Stumpy, the eight-days-old duckling, stands discrete from the rest of the members of his family. The chicken has born with a rare mutation that has left him with an extra pair of full-sized legs. "It was absolutely bizarre. I was thinking 'he's got too many legs' and I kept counting 'one, two, three, four,'" Nicky Janaway, a duck farmer in New Forest, Hampshire, said as she showed the duckling to reporters.

A fireman rescued a cooked hamster from a fiery oven after a woman placed the animal's cage on their cooker and switched it on by mistake. The pet hamster, called Christmas, was brought back to life in a miracle-like situation when his cage burst into flames. When firefighters arrived, Christmas was lying unconscious on his back with his severely burnt legs in the air and tongue hanging out. The firefighter acted promptly and gave Christmas a blast of oxygen and a few sips of the blackcurrant drink, Ribena.

American firm Under-Tech has launched, Under-Ease pants, the world's first pants with built-in underwear designed to contain the smell of farts. The Web site of the company claims over 10,000 satisfied customers have tried and tested the new product. Buck Weimer, President of Under-Tec and inventor of the pants said the underwear has a built-in, multi-layered, replaceable filter made of felt, charcoal and fiberglass wool that traps the smell of flatulence.

A ten-year-old British girl, who lost both her feet to meningitis has fought all odds and is now a tough opponent on the squash court. With the support of her artificial limbs, Alice Harvey, who hails from Shirley, West Midlands beats older players without making them realize of her handicap.

A hunter in Wisconsin has reportedly hunted a very most unusual prey - a young deer with seven legs. Hunter Rick Lisko came across his most peculiar catch on driving his truck down his mile-long driveway. Lisko also said it also had both male and female reproductive organs.