In Austria, electricity transmission towers could soon be transformed into works of public art. The Austrian Power Grid is working on a project for the country’s nine federal states to each have its own “style of pylon in the form of an animal symbolic to the region’s identity,” said New Atlas. For Burgeland, it would be a stork, “reflecting the bird’s well-known annual visits,” while Lower Austria would have the stag, due to the area’s “densely wooded” Alpine hills.

The first-ever Fat Squirrel Week was won by a contender called Chunkosaurus Rex, who beat out hefty rivals from across Texas. In the final heavyweight round, he defeated Chunk Norris of Fort Richardson State Park. The contest was organized by the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, with social media followers voting for their favorite rotund rodent. Chunkosaurus Rex lives in Dinosaur Valley State Park, said the agency, where he’s a “fan favorite” and moves “surprisingly fast in the quest for acorns and camper crumbs.”