A box of weasel gland oil was stolen from a vehicle owned by New Zealand pest control company Goodnature, The New Zealand Herald (TNZH) reports. The thief — or thieves — broke into the vehicle by smashing the window and stealing 16 bottles of experimental oil extracted from the anal glands of stoats, presumably unknowingly, […]
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