McDonald’s debuts plant-based McNuggets

McDonald’s is introducing plant-based McNuggets, with Germany the first market to get them. McPlant Nuggets — made from peas, corn and wheat with a tempura batter — are the second product McDonald’s has co-developed with Beyond Meat, an El Segundo, California-based maker of plant-based meats. McDonald’s has been selling a McPlant burger since 2021, in the UK, Ireland, Austria and the Netherlands.

McDonald’s nationwide nugget rollout to more than 1,400 restaurants in Germany follows a limited-time test at nine restaurants in the Stuttgart area in August. However, the availability of the McPlant nuggets and burger in future markets will depend on customer demand, McDonald’s said.

European customers have generally been more receptive to McDonald’s plant-based meat products than those in the US.

27-year-old llama is the oldest in world

A llama living on a New Mexico ranch, named Dalai, was born in January 1996 and was certified as the oldest living llama in human care and the oldest llama in captivity ever Guinness World Records just after his 27th birthday, Guinness World Records announced.

The llama’s owners, Andrew Thomas and Jill ‘Kee’ Straits, brought him to live on their Albuquerque ranch when he was 14 years old. The couple said Dalai remains in good health and spends his day with his closest friend, a Nigerian dwarf goat named Gelato.

Man with world’s longest tongue uses it to paint

A California man whose 3.97-inch tongue earned him a Guinness World Record said he has found an unusual way to put his unique muscle to work — painting.

Nick Stoeberl, who was awarded the world record for longest tongue (male) when it was officially measured at 3.97 inches from tip to teeth in 2012, showed off his unusual painting skills during an appearance on ITV series This Morning.

Stoeberl showed hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby how he wraps his tongue in plastic wrap before dipping it in paint and using it to draw on a canvas.

The record-breaker said he has been given the nickname Lickasso for his unusual painting method. He said his paintings have sold for up to $1,200!

Extremely rare golden largemouth bass found

Wildlife officials in Virginia shared photos of an angler’s rare catch from the James River — a golden largemouth bass.

The Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources said Jacob Moore was fishing in the river, near Chippokes State Park, when he reeled in the curiously yellow fish.

Alex McCrickard, the agency’s aquatic education coordinator, said, “Golden largemouth bass are extremely rare and most anglers have never seen them.

The fish is a product of a genetic mutation that alters the skin pigments called xanthism. Yellow pigmentation dominates in xanthism, as you can see in Moore’s golden largemouth.”

Moore said he was returned the fish to the river after he measured it and snapped a few photos.

Published in Dawn, Young World, March 4th, 2023