Weird Nation: Uncanny sculptures
New York
Two people conduct an interview behind 'The CAN-Cobra: Scaling Back Hunger,' a cobra snake made entirely of cans, yesterday at 'Canstruction,' the 13th annual NYC Design and Build competition. Architects and engineers compete to see whose team can build the most spectacular structure using little more than cans of food. After the competition and exhibit, which is open to the public, the cans are donated to pantries, soup kitchens, day care facilities and senior centers.
Honolulu
Big changes are ahead in the next few weeks for Rusti the orangutan, as the 25-year-old primate moves into a new, larger enclosure at the Honolulu Zoo, and ends his status as a lifelong bachelor. A female orangutan named Violet is set to move in to Rusti's new habitat, which is about 20 times larger than the tiny cage that has been the 350-pound orangutan's home since 1997. Violet is expected to arrive later this month from the San Diego Zoo, said Sidney Quintal, city enterprise services director.
White Plains, N.Y.
This will probably be the first time a dog's memorial service is attended by 300 cats. A schnauzer-Siberian husky mix named Ginny will be eulogized Nov. 19 at the Westchester Cat Show, where she was named Cat of the Year in 1998 for her uncanny skill and bravery in finding and rescuing endangered tabbies.
Ainsworth, Iowa
Marjorie Morris just wanted to pour coffee into a canister. What she found in the package of freeze-dried coffee left her shell-shocked. Morris, 77, of Ainsworth, found a dead baby turtle in the 2-pound package of Folgers coffee last Sunday. "I thought it was a toy at first," said Morris, 77, of Ainsworth. Morris said she had been making coffee from the same package for a month before she made the discovery.
Blackhawk, Calif.
Motorist Robert Brooks thought he hit a deer. He stopped his car Tuesday evening along a rural road to check for damage. Nothing. Then headlights from another car emerged and that car struck the deer, propelling it airborne into Brooks and breaking his ankle. "He was in the wrong place at the wrong time," said California Highway Patrol Officer Steve Creel.
