Crosseyed German Possum A Superstar
“The reason for Heidi’s crossed eyes is unclear, but zoo officials speculate that it might be because of fat deposits behind her eyes, caused by a bad diet early in life. The eyes might look off, but they cause the animal no pain, and don’t affect her ability to get around, according to the zoo. She is, aside from her looks, a normal opossum. But those looks are the key to her new-found fame. As the song written in her honor predicts: ‘Our Heidi is no model, and doesn’t need blond hair, but she is already famous and soon will be a superstar.’”
— Oh, man. It’s totally going to turn out that those fat deposits behind Heidi’s eyes contain more than 77 times the approved level of dioxin. With more than 3,000 farms closed in a contamination scandal, German agriculture looks to be in for a rough 2011.