Man Finds Mutant Rat With A Plant Growing Out Of It

An Indian farmer recently discovered a rat with a plant growing out of it's back.

 
Farmer Datar Singh, had planted soya beans on his farm earlier this year. On August 7, while inspecting his crop he discovered the rat.

It's speculated that a soya bean seed could have landed in an open wood and germinated there.

Neighbours which filmed the rat, said it looked to be in "immense pain".

Professor A. Siddiqui, head of the department of biology at a college in nearby Barnagar, said "It's a miracle. Though the plant had grown in the region near the neck, there was no brain damage."

Datar took the rat home, removed the plant, and set it free.

How to catch a giant snake

I'm sure you've seen videos of people using a fishing method called "noodling" where they swim around a lake looking for a hole, stick their arm in as bait and pullout large catfish. Well, this seems to be a version of that but instead of fish, these guys are hunting giant snakes.

Goats in Trees

There's a peculiar video making it's way through social media of about a dozen or so goats just hanging out...in a tree.


The perplexing video was filmed in Morocco by Michael Chinnici, a photographer at Moroccan photo tours.

The goats are drawn to fruit of the Argan tree which ripens each year in June. The animals are skilled climbers and are aided by their cloven feet. Each foot has two toes which can spread out, providing balance while the soles of their feet are soft helping to grip the branch.

Snail and Cats

Came across this strange video of a snail and cat curiously checking each other out.



As a testament to the power of cute cat videos, it has received over 200,000 views in the 6 days since it was posted. The mysterious uploader's name is かご猫 (Basket cat in englisth) and literally has around a thousand videos of cats in different settings, outfits, in baskets, etc. The most popular involve balancing things on the seemingly indifferent felines. Here are a few to help pass the time:

Sparky, where is Satan?

I'm not sure how to interpret this. Is it that Sparky hates Satan so much that mentioning his name sends him into a rage or is it that when she asks "where's Satan" he shows up by possessing the little dog?

Pizzacat

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Liu Fei: Shoving Snakes Up Your Nose

Chinese entertainer Liu Fei has a unique way of earning a living. For the past 30 years he has performed the stunt of shoving snakes up his nose and out through his mouth. When asked if he has ever had any complications while doing the routine, he said that the most serious incident was when he accidentally swallowed one of the snakes.

Frankie the pug wins the gold at the pee Olympics

Frankie the pug impressively walking on front paws while peeing for over a minute.



Though Frankie took the gold, there were other notable entrants as well.

Smeagol vs the Big Bad Wolf

Oh no, no, no, no, no

Day at the spa

Must be an aristocat.

Me and Mr. Goat go bike riding

Meanwhile in Ethiopia

Miracle Mike The Headless Chicken

So once upon a time (back in 1945) there was a farmer named Lloyd Olsen who was assigned the rather routine task of preparing a chicken for dinner that evening. He selected a nice rooster, dropped his ax upon it's head and off it went. The chicken then went  through the usual motions of running around, flapping it's wing's but then a funny thing happened. Instead of eventually falling to the ground and accepting his death, the rooster decided that he really didn't need a head anyway and would just go back to the usual routine of being a chicken.

Seeing that the chicken wasn't planning on dying anytime soon, Lloyd decided to lend some assistance by feeding and watering him with a an eye dropper. And so began the amazing story of Mike the headless chicken.



Not long after, a promoter named Hope Wade caught wind of the story and convinced Lloyd that he could make money showing off his headless chicken at sideshows. The chicken took on the name of Miracle Mike, toured across the county and was even featured in Life magazine.



So how does a chicken lose it's head and still manage to stay alive? Well, at some point Lloyd took Mike to the University of Utah so that some scientist could answer this question for him. They came to the conclusion that when Lloyd chopped off his head he had missed the jugular and a clot prevented Mike from bleeding to death. He had also missed most of his brain stem and one hear and since chickens don't have much in the way of higher brain functions, he essentially continued to behave much as he did before.

Amazingly, Mike lived for another 18 months until the fateful night of his death. At a motel in Arizona the Olsens were awoken by the sound of Mike choking. They were not able to find the eyedropper used to clear his esophagus and so a few moments later Mike passed on.




I couldn't find any videos of Miracle Mike which I thought was odd considering the amount of exposure he had received. But I did find a short video of a headless chicken walking about in what looks to be somewhere in Africa.



Hat tip to Amy M for turning me onto the story.

Man Pets and Plays with Fish

Huh, well that's something you don't see everyday.

Flash Back Friday: Poodle Fitness

A little bit of old weird to enjoy.

Goats just wanna have fun