SOME do-it-yourself orthodontic work has gone horribly awry for one woman from Auckland who accidentally welded some fake fangs to her gums in the pursuit of costume authenticity.
Miss Ruby Riches (we're hoping this is an alias) was making further enhancements to her alter ego as a "purveyor of fine gems" when she purchased some thermoplastic and attempted to mould some fake choppers.
While initially impressed with her handiwork, she quickly became concerned when they wouldn't come out.
A quick dash to the dentist finally saw the item extracted from the woman's mouth, leaving Miss Ruby Riches to recover and reflect on the next costume she can really sink her teeth into.
When somebody is in need of urgent medical attention the instinct is to help out, right?
Well, what if the person wasn't a person at all and was instead a giant Siberian Tiger?
This is what confronted a man from Russia recently who opened his front door to a deep growling noise on his porch which turned out to be the anguished cries of a Tiger suffering from gum disease.
The man promptly called an emergency dentist to attend to the frail feline which reciprocated by promptly eating said dentist.
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