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STRANGESIGHTS: OF WARHAMMER CHARACTERS WEARING FUR; FINDING FUNNEL WEBS; AND, AN ODD FOOD COMBO…

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DAVID ADAMS writes about the odder side of life…

• Animal rights group Peta is known for its publicity stunts and in its latest effort to bring attention to its cause, it’s calling on the company behind the table top game Warhammer to stop dressing the game’s tiny figurines in fur. Of course, the figurines don’t wear real fur but through moulding and paint appear to wear animal pelts. “The grimdark, battle-hardened warriors are known for their martial prowess – but wearing the skins of dead animals doesn’t take any skill,” says a statement on the organisation’s UK website. Peta says it’s written to Games Workshop CEO Kevin Rountree to ban the “fur” garments. “While we appreciate that they are fictional, draping them in what looks like a replica of a dead animal sends the message that wearing fur is acceptable – when, in fact, it has no more place in 2017 than it would in the year 40,000,” they said. Publicity gained.

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Fur wearers? Peta is calling for Warhammer characters to stop wearing fur. Terminators/Duncan McGregor/CC BY-ND 2.0

Aracnaphobes need not take part. The Australian Reptile Park, which supplies funnel-web spider venom to antidote producers, is running low on stocks and is asking the public to catch and donate the deadly spiders to the zoo. “We’re encouraging residents of NSW to not kill funnel-web spiders that they come across but rather follow our safety guidelines online to capture the spider, and hand them in at the park or a participating drop off centre,” park ranger Mick Tate told The Daily Telegraph. “By doing so we’re saving Australian lives.” For more information, check out australianreptilepark.com.au.

We love a good food hybrid at StrangeSights – remember the cronut? How about crossing a Kit-Kat with sushi? Mashable reports that Tokyo’s first street-facing Kit-Kat specialty shop opens on 2nd February and when it does, it will be rolling out three flavours of the odd food combo – tuna, egg and sea urchin. They’ll only be on sale for a couple of days but who knows where it will go from there!

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