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Updates on stories covered in previous issues of FT, including scary chilli chips and a BVM scam

ORCA TROUBLE [FT446:7] The Australian sperm whales’ strategy of ‘defensive defecation’ to drive off a pod of aggressive orcas is nothing new. The oldest known animal joke involves an animal with the same defence mechanism, to be found in a mediæval manuscript known as the Aberdeen Bestiary. “You have these very upright, moral stories about good animals and bad animals doing the right thing and the wrong thing,” said Professor Anne Geddes of Aberdeen University. “And then you come to the Bonnacon.” The mythical bull-like creature can be seen defending itself against two knights with “A gold leaf shower of manure coming out of its backside at high speed: it’s his secret weapon–amazing flatulence. The knights are overcome by acid burns, heat and smell,” said Geddes, adding, “There is…

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