what a stinking animal house

To many of our readers I'm sure it will come of no surprise that our beloved house of commons has turned into something of a rank animal house. The people of the country have been saying for years that parliament is full of inbred animals but a report now show how true that is.

So far this year there have been 79 mouse sightings, 79 fly sightings, and it is believed to home 907 moths, down from 2,507 in May. Animal news calls for a public debate whether the animals should be housed in their own specially built parliament, or may be moved over to Buckingham palace?

This food is revolting!

In a reversal of the natural orthodoxy, a mouse intended as snakefood has killed its erstwhile eater. South Africa's Independent Online reports:

A tiny mouse was thrown into a cage as food for a viper - but turned the tables and killed the snake instead.

Firefighters in Nantou town, Taiwan, caught the 35cm snake and put it into a mouse cage for safe-keeping.

"We then found it a mouse for lunch," a firefighters spokesperson said. 

But the firefighters were stunned to see how aggressive the mouse became once it saw the predator.

"It attacked the snake continuously, biting and scratching it."

After a vicious 30 minute battle, the snake was dead and the mouse was left with hardly a scratch. Lan Sengqiu, the chief fireman, added: "Perhaps it used up its venom when we caught it, and perhaps it was a novice predator."