Man's Ear Becomes Dog's Lunch

December 10, 2001 10:00 am EST

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A man in southern Sweden scared his neighbor's dog, which then tore off his ear and swallowed it, the Swedish daily newspaper Expressen reported on Monday.

The man was taken to hospital and the dog to the vet, who gave it an emetic to retrieve the neighbor's ear, but to no avail.

The dog's owner then agreed to let the vet perform stomach surgery.

The dog survived, but the ear didn't. When it finally reached the hospital four hours after being chewed off, it was no longer in any condition to be stitched back on.

Doctors said the dog's stomach acids had dissolved too much of it.

[How's that breakfast holding up?] LOL

-- Anonymous, December 11, 2001