Weird BUT true

The bridesmaid was there in spirit — and in robot.

Bride-to-be Anna Helperin-Salmon, of Connecticut, asked her sister to be her maid of honor. But Elizabeth Dubow, who lives in Colorado, couldn’t make the trip because she was an expectant mom.

So the bride and groom rented a mobile robot with attached smartphones, allowing Dubow to participate from afar.

She rolled down the aisle before the vows, gave a speech and even spun around on the dance floor.

Parrots may be giving Wall Street fat cats a run for their money.

German scientists taught 33 macaws and African grey parrots to make economic decisions.

The birds were given tokens they could use for an instant snack of sunflower seeds. Or they could hold on to them and later trade them for more-coveted walnuts. The patient parrots went long-term, saving up for the walnuts.

Two lovebirds who lived in New Zealand, Thomas the goose and Henry the swan, were together for 18 years. Both were male.

Thomas, who died last year, was described as “an icon for the LGBT community” at his memorial. Henry died in 2009.

Now a local artist is raising money to make bronze statues of the pair and place them along the Kapiti Coast.

Sarah-May Philo, a Scottish comedian and singer, performed her act on the operating table during brain surgery to remove a tumor.

It kept the surgeons entertained and showed which parts of her brain were active during her performance.

They turned a mountain into a molehill.

To be considered a mountain, a range must rise more than 2,000 feet, with the lowest point between peaks 98.4 feet.

Using new technology, a researcher found the drop between the peaks on Fan y Big in Wales was 93.4 feet — five feet short.