The
San Francisco Zoo has an elephant named Calle who has a
chronic illness, requiring medication. The zoo people couldn't
get Calle to take her dose orally, so a pharmacologist developed
an anal suppository.
The 10-inch-long, four-pound, cocoa-butter bullets are
crafted by the good folks at Guittard Chocolates in Burlingame.
Administering the DAILY medication takes five zoo workers,
including one person to distract Calle with treats and one
person who wears a full-arm glove.
What's a penis worth? $795,000, according to a court
ruling.
The court in Bucharest, Romania, ordered a doctor to pay that amount
in compensation after surgery that went horribly wrong.
The Romanian surgeon was ordered to hand over the money to a patient
whose penis he accidentally severed during a botched operation.
The court was told that in July 2004, Dr. Naum Ciomu made a surgical
error while operating on the man's testicles, severing the penis instead
of making an incision to the testicle.