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15 Coolest Pictures Taken At The Right Time

Oddee.com | David Moye | Posted 06.14.2011 | Weird News


Timing is everything -- especially when photos are concerned. Here are 15 examples when the camera was there at the precise moment to make a memora...

The 5 Most Terrifying Zoo Exhibits Ever

Cracked.com | David Moye | Posted 06.13.2011 | Weird News


Zoos are where many people get their first up-close look at the great members of the animal kingdom. But while today's zoos are designed to help p...

PHOTOS: Rat Fashion Show Highlights The Best In Rodent Couture

Posted 06.09.2011 | Weird News


Rats can play a big role in the world of science -- but what about in the realm of style? Rodent lovers tried to prove that rats aren't creepy hous...

Florida Bear Hot For Hot Tubs, Not Pic-A-Nic Baskets

AOL Weird News | David Moye | Posted 06.13.2011 | Weird News


Yogi Bear loves hunting for pic-a-nic baskets, but a large black bear in Longwood, Florida, was more interested in a relaxing soak in a hot tub. Th...

PHOTOS: Surfing Dogs Learn New Tricks

Posted 06.07.2011 | Weird News


Give these pups a board and a wave and they can surf with the big dogs. More than 50 dogs took part in this year's 6th annual Loews Coronado Bay re...

Celebrity Sheep Shrek Dies In New Zealand After 6 Years On The Lam

AOL Weird News | David Moye | Posted 06.07.2011 | Weird News


It's been a rough week for celebrity animals. First, Queenie, the famous water-skiing elephant, died at the age of 58 or 59 and now comes word that...

Michael McLaughlin

Family-Planning Zookeepers Outsmart Giraffe That Wouldn't Take Birth Control

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McLaughlin | Posted 06.06.2011 | Weird News


Vivian, a nubile giraffe in the Peoria Zoo in Illinois, is back on the pill after shunning the contraceptive-laced food that she was served for about ...

WATCH: Footage Of Queenie The Water-Skiing Elephant (1952-2011)

The Huffington Post | Posted 06.06.2011 | Weird News


Queenie, the crowd-pleasing water-skiing elephant that made waves across the United States for decades, has died. The amusement park star was believed...

David Moye

Sea Turtle Undergoes Michael Jackson Treatment, Sleeps In Hyperbaric Chamber

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 06.07.2011 | Weird News


When Michael Jackson started sleeping in a hyperbaric chamber, it was just another moment in his eccentric life. When Kahuna, a female sea turtle,...

6 Tricks That Let You Control Animals Like The Beast Master

Cracked.com | David Moye | Posted 06.06.2011 | Weird News


Evolution has afforded every animal in the world the tools perfectly designed for its survival, whether it be claws, venom, horns or whatever it is th...

Bears Busted As Students Look On

AP | Posted 06.03.2011 | Weird News


PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Did Yogi Bear and Boo-Boo get separated? While the children in one town were watching the capture of a black bear outside their...

The Weird Week in Review

Mental Floss | David Moye | Posted 06.03.2011 | Weird News


How do you describe a week with a rodeo held with stick ponies, a police shooting of a concrete alligator and a bank robbery done by thieves dressed a...

Big Stink Over Dead Rhino

AP | By IVAN MORENO | Posted 06.03.2011 | Weird News


ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) -- New Mexico authorities are making a stink after an odor wafting from a New Mexico property lead them to a foul discovery �...

AC/DC Is The Preferred Music Of Sharks

TheFrisky.com | David Moye | Posted 06.03.2011 | Weird News


Researchers have found that sharks enjoy some tunes to help them relax. According to a team studying the effects of music on a group of great white...

David Moye

PHOTOS: Spiderweb Artist Weaves Tangled Web

HuffingtonPost.com | David Moye | Posted 06.03.2011 | Weird News


New Jersey artist Rocky Fiore has nothing in common with Little Miss Muffett. Instead of running away from spiders, he runs toward them -- looking t...

Kansas City Police Shoot Alligator . . . Well, It Looked Like An Alligator . . . (VIDEO)

AP | By BILL DRAPER | Posted 06.02.2011 | Weird News


INDEPENDENCE, Mo. -- Police responding to a rare alligator sighting in suburban Kansas City took quick action to dispatch of the beast, shooting it in...

Rats On A Plane

AP | By SARAH DiLORENZO | Posted 06.02.2011 | Weird News


SYDNEY -- A flight crew checking the cabin of a Qantas plane before takeoff found rats in a compartment holding medical equipment, grounding the plane...

Circus Elephant Helps Clean Up Joplin Tornado Damage

Posted 06.01.2011 | Weird News


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Severed Horse Head Turns Alley Into Real LIfe 'Godfather' Scene

AP | Posted 06.01.2011 | Weird News


WASHINGTON, Pa. -- Someone left a severed horse head in a southwestern Pennsylvania city. Officials in Washington, Pa., say the head was found Monday...

Woman Attacked By Crazed Rooster

Patch.com | Posted 05.31.2011 | Weird News


When roosters attack, things can get pretty ugly. And that's exactly what happened on Skibo Road May 12, Lower Saucon Township police reported in a re...

Stung! Florida Jellyfish Attack 400 People Over Holiday Weekend

AOL Weird News | Steven Hoffer | Posted 05.31.2011 | Weird News


Countless masses of jellyfish waded onto central Florida beaches over Memorial Day weekend, stinging over 400 visitors and hospitalizing at least two,...

WATCH: Giant Prehistoric Shrimp Was A Killer Scientists Say

Posted 05.31.2011 | Weird News


This newly-discovered, prehistoric shellfish gives whole new meaning to the term jumbo shrimp. Yale researchers announced they discovered in southe...

Lee Speigel

Mystery River Creatures Surface On Both Sides Of The Atlantic

HuffingtonPost.com | Lee Speigel | Posted 05.31.2011 | Weird News


Was it an unknown marine monster that raised its head above the surface of the River Mersey in England on May 25? And what was the mysterious 7-foot-l...

Most Talented Otter Ever?

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.31.2011 | Green


A lack of opposable thumbs doesn't necessarily mean a lack of talent. Otters are no exception. It's a bit silly, but you have to look at him go. Br...

Man Accused Of Pouring Gas On Shih Tzu, Threatening To Light It On Fire

Posted 05.26.2011 | Chicago


A bicyclist may have overreacted when he was confronted by an unleashed Shih Tzu in west suburban Riverside Tuesday, and now faces animal cruelty char...