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Watch: Large python found perched on AC unit inside home A snake catcher in Queensland, Australia, was summoned to a home where a large coastal carpet python was found perched on top of the air conditioner.

Virginia Lottery player wins wife a $986,399 birthday gift A Virginia man played an online lottery game on his wife's birthday and ended up winning her a $986,399 present.

Watch: California man does 12,412 pull-ups in 24 hours A 22-year-old Virginia athlete was able to perform 12,412 pull-ups in 24 hours in an attempt to break a Guinness World Record.

Watch: Robot passenger causes flight delay in California A Southwest Airlines flight from Oakland, Calif., to San Diego was delayed for more than an hour due to an unusual passenger -- a robot.

Watch: Blue heron rescued from giant oyster clamped onto its foot Animal rescuers in British Columbia came to the rescue of a blue heron that turned out to have a talon stuck inside a giant oyster's shell.

Watch: California cat's successful coyote defense caught on camera A home security camera in California captured the moment a neighbor's cat successfully fought off a coyote and fled up a nearby tree.

N.C. man's son's birthday numbers deliver big lottery jackpot A North Carolina man who always uses his son's birthday to play the Cash 5 lottery drawing ended up scoring a $341,844 jackpot.

Look: Crying kitten rescued from Texas storm drain Animal services officers in Texas teamed up with public works personnel to rescue a kitten heard crying from inside a storm drain.

Watch: 7-foot alligator caught trying to cross Florida highway Sheriff's deputies in Florida helped wrangle a 7-foot alligator found jaywalking across a busy highway in Hillsborough County.

'Escaped zebra' in Armenia was a painted donkey Officials at a zoo in Armenia said reports of an escaped zebra were the result of a donkey that had been painted black and white as a prank.