This has to be the most bizarre headline of 2009 (so far).
“Australian wallabies are eating opium poppies and creating crop circles as they hop around “as high as a kite”, a government official has said.
Lara Giddings, the attorney general for the island state of Tasmania, said the kangaroo-like marsupials were getting into poppy fields grown for medicine.”
It’s also attracting the funniest selection of feedback comments on the BBC news site – though these may no longer be available by the time you read this.
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