An Ohio man has been charged with a misdemeanor for barking at a police dog.

It happened in the Cincinnati suburb of Mason – the police report says 25-year-old Ryan James Stephens is charged with teasing the K-9, which was in a patrol car.

Officer Bradley Walker wrote that while he investigated a car crash at a pub early Sunday morning, he heard the police dog barking uncontrollably inside his car. Allegedly, Stephens – the “animal impersonator” – was making barking noises and hissing at the real thing.

Walker reported that when he asked the barking Mr. Stephens why he was harassing the canine, he said “the dog started it.” The officer also said Stephens appeared highly intoxicated (which is actually reassuring in this case).

He’s due in municipal court on April 21.

No word whether he’ll be in handcuffs…or on a leash.

Source: CBS News

Via WISH TV:

HAMILTON COUNTY (WISH) – A pet monkey went berserk Wednesday morning injuring two people and prompting a family to barricade themselves in a Hamilton County home.

Hamilton County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to a home in the 2900 block of East 276th Street after Eujo, the Patas monkey, got out of his cage.

Deputies called in animal control officer Tom Rogers who was finally able to wrangle the monkey.

The two injured people are said to have minor injuries.

The Patas monkey is said to be one of the fastest primates; it can reach speeds of 34 mph.

A few days ago it was Jungle Cats in Indiana. Today it’s a pet monkey. Seriously people, what are you thinking with your exotic pets?  I know what I’m thinking…I’m thinking that’s kind of funny and want to see a video.  You have fun with your monkey.  I’ll stick with my Zhu Zhu Pets.

Via WTHR:

Goshen, Ind. – The Indiana Department of Natural Resources believes a hybrid of a rare tropical jungle cat is living in a vacant lot in Goshen.

DNR spokesman Phil Bloom says an Indiana conservation officer went to investigate Wednesday after a neighbor spotted an unusually large cat living there. Bloom says experts looked at photos of the cat and believe it is a hybrid of an ocelot, which are native to South America.

Bloom says there is an online market for ocelot hybrids, which is an ocelot crossed with another kind of cat.

More crazy people with exotic pets are trying to kill us all.

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An urban myth has been proven as real in Florida, USA, where it’s raining iguanas…

Temperatures in normally balmy Florida state are so low that freezing iguanas are falling from the trees.

The warm, humid climes are perfect for cold-blooded reptiles but a prolonged cold snap means they’re plummeting to earth.

When temperatures fall below around 5C, iguanas go into a comatose state with very little blood flowing around their bodies. As their grip loosens, the creatures fall..

While they look dead, they usually revive when temperatures rise – although they can die if it remains cold for three days or more.

Iguanas are considered pests by many Florida residents as they are not native to the area. They were introduced from South America when careless pet owners released them.

Some think this is the perfect time to severely reduce their numbers. One Florida man said: “I knew of a gentleman who was collecting them all in the street and throwing them in the back of his station wagon. “All of a sudden as he’s driving along these things are waking up, crawling on his back and almost caused a wreck.”

Source: asylum.co.uk

Via Telegraph:

“I woke up and heard a strange scratching sound. I turned on the light and saw this monster working its way along the wall using his claw,” said Mrs Duan of Suining, southwest China.

You’ve got to go to their site to see the picture. This is a bit out there even for me.

Via the Indy Star:

Giving food or water to feral cats that have not been spayed or neutered is now illegal in Terre Haute.

The new ordinance also increases the city license fee for an unsterilized cat or dog to $100, up from the current $25. Licenses for pets that have been spayed or neutered will cost $5.

So let me get this right. You’re supposed to know if a feral cat has been spayed or neutered just by looking at it? And they really desire to eliminate all cats and dogs? I’m not fond of cats and dogs, but that sounds outright crazy to me.

Via the Indy Star:

Dean Asbury was fishing with his father Sunday night near the Harrison Bridge in Lafayette (Indiana), looking for catfish, when Asbury pulled a piranha from the fishing hole.

The 21-year-old Lafayette man said he had no idea what kind of fish it was at first.

“My dad actually stuck his thumb in its mouth, because we didn’t know what it was,” Asbury said. “It bit down on him and he said, ‘It’s got teeth.’ ”

Maybe piranha’s are attracted by the stench of the Wabash River? Or maybe it was a prank on Purdue by those pesky IU kids?

Via Yahoo!:

Researchers in Texas are trying an unusual approach to combat fire ants — deploying parasitic flies that turn the pesky and economically costly insects into zombies whose heads fall off.

Read full story.

This is, ugh, interesting. I never knew you could harness “fly power”.

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Interesting…

BUGA, Colombia — A chicken in Colombia was born with the webbed feet of a duck.

Read the story and see the photo.