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APhoto Of The Day — 2/19/09

 (The Spokesman-Review)
(The Spokesman-Review)

A raccoon with its head stuck in a peanut butter jar is seen on top of a tree in Medway, Ohio Wednesday. A resident used a saw to cut down the tree limb and another man caught the animal. Two employees from Varmint Guard helped remove the jar, then caged the animal and transported it elsewhere for release. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Springfield News-Sun, Marshall Gorby)

Top Cutlines:

  • 1. Unamused by his story, Rocky's wife responded with anger, which left his head again slightly ajar -- John Austin.
  • 2. After becoming cornered in a dumpster by a pit bull, this cleaver little guy was able to fashion a helmet out of an empty peanut butter jar. The pit bull, knowing only to go for the head kill, chopped down on the jar but could only muster 8500 ft lb’s/sq inch of force, a mere 500 short of the 9000 ft lb’s/sq inch needed to shatter the jar. The pit bull then turned his attention to a deer waking by. That one didn’t have such a happy ending -- Poolman.

  • 3. No raccoons were harmed during the voluntary recall of peanut butter products in Medway, Ohio -- Steve Sibulsky

  • HM: Escapee.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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