Bear family takes a dip with vacationers at California’s Lake Tahoe

Amanda Green wanted to hire someone to walk her pet tortoise, Henry, in the park — so she posted an ad on Craigslist

Miniature horse in Colorado receives prosthetic limb
Shine the horse was attacked by a dog and his damaged hoof had to be amputated; but with the help of a prosthetic he can trot on

The case of the mysterious death of Oklahoma PD’s honorary squirrel
The OPD squirrel, who had its own Twitter page, was found dead in the police department’s parking lot

Mountain lion visits Calif. high school
Big cat sedated after patrolling the front of San Fernando campus

Good news for runaway chimp in Japan
Chacha the chimp climbed an electricity pole and had to be shot with sedation dart

Watch: Police officer caught belting out Adele song
Texas officer forgot to turn his body camera off for a few hours, and it captured his rendition of Adele’s hit, “Hello”

U.K. British court rules on woman who wants to name daughter Cyanide
Woman has infant twins and wants to name her son Preacher and her daughter Cyanide, saying the poison is a “lovely, pretty name”

Huge Great Dane rescued from 20 feet up a tree
Firefighters used a harness and a hook to get her down, and the rescue was caught on video

Brothers convince groggy little sister of zombie apocalypse
After their teenage sister had wisdom teeth surgery, two older brother’s teamed up to convince her a zombie apocalypse was hitting

Competing burger chain offers D.C. “hamburglar” reward if he surrenders
President of the Wayback Burgers chain said he will give the alleged 5 Guys thief free burgers for a year if he turns himself in

The hedgehog cafe
If cat, rabbit, and even snake-themed cafes aren’t enough for animal lovers, Japan is now even more spoiled for choice with a new hedgehog-themed cafe

Massive python discovered in Malaysia
The snake weighed about 550 pounds and was 25 feet long, making it one of the longest ever captured in the country

New kids on the block: Cuddlers wanted to hang out with baby goats
When nearly 100 goats were born on a Virginia farm in less than two weeks, the owner turned to Facebook for help socializing them to humans

How a ripped-up dollar bill reunited friends after 40 years
What’s a little promise between friends really worth? The friendship of a lifetime

Photo shows students playing “Jews vs. Nazis” drinking game
Fellow student says New Jersey high school classmates were playing a version of beer pong dubbed “Holocaust Pong” or “Alcoholocaust”

Cliffhanger: Marriage proposal goes on the rocks
Calif. Man who scaled cliff to propose by cell phone to girlfriend gets stuck and needs helicopter rescue

105-year-old woman throws out first pitch at Texas Rangers game
She enjoyed the chance to take the mound through a relationship with Dr. Pepper, after she claimed to drink three cans every day

80-year-old Gary Player celebrates thrilling hole-in-one at Masters Par 3
Player became the oldest player to record a hole-in-one at the Masters Par 3 Contest

Chicago deploys feral cats to keep rats away
Hundreds of cats are being put to work at local homes and businesses in Chicago to help with the rat problem

Police tail chihuahua on San Francisco bridge
The California Highway Patrol tweeted a video of Sunday morning’s pursuit.