California has more Chihuahuas than it can handle, and it has Hollywood to blame. There are so many Chihuahuas at shelters in Oakland, they have started shipping the dogs out of state, says Megan Webb, director of Oakland Animal Services. They have sent about 100 to Washington, Oregon and Arizona, she adds, "and as soon as they get them, they are ready for new ones."

After a car bomb destroys his Baghad home, neighbors assume Farouq Omar Muhei is dead. But Muhei and his 14-year-old son, the only family members at home, survive the blast and return to the ruins -- to be rescue their beloved pet dog, Liza.

Following up on an anonymous tip, police find a baby alligator, a diamondback rattlesnake and six pythons in a college dorm room. Two students at the University of Arkansas were obtaining the reptiles free online and selling them for profit. The students were fined but not arrested.

An Australian man wearing a protective suit dives into the water -- and is stung in the face by a tiny, potentially lethal jellyfish. The Irukandji jellyfish is no bigger than a peanut and extremely venomous. The 22-year-old victim is rushed to a hospital's intensive care unit, where he remains in serious condition.