Hideous-looking things, aren't they? Interesting little side note: One of the people attacked by a Komodo Dragon (NOT fatally) was Sharon Stone's husband, San Francisco Chronicle editor Phil Bronstein. This occurred 8 years ago when the couple were touring a zoo in Indonesia. Bronstein was wearing white sneakers and the theory is that the lizard mistook his sneaker for a white rat. The dragon bit his foot. Bronstein required surgery, but made a full recovery.

Tomorrow morning, we'll have another Mystery and another chance for you to win a 4-pack of tickets to the Walking With The Dinosaurs show coming to The Verizon Center in September.

Happy Birthday today to Rudy Gatlin of The Gatlin Brothers. He's 57 today. Connie Chung, former TV anchor babe and wife of Maury ("You ARE the father") Povitch, is 63 today.

Also, Happy Birthday to boxing promoter Don King. Don is 78 today.

What does this guy comb his hair with in the morning? A pack of firecrackers? He looks like a hand grenade salesman.

Hey, wait a minute! It's Connie Chung's birthday AND Don King's birthday on the same day??!! That means today is CHUNG KING DAY!!!

I think by now, you all know how much I love dogs. This morning, we got the results of tests conducted at a Canadian University, which show that dogs know when we're lying. Dog treats were hidden under one of two buckets, where dogs couldn't smell them. The dog's owners would point to the bucket where the food was, but sometimes, they would intentionally lie. After being lied to on the average of 5 fives, the dogs would start picking up subtle body language the owners were giving out without realizing it. So, after a very short time, the dogs were able to tell when their owner was lying, and the would pick the other bucket. Researchers say this indicates that dogs might be even smarter than we originally thought, maybe even smarter than chimpanzees.

Here's my question: If dogs are so smart, how come when you make believe you throw the tennis ball, but you don't really throw it, the dog spends 20 minutes looking for it.