A judge hearing the case of a man who was caught with six eggs from endangered species in his underwear as he was about to board a plane rejected his claim Monday that he was taking the eggs overseas "to surprise his girlfriend. " Wayne Frederick Floyd was flying from an airport in Sydney, Australia, to Bangkok, Thailand, when he was caught with the eggs in November. Police strip-searched him after they detected an abnormal bulge around his groin area during a frisk.

Men in northern South Africa turn to nature when seeking to achieve the effects of the male impotency drug Viagra. The root of the wild Mpesu tree (Securidaca Longepeduculata) found in the villages of the Venda district near the Kruger National Park along the border with Zimbabwe is said to be the source. The compound extracted from its root and consumed with tea and other traditional drinks has been shown to relax the muscles of the male sex organs, sending a rush of blood that results in enhanced erections.

Hunters in the Bavarian Alps shot dead a brown bear, nicknamed Bruno, after spending weeks trying to find it. German authorities had previously declared the bear could be shot dead as it posed a danger to humans.

Nearly two dozen police officers were led on a 3. 5 mile wild chase by a cow that was being delivered to the slaughterhouse. Masashi Kitabayashi, a police official, said, "The cow was being delivered to the slaughterhouse, and it was startled by a loud sound and just ran off. "

The German environment minister, Werner Schnappauf, on Tuesday ordered hunters to shoot and kill a rampaging bear in the south of the country. The animal is the first to show up in the region over the last 170 years. It has killed more than a dozen sheep and several chickens. The 200 pounds animal tears open its victims, eats their hearts leaving the rest of the carcass behind. Schnappauf admitted the animal had become a problem one, "A man-bear encounter could occur at any time. It cannot be allowed to roam freely. We will ask hunters to shoot the bear. "