A baby zedonk – a rare cross between a zebra and a donkey – has become the centre of attention in a wildlife park in the US after she was born a week ago.

The zedonk – which has a zebra father and donkey mother – has black stripes on her legs and face, but is mostly donkey-coloured on the rest of her body.

C.W. Wathen, the founder and general manager of the Chestatee Wildlife Preserve in north Georgia, where the zedonk was born, told The Times of Gainesville, Georgia, that the foal has a zebra’s instincts.

For example, Wathen says she sits up instead of lying on her side, as if she’s staying alert for predators.

Donkeys and zebras don’t usually mate, but zedonks turn up occasionally. Wathen says that in about two weeks, the zedonk will begin roaming the property with the rest of the animals. (Metro)

 
  

ShareThis

Californian actor Nick Afanasiev has been credited with having the longest tongue in America by San Diego news station Fox 5.

Afanasiev’s tongue measures 3.5 inches from the middle of his closed top lip to the tip of his tongue.

That leaves him just 0.36 inches short of the world record, held by Briton Stephen Taylor.

Afanasiev’s tongue got him a cameo on iCarly and the actor has never looked back.

The 20-year-old said: “I knew it was long, I just didn’t know it was one of the longest.” (Wenn.com)

 
  

ShareThis

Many artists have used pencils to create works of art – but Dalton Ghetti creates miniature masterpieces on the tips of pencils

The alphabet, all carved from 26 pencil tips. (Telegraph)

ShareThis

Lucky the helpful dog has become a hit in his home town after learning to pick up rubbish.

After picking up the litter, he then drops in the nearest bin.

The three-year-old Kelpie-Doberman cross performs his rubbish pick in parks in Gloucester after being trained by owner William Keating.

‘I only showed him how to do it twice,’ he said.

If Lucky finds a glass bottle he barks so Mr Keating can check for broken shards. (Metro)

ShareThis

Meet Mumble – the confused Chinese chicken who thinks he’s a penguin.

Instead of scratching in the ground and roosting on a perch at night, Mumble walks around waddling from side to side.

Farmer Lu Xi got the bird as a chick. “He only has little wings, just like a penguin, which he sticks out when he walks. I guess that’s why he never flies,” he said.

Local media at Jiangsu nicknamed the chicken Mumble after the character in the film Happy Feet, about a penguin who can’t sing so dances instead.

Lu added: “I had not seen the film but I like the name, although my bird can’t dance – and I don’t think he can swim either.

“But he should be happy – my family all like him and so we decided to keep him instead of putting him in the pot.” (CEN)

ShareThis

He calls himself Robin Hood and has vowed to take from the rich to give to the poor.

But this modern-day version of the legendary outlaw doesn’t roam Sherwood Forest – he strikes at the casinos of glittering Las Vegas.

The mysterious cardsharp uses his skills as a professional gambler to ‘rob’ the casinos and give his winnings to hard-up families.

Along with his ‘Maid Marian’ – a stunning Brazilian model who calls herself Lady Greice – Robin, who insists on maintaining his anonymity, has set up a website inviting people to send in their hard-luck stories and apply for up to £30,000.

Since embarking on his mission, he has given away more than £600,000 to deserving families.

This includes £20,000 he won for the Kegler family, who were in debt after paying for vital drugs to treat their toddler daughter’s brain tumour.

‘I always loved the film Robin Hood, particularly the original with Errol Flynn. I think Russell Crowe is great as Robin. I loved the film.

‘I thought if Robin could do that all those years ago I could do something similar in Vegas. I called myself Robin Hood 702. The 702 is the postcode for Las Vegas.’

Even the casinos are not sure which of their ‘high rollers’ – someone prepared to lose up to hundreds of thousands a night – is Robin, who will only admit to being from the East Coast of America and has gambled professionally since the age of 16. (Daily Mail)

ShareThis

A 40-year-old from a village in south west China is hoping to claim the title of world’s shortest man.

At just 76cm (just under two foot, six inches) Huang Kaiquan is only 1.4cm higher than previous record holder He Pingping, who died in March aged 21.

Huang, who smokes heavily and is a former magician, is the height and weight of an average three year old.

In Sanjiang village, Huang is known to locals as ‘Short Brother’. He still lives with his mother Cheng.

She said: “He didn’t grow at all one month after birth. We thought it’s just late development and didn’t pay enough attention.

“When Huang was three, he still wore the clothes of a one-year-old. It was then we noticed his unusualness.” (roundup)

ShareThis

With the pain etched across their faces, these inmates are forced to have their teeth extracted with no anaesthetic.

It is part of a medical services programme which offers free dental care to prisoners with financial difficulties in Manila, Philippines.

The check-ups, and necessary treatment, are carried out at the Quezon City Jail in full view of other inmates, who are pictured wearing their regulation yellow T-shirts.

They aren’t even allowed drugs to ease their agony as professional dentists pulled out their teeth using what appears to be a pair of pliers. (Mail Online)

ShareThis

Austrian brewers have invented a beer laced with cheese which aids boozers’ sexual performance.

The new tipple boasts a ‘positive and healthy’ response, even after a heavy night on the ale.

One early taster of the brew in Bregenz claimed: “My wife can’t have any objection to me spending the night down the pub now.” (Metro)

ShareThis

This incredible picture shows how a lover’s tiff between two sparrows ended abruptly when the male bird rudely took matters into his own claws and clamped his female friend’s beak shut.

Bird watcher Urs Schmidli spent hours crouched in his garden trying to capture the perfect picture, but could not believe how the male bird managed to stop the squawking of his flighty friend.

Postman Schmidli, 55, from Switzerland said he studied the sparrows in his garden for a month before he began taking pictures.

‘Sparrows mainly have little squabbles over food.

‘But in this one shot it really looked like the darker male had just had enough of a nearby female’s cheeping and decided to try and quieten the din down.’ (Daily Mail)

ShareThis