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Friday Poll: Selling a Fawn

Selling a Wild Fawn on Craigslist Even if there were no animal welfare laws, what would you say about someone who tried to sell a wild fawn on Craigslist? A woman in California is accused of taking a wild fawn and trying to sell it on Craigslist, an act that’s illegal in California: 28-year-old Lacy Jean…

Friday Poll: The Unexpected Kinkajou

An elderly woman in Florida awoke recently to find a kinkajou, apparently escaped from someone else’s house as they’re not native to Florida, sleeping on her chest.  Woman and kinkajou are now fine, although the woman was at first frightened by the encounter. What would you think of this – unpleasant encounter or great story…

Rum-Drinking, Knife-Wielding Ape in Brazil

Alternative Title: Mendacious Out-Of Town Developers Present a Roundabout Proposal. “It was a bar staff oversight that ended with the monkey drinking some rum and taking the knife,” Lt. Col Saul Laurentino of the local fire department told the aRede news website. He said the monkey had apparently been tamed, perhaps after many visits to…

Happy Groundhog Day

Punxsutawmey Phil made his prediction early today — Phil did not see his shadow today in Punxsutawney, Pa., Feb. 2, 2016, so Spring is around the corner. @PennLive pic.twitter.com/Tzij5Poqcj — Mark Pynes (@MarkPynes) February 2, 2016 How do people know what Phil’s predicting? Here’s how – For those curious #GroundhogDay pic.twitter.com/y58pEuYt4I — Julia Hatmaker (@JuliaHatmaker)…