The Daily Croissant

Photo: Thor Hakonsen  

"Once seen, the fiery colors of a panther chameleon are never forgotten, and this photograph of the species is surely one of the best. Male panther chameleons are more vibrantly colored than females, and when they encounter one another males will often color-change in shows of dominance. "   Written by Michele Collet

"These tiny creatures look like new born calves but they are actually fully grown cows standing just 36 inches tall.  

Owner Jay Brittain new additions to her Small Breeds Farm Park near Kington, Herefordshire are Zebus cows – and are the smallest cows in the world.

The breed, which are regarded as sacred cattle in native Sri Lanka, were saved from the brink of extinction five years ago.

Their numbers plummeted after indiscriminate cross-breeding with dairy breeds.

Ms Brittain said: ‘I first heard about the miniature zebus around 15 to 18 years ago and thought it would just be fantastic to have them here.

They cows stand 36 inches high and weigh just five stone each – a tenth of the size of normal adult cattle.

Ms Briattain said: ‘They are rare and people just thought they were going to die out and become extinct.

‘They have a fatty lump on their shoulders and a hump on the back of the neck – and are very, very friendly.

‘People think they are calves and are amazed when they discover they are fully grown adult cows.

‘They are no bigger than your average dog and are hugely popular with children.’ (Daily Mail"

"The Nacirema were supposedly a tribe of people living in North America, as described by Horace Miner in his anthropological paper, published in 1956.  

The tribe Miner described had many odd rituals including "scraping and lacerating the surface of the face with a sharp instrument" and another ritual that "consists of inserting a small bundle of hog hairs into the mouth, along with certain magical powders, and then moving the bundle in a highly formalized series of gestures."

It was actually a satire of everyday American life. "Nacirema" is "American" spelled backward."