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I found this article about the world’s most expensive desserts. The most expensive one is $14,500 and contains an 80-carat aquamarine gem that rests on a sliver of chocolate. I think the Valrhona Chocolate Sphere looks the most tasty. At a more palatable $48 Warm chocolate sauce is poured over a very thin chocolate shell, causing the sphere to implode, which reveals luscious raspberries and layers of chocolate inside.

OK, it’s not a real sheep. This giant sheep has been created in a field in Basingstoke. The sheep which is visible from the M3 is part of a campaign to promote British Lamb. Police are currently investigating whether the sheep is causing a dangerous distraction to drivers.

A cattle rancher spent seven days in a tree after he wandered into a crocodile swamp. The rancher fell from his horse and injured himself. He decided to climb back on the horse hoping it would take him home, but instead he ended up surrounded by crocodiles. He climbed a tree and spent six nights surviving on two meat sandwiches. He was later rescued by helicopter.

Oliver the monkey has a history of escaping. Oliver lives at the Tupelo Buffalo Park and Zoo in Mississippi but obviously craves his freedom because he keeps getting out. Oliver has managed to pick the locks of his cage and has managed to break out of his cage twice this month. His cage has now been triple secured with extra chains and locks.

A man who was feeding his horses was confronted with a 5ft rattlesnake. After pinning it down and cutting off its head with a shovel Mr Anderson could have been forgiven for thinking it was dead. The head was completely severed from the body, but even so when Mr Anderson bent down to pick up the severed head it managed to bite him.

I read this article about mummified birds that have been displayed in a textile factory for around a century. There are three ibises and five falcons. The birds will now be displayed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Animals were often mummified because of their symbolic association with certain Gods.

Swimmers in Sandgate have been warned to be careful around a dolphin. The dolphin tolerates being patted on the head and will play with swimmers, but it is a wild dolphin and could be unpredictable. He has already been known to try and stop swimmers leaving the water when the games have finished and there are fears that he could even injure a person.

A man who found a Christ-like image in a piece of concrete has sold it on Ebay for £500. The image was caused by a smudge of sealant and to me just looks like a smudge of sealant. It’s interesting the places these “divine” images pop up.

Is it Christ? You Decide