MELBOURNE, Thursday 9 September 2010 (AFP) - Two "dumb and dumber" alleged pet thieves wrestled a stolen python in a McDonald's restaurant carpark as astonished customers looked on, Australian police said Thursday.

SYDNEY, Thursday 9 September 2010 (AFP) - A Russian circus performer who swallows a live fish and then regurgitates it has been forced to cancel the act after cruelty complaints in Australia.

KUALA LUMPUR, Tuesday 7 September 2010: Whenever we mention about museums, most of us will usually think of historical relics and static exhibitions. The National Museum is going to break the traditional image of museums in this school holidays by presenting a living snake exhibition called "Pameran Ular lawan Ular". Local "Snake Queen" Noorazhariah Andan has also been invited to live together with a hundred of cobras during the exhibition.

PARIS, Monday 6 September 2010 (AFP) - One of the hardiest insects around, the cockroach, may hold the key to next-generation antibiotics, British scientists hope.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.