Sick Monkey Walks Upright! Coke Stashed in Dogs! Stuff Is Weird!

More from the weird science (sub-category animals) file:

Monkey walks upright after severe illness

JERUSALEM (AP) - A young monkey at an Israeli zoo has started walking on its hind legs only - aping humans - after a near death experience, the zoo's veterinarian said Wednesday.
Natasha, a 5-year-old black macaque at the Safari Park near Tel Aviv, began walking exclusively on her hind legs after a stomach ailment nearly killed her, zookeepers said.

Cocaine stashes found in dogs' stomachs

LONDON - A British man and woman face lengthy prison sentences after being convicted Wednesday of trying to smuggle more than two pounds of cocaine in the stomachs of two dogs.
The cocaine was discovered inside Labradors Rex and Frispa at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport in September. An X-ray taken after an airport worker thought the dogs were behaving oddly revealed that 21 canisters of cocaine with a value of $232,000 were stitched into the animals' stomach cavities.
Rex recovered, but Frispa had to be put down. A vet found the canisters had fused to her abdominal wall.

Mr. Chair was right when he discussed the strange “I must have dreamt that” quality of some science news out there.