They call him Flipper, Flipper, faster than lightning Aah, nostalgia ain’t what it used to be. Whatever happened to Flipper, Skippy, The Littlest Hobo, Lassie and the rest? Have animals stopped caring for mankind? Or has the caring animal simply become extinct?

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Australian platypus research has implications for understanding the evolution of human sex determination Good lord. Evidence for a higher will is finally found. Bow down beneath the randomly evolutionary platypus.

Fleeing villagers mistook disco lights for aliens

Squatter sells flat for over £700K George Weiss, a friend of late comic Peter Cook, says he will use the money to launch a rival to Hello magazine called Goodbye. It will feature dead celebrities and the houses they lived in. He has also launched a political party – the Wonderfully Egalitarian Association of Creative…