The weird and wacky stories of 2013
Who says horses don’t receive got a feel of humour? Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 banking concern check through the Horsetalk archives reveals that our equine friends receive got given us plenty to smiling nigh this year.
The curious thing is, nosotros usually postulate a touching on of zany human input to aid weave the magic.
Warning! Fake zebra on the loose
Staff at a Japanese zoo took simulation drills to a novel bird inward February, chasing downwards a zookeeper inward a zebra adjust to exercise its techniques for recapturing escaped animals.
Sixty staff from Tama Zoological Park were involved inward the exercise, based on a scenario inward which an earthquake knocked downwards a rock wall unopen to the zebra enclosure.
Yosuke Tanaka, 31, earned the right to play the percentage of the zebra, but, non content to but recapture a zookeeper, zoo administrators kitted him out inward the zebra suit.
Tanaka played the utilisation alongside aplomb. He charged at staff trying to incorporate him alongside a net, knocking downwards too “injuring” a beau zookeeper – which was also percentage of the scenario.
Eventually, the zebra-suited Tanaka was subdued alongside a faux shot from a tranquilizer gun too he crumpled gracefully to the ground, where staff successfully netted him.
The zoo was reportedly evacuated for the drill, which was declared a success.
In the past, the zoo has simulated the recapture of lions, gorillas too tigers, which must sure enough receive got kept local costume-makers busy.
Tanaka, who deserves an Oscar nomination for his performance, confessed that the adjust was a trivial warm for a romp unopen to the zoo.
Innovative uses for Equus caballus stalls!
The Horsetalk annual abide by for most innovative utilisation of Equus caballus facilities goes to … a grouping of Canadian dope growers!
At a distance, it looked similar a squeamish Canadian Equus caballus pasture housing a barked yard alongside lovingly crafted open-air stalls lined upwardly along ane side.
A closer bear witness revealed the whole setup was fake, designed to comprehend a sophisticated muiltmillion-dollar surreptitious cannabis-growing operation.
The faux stalls were doing nil to a greater extent than than disguising large vents used to maintain the surreptitious surroundings for the plants healthy.
“They were non at all usable,” Sergeant Lindsey Houghton, of the Combined Forces Special Enforcement Unit of British Columbia, told Horsetalk. “They precisely looked the part.”
“From far away, it looked similar a rattling nice, quaint Equus caballus paddock too fenced corral, but inward reality, when you lot got closer, it was constructed alongside plywood too was completely fake.”
Vent lids made from timber too aluminum were inward the stalls where the horses should receive got been, which could live opened upwardly too closed every bit required to regulate the surroundings inward the bunker, Houghton said.
The bunker itself was located underneath the barked surface area of the yard. “It would receive got required a slap-up bargain of coin to operate,” he said. “Its generating capacity would receive got been plenty to run a small-scale northern community.”
A total of 10,000 marijuana plants were seized during the functioning across 4 rural properties.
“Experienced officers pull it every bit ane of the most sophisticated grow-ops they receive got always seen,” Houghton said.
To add together a trivial spice to the tale, 2 men were arrested trying to flee on pes from the bunker every bit constabulary closed in.
Houghton continued: “For the owners of these grows, it is all nigh creating an easy, untaxed, rattling lucrative income flow from the production of marijuana.”
In improver to the 10,000 marijuana plants, at that spot was nigh 200 pounds of dried marijuana seized. The marijuana has an estimated value of $C5m ane yard 1000 to $C10 ane yard 1000 ($US4.9 to $9.9m).
The equipment used to create the marijuana is estimated to live valued at $C1 million. Of note, each belongings was operated past times a natural gas generator capable of providing ability to a small-scale town. Worth an estimated $C100,000 each, the generators had to live removed past times a large crane.
Loveable rogue Socks is a truthful celebrity
No line-up of wacky stories from 2013 would live consummate without Socks the moonwalking Shetland pony.
He took the online world past times tempest inward February, alongside his short-legged digitally assisted dancing routine collecting 8 ane yard 1000 views to appointment on YouTube.
The one-minute video, made past times the London-based creative communications means Wieden + Kennedy for British cellular telephone companionship Three, carries the displace strapline, “Silly stuff. It matters”.
The video was shot against the dramatic backdrop of the Shetland Islands too shows Socks moonwalking to the Fleetwood Mac song, Everywhere.
It was filmed at Eshaness, a headland on the northwest coast of the northward Shetland mainland, too on Foula, an isle due west of the Shetland mainland.
Socks is right away an international celebrity, appearing latterly inward a sexy Christmas woollen jumper.
Like all celebrities, the whiff of scandal is never far away. In June, it emerged that Socks was embroiled inward a paternity case, having plainly swum across a small-scale lake to befriend a mare, much to the chagrin of some other Shetland stallion named Scamp.
“He most definitely has a existent midpoint for the ladies,” possessor Mari Williamson said. “He doesn’t postulate whatever encouragement.”
Williamson paid for deoxyribonucleic acid tests to ensure her bloodlines were kept correct. The results confirmed that Socks had non fathered a love-child.
Going clear at Badminton – forget the horse!
Should our equine friends always larn on strike, cross solid reason courses volition yet receive got their place.
It transpires that horses aren’t necessary to consummate them!
A video of Mat Armitage jumping unopen to the Badminton course of study is plenty to brand an equestrian tired precisely looking it – too at that spot is non a Equus caballus inward sight.
Armitage is percentage of 3Run, a professional person performance squad which specialises inward what they telephone phone the arts of movement, gratis running, martial arts too urban acrobatics.
Armitage, 22, from Basingstoke, is recognised for his powerful fast spins too rotations. He has a martial arts background too fought for the tri-service taekwondo squad inward 2009.
He was dared to jump the course of study past times his girlfriend, lawsuit passenger Amy Williams.
Armitage cleared all the jumps that were opened upwardly to the populace to walk on the lastly 24-hour interval of Badminton, but took 4 hours – somewhat longer that the xi minute, thirteen 2d fourth dimension laid over the 6km course of study for horses too riders.
Jumps ranged inward size upwardly to upwardly to 4’9″ high too 6′ 6″ wide.
Horse drops a whopper inward McDonald’s restaurant
This July tale comes from our “It seemed similar a expert thought at the time” department.
A adult woman was refused service inward England on a Sabbatum nighttime when she tried to receive got her Equus caballus through a McDonald’s drive-thru, thus she ended upwardly taking it within the fast-food restaurant.
This caused a score of surprise too mirth amid customers until – you lot guessed it – some Equus caballus apples appeared on the scene.
The odour was plainly alone unappealing to customers trying to tuck into their Big Macs too Quarter Pounders inward the eatery inward Fountain Place, Manchester.
The boys inward blueish from the Whitefield branch of Greater Manchester Police turned upwardly too the adult woman was issued a fixed-penalty discover for causing warning too distress to customers too staff.
The branch reported on its Facebook page: “The staff refused to serve the adult woman due to companionship policy. The adult woman too thus took the Equus caballus into the restaurant, who ended upwardly doing his describe of piece of employment organisation on the floor.
“The sight too odour of this caused obvious distress too upset to customers trying to eat, every bit good every bit staff members,” constabulary said.
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