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Follies of the Mad Men #188
Subtext: our arcane, byzantine loan policies are as horrifying and deadly as this nausea-inducing hybrid nightmare creature we chose as our new mascot.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Aug 31, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, Products, Money, Fictional Monsters
Singing Gibbons on Helium
I think a study of helium-sniffing singing gibbons qualifies as weird science. Link to the original article in the American Journal of Physical Anthropology. And you can hear the gibbons singing with and without helium either at eurekalert.org, which has the sound files posted, or in the Newsy Science video below.
Posted By: Alex - Sat Aug 25, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Music, Science, Experiments
The New Golden Age of Crow Hunting
According to crowbusters.com, the 40s, 50s, and 60s were the "Golden Era" of crow hunting. But then Federal protection appeared, and the crow population began to grow... and grow. As a result, crows aren't endangered any more. And so, says the crows busters team:I believe we are entering the second "Golden Era" of crow hunting. Hunters are finding out that there is no other type of varmint hunting that involves so many hunting skills. Camouflage, blinds, calling, decoy placement and wing shooting all need to come together for a successful crow shoot. And best of all, crows are everywhere! With the exception of a few isolated spots, at least a few crows can be found almost anywhere you hunt.
What to do with the crows once you've shot 'em? Eat 'em, of course!
Posted By: Alex - Fri Aug 24, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Food
Shark Teeth Dentures
George Middlebrook was a Caribbean shark fisherman who made a pair of shark dentures for himself by taking a wax impression of his mouth, transferring the impression to wet sand, pouring hot lead into the impression, and then inserting shark teeth into the lead. (Google News link.) I wonder if he could actually chew with them? Because of his teeth, he was given a small role in the 1956 movie The Sharkfighters.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Aug 16, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Fish, Fashion
Lyndon Johnson Lifts Dogs By Their Ears
Even if Mitt Romney becomes president, his decision to drive 650 miles from Massachusetts to Ontario with his dog in a carrier tied to the roof of the car will remain a black mark against him in the eyes of many people. Wikipedia calls it his "Dog Incident." However, he's not the only person in Presidential history to have suffered from a dog controversy. Back in 1964, Lyndon Johnson caused an uproar when he showed reporters how he could pick up his two beagles, named 'Him' and 'Her,' by their ears. Dog lovers were not amused.
Source: Sarasota Herald-Tribune, Apr 28, 1964
Posted By: Alex - Tue Aug 14, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Politics, Dogs
Poop Patrol—Lion and Tiger Division
Every owner of domestic cats can relate to changing the litterbox.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Aug 11, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Hygiene, Excrement
Cross-Critter Adoption
No, this isn't a story about AJ & BP, and, I know stories about some critter adopting another critter of unlike origin isn't exactly "weird" any more. In fact, my aunt had a dalmatian that raised more kittens than her cats ever did, but this story has a new wrinkle that may gain it entry to the Cutest Video Hall of Fame.
Posted By: Expat47 - Sat Aug 11, 2012 -
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Category: Animals
Raccoon Roadkill Gets Makeover
Be careful in Philadelphia. If you get run down, the road crew may decide you need another coat.
It may be the new look for someone on the road.
Here's the link about the "yellow raccoon road".
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/09/crew-paints-over-raccoon-roadkill_n_1762060.html?ref=topbar#slide=1356733
Posted By: gdanea - Fri Aug 10, 2012 -
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Category: Animals
The sound of copulating flies
In order to test the theory that noisy copulating animals are at greater risk of being found and eaten by predators, German researchers mounted "dead, noiseless fly pairs" on the ceiling of a shed. The bats that lived in the shed ignored them. But when the researchers played the sound of copulating flies through loudspeakers, the bats attacked the loudspeakers. So, theory proven!Max-Planck-Gesellschaft has a video of the bats attacking the speakers, but unfortunately the video has no sound. And below is a youtube video of some copulating flies -- but again, you can't hear the flies, just some people in the background. So I still don't know what copulating flies sound like.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jul 27, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Insects and Spiders, Science, Experiments, Sexuality
How many people will run over a turtle?
Mark Rober, who apparently works at NASA, has posted an interesting video about what he calls his "roadkill experiment." It explores how many people will swerve into the shoulder lane to deliberately run over an animal, such as a turtle, snake, or tarantula. No real animals were harmed. He used rubber ones.The results: Most people ignored the animals, but one person swerved to hit the turtle, and slightly more swerved to hit the snake and spider. What does this tell us about human nature? Perhaps that most people are basically decent, but there are definitely a few psychos out there. (via Gizmodo)
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jul 21, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Evil, Violence
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