Reports out of New Zealand indicates that a determined goldfish named Nemo swept from a backyard pond swam for its life during a flood and survived, washed up away almost one mile away from the scene. "He had been taken away by that horrible brown water, and there he was, about 2km away, swimming in the debris and happy as can be," farmer Ab Oskam, told the Otago Daily Times.

Cleaning up the debris after a deadly cyclone may not be an easy task to begin with, but having to deal with a pesky crocodile playing with a chainsaw, might make things even worse. Local reports in Australia indicate a frustrated crocodile took matters into his own teeth by taking hold of a noisy chainsaw in the midst of the clean-up and chased the operator up a tree.

A 500 pound salad is serving as a reward and symbol of the collective pounds lost by a group of West Virginia dieters. Twenty-seven people participated in the Tug River Health Association's weight management program - losing a collective 500 pounds over a five month period ending March 1.

The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission is sending undercover agents into bars to bust patrons who are drunk. A spokeswoman for the commission, Carolyn Beck, tells Reuters agents recently arrested 30 people in 36 Dallas area bars for public drunkenness.

In an event that would make a lot of men's knees go weak, a woman in Australia single-handedly captured a young crocodile she found swimming in her backyard pool. According to local reports, the woman captured the reptile, which measured over a foot-and-a-half in length.