Animals
Electrocutes then drowns rodents
When it's not enough to kill a mouse just once. Source: Popular Electricity, Nov 1911.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jan 29, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Death
Unique Beauty
This unusual specimen was found in Drexel University's butterfly exhibit. The wings on one side are female, while the ones on the other side are male. Beautiful.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Jan 21, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Cryptozoology
Stockings for Camels
In the early 1960s, Alan Abel ran a long-running hoax involving an organization (The Society for Indecency to Naked Animals) whose members wanted to put clothes on all the naked animals in the world. So I was amused to discover there was a similar, but non-hoax, campaign back in 1926. The "philanthropic Englishwoman" Mrs. F.K. Hosall spearheaded an effort to get women to donate their old stockings so they could be worn by the donkeys and camels of north Africa. However, it wasn't exactly similar, because it sounds like Mrs. Hosall had a sensible reason to put stockings on the camels — to prevent fly bites.Source: The Alamance Gleaner (Graham, N.C.) - Feb 11, 1926.
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jan 20, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Fashion, 1920s
Civil Defense PSAs
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 18, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Armageddon and Apocalypses, Death, Destruction, PSA’s, 1960s
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo
Sample episode of Skippy below.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 09, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Television, Children, 1960s, Australia
Fish Eyes
Veterinary staff at Vancouver Aquarium have provided posthetic eyes for a fish. This was done so other fish would not pick it to death because it did not have eyes. So, it seems that humans are not the only species that picks on those who are different.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jan 08, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Fish, Eyes and Vision
Tom Edison Jr.‘s Electric Mule
This cover could hardly be improved upon for macabre glee and impartial offensiveness.
Read the story here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jan 02, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Mad Scientists, Evil Geniuses, Insane Villains, Stereotypes and Cliches, Science Fiction, Nineteenth Century
Follies of the Madmen #238
A pelican garbed in Colonial clothes with lettering on its pouch is not the intuitive choice for a booze mascot.
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 30, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Business, Advertising, Products, 1940s, Alcohol
Got Mice?
Apparently the center used to get free mice from a research lab, but that supply has now ended. So they're hoping the public will step up to the plate.
Too bad I don't live in Connecticut, because my cat catches LOTS of mice. Though he usually doesn't kill them. Just brings them inside for us to play with, and I take them back out and release them.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Dec 28, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Food
Gentle Ben
Which scenario is more likely?
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 27, 2014 -
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Category: Animals, Death, Television, 1960s
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