Here’s a new twist on “sic ’em.”

A Bridgeport, Conn., man allegedly ordered his 9-foot pet python to attack two cops who were trying to arrest him.

The officers showed up after 21-year-old Victor Rodriguez’s girlfriend reported that he had been threatening her with the snake.

Fortunately, the python did not obey his command, and he was arrested without further incident.

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It was the greatest reprieve of all.

Scientists at the National Zoo in Washington have reversed a vasectomy on an endangered horse in the hopes it will be able to reproduce.

What we want to know is: Why perform a vasectomy on any endangered animal?

The Przewalski horse is native to the steppes of Mongolia and China and is endangered in the wild.

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The Colorado Lottery commission is putting out a new scratch-and-sniff Lotto ticket available in three flavors – Crossword Bouquet, Chocolate Crossword and Coffee Crossword.

Officials say they think the new $3 cards will appeal to female players.

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That’s a lot of bananas.

Two men caught with $372,000 in cash as they tried to drive into Costa Rica from Panama told authorities they were banana brokers and had the money to buy bananas.

At $1.65 a pound in Costa Rica, the men would be able to take home 225,454 pounds – more than would ever fit in the two-door sedan they were driving. Police are holding them on possible money-laundering charges.

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A man and his dog miraculously survived a fall off a 200-foot cliff in Southern England while in a car.

When rescuers got to the car, the dog, named Zin Zan, was gone. He turned up two days later at home – hiding under the kitchen table.