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It's been a hot summer in Europe, and the BBC reports that in Zurich

zookeepers said they had been serving the animals ice creams made of berries, meat and bones to cool them down.

No recipes provided, I'm afraid (more unusual ice creams noted here).

The BBC article's main subject is this summer's French heat deaths. Reported casualties are far below those of the summer of 2003, but final numbers typically take months to come in -- a full reckoning depending on comprehensive analysis of mortality rates rather than enumeration of deaths explicitly reported as heat-related.

AND don't forget the toll in California . . .

Posted by David on July 27, 2006 10:10 AM