They say dolphins have human-like intelligence.

Perhaps – but not the young male bottlenose dolphin splashing around Sarasota Bay in Florida, in a black Speedo bikini swimsuit.

“Somehow he got his head and torso through the waist and one of the leg holes,” reports biologist Randall Wells, adding that the suit “was hugging him right where his pectoral fins and body meet.”

Fearing the tight-fitting, synthetic suit could injure or kill the dolphin, a team of reseachers got it off him.

A California woman is suing J.C. Penney, claiming she was attacked by one of the department store’s dummies – the non-human kind.

Diana Newton of Westminster says a mannequin’s arm flew off and smacked her on the head while a salesclerk was trying to remove its blouse.

Newton says the thwack left her with a bloodied scalp, a cracked molar, recurring shoulder pain and numbness in her fingers.

One of two emus that fled a farm in West Sinsbury, Conn., and had eluded capture for six weeks was captured by a wily 11-year-old and his brothers.

Patrick Sullivan, of Canton, said they followed the big, flightless bird into some woods near their home and corralled it by bribing it with bread.

That’s one emu down, one emore to go.

A Chinese woman has been arrested on drug charges – for transporting heroin-soaked panties and long johns in her luggage.

Officials said the woman, from Wuhan, had 3.2 pounds of heroin soaked into 15 items of underwear.

She claims the tainted clothing had been planted in her luggage before she boarded a flight to Shanghai. If found guilty, she faces the death penalty.

When is a crocodile a fish? When it’s Australian.

Politicians in the land of Oz have passed legislation that defines the giant, four-legged killer reptile as a fish.

It was done to give Australia the right to enforce export controls on a wider range of maritime products – including crocodile products, shellfish and prawns. (p. 15 Metro)