The weekly weird

Published January 25, 2020

Is it a cat or Dobby or Yoda?

An adorable feline has gone viral on social media after people noticed the striking resemblance she bears to not one, but two beloved fictional characters.

The cat’s ears, instead of being on top of her head, seem to stick out to the side, which is why she’s become known as Yoda cat.

However, some people couldn’t help but notice that she also looks a little like another pop culture character — Dobby, the house elf from Harry Potter.

This cat is the new star of internet and most cat lovers have fallen for her unique features.


Lime green puppy born

A North Carolina family said they were stunned when their white German shepherd gave birth to a lime green puppy.

Shana Stamey said her family’s dog, Gypsy, had a litter of eight puppies and the fourth arrival, a boy, had a distinct colour.

“He was lime green,” Stamey told. Stamey, a veterinarian technician at Junaluska Animal Hospital, said puppies are

sometimes born green when their fur is stained by meconium, stool from an infant mammal in the womb.

Veterinarians said the green colour will eventually fade and the puppy, named Hulk, will likely end up with a white coat.


World’s largest Snickers bar

Candy maker Mars Wrigley set a new Guinness World Record by producing a massive Snickers bar weighing in at 4,728 pounds!

The company said the Snickers bar, unveiled at the Mars Wrigley plant in Waco, measures 12 feet long, 24 inches high and 26 inches wide. The candy bar is the equivalent of 43,000 regular-sized Snickers bars.

Guinness confirmed the gargantuan confection met the record-keeping organisation’s requirements to capture the record for the world’s largest chocolate nut bar. The requirements state the bar must be at least 80 percent chocolate and nuts and the entire bar must be fit for human consumption.

Mars Wrigley said the giant Snickers bar will feature in an ad that will premiere during the Super Bowl on February 2.


Kiwi pizza, anyone?

Once again, fruit on pizza is dividing the internet. The age-old pineapple argument is known to all but a new kiwi pizza — which a Reddit user found at a Danish pizzeria — has taken the debate to a whole new level.

Described as an “unholy abomination”, the large thin crust pizza has the traditional tomato sauce and cheese base with several slices of kiwi spread out on the top.

Though not everyone was able to digest the idea of kiwi fruit on pizza. Some were willing to try the unusual combination and argued with naysayers in the comments. However, there are many who strictly rejected the whole idea of kiwi on the pizza!

Published in Dawn, Young World, January 25th, 2020

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