Farmer takes 5,000 ducks on a walk in busy traffic in search of food

More than 5000 ducks.

A farmer caused chaos when he walked his ducks almost 1.5km (1 mile) from his farm to a pond in a quest for food.

The mini migration was timed to avoid rush hour but commuters could not help but get caught up in the parade.  At one point, several scooters were marooned in a sea of brown but the ducks’ feathers remained unruffled – or maybe the riders were just winging it.  Farmer Hong – who was armed with just a (very) long stick and a few assistants – managed to make the journey without losing a single duck en route to the water.

And he boasted that, incredibly, he had not lost a duck in the past six months while making the trip. 

He regularly undertakes the perilous journey in the booming coastal city of Taizhou, in China’s Zhejiang province, about 305km (190 miles) south of Shanghai. 

Just ponder on that traffic nightmare the next time you find your own feathers being ruffled when you’re stuck in a jam. - Metro UK

Is it a mutant pig or what? strange animal

Chinese residents were left terrified after mistaking a pink-skinned stray dog for either an escaped genetically modified pig or a strangely coloured mini-horse. 

It's actually a dog

The bizarre breed of dog was spotted roaming around the streets Xinxiang in the Henan province, central China, sparking fears it has escaped from a nearby medical research centre.

With its strange-coloured skin and hairless body, many observers speculated the rare breed could have been some sort of strange mutant pig. However given its white tufts of hair, unusual stance and wispy tail, the strange canine could even pass for a mini horse.

One witness said: 'The pink skin makes it look just like pig gone wrong in some sort of genetic experiment.' However police have denied the animal is the subject of a genetic experiment - confirming it is actually a breed known as a Chinese crested hairless dog.

'It is definitely a dog, and quite an expensive one at that,' said a spokesman. The alien breed regularly features as a contender in the annual World's Ugliest Dog contest held in California. - Metro Uk