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Sometimes people find themselves in situations where they really want to attack someone, but don’t have a traditional weapon at hand. So they improvise. In New Zealand, William Singalargh used a hedgehog as a projectile and managed to wound a younger man’s leg. He was later arrested for assault with a weapon, though it is doubtful a hedgehog is on the list of weapons police normally look for in assault cases.

In another incident, though not using his animal in a direct confrontation, William Johnson of Texas tried to fend off a traffic ticket with the help of a live alligator he had in the back seat of his car. When asked about it, he told trooper Steve Stanfield that he had rescued the gator and was going to release it back into the wild. It worked as a deterrent for the cops, who had no wish to wrestle with a live reptile, and waited for animal experts to remove it from the car.

After the alligator was out of the picture, the troopers took care of Mr. Johnson, who was charged with illegal alligator possession, among other things.