Brazilian scientists are baffled over a claim that a cat gave birth to "puppies" in Brazil.

Cassia Aparecida de Souza, from Passo Fundo, Brazil told the Sun newspaper that her cat Mimi, got pregnant after mating with a neighbor's dog.

A surfing dog in Brazil has attracted so much attention that police had to be called in to remove him and his owner because "they were drawing more attraction than the actual competition."

The dog and his owner, Caruzo Mozart Volff, surfed together on the same surfboard during the intervals of the 2006 Surf World Championship held at the Praia da Tiririca in Brazil.

A newborn baby boy dispassionately buried under about eight inches of soil by her mother was miraculously found alive hours by rescuers. According to authorities, the baby was found by neighbors when a dog started digging around some freshly-dug soil.

When the police first discovered the little boy they thought he was already dead. But as soon as they wiped off the dirt from his face he started to cry.

Two confessed killers are on the loose in Brazil so they can have the freedom to vote in a recent election.

A man who confessed to raping and stoning to death five women as well as a man who confessed to hiring the hit man who killed his mother were released five days before the country's elections. Police have begun hunting them down but had to wait 48 hours after the polls closed as Brazilian law states.

A Brazilian man is attempting to land in the Guinness Book of World Records for his ability to pop his eyes out of their sockets.

According to the report by Terra Noticias Populares, Claudio Pinto from Brazil, can pop his eyes "almost completely" out of their sockets.