Squirrel falls for toy dinosaur

A photographer used a tasty snack as a bribe to get a shot of a squirrel seemingly snogging a toy dinosaur.

Elliott C Nathan, of Boulder Colorado, placed a seed in the dinosaur's mouth to attract the bushy-tailed Romeo.

"I spent about half an hour getting the squirrel to trust me with seeds then I started putting them onto things," he said.

"He was careful about the dinosaur at first, but finally his hunger got the best of him and he went in for the kiss."

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Pilot shocked to see shark fly past

A pilot in New Zealand couldn't believe his eyes when he saw a shark flying past him at 7,000ft.

He'd been preparing to land at Christchurch International Airport when he spotted the 5ft shark staring back at him.

The shark in question was actually an inflatable remote-controlled toy which had flown off.

The 'Air Swimmer' toys have been a popular present this Christmas in New Zealand and police have been bombarded with reports of escaped inflatable sharks.

Experts say that other than giving the pilot a shock, the helium-filled shark was unlikely to pose any threat to the flight.

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Scientists find stone age sex toy

Scientists believe they have found the world's oldest sex toy after piecing together more than a dozen fragments to recreate a 30,000-year-old stone age phallus.

A spokesman for the University of Tubingen, where the prehistoric tool is being studied, added that when it was not being used as a sex aid, it was used to light fires.

The eight-inch stone phallus has marks where it was clearly used for striking against flints - and scientists say the size and shape and polished appearance leave little doubt as to its other use.

The find, which has been dated to be at least 28,000 years old and found in a cave near Ulm in Germany, was made from siltstone and was apparently discarded after being broken.

As well as the distinctive form, it also has carved rings around one polished end leaving little doubt as to its nature.

The different parts were found in a cave complex associated with the activities of modern humans and not their pre-historic "cousins", the Neanderthals.

The sex toy is particularly rare because examples of masculinity from the time are rare although female inspired art with exaggerated sexual characteristics such as large breasts are relatively common.

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Row over Tiger Woods blow-up doll

Lawyers for Tiger Woods are reportedly trying to halt the sale of a series of sex toys which exploit the golfer's personal problems.

The toys include a 'Take Home, Blow-up Tiger Love Doll' and are for sale on the website of Pipedream Products.

Pipedream is advertising its Tiger products as being "available for a very limited time only".

The US gossip website TMZ.com has managed to obtain a copy of a lawyer's letter to Pipedream.

It is demanding that the company stops selling the products, recalls all items that have already been distributed and destroys all stock.

This isn't the first time lawyers have been called to deal with offensive products in the wake of the Tiger Woods scandal.

In February, Joslyn James, one of his extramarital girlfriends, called on her lawyers to stop the sale of sets of "mistress" golf balls in which each ball featured the face of one of his alleged lovers.

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