If Gareth Morgan strapped a GPS tracker to your cat, this would be the likely satellite image of his/her gadding about. An Australian government-funded project reckons cats explore directly around their home, then make one or two journeys much further away. The project is designed to show just how much cats roam at night, and the trouble they can cause wildlife.
Strange but true
1. In 1996, a small town in Utah mistakenly booked Rage Against the Machine at a venue for tractor and monster truck shows. The booking was made under the misapprehension that "Rage Against the Machine" was the name of a touring tractor-pull or monster truck rally. The locals panicked and businesses boarded up, thinking the band's followers would riot and vandalise everything.
2.There's such a thing as a TomTato, which is a hybrid of a tomato and potato plant. It grows tomatoes above ground, and potatoes below. It was developed by horticulturists Thompson and Morgan. From their website: "Tomatoes are members of the potato family and are therefore naturally compatible with potatoes. Each TomTato plant is specially grafted by hand to create this unique double cropping feature. There's no genetic modification - it's an all-natural and safe process."
