Animals
Hitting a golf ball off an elephant’s ear
Source: Valley Morning Star - May 3, 1931
Posted By: Alex - Wed May 27, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Sports, Golf, 1930s
Creepy Crawlers
For every young girl or boy who aspires to become Dr. Phibes.
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 26, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Insects and Spiders, Toys, 1960s
Zero Gravity Frog
NASA footage of experiments with frogs in a zero-g environment, performed on the Space Shuttle Endeavor, 1992.
Posted By: Alex - Sun May 24, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Science, Experiments, 1990s
Dentist’s Handbook for Carnivorous Penis Worms
The title sounds unpleasant on many different levels. But this is all just science. Nothing to be afraid of. "Penis worms," or priapulids, were creatures that lived 500 million years ago. They had pretty distinctive looking teeth. And now researchers have compiled a 'dentist's handbook' to aid in identifying these creatures in the fossil record. [Science Daily]
Posted By: Alex - Sat May 23, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Science
Hamster Tartare
Teacher, a different one, in South Korea became upset with the kids mistreating hamsters in the classroom. He decided to teach them a lesson about the sanctity of life. So he ate a live hamster in front of them. To think some people are horrified by stories of how kids used to swallow goldfish.
Posted By: Alex - Wed May 20, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Can’t Possibly Be True, Not Clear On The Concept, Eating
Dog gunit
A few days ago a Veterinarian removed over a dozen live .308 caliber rounds from a dog's stomach.
http://abcnews.go.com/Weird/wireStory/arkansas-veterinarian-operates-dog-ate-23-bullets-30896359
Posted By: BrokeDad - Mon May 11, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Guns, Dogs
Russian Navy Seals
They're armed with guns. Apparently this was part of a performance for Russia's recent Victory Day celebrations. More info here.
Posted By: Alex - Mon May 11, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Weapons
Music-Impregnated Milk
In this 1910 experiment, nine musicians played the "Blue Danube" waltz and other selections while farm hands milked 61 Jerseys and Holsteins.The result: "The music calmed the nerves of the cows and their udders let down all the milk in them." Also, this milk "tasted better and had a more happy effect upon the drinkers than the milk served which had not been 'music impregnated.'"
Why aren't the upscale food stores of today (like Whole Foods) selling music-impregnated milk? I'm sure there are people who would spend the extra money for it.
Source: The Louisiana Comrade - Aug 26, 1910; also printed in the Red Lake Falls Gazette (1910).
Posted By: Alex - Sat May 09, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Food, Music, Experiments
Kiss Of Death
Next up for Darwin Award near miss- guy who tried to kiss a cottonmouth snake on the lips. Yeah, he's from Florida.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Apr 22, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Injuries, Really Bad Ideas, Screwups, Pain, Self-inflicted and Otherwise
Bird in radiator grille
I find the physics of this a bit baffling. How exactly did a bird of that size get through the grille? abc.net.au
Posted By: Alex - Wed Apr 22, 2015 -
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Category: Animals, Cars
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