Ten interesting facts about the Dahu:
- Oprah Winfrey is one of only two people alive to own a Dahu
- A Dahu is expected to appear in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix later this year
- The Dahu is not very ferocious, smart, or useful
- The Dahu can engage in sexual intercourse while running
- There are four sub-species of Dahu: Clockwise, Counter-clockwise, Ascendit, and Descendit
- The Dahu is the national animal of Switzerland
- The Dahu won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Animal in The Wizard of Oz
- Ascendit Dahu can climb only uphill, and most die when they reach the top of the mountain and fall off
- There is a wildlife refuge dedicated to the preservation of the Dahu in the Swiss Alps
- In Scotland and Northern England, the Dahu is known as a Haggis
When I need an idea for a list, I usually go to the Wikipedia page for whatever day it happens to be. Doing so today, I saw that on this date in 1396, the Dahu became the national animal of Switzerland. I thought perhaps I could make a list of national animals, so I clicked through to the Dahu article. What I found was so profoundly bizarre that it demanded its own list. At one point it seems to have been a legitimate article about a mythological creature, but in the last week or so it's gotten really strange. I'm surprised no editor has stepped in to get it back on track.