Weird But True

Weird but true

Talk about pulling a rabbit out of your hat!

The parking lots at Denver International Airport are being besieged by bunnies chewing on car wiring.

Officials are putting in better fences and building perches for predators like eagles.

And get a whiff of this! Mechanics suggest coating the wires with fox or coyote urine available at hunting-supply outlets.

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There’s no neigh-saying this.

Mariska, a horse in Michigan, has figured out how to open the latches of her stall door and those of other horses at Misty Meadow Farms so well that her owners have dubbed the Friesian equine the “Houdini Horse.’’

A home video of her picking locks on YouTube has been viewed more than 700,000 times so far.

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“Dear John’’ letters have gone high-tech.

A guy’s gal pal paid for a digital-billboard ad in England to dump him.

“Dan, I’m leaving you for Gary. Your clothes are at your mum’s & I’ve changed the locks. Sorry to do this on Valentine’s Day. Laura.’’

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Japanese keepers at an aquarium in Kobe are going high-tech to help Yu, a disabled loggerhead turtle whose front flippers were shredded in a clash with a shark five years ago.

Aquarium director Naoki Kamezaki hopes that one day Yu will be able to “use her prosthetic fins to swim to the surface, walk about and dig a proper hole to lay her eggs in.’’

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No, it’s not Christmas but in Norway you’ll be able to catch 12 straight hours of a burning fireplace on public TV, along with commentary by firewood experts.

“We’ll talk about the very nerdy subjects like burning, slicing and stacking the wood, but we’ll also have cultural segments with music and poems,’’ said one of the producers.

“It will be very slow but noble television.’’