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Everybody loves a good, touching animal story and we at Oddee are no exceptions. We’ve covered a whole bunch of them earlier, from a runaway chicken to a grocery-delivering dog. But it’s not often that you come across a story that makes you feel this good. A Utah woman has just been reunited with her …
Continue reading “Microchip Brings Utah Cat Home To Her Owner After 10 Years”
Both scientists and everyday Joes have suggested many more or less creative solutions to tackle climate change over the years. The suggestions have ranged from eating babies to keeping worms in your kitchen. Unfortunately, no silver bullet solution has been found and many people are starting to get seriously worried. Some large companies have also …
Continue reading “Burger King Tackles Climate Change By Cutting Down On Cow Farts”
After drifting into Lake Ontario, three people were rescued in what was considered a “very unique rescue” early Wednesday morning. The Hamilton Police found them on a big pink flamingo. The three adults, self-described as family, had launched from Pier 4 around 10 p.m. The police said they had an air horn and oars, but …
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In a short cul-du-sac in North Oakland, a beautiful but unusual blue-and-green-feathered neighbor made himself at home. Sir peacock moved into a yard and made it his. His name is Bruce… or Paco, or Peter, or Pierre, or Abraham, depending on who you talk to. It would seem it’s hard to pick out a name …
Continue reading “Peacock Screaming Leads to a Divide in Oakland Neighborhood”
New England gardeners and farmers are buckling under a not-quite-biblical but still irritating plague. A chittering horde is taking over the northeastern states, digging up plants and destroying flower beds. It’s chipmunks! The critters’ population has exploded this summer due to favorable food conditions and they’re unleashing their wrath upon New England gardens. The region …
Continue reading “Chipmunk Invasion Drives New England Gardeners Nuts”
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to find an actual buried treasure? Just like those that the pirates in Hollywood swashbuckling blockbusters bury all over the place? Thanks to a jeweler from Michigan, you now have a chance to do just that. And out of all things, you can thank the coronavirus …
As the old saying goes, kids will do the darndest things. But using a global health crisis as a cover to get your booze on is pretty scummy even by those standards. It has been difficult enough to get people to wear masks in the face of the raging COVID-19 pandemic. But now that stores …
Continue reading “Teens Dress Up As Corona-masked Grannies To Buy Booze”
We hope you’ve eaten already, because this will get gross. A Japanese woman recently found herself living in a real-life horror story after having a meal of sashimi. The Japanese delicacies of sushi and sashimi have absolutely exploded in popularity worldwide over the past couple of decades. While once a niche dish for the adventurous, …
Continue reading “Wriggling Worm Wrangled Out Of Woman’s Throat After Sushi Meal”
It’s the time of your life, again, for Dirty Dancing fans that is. Visitors have frequented this famous site at the Mountain Lake Lodge in Pembroke VA to see the spot where Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze) and dance partner Baby (Jennifer Grey) were practicing lifts, but were greeted with a dry bed, where the lake …
Continue reading “12 Years Later, and the ‘Dirty Dancing’ Lake is Filled Again”
Sharks are often considered ferocious man-eating apex predators of the sea. While their infamy is actually mostly unwarranted, stories and movies of shark attacks have cemented their reputation in our collective subconscious. At least we can all breathe a sigh of relief with the fact that sharks are confined to the seas. On hard, dry …
Continue reading “Scientists Discover Four New Sharks That Walk On Land”