A Sri Lankan presidential candidate promises to use his personal fortune to give a cow to every home if he his elected. "Every Sri Lankan home will be gifted with a high milk-yielding cow from (the Indian state of) Kerala which could be expected to yield 10 liters (2. 5 gallons) to 16 liters (four gallons) of milk every day," Victor Hettigoda is quoted as saying by The Island

The Hershey Company, maker of Milk Duds - spelled D-U-D-S - claims a California company that sells clothing for nursing mothers under the name of Milkdudz - one word spelled D-U-D-Z - is too close for comfort. The Associated Press

A herd of cows is surely enjoying its food after a marijuana crop is stashed in its regular feed crops. About 88,000 pounds of marijuana are planted among sunflowers and maize crops where they eat.

After receiving worldwide attention, two Bengal tiger cubs who were breast-fed by a Yangon housewife have died of heat and dehydration. Hla Htay, a mother of a baby boy, answered a plea for help from Yangon's zoo and fed the cats three times a day after they were rejected by their tigress mother.

The mixbreed genre continues as officials at Sea Life Park Hawaii announce the birth of a whale-dolphin hybrid, or "wolphin," on Thursday. The calf was born on Dec. 23 to the only wolphin in captivity, Kekaimalu, a 19 year old false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens) and Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) mix. Park officials said they waited this long to announce the birth because of recent ownership and operation changes at the park. "Mother and calf are doing very well," said Dr. Renato Lenzi, general manager of Sea Life Park by Dolphin Discovery. "We are monitoring them very closely to ensure the best care for them. " Officials say the calf still depends fully on her mothers milk, but sometimes nips frozen capelin from the trainers hands. Her size is enormous compared to a purebread; she is already the size of a one-year-old bottlenose. Although false killer whales and Atlantic bottlenose dolphins are different species, they are classified within the same family by scientists. "They are not that far apart in terms of taxonomy," said Louis Herman, a leading expert in the study of marine mammals. There have been reports of wholphins in the wild, he said. Kekaimalu, meaning "from the peaceful ocean," came after a surprise coupling between a 14-foot, 2,000-pound false killer whale and a 6-foot, 400-pound dolphin. The animals were the leads in the park's popular tourist water show, featured in the Adam Sandler & Drew Barrymore flick "50 First Dates. " Kekaimalu gave birth to two other calves. One lived for nine years and the other, born when she was very young, died a few days after birth. Park researchers believe the wholphin's father is a 15-foot long Atlantic bottlenose dolphin named Mikioi. Sea Life Park officials hope to have the baby wolphin on display in the next few months after deciding on a name for her. On the Net: Sea Life Park Hawaii: http://www. sealifeparkhawaii. com