Flipper Alert.

Sometimes animals just lose it completely. Still in their prom dress or collegiate sweater, they up and turn to evil, start writing bad words, get a hold of automatic weapons and generally turn on you. For example...

• Armed dolphins, trained by the US military to shoot terrorists and pinpoint spies underwater, may be missing in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Katrina. Please stay out of the water.

Also be on the alert for...

• Mechmonkeys in the suburbs of Los Vegas

• Republican Guard Squirrels in Akron.

The Kangaroo Kartel in San Francisco

And this kitten in Kalamazoo