Monday December 10 10:00 AM ET 

Man's Ear Becomes Dog's Lunch
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - A man in southern Sweden scared his neighbor's dog,
which then tore off his ear and swallowed it, the Swedish daily newspaper
Expressen reported on Monday.

The man was taken to hospital and the dog to the vet, who gave it an
emetic to retrieve the neighbor's ear, but to no avail.

The dog's owner then agreed to let the vet perform stomach surgery.

The dog survived, but the ear didn't. When it finally reached the hospital
four hours after being chewed off, it was no longer in any condition to be
stitched back on.

Doctors said the dog's stomach acids had dissolved too much of it. 

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