Tiny two-headed turtle discovered in Turkey
A two-headed turtle discovered in a back yard in Turkey has become the star attraction at a nature reserve in Izmir.
A dog walks into a bar and asks for a beer…
If you’ve ever turned to “hair of the dog” to cure a morning-after hangover, maybe you’d like to raise a toast to a canine companion the night before by sharing a beer with him. Read More »
French ducks fed marijuana; quack cocaine next?
A French farmer who fed his ducks marijuana has been fined 500 euros and threatened with jail amid fears the birds’ habit could have led them onto more harmful drugs — such as quack cocaine. Read More »
Dozy surfer Dick Van Dyke: Porpoises saved my life
In a story more fantastical than “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” or “Mary Poppins”, dozy faux-cockney chimney sweep Dick Van Dyke has revealed how his life was saved by a pod of porpoises as he caught some zzzzs instead of waves while surfing. Read More »
Vietnamese delicacy is self-replicating newfound species
A bizarre single-sex lizard which reproduces by cloning itself has been served up on a plate to reptile scientists in Vietnam. Read More »
Joan Rivers: Terrier stopped me shooting myself
Comedian Joan Rivers has revealed how her pet Yorkshire terrier saved her from suicide by jumping on a gun in her lap as she prepared to shoot herself. Read More »
Harry Potter, ‘black magic’ blamed for Indian owl crisis
India’s environment minister Jairam Ramesh says schoolboy wizard Harry Potter is partly to blame for an alarming decline in the country’s wild owl population. Read More »
Drunken man charged over pig-stabbing spree
A Minnesota man has been charged over a drunken pig-stabbing spree following which 29 of the animals had to be slaughtered. Read More »