Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe Calgary Zoo gorilla takes up breakdancing CALGARY, Alberta, June 21 (UPI) -- A male Western lowland gorilla living in Canada's Calgary Zoo has developed a breakdance routine in his favorite puddle, zookeepers say. Advertisement A video shows 8-year-old Zola rhythmically stomping his feet and performing dance-like moves that include the breakdance spin-on-one-heel routine, The Calgary Herald reported Tuesday. Zoo officials posted the video with electronic music on Youtube and Facebook and by Tuesday morning, there were almost 57,000 views of Zola watching his feet and opening his mouth as he dances in a puddle. The zoo didn't indicate if the black gorilla had been coached or trained in the routine. Zola has been in the Alberta zoo for two years and came from the Bronx Zoo in New York. Western lowland gorillas are on the international "critically endangered" species list, the zoo said. Man steals $1 to get prison healthcare Advertisement GASTONIA, N.C., June 21 (UPI) -- A North Carolina man said he robbed a bank of $1 and waited for police so he could go to prison and receive healthcare. Richard Verone, 59, said he robbed the RBC Bank in Gastonia of $1 June 9 and sat down to wait for police in the hopes of being convicted so he could receive healthcare for a growth in his chest and two ruptured disks, ABC News reported Tuesday. Police said Verone, who was unarmed, handed a note to a teller demanding $1 and claiming he had a gun. The police report said Verone then sat down on a couch and waited for officers to arrive at the bank. "I'm sort of a logical person and that was my logic, what I came up with," Verone told reporters. "If it is called manipulation, then out of necessity because I need medical care, then I guess I am manipulating the courts to get medical care." Verone was charged with larceny and ordered held in lieu of $2,000 bond. He is due in court June 28. Jostens replaces diplomas with typos PLYMOUTH, Mass., June 21 (UPI) -- The principal of a Massachusetts high school said she has received corrected diplomas after the original documents misspelled the words "for" and "and." Advertisement Principal Kathleen McSweeney of Plymouth North High School said Minnesota company Jostens, which printed the diplomas, created the replacement diplomas at its own expense after the errors were discovered, Wicked Local Plymouth reported Tuesday. Blaine Stewart, Jostens' grad products design manager, said the errors, which misspelled "for" as "fro" and "and" as "ans," were not on the original document approved by school officials. He said the error was the result of the company transferring artwork to a new system. McSweeney said the diplomas will soon be distributed to the 263 seniors who graduated June 4. Device simulates TV light in windows EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn., June 21 (UPI) -- A Minnesota-based company said its product, FakeTV, is designed to simulate the light from a television set to deter burglars while homeowners are away. Manufacturer Hydreon Corp. of Eden Prairie said the product simulates the light of a TV as it would be seen through a home's windows, including effects made to resemble the light from scene changes, fades and on-screen motion. "This tool will provide the illusion that someone is home. Hopefully the bad guy will try another place or easier target due to the fact that someone may be home," said police Chief Michael Fields of Yuma, Colo. Advertisement The product is available for $35 at www.faketv.com.
