• The Tail Company, based in the United Kingdom, is starting production of its newest offering, miTail -- a Bluetooth-enabled animatronic tail that wearers can control with a phone app, Nerdist reported on May 13. For example, a wearer might want to express emotions such as "frustrated and tense" or "calm and relaxed."
Other moves include the Short Wag, the Happy Wag and the Erect Tremble.
The company plans to start delivering the Kickstarter-supported products in August. [Nerdist, 5/13/2021]
• Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Porcupine Plain, Saskatchewan, had a mystery on their hands on May 7 when someone reported a load of fenceposts missing, RCMP reported on its website.
Officers opened an investigation, but the "bucktooth bandits" were quickly identified: "The stolen goods were located in a beaver dam," said Constable Conrad Rickards.
"A beaver -- or beavers -- helped themselves to the stash of posts and used them to help build a dam. I tried locating said beavers but they were GOA (gone on arrival)." [RCMP, 5/11/2021]