New York Post

Weird BUT true

- Natalie O’Neill Post Wire Services

This marsupial bounced — mysterious­ly.

Zookeepers in Detroit were baffled when a 5-month-old wallaby suddenly disappeare­d from its enclosure — and now they say the culprit may be a hungry bird.

A hawk or an owl likely swooped down and snatched the yet-to-benamed kangaroo cousin, officials said.

The sky in Zhoushan, China, turned an unsettling shade of blood red out of the blue last week, baffling residents who feared the end was nigh.

Some observers thought it was a sign of the apocalypse but officials later linked the crimson hue to a light on a boat in the city’s harbor.

Sweet news! Chowing down on chocolate reduces the risk of dying young by 12%, according to a study.

Folks who munch two chocolate bars a week are less likely to suffer from heart disease, cancer and diabetes than those who eat none, according to researcher­s at the US National Cancer Institute in Maryland.

What a tangled web he wove.

A former eBay executive has pleaded guilty of harassing the creators of an online newsletter by sending deliveries of live spiders to their homes.

David Harville, the firm’s former director of global resiliency, sent creepy items — including a box of cockroache­s and a funeral wreath — to the publishers of EcommerceB­ytes with the goal of getting them to stop writing articles critical of the company, according to prosecutor­s.

A Utah mom is selling nearly 4,000 ounces of her own breast milk online amid the nationwide baby formula shortage.

Super-pumper Alyssa Chitti, of Tooele, said she has three freezers full of the mammary juice and is charging $1 an ounce for it.

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