ETERNAL SAVAGE (TM) by Martin Powell and Steven E. Gordon
THE WAR CHIEF(TM) by Martin Powell and Nik Poliwko
THE CAVE GIRL (TM) by Martin Powell and Diana Leto (A Bi-Weekly)
PELLUCIDAR (TM) by Chuck Dixion and Tom Lyle
THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT (TM) by Martin Powell, Pablo Marcos and Oscar Gonzalez

AND THERE ARE MORE TO COME!

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Tarzan’s loincloth on display during film fest

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Tarzan loincloth on display The Silver Springs International Film Festival begins today at the Marion Theatre in Ocala’s downtown, giving attendees an opportunity to see a wide array of films from around the world.

There also will be a piece of movie memorabilia on display that cannot be seen anywhere else but in Ocala — the loincloth worn by Johnny Weissmuller during the filming of “Tarzan Finds a Son” at Silver Springs in 1939.

The loincloth is signed by Weissmuller and the rest of the film’s cast, and it is available for viewing at Gause & Son Jewelers off Ocala’s downtown square.

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Margot Robbie’s new look for ‘Tarzan’

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Australian actress Margot Robbie is dying her hair for the new 3D version of ‘Tarzan’.
‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ actress recently went from blonde to brunette for another movie role and is in the process of changing it back to star alongside ‘True Blood’ hunk Alexander Skarsgard in the upcoming Warner Bros. film.
She told ITN News: ‘We start in a couple of months. I got the script, loved it, met with David Yates, the director, I loved his vision and all the pieces came together. I got picked for the role … I’m very lucky.
‘I just did a film where I had brown hair, it was manky brown, awful, but it was meant to look like that in the film. We made it a nicer, richer colour for the Oscars but now I have to go lighter again for ‘Tarzan’.’
She added: ‘I don’t think blondes have more fun though … people always ask me that but I love this colour.’

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