Syracuse.com - Swordfish jumps in boat, deer attacks hunter: Oddities in the Outdoors

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"Great horned owls will incubate frozen food until it thaws and can be eaten," according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

The following are among the more interesting, funny and bizarre outdoors stories and items I've come across lately:

1). Here's a memorable fishing trip. During a Costa Rican swordfish outing, the fish was reeled in so fast it ended up jumping right into the boat.

The frightened anglers responded by jumping off the boat into the ocean. Check out the video above provided by Crocodile Bay, a fishing resort in Costa Rica.

2). It always pays to be careful and on guard when hunting - even on Christmas Eve.

A Louisiana hunter became the hunted when a buck he had just shot through the neck 15 minutes before ended up attacked him on Dec. 24, according to the Shreveporttimes.com.

The hunter was airlifted to a Baton Rouge hospital and nearly bled to death after the deer gored him through his left thigh.

3). The decrease in the numbers of monarch butterflies that annually migrate to a handful of forested Mexican mountains during the winter months has scientists alarmed, according to the New York Times.

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"The migrating population has become so small - perhaps 35 million, experts guess - that the prospects of its rebounding to levels seen five years ago are diminishing," The Times reported.

4). Great horned owls are cool birds. Occasionally, when one of the birds kills more prey than it can eat, it stores the remains away for a later meal.

"Great horned owls will incubate frozen food until it thaws and can be eaten," according to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Read more about these birds.

5). I don't make this stuff up. You can buy raccoon or a red fox penis bone toothpick on E-Bay. Who knew? Check it out.

View the full article on The Syracuse Outdoors Blog

[growalot]

Which is more disturbing...the person that would want a "penis tooth pick"...or the one that would "pull" enough raccoon penis ....to make a living out of it....hhmmmm