Snakes on a plane! British officials make weird finds

LONDON, Thursday 2 September 2010 (AFP) - British border officials said Thu ...

German vegetarians serve up human meat hoax

BERLIN, Thursday 2 September 2010 (AFP) - Vegetarian activists in Germany's ...

Animals

Snakes on a plane! British officials make weird finds

LONDON, Thursday 2 September 2010 (AFP) - British border officials said Thursday they had stopped dozens of weird animals being snuck into the country -- including a boa constrictor wrapped round a man's leg.


Monocular turtle

TELUK INTAN: Like alien creatures always seen in scientific fiction films, a baby turtle was found to have only an eye above its nose.


Woman who binned cat says sorry amid uproar

LONDON, Wednesday 25 August 2010 (AFP) - The British woman at the centre of an Internet hate campaign after being caught on camera dumping a cat into a rubbish bin said Wednesday she was "profoundly sorry" for her actions.


Police search for escaped Chinese alligators in France

LYON, Tuesday 24 August 2010 (AFP) - Police and wildlife experts have launched a search for two baby alligators that escaped from a zoo in southern France, an official said on Tuesday.


Gandalf the vulture no longer a menace to Scottish airspace

LONDON, Monday 23 August 2010 (AFP) - Gandalf the vulture, who triggered an alert in Scottish airspace after flying off during a display at a birds of prey centre, was safely back where she belongs Monday.


'Psychic' croc Harry picks PM to win Aussie election

SYDNEY, Thursday 19 August 2010 (AFP) - A "psychic" crocodile named Harry Thursday tipped Prime Minister Julia Gillard to win the razor-tight Australian election, siding with pollsters and bookmakers -- and an octopus called Cassandra.


It's a boy! Israeli zoo welcomes baby orang-utan

RAMAT GAN, Thursday 12 August 2010 (AFP) - An Israeli zoo welcomed its first baby orang-utan in 10 years after a 42-year-old male passed on two young arrivals from Europe to mate with a female his own age, zookeepers said on Thursday.


Italian drug police confronted by hungry albino python

ROME, Wednesday 11 August 2010 (AFP) - Police raiding a drug den in the Italian capital were confronted by an aggressive albino python used to intimidate addicts, police said Wednesday.


Bangladesh farmers use 'frog weddings' to combat drought

DHAKA, Wednesday 11 August 2010 (AFP) - Farmers in a parched district of northern Bangladesh are marrying off frogs in a desperate bid to bring on monsoon rains and protect their crops, local officials said Wednesday.


Dog marathon returns

SERDANG: The Dog Marathon returned again! The annual event started 13 years ago has received great response from dog lovers especially in 2008 when it attracted 611 dogs to participated and created a Malaysian record.


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