Nadya Vessey lost her legs as a child. She once jokingly told a playmate who asked what happened to her that she was a mermaid. Now years later thanks to the special effects company, Weta Workshop she has a prosthetic mermaid's tail. picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago

To this day I still believe that eating within an hour of going in the pool will cause cramps. I guess that makes me a sucker. A few of these I knew, but the others I was very surprised to learn about not actually being true. picked by bingo 8 months ago

Emily McKenny said she heard a scratching at the side door to her house, looked down and saw the giant reptile's tail. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

An Italian neuroscientist and veterinarians have determined dogs show pleasure by wagging their tails more to the right while negative feelings get a lefty wag. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

Weighing as much as a five-year-old child and with a 5ft-long tail, this giant freshwater stingray might appear to be a monster. picked by cactushair 1 year ago

This is a rarely seen perspective: a video of a U.S. Navy SEAL extraction, it was filmed from inside an CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter...the pilot has lowered the ramp, dipped the tail end into the water to partially flood the compartment and awaits the Navy SEALs to board in their F470 Zodiac. picked by marli 2 years ago

Ben Nyaumbe was attacked by python after standing on its tail. He escaped as a result of biting it, an act that gave him enough freedom to make a phone call for help. picked by pocksucket 8 months ago

It’s not too often you hear about someone calling 911 in the hopes police will go away. picked by arsphidius 10 months ago

A dolphin has had a prosthetic tail fitted after after being injured by a crab trap. (with pix) picked by hogstuff 2 years ago

...caught on camera.
Dolphins have been filmed playing an impromptu game of football... using a jellyfish as an improvised ball.

A team of marine biologists were astonished to see a dolphin swim under a jellyfish and with a quick flick of its tail shoot it out of the water. picked by bingo 2 months ago

I always wanted to know this.

I do know about conspecific sniffing in white tail deer fawns, because my brother made me type his term paper about the topic. But this, this is just different. picked by suebe 2 years ago

Building a loo shaped like a strapping bull's bottom so that people can "Leave it all behind in Bulls" is not something Rangitikei District Council is prepared to fork out for.

It would cost at least $226,000 to build a public toilet where visitors walk up a bull's tail and through his backside to find male toilets in one buttock and females' in the other. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

A man who hit a red fox on a country road near Dover thought he would take the dead animal home, to cut off its tail as a souvenir. But Tommy Fox got quite a surprise Wednesday. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

If you are willing to put on some fake hooves, a tail and spots, Chick-fil-A will give you a free combo meal Friday. Not just a sandwich but the entire meal! The offer is good for breakfast, lunch and dinner. picked by nateebiinature 5 months ago

The Merlion was struck by lightning causing parts of the statue to fall near a group of startled visitors. The 8.6 metre-tall statue has the head of a lion and the body and tail of a fish, and sits at the mouth of the Singapore River near the central business district. picked by bingo 9 months ago

I must admit some of these do scare me ALOT, but most of them are pretty hilarious such as the "pig tail butt plug"
enjoy picked by zhakhmir 1 year ago

A person who tortured, sexually abused and set alight a cat is being hunted by police and the RSPCA. Kate Arnol was forced to put down her beloved cat, Bullet, because of the shocking injuries he suffered after being snatched from near his Berwick home at the weekend. Ms Arnol said the cat was crying in excruciating pain, had a dislocated tail and did not recognise her when she decided to end his ... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

"The kitten has undergone two surgeries and had its tail and the tips of its ears amputated." picked by deepchill 2 years ago

Providing further proof that both the Germans and Chinese are a persistent bunch, a team of workers proceeded to strap the Panamera onto a special pallet, tipped it on its tail and wedged the dark silver metallic sedan into the freight elevator to make the 1,394-foot trek up the world's third-largest building. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Bennie Wint left behind a grieving fiancee and a daughter when he faked his own death in 1989. After his arrest he is annoyed to discover that CNN doesn't pay for interviews with suspected criminals, and his new wife and child are just a bit surprised to hear the news. picked by equinox 10 months ago