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A tourist in Australia suffered greatly for going to the toilet at the roadside, when an extremely venomous snake bit him on the penis while he was attending to his business.
The man was caught short on the road in Queensland, resulting in him having to answer the call of nature close to Laura (that's a town in the northern tip of Queensland, not a woman).
"...This is to much yuk, im never peeing at the roadside again..."
Stonehenge served as a burial ground for much longer than had previously been believed, new research suggests.
The site was used as a cemetery for 500 years, from the point of its inception.
Archaeologists have said the cremation burials found at the site might represent a single elite family and its descendents - perhaps a ruling dynasty.
If you see this tortoise, do not approach him. He may be unarmed but he is certainly dangerous.
"... I wonder if he has an asbo yet..."
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"...You must read this one its been put together really well..."
The owners of Bella say she is at least 25 years old.
Owner David Richardson, 76, said he bought the mixed breed dog from the RSPCA 26 years ago when she was at least three years old.
"...Now thats an old dog..."
A British owned island in the South Atlantic has been overrun by hundreds of thousands of monster mice which have evolved into carnivores.The mice of Gough Island have grown to two or even three times the size of an ordinary house mouse.
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"... Have you seen the film ratatouille he started this lol..."
The mother of Romania's "Mowgli Boy" took her son home for the first time last week after he spent years living with wild animals in the forests of Transylvania.
Lina Caldarar has already had one heart-stopping moment since being reunited with Traian, seven, when he ran in front of a car to chase a cat.
"...Dont all warewolves & vampires come from that part of the world..."
A coalition of Britain's leading medical charities will today urge MPs to approve stem cell research using human-animal hybrid embryos, as the Commons prepares for a landmark vote on the issue. The open letter, whose signatories include the Parkinson's Disease Society and the British Heart Foundation, says that allowing the creation of hybrid embryos could lead to crucial advances in the treatment of a range of serious diseases.
"...I think this is both good and bad thing..."
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A college student whose friend was being questioned in a hit and run found himself charged with assaulting an officer with a curious choice of weapons: M&Ms.
Sean McGuire was arrested early Sunday at a convenience store after Drake University security guards noticed the colored candies falling on the ground around the officer. When the officer turned around, an M&M hit his shoulder, according to a police report.
"... I bet the smartie's felt left out..."
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A motorist was fined £300 for putting a seat belt around his beer rather than his five-year-old child.
Constable Wayne Burnett said he was "shocked and appalled" when he pulled over the unregistered car.
The 30-can box was strapped in between the two adults sitting in the back of the car. The child was with them - sitting on the floor.
"...I wonder if the box had a booster cushion..."
In the Cerrado region of Brazil, four dogs trained to detect animal feces by scent are helping researchers monitor rare and threatened wildlife such as jaguar, tapir, giant anteater and maned wolf in and around Emas National Park, a protected area with the largest concentration of threatened species in Brazil.
The researchers analyze feces found by the dogs to learn about where and how the threatened mammals live. Data such as numbers, range, diet, hormonal stress, parasites and even genetic identity contribute to a study of how the mammals use environments inside and outside the park, especially on privately owned lands of the region.
..."What a shitty job, I bet there right dogs body's"...
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The father-of-two had been infected by bot fly, which lays eggs beneath the skin and feeds on human cells.
...."Nice holiday remind me to go there i might get maggots BOT ill have a good time..."
A man who was suffering breathing difficulties took medical matters into his own hands in a rather extreme way – by performing a tracheotomy on himself with a steak knife.
Steve Wilder, of Omaha, Nebraska, woke in the night struggling to breathe. Fearing that he was about to die, and not believing that an ambulance would reach him in time, he took the obvious course of action – he went to the kitchen and picked up a steak knife.
..."You got to be a brave man to do that..."
Three teenagers were arrested after two of them told police they dug up a secluded grave north of Houston, removed the skull from the coffin and converted it into a marijuana bong.
Police found a grave in the city of Humble that had been disturbed, but were still investigating the rest of the teens' story,
Police were led to a heavily wooded site in Humble where they found a knocked-over headstone and water-filled hole more than 4 feet deep. At the time, the muddy water did not allow police to see if the coffin had been disturbed.
..."If it had been a cremation they would of smoked some great ash..."
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Many tropical insects face extinction by the end of this century unless they adapt to the rising global temperatures predicted, US scientists have said.
Researchers led by the University of Washington said insects in the tropics were much more sensitive to temperature changes than those elsewhere.
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Comet the goldfish may be the world's most intelligent fish after its owner, Dean Pomerleau, trained it to perform a range of aquatic activities...."How do you train a goldfish..."
Comet can play football, basketball and even limbo dance under a bar.
Dr Pomerleau, 41, from Los Angeles, used a training technique called positive reinforcement to train Comet to perform the tricks.
This involves rewarding the fish with food when it successfully completes a task...."same as a dog then? my dog cant stay under water that long..."
