Indian Tiger Park “Has No Tigers”
“State Minister of Forests Rajendra Shukla said that the reserve, which three years ago had 24 tigers, no longer had any.”
Ouch.
Japanese Fishermen Brace for Giant Jellyfish
And HUGE fuckers they are, too. (The jellyfish, not the Japanese fishermen.)
It’s Calamari time!
Provided it’s not Humanari time… 
Squid prefer their dinner raw, they know deep fried food is bad for their cholesterol levels. Squid are very health conscious, you know.
It’s shoes and luggage time!
I dunno, man, this shit gets expensive.
The first elephant birth in Australia occurred Monday, in Sydney’s Taronga Zoo. Story here. Named Luk Chai, which is Thai for “male child,” in honor of his Thai heritage. The mother is a former Bangkok street elephant.
Oops! Slight correction: It was named on Monday. The birth occurred on July 4.
Outstanding.
“Mallard ducks have a gestation period of about 28 days. So, when the Country Club of Decatur’s mallard member, Dolly, appeared to be protectively nesting an egg for over six weeks, Mark Miller became curious. The mystery was solved when Miller, the club’s executive chef, finally got a peek of her beloved “baby” - a Titleist 3 golf ball.”
What do you call an elephant with three legs?
Chhouk is the somewhat disappointing and unpronounceable answer.
That’s similar to a case in Thailand some years ago. A Thai elephant that had been taken across into Burma to work logging stepped on a landmine. They got the poor beast to limp all the way back to Thailand, but then they transported her to the Elephant Hospital up North and fitted her with a prosthesis.
A South Carolina man has been charged – for the second time! – with having sex with a horse. Story here.
“The horse is being treated for infections related to the incidents.” That reminds me of the old joke about the chihuahua screwing the elephant, and a coconut falls off a tree, hits the elephant on the head, making the elephant yell: “Ow!” And the Chihuahua, humping away, says: “Suffer, bitch!”
For some reason, I’m thinking of the “How Close Were You to the Person You Lost Your Virginty to” thread.