Weird but true

Striking Toronto Zoo workers might not be winning yet — but their picket signs are a hit.

Social-media users have delighted in slogans like “Management gives zero fox,” “We’re not ducking around” and “Iguana go back to work.”

The strikers include zookeepers, horticulturalists, p.r. staffers, concession and ride operators. A whale of a mystery. Washington state beachgoers were puzzled by what looked like a balloon growing from the head of a dead minke whale that washed ashore on Long Beach Peninsula.

Sadly, it was the diaphram of the 20-foot animal bloated by gases from decomposition. After a necropsy, the whale is set to be removed Wednesday.

Swedish skateboarders are getting a gift from the City of Brotherly LOVE.

A granite slab from LOVE Park, a legendary Philadelphia skating spot that closed in 2016, is headed for a new skatepark in Malmo, Sweden.

“We’ve learned skateboarding isn’t detrimental to urban life but can actually be an asset in activating spaces,” said Skate Malmo’s coordinator.

A giant rubber duck will float in Toronto’s waterfront this summer — ruffling many feathers.

The 6-story-high, $120,000 duck is “an absurd waste of taxpayers’ dollars,” said Rick Nicholls, a member of the Ontario Parliament, who also called the plan “an absolute cluster duck.”

A neighborhood in western Germany was evacuated this week after the explosions of some World War II grenades.

The blasts went off in a collector’s garage due to unseasonably high temperatures in the town of Hennef, east of Bonn, officials said.

The homeowner, under investigation for possible weapons violations, said he bought the antiques at a flea market. Luckily, no one was hurt.