Giant Squid Washes Up on Australian Beach
A squid as long as a bus and weighing 550 pounds washed up on an Australian beach, officials said Wednesday. “It is a whopper,” said Genefor Walker-Smith, a zoologist who studies invertebrates at the Tasmanian Museum. Giant squid live in waters off southern Australia and New Zealand _ where a half-ton colossus, believed to be [...]
Man Bites Dog to Rescue Puppy
A Chinese man bit to death a fierce dog that was savaging his beloved puppy. Awakened by the puppy’s yelps, a villager named Geng first tried to chase the dog away by hurling watermelons at it, a local newspaper reported on Wednesday. The farmer then threw himself on the dog, clamping his teeth around its [...]
5-year-old Subdues Rabid Fox to Protect Family
A 5-year-old boy grabbed a rabid fox by the neck and pinned it to the ground during a family cookout, protecting six other children until his stepfather could kill the animal. “I wanted to protect my little brother,” said Rayshun McDowell, who battled the fox in the front yard of his home Sunday in Kingstown, [...]
Woman whose dog ‘voted’ pleads not guilty
Duncan the dog is still registered to vote, and his owner isn’t pleased. Jane Balogh signed up the dog in protest of a 2005 state voter-registration law she thinks makes it too easy for noncitizens to vote. She used a paw print to mark ballots on Duncan’s behalf. At first, Balogh said she wouldn’t contest [...]