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Cat Divorce: Israeli Man Divorces Wife Over Her 550 Cats
Offbeat  (tags: crazy cat lady, over 550 cats, husband, divorced, pets, bizarre )

BarbCat
- 1 day ago - huffingtonpost.com
Talk about one crazy cat lady. A man from southern Israel is divorcing his wife because she adopted 550 pet cats, the Times of Israel reported Wednesday.
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Man With Zebra, Parrot in Front Seat Charged With DUI
Offbeat  (tags: animals, off-beat, humans, bizarre )

Cal
- 3 days ago - abcnews.go.com
Police in Dubuque, Iowa, responded to an unusual call this week: reports of a zebra and a parrot in the front seat of a truck parked outside a bar. The striped animal and his fine feathered friend were there to keep their owner company, but weren't allowe
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This Is One Way To Get Your Cats Inside (FUNNY VIDEO)
Offbeat  (tags: cats, elevator, Russia, youtube, funny, animals, bizarre, interesting, off-beat, odd, pets, humor, unusual )

Lindsey
- 15 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
For anyone who's ever wondered whether there's a better way to get their cats inside the house in time for dinner, consider this trick posted to YouTube by user ignoramusky. These are some smart kitties!
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China Sees Red as Ferrari Damages Ancient Wall
Offbeat  (tags: bizarre, China, ancient wall, Ferrari, performance, unusual )

Rosemary
- 16 days ago - ca.news.yahoo.com
Chinese citizens are up in arms after a Ferrari sports car left tyre tracks atop Nanjing's ancient city wall, possibly permanently damaging the protected landmark. China's outspoken netizens heaped criticism on the Italian automaker after a domestic ..
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Marked Turtle Found After 47 Years
Offbeat  (tags: animals, bizarre, humans, off-beat, odd, interesting, world, unusual, wildlife, goodnews )

Dianne Ly
- 20 days ago - latimes.com
The year 1965 was also when a 13-year-old boy in Pennsylvania found a box turtle, carved his initials and the year into its rock-hard shell, and then let the creature go.
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Onion: Obama Approval Rating Plunges After Shocking Photos Surface
Offbeat  (tags: bizarre, food, humor, off-beat, unusual, odd, funny )

Kevin
- 20 days ago - littlegreenfootballs.com
Oh God! The worse video yet of the Kenyan/voodoo witch doctor/nazi/communist/fascist/whatever, eating a sloppy sandwich! Be sure to bleach your eyeballs after viewing, if you're a tea party/hill billy/racist/troglodite!
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Widow To Recieve 5 Exotic Animals From Ohio Zoo
Offbeat  (tags: Zanesville, widow, animals, exotic pets, zoo, Ohio, wildlife, unusual, pets, odd, off-beat, bizarre, news, humans, ethics )

Lindsey
- 22 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
This just pisses me off. I cannot believe it. So much for stopping people from keeping exotic animals as pets.
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First Ever Adult All-White Orca Sighted in the Wild. (VIDEO)
Offbeat  (tags: white, orca, wild, unusual, wildlife, bizarre, interesting, news, off-beat, odd, pictures, pets, photos, environment )

Lindsey
- 27 days ago - wptv.com
The world's only known all-white male killer whale has been spotted in the Pacific Ocean off Russia, scientists announced Monday. The orca, dubbed "Iceberg" by the scientists, was spotted swimming with a pod of 12 others. Iceberg has a 6.5-foot-high...
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Puggle Works Out Without Breaking A Sweat (Funny VIDEO)   video
Offbeat  (tags: pug, beagle, puggle, funny, video, work out, treadmill, cute, pets, interesting, bizarre, unusual )

Lindsey
- 29 days ago - youtube.com
This is one of the most bizarre/funny things I have ever seen. I just had to share it. :) A puggle (pug and beagle mix) side-steps on a treadmill with ease.
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Frog Sitting On A Bench Like A Human (FUNNY VIDEO)
Offbeat  (tags: frog, sitting, human, funny, weird, bizarre, unusual, wildlife, funny, animals, odd, off-beat )

Lindsey
- 31 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
The video of this bullfrog sitting on a bench like a human has become one of the most shared and viewed videos on YouTube in recent days, perhaps because ... well, because, just look at this thing.
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Woman Is Reunited With Her Lost Dog After Seeing Him On NBC's "TODAY"
Offbeat  (tags: lost, pet, dog, NBC, Today Show, animals, bizarre, interesting, odd, off-beat, protection, unusual, pets, goodnews )

Lindsey
- 32 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
A woman was reunited with her lost dog last week after spotting him on a segment of NBC's "TODAY," NBC New York reports. Ruth Torres from the Bronx, N.Y., last saw her beloved Irish Wolfhound, Dusty, three weeks ago when her brother took her dog home..
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Amazing X-Ray Close-Up Pictures Of Deep Sea Fish (PHOTOS)
Offbeat  (tags: x-ray, fish, skeleton, interesting, Smithsonian, exhibit, animals, bizarre, odd, off-beat, unusual, wildlife )

Lindsey
- 38 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
The deep sea's real-life monsters are getting close-up time in the spotlight in a traveling Smithsonian exhibit called "X-Ray Vision: Fish Inside Out," the striking X-Ray images aallow scientists to "study the skeleton of a fish without dissecting them."
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Crafty Cat Crosses Creek Without Getting Wet (VIDEO)
Offbeat  (tags: cat, creek, video, funny, smart, interesting, odd, off-beat, unusual, bizarre, animals, pets )

Lindsey
- 39 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
This is so awesome!! I love this cat because he is smart, but is still makes a really funny video! You just have to watch this cat for yourself.
28 comments
Mysterious Object Fell From Sky
Offbeat  (tags: unusual, Connecticut, science, interesting, bizarre, mystery, investigation, object, ocean, green, glowing, alien, police, Litchfield )

Mari
- 42 days ago - news.yahoo.com
Authorities in northwestern Connecticut say they didn't find anything after a state trooper and another person reported a large object falling out of the sky in Litchfield.
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Frozen Baby Mammoth Goes On Display In Hong Kong (PHOTOS)
Offbeat  (tags: frozen, baby mammoth, wooly mammoth, bizarre, interesting, off-beat, odd, unusual, wildlife, photos, pictures )

Lindsey
- 44 days ago - huffingtonpost.com
Meet Lyuba, the world's best-preserved baby mammoth. Discovered in 2007 by a reindeer herder in the Siberian permafrost of the remote Yamal Peninsula, the mummified fossil of a one-month-old mammoth is more than 42,000 years old.
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