Casual Fridays, 10/10/2014

Hyena equality

Keepers at the Maruyama Zoo in Japan finally figured out why their hyenas wouldn’t mate —  the two hyenas, Kami and Kamutori, are actually both male. Years of effort the zoo put into trying to get them to procreate were, naturally, futile. Thankfully, this discovery led them to solve the other mystery as to why the hyenas tended to laugh more than usual.

Cash cow

A restaurant in London, U.K., has successfully concocted the world’s most expensive burger at 1,100 Euros — about $1,768 here in the U.S. The burger itself is made of a minced meat patty consisting of both Kobe Wagyu beef and New Zealand Venison, which is then seasoned with smoked Himalayan salt. Inside the patty itself is a stuffing of black truffle Brie. But that accounts for only about half the price — the sandwich is then served with an Iranian saffron poached lobster, maple syrup bacon, Beluga caviar and a hickory smoked duck egg (life insurance not included).

Siri-ous real estate

A man in Detroit has had a hard time selling his house. It has been on the market for months now, but the dilapidated house won’t sell, even at the low price of $3,000. Desperate to get rid of the house, the homeowner has announced that he is willing to trade the house for an iPhone 6, because you know what they say: An apple a day keeps foreclosure away.

Wait, what?

Police in Daytona Beach, Florida, have arrested a man for attempted burglary of an unoccupied structure. The felon was found covered in tar on the roof of a closed gas station in the early hours of the morning. Why? Well, first he told the cops that he was visiting family. Then, he claimed to be a repairman. When neither of those stories worked, he told police that he was merely sleeping on the roof and covered himself with tar so that he wouldn’t be seen. But, when police found a prying tool on him, they assumed he was attempting a burglary. Seeing that the job was already half-done, the man was sentenced to be tarred and feathered.

Dude, where’s my okra?

A Georgia man had his house invaded by drug-suppression officers and K-9 units after police suspected him to be growing marijuana in his yard. As it turns out, the suspected marijuana plants were actually okra plants. Even though the plant has similar characteristics to marijuana — they’re both green, I guess? — the police admitted that they were at fault and apologized to the man. So everything ended up being A-OKray.