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Animal antics

A snake in McDonald's and a frog hidden in bunch of bananas were among RSPCA's 'weird' rescues of 2022.

The charity said its officers had been called to animal incidents ranging from seal pups to foxes which had got their heads stuck in various objects and a 5ft-long boa constrictor found in a McDonald's restaurant.

The frog had travelled 4,300 miles from the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean to the UK on a bunch of bananas.

Nacho, a six-month-old seal pup, was discovered next to a riverbank by a pub in Keynsham, Bristol, in January. Two days later another seal pup was found on a cliff in Weybourne, Norfolk, 50ft from the beach. The charity was also called out to a fox trapped in a watering can in Colchester, Essex, in February, and another fox was found with its head stuck in a large can of dog food in Barking, London.

RSPCA inspector Dale Grant said it was a warning of "how dangerous litter can be".

In July, customers eating at a McDonald's in Bognor Regis, West Sussex, were confronted by a 5ft-long boa constrictor slithering through the restaurant.

The non-venomous snake was passed on to staff and placed in a box before it was collected by the RSPCA.

Kebab hell

A man who gorged on 124 kebabs in 31 days says it left him 'psychologically' damaged. Des Breakey, 36, who ate four meat wraps every evening as part of his "Kebabathon", said the challenge had hurt him both "psychologically" and "physically."

He went on the 'kebabathon' to raise money for the charity Francis House Children's Hospice, and consumed a massive 250,000 calories in the process.

The dad of two said he had felt a huge sense of "accomplishment" when he scoffed down his final kebab after raising more than £1,000. The engineer, who even went without a Christmas dinner to make space for kebabs, said he plans to "retire" from extreme eating challenges.

"It was a breeze for the first two weeks, but the last two weeks it got a bit messy” he said.