This cute little guy is Luntik. He is unusual because he has an extra pair of ears in front of his regular ones. The ears don’t have any canals so unfortunately the cat is not blessed with super hearing but it does make him look a little unusual. The cat was pictured at a service station in Russia and other than the extra ears appears perfectly normal.

A man in Austria has created what is thought to be the world’s largest lederhosen. measuring over 15ft long and four yards wide they took two months to make. Tailor Walter Sinnhofer used 77 square yards of cow hide to make the lederhosen which weigh 50kg. He is now waiting for Guinness World Records to officially confirm they are in fact the world’s largest pair.

A two headed calf has recently been born in Egypt. The calf which is normal in every other way has been hailed as a divine miracle. Its two heads are divided centrally meaning that it has two complete sets of eyes and two mouths. The calf is in a stable conditions and is expected to survive but due to the weight of its heads is currently unable to stand.

According to this article performing Shakespeare plays to cows can help them to produce more milk. Researchers have found that Shakespeare’s plays help to relax a dairy herd and boost milk production by as much as 4%. Cows also produce more like when they are played slow music as this has the similar effect of alleviating stress. In an experiment actors from a theatre group entertained cows at the Pleasant Farm near Maidstone. They found that the plays helped to relax the cows although they stick to light hearted comedies rather than tragedies which could have the opposite effect.

This giant burger could be the world’s largest. It took four men twelve hours to cook and weighs an amazing 90kg (200lb). It also contains 120 eggs, 150 slices of cheese, 1.5kg of beetroot, 2.5kg of tomatoes and 2kg of lettuce. The big question, however, is whether you want fries with that?

In one of the more unusual animal stories I have come across recently a Jack Russell was rushed to the vet because he managed to glue his jaws together. The dog named Toby had eaten the morning post and the sticky mess of glue and envelopes had formed a substance similar to papier-mache and glued his jaws shut. His owner found her pet when she returned home and quickly realised he couldn’t open his mouth. He was rushed to the vet and sedated whilst the substance was removed and appears to have suffered no ill effects.

This is probably one of the more unusual stories I have seen recently. It involves a man called Steven Sparks who decided that a trip to a Victorian sewer would be the prefect way to propose to his girlfriend. Whilst it might not be everyone's idea of romance it seems the lady in question was happy to accept and the proposal met with the sweet smell of success. I wonder whether the wedding will be more conventional.

This was the outcome after an incident in Berkshire when a bus driver went under a low bridge. Luckily the driver had just dropped off the bus load of school children he was carrying and was in the bus on his own at the time. It seems the driver who usually drives a smaller bus simply forgot he was driving a double decker. Instead he now has an open top bus.

According to this article a postman in Germany has married his cat. Uwe Mitzscherlich had been told by a vet that his pet Cecilia might not have long to live. In order to show his devotion for his cat he decided to marry her. Officials refused to carry out the ceremony and man and cat eventually had to be married by an actress who played the registrar.

In an unusual break in in New Jersey a burglar has broken into a restaurant simply to cook himself a meal. The incident happened in a restaurant called the Matsu Sushi Grill in Hillsdale, New Jersey. The thief broke in through the exhaust fan in the back wall of the restaurant. He then took some chicken from the freezer and made himself a chicken and rice dish in a frying pan. After eating he left a pile of dishes and a ignored the cash in the cash register. The thief has not been caught but it is thought it might have been a homeless person looking for some food.

A Labrador called Bracken is lucky to be alive after he swallowed a football. The football which measured 12cm became lodged next to the dogs heart and it was only when the  dog developed a cough that he was given an x-ray to determine what was wrong. The ball was successfully removed after an operation and the dog appears to be no worse for wear after his ordeal.

A German man has been jailed for 14 weeks after being stopped at an airport with geckos in his underwear. The man attempted to board a plane in New Zealand with more than 40 geckos and skinks concealed in his underwear. He was convicted of two charges under the Wildlife Act and five under the Trade in Endangered Species Act for taking the creatures from the wild gecko and skink populations.

A German man has been jailed for 14 weeks after being stopped at an airport with geckos in his underwear. The man attempted to board a plane in New Zealand with more than 40 geckos and skinks concealed in his underwear. He was convicted of two charges under the Wildlife Act and five under the Trade in Endangered Species Act for taking the creatures from the wild gecko and skink populations.

If you feel you have a little too much blood and would like a little more beer then this scheme could be for you. Cascade Regional Blood Services in Tacoma, Washington is offering donors a free pint of beer every time they give blood. They are hoping the scheme might encourage more people to donate. Donors have to be over 21 and are given a coupon entitling them a free pint when they donate blood through the scheme. It appears to be having the desired effect with the blood centre saying the scheme has worked so well that it is being expanded.

Staff at a supermarket could have been justified in asking a customer this question when he was spotted behaving strangely. It appeared he was stealing food and had stuffed several sausages down his trousers before trying to walk out the door. He was stopped and searched and the sausages were confiscated. The manager of the supermarket was keen to point out that the sausages had not been returned to sale.

A penguin called Ralph has recently been given a new wetsuit. Usually Humboldt penguins like Ralph gradually lose their feathers to be replaced by a new set. Ralph, however, lost all of his feathers in just one day leaving him at risk of severe sunburn. His wetsuit helps to protect him from the sun and allows him to do all of the things that penguins usually do.

This is one of the more bizarre stories I have come across recently. It suggests that stoned wallabies are responsible for making crop circles in parts of  Tasmania. Apparently the wallabies have been getting into fields of poppies which are being grown for medicine. The problem is that they quickly become intoxicated by the legally grown opium which makes them run around in circles creating the crop circles in the fields. Other animals such as sheep have also been spotted acting unusually in the fields so it appears the effect is not restricted to the kangaroos.

According to this article £300,000 of taxpayers money was spent on research into finding out which kind of water ducks prefer. This hugely important and ground breaking research was carried out by Defra with the aim of making sure that ducks kept on farms are properly treated. During the three year study by Oxford University scientists offered the ducks different types of water including a trough, a pond, a shower and a nipple drinker. It was found that the ducks preferred standing under a shower and that they spent twice as long under the shower as they did in the other water.

It never fails to amaze me the strange places that images of Jesus appear. The latest one has been found on the lid of the jar of Marmite. As you can see from the image it clearly resembles an image of Jesus if you have a vivid imagination. If you don’t then it simply Marmite on a lid. I will let you decide.

According to this article gardeners are increasingly starting to use wallabies as an alternative to lawnmowers. Apparently private orders for wallabies have jumped recently as landowners choose to use them on their land. Traditionally people with large gardens have used sheep to graze their lawns but it appears that wallabies are a friendlier alternative. Wallabies are not cheap at around £150 for a male and £650 for a female but it appears that demand for them is rising with Waveney Wildlife Britain’s biggest private supplier reporting orders doubling in the last five years. If you are looking to keep a wallaby they need about an acre of land and fences at least 5ft high so they cannot escape.

This is slightly unusual, its the story of a woman in Detroit who escaped being shot after a bullet bounced off her bra. The woman was in her house when burglars targeted the house next door. When she looked out of the window to see what was happening a shot was fired. The bullet went through her window and hit her but in lucky escape it was deflected off the wiring in her bra, Although she did sustain some injuries the bra slowed the bullet down and probably saved her life. The local police sergeant said "We need to get some bulletproof vests made from that. It is some strong wire."

A woman in Brazil has survived being shot because she had a wad of cash stuffed into her bra. Ivonete Pereira was travelling on a bus from Salvator to Bahia when two armed robbers tried to hold up the bus. She knew that bus robberies were common so had hidden all of her money inside her bra. When a shootout began between the robbers and police Pereira was hit by a spray bullet but the cash inside her bra has slowed it enough that she was not killed. Instead she was taken to hospital to have the bullet removed. What a lucky escape.

A barman in Norfolk found himself in trouble with his boss after he cooked the pub takings. Luke Woolston, the barman at the Jolly Farmers in Ormesby, Norfolk stored the money inside an oven for safe keeping after he cashed up. Unfortunately he had failed to realise that the oven was switched on and it was only when he smelt burning that he realised he had cooked £1,000 on the pub takings. He later confessed to his boss by text message who took the unusual tactic of simply telling the customers what had happened saying I thought I could handle it in one of two ways - either give him a strong talking to or tell two or three customers, thinking it would be round the village in no time and his life would be hell for two or three weeks. It seems to have worked."

According to this article the number of UFO sightings in Britain has doubled in the past year. A total of 285 unidentified flying objects were reported in 2008 compared to just 135 in 2007.  One was even reported hovering over Parliament on the 12th of February last year. I'm not entirely sure why the amount of sightings should double, perhaps it is down to people wanting to add a bit of excitement to their lives during the difficult economic conditions. Either way, one thing is for sure, if the aliens are looking for signs of intelligent life, then Parliament is the wrong place to look.

Police in Nigeria are holding a goat in connection with an armed robbery. Vigilantes had apprehended the animal which they claim was a criminal who had used black magic to turn himself into a goat. It is claimed that two men tried to steal a Mazda 323 but when pursued by the group of vigilantes one escaped and the other turned into a goat using magic.  Police have been unable to confirm the story but the goat is still in custody pending any evidence that it might have actually started off as a man..

A parrot has been banned from attending football games because of his impression on the referees whistle. The parrots owner Irene Kerrigan has been taking her parrot to watch her local club Hertford Heath for some time. The parrot usually mimic the fans by repeating what they say but his latest trick on mimicking the referees whistle managed to stop the match on several occasions. When the referee realised that it was the parrot he was asked to leave.

One potential burglar in Edinburgh got a shock when he tried to break into a flat and was faced with the Norse god Thor, or at least a male dressed as Thor. The burglar leapt from the first floor window of the flat in order to escape Torvald Alexander who was dressed as Thor for a New Year's party that he was going to. Mr Alexander said the burglar may have been intimidated by his costume.

A suspected drink driver who was being chased by the police ended up running himself over with his own car. The driver was being pursued by state police after a tip off that he might be drunk. The police chased the car which swerved across two lanes of a highway before driving through a ditch and a barbed wire fence. The driver then attempted to put the truck into park but instead put it into reverse. He then fell out of the open door and both of his legs were run over. I think he might have a hard job proving he was sober.

According to this article Mexico will dive out free Viagra and other drugs that enhance sexual performance to impotent men. The idea is simply to make people happy because as the mayor says sexuality "has a lot to do with quality of life and our happiness." The drugs will be available to the men over 70 and will be handed out at special clinics from the 1st of December.

A man has to be taken to hospital after he became stuck to a toilet. Emergency services were called to a public toilet after a man found himself stuck. An ambulance crew were unable to free him so he was taken to hospital still attached to the seat. A doctor used a special chemical to free the man and the toilet was later returned. It appears that someone had left glue on the seat as a prank. 

A passenger on a French train had to be rescued from a train toilet after his arm became stuck. The man became trapped after he tried to fish his mobile phone out of the toilet bowl and his arm got stuck in the suction system. The high speed train was stopped for two hours to allow fireman to cut through the train's pipework. The man was eventually rescued from the train with the toilet still stuck on his arm. The fire brigade then had to saw through the toilet to remove it.

A drunk pony had to be rescued from a swimming pool after he ate too many fermented apples and fell into the water. The pony broke into a garden in Cornwall to get to the fruit trees. He gorged himself on the fermenting apples, getting himself "punch drunk" and then ended up in the swimming pool. The pony was later rescued by a team of firefighters who used a harness to pull him out.

An attempt to break the world record for the world's largest sandwich has failed because onlookers ate it. The 1,500 metre long sandwich was going to be filled with ostrich meat before being displayed in the park in Tehran. As the sandwich was being measured hungry spectators rushed forward and started eating it meaning that the exact length of the sandwich could not be verified for the world record attempt.

Cooks in Iran have assembled what could be the world's largest ostrich sandwich at a food festival in Tehran. 1500 cooks used 1,000kg of ostrich meat to make a 1,500m long sandwich which they hope will be large enough to earn a place in the Guinness Book of Records. It took two days to prepare the enormous sandwich which was created as part of an effort to promote Iran's ostrich farming business.

Romanian police have arrested a horse because they suspected it was drunk. The officers noticed the horse because the cart it was pulling looked out of control. They ran an alcohol test which came back positive and the horse was then arrested. It is thought the horse had been given alcohol before it was sold to make it look stronger and healthier.

This is interesting, it about a herd of elephants that pass through a hotel during their migration. The Mfuwe Lodge in Zambia was built right on the elephants migration route and rather than find another way around the elephants simply walk straight though. The herd of 10 elephants appear every November and take the same route every year to get to their favourite mango trees.

A couple have been killed after a bizarre ritual which was meant to help them give up smoking. The couple died of head injuries after being beaten with broomsticks and motorbike helmets during a family gathering at a home in Kuala Lumpar. According to the family members that were detained, the beating ritual had been suggested by a nephew after the couple said they could not give up smoking. It seems that the nephew convinced the other members of the family to beat each other.

Two robbers had to leave half of their loot behind because they didn't have a big enough car to carry it away. The robbers could have escaped with £1 million when they hijacked a security van full of cash. Unfortunately when it came to fitting the loot in the car they were forced to leave half of it behind in the van. The van was later discovered with half the money still inside.

A women is Australia has been trapped inside her home by a large pig. The pig which is as big as a Shetland Pony won't let Caroline Hayes out of her house. Caroline and other neighbours had been feeding the pig which they named Bruce but he started to become aggressive when hungry. Animal rangers plan to catch him and take him to a piggery.

A confused Swedish woman checked herself in at Stockholm's Arlanda airport after misinterpreting instructions. The 78 year old lady checked in her suitcase and then climbed on the belt after it. She arrived in the baggage handling bay where she was rescued by surprised airport staff. The woman suffered no injuries and managed to get her flight on time. Perhaps this conveyor belt system could be a way of speeding up the check in process.

Police in Bristol who were called out to deal with an escaped alligator might have been relieved to find out that it was simply a toy. Roads were sealed off as they stalked the creature which was hiding in bushes. However, after 30 minutes emergency workers used a camera to zoom in on the reptile and found that it was a harmless stuffed toy.

A burglar was left rather red faced when he was caught by his own shoe lace. The man had smashed his way through a glass window but had then caught his foot. He was left hanging upside down until the homeowner returned. Although he protested he had been trying to stop the burglars the man was arrested and eventually admitted burglary with intent to steal.

A giant inflatable turd broke free of its moorings and brought down a power line when it escaped during a storm. The turd was a piece of modern art created by American artist Paul McCarthy. The work entitled Complex Shit was lifted by a sudden gust of wind during a storm and took off landing 200 yards away. I'm not too sure about the whole modern art thing, it looks like a pile of poo to me.

We all know that you can fined for carrying for carrying an offensive weapon such as a gun, knife or a gobstopper. Ok, maybe you weren't aware that a gobstopper could be considered an offensive weapon. It is apparently in Edinburgh where a man was fined £400 for carrying one in a sock. The man in question was found with a gobstopper the size of a snooker ball and when questioned said he needed it for protection because he had been attacked. Sheriff Kenneth McIver told him that, even though it was not in the same category as a knife or axe, it was capable of inflicting a nasty injury.

Two people in Japan were attacked and robbed by a vicious Winnie the Pooh. Pooh was actually a man called Masayuki Ishikawa who was out with his friends who were dressed as a mouse and a panther. Apparently he took offence to being stared at, approached the couple saying "What are you staring at?" and then robbed them. It later emerged he was wearing the Winne the Pooh costume because he had run out of clean clothes, obviously he has not heard of a washing machine.

When Hector the great dane started drooling and looking unwell, it was obvious there was something wrong with him, so his owner took him to the vet. It was only when, he was given an X-ray, however, that it emerged he has managed to swallow a 63cm stick. The stick was so long that it stretched over two thirds of the dogs body. It was later removed under anaesthetic and Hector appears to be fine despite the sticky situation.

A woman who mistakenly flushed 900 euros down the toilet managed to get it back after sewer workers were able to recover it. The money had been in her back pocket and slipped out into the toilet bowl. Not realising what had happened she flushed the toilet and then realised that the money was gone. She called the council and sewer workers used a mini camera to find the notes. The bank notes were returned to the lady and hung out to dry.

A lady from New York had a surprise when she opened her washing machine to find a 8ft python. The snake had apparently managed to climb up the pipes where it ended up among her washing. She called animal control who took the snake to New York Wild Animal Kingdom where it is recovering from its adventure.

Motorists in Doebriach in Austria had to wait for several hours after camels stopped traffic. The camels had escaped from a nearby circus and ended up wandering along a busy road. An eye witness said "I came out of a bend on the road and suddenly saw a load of camels strolling around. I could hardly believe my eyes."  The camels were eventually rounded up and returned to the circus.

Nasa has appealed to its employees for donations of urine. The urine is needed for space tests on the new Orion space capsule. The testers need 30 litres of urine everyday in order to conduct the tests because as the head of support systems says "you can't make fake urine".