Weird News

Rat chips prove unpopular in Russia

Three Russian men are demanding about $2 million in damages after finding a rotting rat corpse in a bag of chips.
Moscow Sanitary Centre officials said the unnamed men discovered the dead rat at the bottom of the bag after eating just a couple of the chips.
“They realized something was wrong because of the revolting smell in the packet and the strange taste,” a spokesman for the center said.
“It appears the rat had been cooked and processed along with the potatoes,” he added. “It was seasoned and spiced just like the [chips].”

Blazing heart destroys home, relationship

An Austrian’s scheme to impress his girlfriend backfired after a giant heart made out of lit candles destroyed his apartment .
Hannes Pisek, 20, used 220 candles to make the huge heart on the floor of the apartment.
He then lit them and went to retrieve his girlfriend from work. Upon returning, they found the place in flames.
The girlfriend dumped him and has moved back in with her parents.

When pigs glow

Taiwanese scientists have used jellyfish genes to create pigs that glow in the dark.
The scientists claim the process was undertaken to help research of stem cell treatments for disease.
“There are partially fluorescent green pigs elsewhere,” said Wu Shinn-Chih, assistant professor of animal science at the National Taiwan University.
“But ours are the only ones in the world that are green from inside out. Even their hearts and internal organs are green.”
Professor Wu said the fluorescent cells would show up during stem cell treatment of diseased organs, allowing doctors to observe the healing progress.
“We hope it can help with future stem cell research by cutting down on the time researchers expend,” he said.

Snake refuses to eat furry friend

A hamster in Tokyo named “Gohan” went from being a snake’s dinner to being its best friend.
The rat snake was given the hamster, who’s name means “meal” in Japanese, after the snake refused to eat frozen mice.
The animals have been sharing the cage ever since, zookeepers say.
The snake shows no signs of trying to eat the cage mate for dinner. The hamster even climbs onto the snake’s back to take naps.

– Compiled from wire reports