Offbeat news: Sushi mosaic in Hong Kong, conjoined whale twins off Mexico coast, dead tiger found in SUV in China
Today’s strange news from around the world: Fishermen found two conjoined gray whale calves in a northwestern Mexican lagoon, a discovery that a government marine biologist described as “exceptionally rare,” participants broke the Guiness World Records by creating the largest sushi mosaic using a total of 20,647 pieces during the 10th anniversary of a sushi chain store in Hong Kong, and police in China detained a former chef over the death of a rare Siberian tiger discovered in the back of an SUV.
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- This handout photo released on January 7, 2014 by the National Commission for Protected Natural Areas shows two conjoined gray whale calves at the Ojo de Liebre lagoon, in Los Cabos resort, state of Baja California, Mexico, on January 5, 2014. Fishermen have found two conjoined gray whale calves in a northwestern Mexican lagoon, a discovery that a government marine biologist described as “exceptionally rare.” The four-meter (13-foot) long siamese whales were dead when they were found in the Ojo de Liebre lagoon, which opens to the Pacific Ocean in the Baja California peninsula. (Conan Pho/AFP/Getty Images)
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- This handout photo released on January 7, 2014 by the National Commission for Protected Natural Areas shows two conjoined gray whale calves at the Ojo de Liebre lagoon, in Los Cabos resort, state of Baja California, Mexico, on January 5, 2014. Fishermen have found two conjoined gray whale calves in a northwestern Mexican lagoon, a discovery that a government marine biologist described as “exceptionally rare.” The four-meter (13-foot) long siamese whales were dead when they were found in the Ojo de Liebre lagoon, which opens to the Pacific Ocean in the Baja California peninsula. (Conan Pho/AFP/Getty Images)
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- This picture taken on January 8, 2014 shows a dead Siberian tiger wrapped in a plastic bag lying in a SUV car in Wenzhou, east China’s Zhejiang province. Police in China have detained a former chef over the death of a rare Siberian tiger discovered in the back of an SUV, a report said on January 9. (Dai Wei/AFP/Getty Images)
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- This picture taken on January 8, 2014 shows a dead Siberian tiger wrapped in a plastic bag lying in a SUV car in Wenzhou, east China’s Zhejiang province. Police in China have detained a former chef over the death of a rare Siberian tiger discovered in the back of an SUV, a report said on January 9. (Dai Wei/AFP/Getty Images)
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- A dead tiger is found during a police action in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, January 8, 2014. According to local media, two men carrying a sack with the tiger raised police’s suspicion as they moved the sack into a van. Initial examination shown it was an adult Siberian tiger. Picture taken January 8, 2014. (REUTERS/China Daily)
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- Participants arrange sushi to create the largest sushi mosaic in an attempt to break the Guinness World Records during the 10th anniversary of a sushi chain store in Hong Kong January 8, 2014. A total of 20,647 sushi pieces were used for a 37-square-metre space to break the record on Wednesday, which was verified and announced by the Guinness World Records at the end of the event. (REUTERS/Bobby Yip )
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- Participants pack sushi to be distributed for free to the public after breaking the Guinness World Records by creating the largest sushi mosaic during the 10th anniversary of a sushi chain store in Hong Kong January 8, 2014. A total of 20,647 sushi pieces were used for a 37-square-metre space to break the record on Wednesday, which was verified and announced by the Guinness World Records at the end of the event. (REUTERS/Bobby Yip)
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- Various pieces of sushi are arranged to create the largest sushi mosaic in an attempt to break the Guinness World Records during the 10th anniversary of a sushi chain store in Hong Kong January 8, 2014. A total of 20,647 sushi pieces were used for a 37-square-metre space to break the record on Wednesday, which was verified and announced by the Guinness World Records at the end of the event. (REUTERS/Bobby Yip)
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- A participant arranges sushi to create the largest sushi mosaic in an attempt to break the Guinness World Records during the 10th anniversary of a sushi chain store in Hong Kong January 8, 2014. A total of 20,647 sushi pieces were used for a 37-square-metre space to break the record on Wednesday, which was verified and announced by the Guinness World Records at the end of the event (REUTERS/Bobby Yip)
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