Weird BUT true

Rats! California wildlife officials fear that the nutria — a 20-pound rodent once believed to be exterminated in the state — is on the rise again and poised to do some serious damage.

“They burrow in dikes and levees and road beds, so they weaken infrastructure, [which is] problematic for flood-control systems,” California Fish and Wildlife rep Peter Tira said.

She got stiffed on a tip — and then fired from her job.

A Florida waitress took to Facebook and vented her frustration about getting no tip on a $795 pick-up order from a nearby church. She said preparing the massive order took up nearly all her shift and prevented her from working the floor to get tips from other customers.

Christ Fellowship Church said it called Outback Steakhouse in Palm Beach Gardens to make amends for the non tip, but instead made it worse when waitress Tamlynn Yoder, 25, was fired.

Outback said employees cannot post about customers on social media.

Baseball’s Hartford Yard Goats are staging a Cowboy Monkey Rodeo on June 14, in which monkeys, wearing cowboy outfits, will ride around the field on dogs.

Dave “The Bullet” Smith will be shot from a cannon after the July 26 game. The Connecticut team will also play on Aug. 12 under a oneday team nickname, the Steamed Cheeseburgers.

A Pennsylvania inmate was busted for allegedly smuggling 78 doses of LSD, cocaine and meth into jail — in her weave, according to court records cited by The Smoking Gun.

Lashandra Brown, 29, was charged with 18 counts.

A British woman fought a fine for not picking up after her dog — and had the droppings stored in a freezer to prove it.

Eleanor Gramby, 67, finally won her case after seven months when the Anglesey Council said it didn’t have proof of her offense.