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When Israeli settlers were moved out of Gaza Strip many pets got left behind, including 17 goats, 20 dogs, 40 parakeets, chickens, cats and an iguana.
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>> Otter Madness <<

When furry mammals attack...

An otter killed a large American Eskimo dog in Florida last week.

The dog, called Mike, was playing by the lake in his owner's back garden when a four-foot-long otter jumped out of the lake, seized Mike's snout and dragged the dog into the water.

Mike's owner's boyfriend jumped into a boat and tried to rescue the dog, but the otter had already bitten it to death. He then turned on the boyfriend, jumped on the back of the boat and almost bit the man's foot off.

State wildlife official Jeff McGrady was left puzzled. "If they had said an alligator was in the lake, I might have been concerned," he said. This is very bizarre behaviour for an otter."

FYI: Earlier this year in Massachusetts, a police officer was bitten by a rabid otter.

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A Thai Cabinet minister is rumoured to have had a penis enlargement.
The PM has been asking everyone at Cabinet meetings to find out who it is.
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A German woman accidentally burned her house down last week trying to kill the spiders in her garage.

She first tried spraying an aerosol at them and then burned them with the lighter. The garage caught fire, then the hedge and then her house. Fire-fighters managed to extinguish the blaze and save the neighbouring house...

"The family have had to look for somewhere else to stay," said a police spokesman. "The spiders are gone though - that problem was solved."



Courtesy of the Mighty Popbitch