In pictures: Classic silly season stories

The sad tale of Benson, Britain's best-loved carp and a 64lb whopper, who is being mourned by the angling community after her death this week Photograph: Public Domain

The Daily Telegraph tells us how dolphins communicate with each other Photograph: Public Domain

What better way to liven up a slow news day than with the tale of the star of a 1990s sitcom spotted in the night sky? Photograph: Public Domain

This year in the Sun - look out for the killer chipmunks. Surely they won't attack anyone - will they ... Photograph: Public Domain

... aaaggh. They've struck Photograph: Public Domain

Blackie the donkey was the subject of tabloid hysteria in 1986, with rival tabloids scrambling to be the first to bring him home from perceived maltreatment in Spain and to the safety of a donkey sanctuary in the UK Photograph: Public Domain

The Tamworth two were piglets who escaped from an abattoir in 1998. They spent a week on the run - and were later the subject of a BBC drama, The Legend of the Tamworth Two Photograph: Public Domain

A silly season staple - pictures of dead celebs in food and in other unlikely settings. Here the Daily Mail prints a spread featuring Jesus in toast, a fish, a frying pan - and a cat Photograph: Public Domain

This story about killer sharks off the coast of Cornwall surfaced in the Sun. Strangely, holidaymakers escaped unscathed Photograph: Public Domain

'Squirrels on crack'. This headline from the South London Press says it all Photograph: Public Domain