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JOKE: the Odd Porpoise

A research group on sea mammals captured a rather odd porpoise on one of its trips. Its peculiarity was that it had feet. After they had photographed and measured the poor thing, they prepared to set it free.

"Wait a minute," said one of the researchers, "Wouldn't it be a kindness if our ship's doctor here were to amputate the feet so that it would be like other porpoises?"

"Not on your life," exclaimed the doctor, "That would be defeeting the porpoise."

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Tattooed/pierced woman 'told to put bag over head by Jobcentre' in England

A woman with 30 tattoos claims she was told to ''put a bag over her head'' when she went for a job interview. Hayley O'Neil, 23, - who also has 20 body piercings - says was also advised to ''stand behind a wall'' when she asked a job centre official what post she could apply for.

She eventually left the Job Centre Plus centre in Blackburn,Lancashire, in tears without any interviews lined up after the advisor concluded: ''Who would hire you looking like that?'' Miss O'Neil, who got her first tattoo from her mother as an 18th birthday present said: ''I just felt so humiliated. I couldn't believe what this guy was saying. I said I could take the piercings out but they look a lot worse when they are out."

"The guy said: 'on first impressions do you think anyone would hire you?' He said: 'look at it this way if you were to stand behind a wall - or put a paper bag over your face do you think you would have a better chance?' He then backtracked and tried to say that he was sorry and hoped I wasn't offended but I was.

"He talked to me as though I was just going through a phase in my life, but this is my lifestyle choice, and this is who I am." However a spokesman for the Department for Work and Pensions denied any inappropriate remarks had been made during the interview, adding "Job Centre Plus offers standard job hunting tips which include dressing appropriately when going for an interview or visiting a potential employer."

Seven Indian Elephants Killed By Freight Train

Seven elephants were killed after being hit by a speeding freight train in India as they attempted to rescue two young ones on the track. Officials in West Bengal said five died instantly and two others later succumbed to their injuries. Another elephant was wounded but survived.

The baby elephants became trapped on the track at Moraghat Tea Garden, near Binnaguri in Jalpaiguri district. The others wandered onto the line in an attempt to free them. The track, which connects New Jalpaiguri to Assam, was closed down for several hours after the collision, as other elephants were guarding the dead and injured animals.

Forest officials say that speeding trains regularly hit elephants in the area as the track crosses the elephants' known route. They say they have asked railway officials to reduce the speed limit in the area to prevent such incidents occuring.

Three months ago, an elephant was killed nearby in a similar accident. Trains have killed 118 elephants in India since 1987, according to the Wildlife Trust of India.

Woman kills rabid fox with bare hands

A woman in Eastern Pennsylvania had to think fast after being attacked by a fox. Rachel Cohen went to a friend's house so the two of them could go for a walk. A fox emerged from a drain spout, and the animal immediately started trying to bite Cohen's ankles.

Not only did Cohen need to defend herself, but she also wanted to kill it. "I was just focused on, 'Must, must keep the animal so they can test it for rabies,' and, you know, obviously, you don't keep a wild animal. It had to be dead," said Cohen.

"It felt like a life-and-death battle with the forces of good and evil," added witness Karen de Balbian Verster. Cohen eventually smothered the fox with a plastic bag.

The Pennsylvania Game Commission says the fox tested positive for rabies, and Cohen is now getting rabies shots. She was not bitten during the attack, but she did get scratched.

Angler catches and is bitten by fish with ... human teeth?

After reeling in what he assumed was a catfish or a carp during a recent night-fishing expedition on South Carolina's Lake Wylie, the angler reached down to grab his prize and it chomped down on his thumb.

Yarborough realized then that it was no catfish or carp, but an odd-looking denizen that clearly did not belong anywhere near Lake Wylie.

But that's not the creepy part. The fish brandished teeth resembling those of a human. They looked like an older man's dentures, but were yellowish, as if from a person who never brushed.

"They looked as though the fish had chewed tobacco all its life," said Robert Stroud, a fisheries biologist for the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.

Yarborough, presumably after washing his hands and disinfecting the molar-like imprint on his thumb, delivered the 5-pound, 19-inch specimen to the DNR and it was identified as a type of pacu, whose habitat is the Amazon River basin in South America.

Stroud said the teeth of a pacu sometimes grind down to where they resemble molars. According to lore, he added, some Amazonian tribesmen used to wear sets of pacu teeth around their necks, as if they were wearing human teeth, to intimidate enemies.

Pacus are popular among aquarium keepers and Stroud believes the fish Yarborough caught had been an aquarium pet that grew too large for its tank and was set free in Lake Wylie, which straddles the Carolinas.

The biologist stressed that dumping non-native fish from aquariums into lakes is illegal and ecologically harmful. Other exotic species caught in Lake Wylie have included a red oscar and a voracious snakefish.

Yarborough, 40, who lives in Clover, is proud of his pacu catch and said during an interview this week that the fish is in his freezer but will soon be delivered to the local taxidermist.

"Even before I knew what it was, I knew I was going to have it mounted," he said.

JOKE: The Horse Don't Look So Good

A rich man's daughter wanted a white horse for her birthday gift. He saw a poor man with a beautiful white stallion and asked to buy it. "I'll give you $500 for that horse," he said.

The poor man replied, "I don't know, mister; it don't look so good."

The rich man searched everywhere, but couldn't find a horse as fine, so he found the same man and this time offered him $1,000 for his horse. The poor man said, "I don't know, mister; it don't look so good."

On the day before his daughter's birthday, the rich man was desperate. "I'll give you $2,000 for that horse," he begged. The poor man needed the money, so he agreed, and the rich man took his horse home. His daughter absolutely loved her present. She leapt onto the horse and took off at a gallop... right into a tree! The rich man found the poor man and demanded an explanation for the horse's blindness.

The poor man replied, "Remember? I told you it don't look so good!"

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Woman says flying fish almost killed her

It's a fish tale that Jennifer Herrin of Nesbit, Mississippi admits may sound almost unbelievable. Herrin said, "It was unbelievable. It was like fish, fish! People wouldn't believe a fish could do that to you." She and her family were at Tunica Lake inner-tubing behind a boat when the unthinkable happened.

Herrin said, "All of a sudden we got to one area of the lake when hundreds of fish started jumping out the water everywhere." In what seemed like a scene from a horror movie, hundreds of Asian Carp went on the attack damaging the family's boat and hitting Herrin. Herrin said, "I remember going under water and trying to get back to the top to get a breath and I couldn't get to the top. The fish kept me under water and I remember thinking this is it. This is my last breath."

It was also frightening for her husband and son. Herrin said, "He was screaming to his son I don't see her. I don't see her and finally the fish moved and my life jacket floated to the top of the water and they spotted my life jacket." Her husband jumped in to save her because she wasn't breathing and her collarbone was broken. Herrin said, "The action of him swimming and his arm going up against his stomach so hard pushed some of the water out and started choking and started spitting water back up and actually came back to."

Jennifer Herrin says she won't ever get back into the water again at Tunica Lake and warns others to be careful. Herrin said, "I wouldn't swim. I wouldn't tube or ski and if you're out there just be very, very cautious." Herrin also says she hopes the Mississippi Wildlife and Fishery agency will eventually place warning signs at Tunica Lake to let people know what might be in the water.