This is interesting its a new take on the idea of a shark tank but as you see includes crocodiles instead. It’s a new attraction which has opened in   Crocosaurus Cove park in Darwin, Australia. Visitors are able to get a close look at the crocodiles from inside a five inch thick Perspex box. The 10ft box in lowered into the water and chunks of meat are attached to the bottom to attract the crocodiles. The cage has undergone extensive safety testing but the fact that is has been nicknamed the Cage of Death would put me off a little bit.

According to this article this is the worlds largest barbecue. It is big enough to cook seven whole lambs, three pigs or two cows at the same time or alternatively 1,00 sausages or 500 burgers. It has been designed by Jack Henriques who spent three months creating it. It requires 14 bags of coal to light it. The BBQ which was commissioned by a wedding venue takes three chefs to run it.

Airport officials at Suvarnabhumi Airport in Thailand were surprised when they found a drugged tiger cub inside a suitcase. The cub which as first glance looks like a stuffed toy was found in a woman's suitcase. It is thought she was trying to smuggle the animal into Iran. The tiger was suffering from exhaustion and dehydration after its ordeal but it appears to be recovering well. The woman is likely to face up to four years in prison and a large fine for wildlife smuggling charges.

This is unusual its an incident where a swarm of bees covered a police car. The policeman was trapped inside as the 50,000 bees covered the car. The policeman had arrived at a truck crash to find it contained 60 boxes of honey bees. He called in a swat team of beekeepers who managed to calm the bees using smoke and collect them.

If this article is to be believed a man has created a whisky made from urine. The whisky is made using the high sugar urine produced by diabetes patients. The urine is filtered using the same processes which are used to purify water. This removes the sugars which are used in the fermentation process. The whisky is not available commercially but if do you want to try some tasting opportunities are available at the Materials design event in London in September.

According to this article a man has decided he will tweet the entire bible. Chris Juby intends to publish the entire bible on Twitter. He will do it by condensing one chapter a day into a tweet of less than 140 characters. The project is likely to take him around three years to complete. You can follow him here if you are interested.

A fisherman in the Ukraine got a surprise when upon catching a fish a large frog jumped into his net and swallowed it. He managed to get this picture of the frog but was unable to save his fish.

This is an unusual story, its a case where a man was found to have a pea growing inside his lung. When Ron Svedenwas was rushed to hospital with breathing problems an X-ray showed up what looked like a growth on his lung. However, when it was later removed it turned out to be a garden pea rather than a cancerous growth as was first thought. It seems the pea simply went down the wrong way and ended up in his lung. What is surprising is that the pea had started to grow and had spouted a plant about 1.25cm in size.

This cute little guy is Luntik. He is unusual because he has an extra pair of ears in front of his regular ones. The ears don’t have any canals so unfortunately the cat is not blessed with super hearing but it does make him look a little unusual. The cat was pictured at a service station in Russia and other than the extra ears appears perfectly normal.

This was the scene that greeted a homeowner when they were awakened by a splashing noise in their garden. It is thought the fox cub has fallen into the pool during the night and being unable to get out has taken refuge on the lilo. Mr Barnes managed to help the fox cub out with the use of a pole and although it was exhausted it is thought it has made a full recovery.

If this article is to be believed then dog owners in Australia will be able to take their pets out for dinner. A restaurant for dogs has recently opened in Sydney. Called Chew Chew it provides a variety of meals aimed at your canine companion. It features dishes such as beef steak with mushrooms, chicken wings, fish soup and lamb bones. Coffee is available for the dog owners and the dogs drinks are served with a sprinkling of dried liver treats. Products are also available to order online for those that live further away from the restaurant.

According to this article a woman in Taiwan managed to catch four million mosquitoes in just one month. She was competing in a competition organised by trap makers Imbictus to see who could catch the most of the critters. Huang Yu-yen managed to catch 1.5kg of mosquitoes beating her 72 rivals to win the $3,000 prize. Imbictus have now sent an application to Guinness World Records asking Huang to be recognised as the world’s leading killer of the pest.

A man in Austria has created what is thought to be the world’s largest lederhosen. measuring over 15ft long and four yards wide they took two months to make. Tailor Walter Sinnhofer used 77 square yards of cow hide to make the lederhosen which weigh 50kg. He is now waiting for Guinness World Records to officially confirm they are in fact the world’s largest pair.

If this article is to be believed more and more women are having surgery on their feet just so that they can fit into the latest designer shoes. It seems that if your toes are too long for the latest fashions then the thing to do is simply change your toes. The trend appears to have started in the US where clinics provide procedures to remove bunions, trim toes that are too long and provide feet with extra cushioning to make wearing heels more comfortable. There are even treatments to curb excessive foot sweating in order to prevent fungal growth. It all sounds a little extreme to me, I don’t like my toes very much but I don’t fancy having them shortened either.

This is interesting its a new beer from BrewDog that comes in bottles made out of dead animals. The beer itself is called The End of History and is a rather strong 55% proof. What makes it unusual, however, is not only that it claims to be the worlds strongest and most expensive at £500 a bottle but also the bottle that it comes in. The bottles are made using seven types of animals including stoats, four squirrels and a hare which are said to be roadkill. The marketing stunt has been condemned as a perverse idea by some but is supposed to introduce people to a new approach new beer.

According to this article Norfolk has recently hosted the 25th world snail racing championships. This years race was won by a snail called Sidney who beat 200 competitors to take the title. The snail managed an impressive time of three minutes and 41 seconds to win a silver tankard filled with lettuce. The race takes place on a table top with the snails being placed in the centre of a circle. The winner is the snail that reaches the outer circle first. The world record time for completing the course of is currently 2 minutes and was set by a snail called Archie in 1995.

I came across this article which mentions an event I was unaware existed. The World Pea Shooting Championships is it seems held in Ely near Cambridgeshire. The competition which has been running since 1971 was created by a local teacher after he confiscated pea shooters from some pupils. This years winner was local man Ian Ashmeade who managed to improve on this previous attempt last year when he only managed the runner up position.

Jesus tends to appear in some unusual places, he has been spotted on Marmite lids  and frying pans in the past. Now he has made an appearance on Google Earth as you can see if you look at the picture to the left, or perhaps not… Personally I remain unconvinced so I will leave you to make up your own mind as to whether this is a divine image.

It would probably take me about 10 minutes to eat just one hot dog so I was amazed to come across this article about a man called Joey Chestnut. He is apparently the world’s greatest professional eater and has recently won America’s most prestigious hot dog eating contest for the fourth consecutive time. In order to take this years title he managed to eat 54 hot dogs in just 10 minutes with his nearest rival managing only 45 in the same time. He was, however, disappointed at the result as he hopes to break his personal best of 68 and claim a new world record. I guess he will have to try again next year.

A two headed calf has recently been born in Egypt. The calf which is normal in every other way has been hailed as a divine miracle. Its two heads are divided centrally meaning that it has two complete sets of eyes and two mouths. The calf is in a stable conditions and is expected to survive but due to the weight of its heads is currently unable to stand.

According to this article performing Shakespeare plays to cows can help them to produce more milk. Researchers have found that Shakespeare’s plays help to relax a dairy herd and boost milk production by as much as 4%. Cows also produce more like when they are played slow music as this has the similar effect of alleviating stress. In an experiment actors from a theatre group entertained cows at the Pleasant Farm near Maidstone. They found that the plays helped to relax the cows although they stick to light hearted comedies rather than tragedies which could have the opposite effect.

This giant burger could be the world’s largest. It took four men twelve hours to cook and weighs an amazing 90kg (200lb). It also contains 120 eggs, 150 slices of cheese, 1.5kg of beetroot, 2.5kg of tomatoes and 2kg of lettuce. The big question, however, is whether you want fries with that?

In one of the more unusual animal stories I have come across recently a Jack Russell was rushed to the vet because he managed to glue his jaws together. The dog named Toby had eaten the morning post and the sticky mess of glue and envelopes had formed a substance similar to papier-mache and glued his jaws shut. His owner found her pet when she returned home and quickly realised he couldn’t open his mouth. He was rushed to the vet and sedated whilst the substance was removed and appears to have suffered no ill effects.

This is probably one of the more unusual stories I have seen recently. It involves a man called Steven Sparks who decided that a trip to a Victorian sewer would be the prefect way to propose to his girlfriend. Whilst it might not be everyone's idea of romance it seems the lady in question was happy to accept and the proposal met with the sweet smell of success. I wonder whether the wedding will be more conventional.

An England fan is trying to create the world’s largest football shirt. Justin Walley has been appealing to fans, players and clubs to donate football shirts which will all be stitched together to form one giant shirt. So far he has sewn together over 600 shirts but he is still appealing for more.

Parrots in Australia have been falling out of trees with symptoms similar to drunkenness. Birds have been struck down with a mystery illness. They show signs similar to human drunkenness, losing all coordination before passing out. They then cower in their cages when they wake up and recover. The problem appears to be seasonal with most of the lorikeets recovering within a few weeks and falling ill again the same time the following year. So far nobody is sure what is causing the mystery illness although it is thought it might be down to a plant that they are eating.

This giant cheese crown has been created by chef Tanys Pullin. She spent around 90 hours crafting the crown out of a 1,322lb block of Farmhouse Cheddar. The crown which was created to mark the anniversary of the Queens Coronation is thought to have broken the world record for the largest cheese sculpture although this is yet to be confirmed.

According to this article this could be the world’s longest sausage. Measuring 2,022 metres long it has been created for the 22nd annual sausage festival in Turija in Serbia-Montenegro. Local people are now awaiting official confirmation of the record from the Guinness Book of World Records judges.

The dress can be one of the most expensive parts of planning your wedding day so it is quite common to see stories about people who have made their own. This one is a little more unusual because the dress was made out of bubble wrap. Rachael  Robinson’s dress was made completely out of recycled materials so didn’t cost her anything. The dress uses 13ft of packing material. It includes a 3ft train with the rest of the dress being put together with sheets of bubble wrap stitched over a cloth lining. I’m not sure the dress would be my first choice but it certainly is unusual.

It seems that the 24th of May is National Escargot Day, a day to celebrate the humble snail. In order to celebrate Cafe Rouge are running a promotion called the giant snail hunt. Giant snails like the ones pictured will be hidden in 30 towns and cities on the 22nd of May. 20 oversized snails will be hidden with the snails being redeemed for prizes. Cafe Rouge are also celebrating the snail by eating more of them. For a limited period until the 30th of May there will be a variety of snail based dishes on offer at the restaurant so if you like snails you have a week to try them.

In an usual story a drink of Lucozade has been credited with saving a dying dog. The dog was found abandoned in a shed in Ireland. When he was found he could barely move but it seems a bottle of Lucozade gave him a new lease of life. After receiving treatment for a severe case of mange Lucas is now looking a lot better and now has a new owner.

This poor little guy had to be rescued after he was found stuck inside the rim of a lorry wheel. A lorry driver found the fox cub at a depot after he was alerted by a yelping noise. The cub had managed to get his head firmly stuck inside the rim of the tyre and the SPCA were called in to rescue him. He seemed no worse for his adventure and is now being looked after at a rescue centre until he is old enough to be released back into the wild.

This was the outcome after an incident in Berkshire when a bus driver went under a low bridge. Luckily the driver had just dropped off the bus load of school children he was carrying and was in the bus on his own at the time. It seems the driver who usually drives a smaller bus simply forgot he was driving a double decker. Instead he now has an open top bus.

In what seems to be rather unusual behaviour a swan has been pictured eating an eel. The picture was taken by a wildlife photographer who has been watching a pair of nesting swans. Mike Davies was lucky enough to get a shot of the male swan pulling the eel out of the water and eating it. It is not clear why this swan has developed a taste for eel as their more usual food is insects, molluscs, plants and small fish.

An Elvis impersonator will try to break a world record by singing Elvis songs non-stop for three days. Simon Goldsmith will start his record attempt today. In order to be successful he will have to sing for more than 43 hours, 11 minutes and 11 seconds. He will be raising money for St Elizabeth Hospice in Ipswich where his father died last year.

According to this article Wang Xianjun has eaten over 1,500 lightbulbs over the course of his lifetime. Apparently he ate his first lightbulb at the age of 12. He eats no more than one lightbulb a day and only at breakfast time. He first smashes them before eating them piece by piece and says they are crispy and delicious.

According to this article a postman in Germany has married his cat. Uwe Mitzscherlich had been told by a vet that his pet Cecilia might not have long to live. In order to show his devotion for his cat he decided to marry her. Officials refused to carry out the ceremony and man and cat eventually had to be married by an actress who played the registrar.

It appears that online dating is now so popular that even a meerkat can find love online. A lonely meerkat called Lily who was looking for a partner had her details posted on the website meerkatmatch.com in an effort to find her a match. Since then the site has had 74,000 hits and Lily has been matched with a two year old male meerkat from Cambridge. Her new partner named Mr Darcy has now joined her at Twinlakes Park in Melton Mowbray and the pair appear to be getting along well.

One restaurant in Mildura, Victoria, Australia   has come up with an unusual way to deal with a local influx of locusts. They have started using them as pizza toppings. The town has been plagued by millions of the insects so the town mayor came up with the idea. Apparently the locusts make perfect toppings because you can just pop outside and collect them and then bake them in the oven until they are crispy before adding them to the pizza. The pizzas are proving to be quite popular and the locusts add a nice crunchy topping.

Cliff Penrose claims to be the country’s first “rabbit whisperer”. He uses a special technique to put rabbits into a trance which leaves them lying on their backs with their legs in the air. He does this by massaging parts of their bodies and applying pressure to relax them. The technique leaves the rabbits in a trance and is useful for pets with behavioural issues such as those that become aggressive on a trip to the vets. He now has a special hotline for people with unruly rabbits so if you have a problem with your bunny he might be the man to call.

These three fox cubs were found in Connecticut with their heads stuck in a drain cover. It is not clear quite how they all managed to get stuck but it was clear that they couldn’t get free on their own. Firemen, Police and animal welfare officers were called to the situation. After trying several techniques to free them the foxes were finally released by covering their heads with fairy liquid to help them to wriggle free.

According to this article tall women earn more money than their shorter colleagues. The article suggests that women over 5ft 8 inches tall are more successful in the workplace both within the UK and globally. They are twice as likely to earn over £30,000 or more and on average take home more £5,000 a year more than their shorter counterparts. In addition to this the chances of being in a managerial role increase by 80% for those over 6ft tall. Women over 5ft 8 inches tall will earn an average of £530 extra per inch per year.

This a Tiger, a cat who has  managed to stop mail deliveries to his owners house. Tiger has quite a bad reputation having already attacked three postman and it is now considered too dangerous for Royal Mail to deliver to his house. Tiger has been accused of attacking postmen as they approach the cat flap before chasing them down the garden path. His owner now has to collect her mail from the local sorting office. She, however, is not convinced of the cats fearsome reputation, saying "Tiger is 19 years old, he dribbles when he sleeps and snores - he sleeps for 20 hours a day.” Perhaps the situation could be resolved by closing Tiger inside until the mail has been delivered.

A lucky duck has survived a 500 mile journey trapped in the radiator grill of a van. The driver of the van hit a pair of ducks on a country road in Belgium. It was only when he stopped to inspect the damage at a service station on the M1 that he found one of the ducks was still trapped inside. The duck suffered a broken wing but it is thought he will make a full recovery.

A lake in Leicestershire has had a number of unexplained duck disappearances. Stonebow Washlands in Loughborough, Leicestershire has seen numbers of duck fall dramatically in the area. Some local people have seen something dragging them under the water. It is not known what is eating the ducks but it is thought it might be a large pike or catfish or perhaps a mink. Local people have been warned not to let smaller pets swim in the lake and to stop children from pond dipping in the area.

In an unusual break in in New Jersey a burglar has broken into a restaurant simply to cook himself a meal. The incident happened in a restaurant called the Matsu Sushi Grill in Hillsdale, New Jersey. The thief broke in through the exhaust fan in the back wall of the restaurant. He then took some chicken from the freezer and made himself a chicken and rice dish in a frying pan. After eating he left a pile of dishes and a ignored the cash in the cash register. The thief has not been caught but it is thought it might have been a homeless person looking for some food.

According to this article fish pedicures are becoming increasingly popular in Britain. The technique has been popular in Asia and Europe for some time but it appears it is now starting to be used in this country. It involves putting your feet into a bowl filled with small fish which simply nibble the pieces of dead skin away. Before you can put your feet into the tank with the fish you first have to immerse them in a tepid bath to soften any calluses and remove any dirt. You then put your feet into another tank filled with around 150 fish which get to work on the dead skin. It costs £10 for 15 minutes and is meant to make your feet feel smooth and regenerated. If you are worried about the teeth it seems the fish don’t actually have any, they are actually a type a toothless carp which simply lick their food, a process that feels like gentle nibbling.

If you want to get paid to be a couch potato then you might be interested in this article. It highlights a job vacancy for a Professional Couch Potato. The successful applicant will get paid a salary of £24,000 a year to do nothing more than eat 400 extra calories a day and introduce a supplement into their diet. They will have their weight monitored over the course of the experiment which is to test a weight loss product called Proactol. So far 1,023 people have applied for the position which appears to be getting a lot of interest, I wonder why.

Most people try hard to maintain a healthy weight but one woman is trying to do just the opposite. At 43 stone and still growing Donna Simpson from New Jersey is hoping to become the world’s fattest woman. Donna insists that she is perfectly healthy despite the fact she now has to rely on a mobility scooter to do the shopping. It is her goal to try and reach a weight of 71 stone within the next two years which will break the record. She currently eats around 12,000 calories a day compared to the average recommended amount for a woman which is just 2,000 and spends $750 a week on food. She runs a website where men pay to watch her eat which brings in money to fund the food bill.