July 2009

  • These are some greedy rabbits

    By Anonymous on 7/27/09 10:06am
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    deceptively innocentdeceptively innocentI have a feeling that these guys had something to do with the collapse of our banking system. 

    I know they seem so harmless and cute, but whatever you do, don't give them your money!!  They're gonna take your dollars, and put it in a drawer! Bunnies in the bank, yo!

  • Pangolin Rapidly Approaching Extinction

    By sarajean on 7/25/09 9:43am
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    The pangolin, also known as the trenggiling or scaly anteater, is an endangered species native to tropical areas of Asia and Africa. Resembling an armadillo, it’s covered in big keratin scales, and is nocturnal, spending most of the day curled up in a ball, asleep. Since they don’t have teeth, they eat bugs by using their long tongues, and use their claws to dig or peel back bark to find them. Cute for scaly critters, they’re also unfortunately one of the most popular types of bush meat on Earth.

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  • Camel Spider: let's clear some things up.

    By selecter on 7/24/09 12:27pm
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    Camel Spider hanging out with US troops.Camel Spider hanging out with US troops.

    I suspect many of you have already seen the pictures of the giant man eating spiders living in Iraq. The stories that came back (across the web) with our U.S. servicemen serving in Iraq told of poison injections, amputated limbs, cohabitated sleeping bags, intimidating jumping prowess and midnight attacks worthy of a Hollywood horror film.

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  • Canada’s “Nessie” Finally Proven?

    By sarajean on 7/16/09 8:15pm
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    We never really believed in the giant or colossal squid until their carcasses mysteriously washed up on the shore somewhere, all huge and awesome and world-changing. If these things exist, we had to ask ourselves—what else is out there?

    That’s why I love cryptozoology so much—it helps us remember that we don’t know everything—we really don’t know jack!—and there’ still plenty out there to be discovered. So I’m hoping that a recent discovery in Canada will prove to be another such case.

    A strange creature’s 1.2 meter-length body has washed up on the shores of Okanagan Lake. Dan Poppoff, who discovered the creature in June during a kayaking trip, called it in to an expert on the Ogopogo, the Canadian version of the Lock Ness Monster.

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  • The Toothpick Fish!

    By macallister on 7/15/09 10:17pm
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    The candirú, also known as the "toothpick fish," is a tiny, nearly transparent kind of catfish, found in the Amazon river.



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  • Ancient Prehistoric Whale Discovered in Sweden

    By Niki Fears on 7/14/09 10:43am
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    Swedenborg WhaleSwedenborg WhaleRecently workers in Sweden made a most remarkable discovery hidden deep within the clay of their work site. The discovery was made when they unearthed the remains of a whale believed to be at least 10,000 years old and some hope to prove that this mysterious new skeleton may actually be the remains of the legendary Swedenborg Whale.

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  • Beware the Mongolian Death Worm!

    By sarajean on 7/11/09 11:31pm
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    Have you ever seen the movie Tremors (or its repetitive sequels)? I’m definitely no fan, but my husband loves those movies. It turns out that some scientists believe that those giant flesh-eating worms really do exist—and they call them Mongolian Death Worms.

    The worm has reportedly been sighted in the Gobi Desert. Said to “kill in one strike with a sharp sprout of acidic venom to the face,” they don’t sound like the friendliest of creatures. Locals swear up and down that the monster is there, just waiting for an unsuspecting victim to step one foot in his sand.

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  • The most disgusting thing filmed. EVER.

    By selecter on 7/6/09 1:30pm
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    Sewer crews in North Carolina discovered what was just dubbed “The most disgusting thing ever” by me. These things were apparently filmed under the streets of Cameron Village, NC (Run!). The nipple-esque pulsating node is hard to even look at, but when you press play, be prepared for that filth to increase like a million times. This thing is so disgusting I can barley write right now, it’s like a nightmare or something worse than a nightmare. Rumor has it that the Vatican is debating whether there is a God or not after watching the video…

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  • Gay Animals are the Norm

    By sarajean on 7/2/09 2:11am
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    When you think of gay animals, you might come up with images from the infamous banned (and adorable) children’s book And Tango Makes Three about the two male penguins who raised a chick together. Or you might think of orgy-prone dolphins, or maybe Bonobos, whose species is fully bisexual.

    But do you think about frogs, giraffes, bison, fruit flies, ducks, worms—and just about every species alive?

    Same-sex behavior in animals, a new study published in the June 16 issue of Trends in Ecology and Evolution claims, is so common and present in almost all species, that it’s “nearly universal.”

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