Dixon Lake is one of the most well known spots for anglers, and it was all thanks to a single bass. Dottie was her name, and - at one point - she weighed 25 pounds, 1 ounces. But she will never be caught again after she was found dead on the shore last Friday. Dottie was a massive fish, measuring 29 1/2 inches. While only 19 pounds at death, experts say she probably spawned her eggs and died soon after. She was most noted for a birthmark beneath her gill, a black dot; hence the name.

A man collecting wild crocodile eggs was attacked and bitten by a crocodile, and afterwards was accidentally shot by his friend attempting to rescue him. The incident happened on a riverbank in the North Territory area.

A man was accidentally shot in the arm after a rescuer tried to free him from the jaws of a crocodile in Northern Australia. Police said Jason Grant was collecting crocodile eggs near a popular tourist spot on the Mary River, near Darwin, when he was attacked by the reptile.

Golf balls swallowed by and extracted from a snake were placed for sale on eBay, with the highest bid totalling $1,401 Australian, or $1,253 US. The four balls which were taken from inside a carpet python at the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary last week were posted for sale on the online auction, still unwashed. The winner will also receive X-rays and photographs of Augusta, the python, with the balls still inside, and after the balls were taken out by surgery.

South Korean scientists said that after altering genes and cloning the cats, they made the cats that glow red when exposed to ultraviolet rays. The experiment may be counted as one of the big steps towards using the genetic technology for the modification of human genes to cure diseases, according to the Science and Technology Ministry.