The curious spiny mammals had ended up drunk after sampling a bottle of eggnog that someone had dropped.
A new lifesaving drone has already proven its worth after rescuing two swimmers off the coast of Australia.
A YouTube prankster had to be rescued by the fire service after his latest stunt went spectacularly wrong.
A man in Norway ended up stuck after climbing in to a lavatory to retrieve his friend's mobile phone.
A sick worker has had to be rescued from a remote research station in Antarctica in the middle of winter.
A woman had to be rescued from the ocean after swimming for several hours in pursuit of a cruise liner.
An 18-month-old child was saved after rescuers discovered she was trapped inside a submerged car.
An attempt to 'run' from Florida to Bermuda in a plastic bubble didn't go quite according to plan.
Firefighters were called in to rescue two people after their home was invaded by giant hornets.
A young girl's life was saved when a school of dolphins lead a research team to her location.
Three rescue dogs in New Zealand have received training to teach them basic driving skills.
Fire-fighters spent over four hours engaged in a particularly unusual rescue operation.
Details have emerged of a mountain rescue team that came across alleged Sputnik debris in 1962.
Louis the Yorkshire Terrier knew exactly what to do when his owner Victoria collapsed in the shower.
A massive crab has been rescued by a fisherman and is now on its way to a British aquarium.
Crowds of New Agers have travelled to Bugarach in France awaiting rescue by a UFO on December 21st.
A man in Sweden has been rescued after being stuck in the snow in his car for a whole two months.
A Scottish Mountain Rescue team filmed two strange lights zooming through thick fog in Scotland.
Fire crews have been called out to rescue people from vending machines, cat flaps and more.
A faithful dog dragged his owner, the Mayor of Redruth, all the way home after he was hit by lightning.