Hmm, whilst we are on the subject of chooks, has anyone heard of Mike the headless chicken? Come on people, he’s got a page on Wiki for goodness sakes! OK, Miracle Mike was a very lucky or unlucky chicken (depending on how you look at it) who survived the old beheading,well sort of! Cast your mind back to 1945 on an early September morning around 6.45 in Fruita , Colorado. Farmer Lloyd Olsen, armed with an axe went out to his yard to get himself a chicken for lunch. Mike happened to be the slowest runner that day and Olsen a poor marksman. In the swing of the axe Olsen failed to totally lob off Mike’s head, well he got everything except one ear, the jugular vein and his brain cell.You guessed it, mike the headless chicken survived. A guilt ridden Olsen didn’t have the heart to kill him so he began feeding Mike food with an eyedropper by dripping it down his esophagus. Mike soon became fat, famous and rich by carving a career for the Olsen family himself as a touring sideshow act. Sadly Mike choked to death in a hotel room in 1947 while still on tour. But wait there’s more….Fruita Colorado now honor one of their most famous citizens by having the annual “Mike the Headless Chicken Day” (3rd weekend of May). Come on people its truuuuuue! Check it out Mike The Headless Chicken! Geez your a tough crowd!

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Say, do you fix frogs?

Oh dear god, what do you do when you run the lawnmower over a green tree frog and take half it’s skin off it’s back? Take it to Veterinarian Stephen Cutter and the good folks at the Ark Animal Hospital in the Northern Territory will fix it. The little amphibian was rushed to the veterinarian clinic and straight into emergency surgery, where a team carefully reattached its slimy skin to its back. After the successful operation Dr Cutter said “It was a pretty horrific injury.But from day one she fought to live. It’s very lucky to be alive,”. Bless!

Psst The frog has been named Victoria in honor of the Victa mower that nearly claimed her life! I am guessing the bill will be more than that mower!

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Its a friggin thankless job Bob but the hours are good!

When you see two pigeons carrying little bags near a prison it can’t be good. Nope, it seems Brazilian prisoners have been using carrier pigeons to smuggle contraband in and out of Danilo Pinheiro Penitentiary for some time. How does that work? It isn’t like a homing pigeon would know which cell to knock on! Fortunately I wont have to rack my brains figuring it out. Hmm, because  the little scam was uncovered when penitentiary agents noticed the two pigeons panting outside the prison. Carrying cell phones and chargers is kinda hard work. Ah well, back to the drawing board boys.

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Is it my shout?

You know what I hate? When a friggin rabid bobcat walks into a bar and starts throwing its weight around (its bad enough dealing with cougars!). Hmm, yep the unfriendly critter just waltzed in to a Cottonwood bar in Arizona and began terrorizing the patrons. At first it was kind of funny but the bemused patrons soon realized the bobcat wasn’t there for a social drink. They slowly stepped away from their beers when the beast began showing signs of anti-social behavior (hmm, like friggin foaming at the mouth and dancing to Britney Spears!). The patrons were soon gathering atop the pool table, defending themselves with pool sticks (bet they’d seen Cujo!). One poor dude had the bobcat latch onto his face. I hear rabies shots hurt like hell! Enter Cottonwood police. The poor bobcat was shot and tests later confirmed it had rabies.  Hmm, how long do you think before the Chapparal Bar will be selling rabid shooters?

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As good as new

A animal loving good Samaritan has helped save a frog’s front legs (the French would be horrified!). The poor little mite from Hemel Hempstead, Herts, had it’s front legs slammed in the front door breaking them both (ouch!).I assume the guilt ridden door slammer raced the wounded creature to St Tiggywinkles Wildlife Hospital. All hail St Tiggywinkles. Staff made the little amphibian itsy bitsy splints from endrotraecal tubes and it is now expected to make a full recovery.Imagine that vet bill! Wanna see the lucky little fellow? Click Frog in Splints.

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Holy mammal bone Batman, what’s that in my blue M&Ms? Paulette Potts (who by co-incidence works for an advertising and public relations firm) discovered what appears to be a friggin mammal bone in one of her blue M&M’s ( I hear they are full of calcium!). No one is sure what mammal the bone belongs to but it has been confirmed as a bone. Ms Potts rang the company service department and was told by a representative that a  “supervisor told me to tell you that was probably a peanut twig.” Yeah that was in the stomach of a friggin bird! Stay tuned sweet tooths!

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Ugly Bat Boy has been making quite a name for himself as the ugliest cat alive. The New Hampshire feline belongs to Dr Bassett who virtually had Ugly dumped on his doorstep 8 years ago after expressing interest in him when he was just an ugly kitten. The poor little tyke was one of two kittens (other one died) born nearly completely balded with only a large tuff of hair on his chest (real oogly). Next thing the good Doc knows is Ugly is in the reception of his Exeter Veterinary Hospital, a gift from the owner (obviously couldn’t sell him!). Ugly or Uggs for short, has become a much loved and much stared at member of the Veterinarian staff. The Vet confessed that “He’s escaped before and kind of frightened some neighbors because he was running through the yard and they didn’t know what he was.” Nowadays Ugly just lies on top of the computers copping flack and ugly much comments all day long.
So how ugly is Ugly Bat Boy? Check out the vid…..

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I'm not friggin opening it!

You know this is the kind of clown I would get stuck next to on a flight. Hmm,a man  has been caught at Sydney Airport with 44 native snakes and lizards in his luggage .Oh, for goodness sakes people which part of “friggin x-ray machine” don’t you get? Hmm, the reptiles were believed to be heading to the black market in Bangkok wrapped in the dudes socks and clothing when detected during x-ray screenings. Several of the snakes have been identified as extremely endangered reptiles including an albino and three black headed pythons.The estimate market value for these hissing,slippery creatures is around $200,000. Did I happen to mention the 30 or so friggin lizards?  Thank goodness he didn’t attempt to smuggle them in his hand luggage.

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What the? Seems we have a bigger problem than Nessie after a friggin big serpent was spotted frolicking in the river Baleh in Borneo.Photographs, believed to clearly show a big snake like creature over 100ft in length, were snapped by a member of a disaster team who flew over a remote flood region. Known as Nabau by the locals (and big scary friggin critter by me) the ancient sea snake is said to had a dragon’s head, seven nostrils and the ability to transforms itself into the shapes of different animals. Great, as if I don’t have enough things to worry about! As you can imagine debate is now raging over whether these images are fake.Come on people we don’t believe it’s real, do we? Now if it was on video, maybe!  Hmm, it isn’t like Asia is renowned for faking things! Anywho I am keeping my tootsies out of waterways until further notice.

Oh come on I know you are desperate to see our little Jurassic Park wannabe….

Hmm?

Wait there’s more….

Here's hoping he aint hungry!

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