Indian Jumping Ants shrink their brain for a chance to become queen, experts say
Some boffins have found an insect
Which at certain times can elect
To shrink its own brain
Which may sound insane
But it’s something you have to respect
NYT
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A US rabbit breeder is offering $1,300 for the return of her world-record-holding, 4-feet-4-inches bunny, Darius (above)
Annette Edwards is offering money
For info on her stolen bunny
Whose astonishing size
Made it a tempting prize
Stop sniggering, this isn’t funny
Caters News Agency
China’s cyber regulator has launched a hotline to report online comments that defame the ruling Communist Party
If you see people starting to moan
About China then get on the phone
As their comments online
Mean they might get a fine
Or be moved to a forced labour zone
Getty
Australian boffins claim herding sheep via drone is better for their welfare
If you don’t want a dog but you keep
On your pasture a large herd of sheep
You can’t leave them alone
So invest in a drone
It’s less harmful, if not quite as cheap
Readers of ‘The Golden Treasure of the Entente Cordiale’ could win an historic golden casket worth €750.000
It may be worth taking a punt
In this fiendish clue-finding hunt
For you could win treasure
With worth beyond measure
In a massive publicity stunt
A scene from Cinema Paradiso (1988) where the local priest had ordered sections of movies to be censored
The cinemas in Italy
Had a state imposed morality
But it seems now’s the time
To abolish the crime
Of letting folk choose what they see
Miramax
Wales-born stowaway Brian Robson (above) is seeking the two Irishmen who helped mail himself home in a crate from Australia in 1965
Some Paddies in Oz put their mate
Who was homesick inside a large crate
And sent him home by mail
Which is quite a fun tale
Though he could have met a nasty fate
BBC/Getty
The toxic impact of pesticides on bees and other pollinators has doubled in a decade, studies show
Pesticides that won’t harm you and me
May display increased toxicity
To an invertebrate
So this news isn’t great
To those who stand up for the bee
Stockphoto
A majority of Green Party TDs and Senators have called for Dublin Lord Mayor Hazel Chu (above) to step aside as chairwoman of the party during her Seanad bid
The Greens don’t seem to have a clue
How to deal with Lord Mayor Hazel Chu
So they hope she’ll take note
Of a non-binding vote
Which indicates what she might do
Conditions in the deep sea mimic key ageing factors that contribute to the flavour of wine
A wine making expert has said
The best place to store bottles of red
Might turn out to be
Quite deep under the sea
So I reckon that he’s off his head
Bodega Crusoe Treasure