Animals
Simulated Horse Ride
From my pal, Sherry Mowbray.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 24, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Technology, Reader Recommendation, Asia, Double Entendres and Nudge-Nudge, Wink-Wink
March 15: Space Bat Memorial Day
On March 15, 2009, the Space Shuttle Discovery launched from Kennedy Space Center without any issues, except one. From Wikipedia:
Posted By: Alex - Thu Mar 15, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Spaceflight, Astronautics, and Astronomy
Tentacle Grape
Old-hand WU-vies know all about the fascination of the Japanese for "tentacle sex." But did you know you could buy the matching soft drink?
One question remains: is the English-only pun with "tentacle rape" intentional or accidental?
Buy yours here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 12, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Junk Food, Asia
Mystery Gadget 8
What is this gadget doing to the poor goat?
Find out here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 11, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Technology, 1930s
The Bat Bomb
A few weeks ago, Paul posted about a plan the U.S. military cooked up during WWII to destroy Japan by triggering volcanic explosions. The article below describes a similarly mad plan -- the Bat Bomb. The idea was to strap incendiary devices to bats, and then drop the bats on Japanese cities.I scanned the article from the Atlantic Monthly, December 1946. I think this was one of the first public descriptions of the bat bomb.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Mar 08, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, War, Weapons
Men Posing With A Chicken
Back in the Civil War era, going to a photographer's studio and getting your portrait taken wasn't cheap. People made sure they were dressed in their finest clothes and looked their best. So why did these men choose to pose with a chicken? It appears to be the same chicken in both shots. Was it a prize chicken? Or just a favorite pet? Unfortunately the backstory to these photos has been lost to time. (via Photo_History on Flickr)
Posted By: Alex - Mon Mar 05, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Photography and Photographers
My Excellent South American Adventure
Despite my daily posts last week, I was really among the missing. I spent from the 20th to the 27th (counting travel time) in Medellin, Colombia, being a guest speaker at this conference.But now I'm home, and have read all the posts and comments from the past week, and just want to say a big thanks to Alex and Chuck and all the witty, talented WU-vies who make this site so wonderful.
Here are two fotos from my trip.
Salsa dancers working up a sweat to advertise something at EIGHT IN THE MORNING! I was ready to buy anything the ladies offered.
Strange grafitti. What revelation is the monkey experiencing?
Posted By: Paul - Tue Feb 28, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Conventions, Advertising, Paul, Dance, South America
Cat Mask Synchronized With Facial Muscle Movements
Cutting-edge science stuff:
Posted By: Alex - Fri Feb 24, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Science, Technology, Cats
Dogs and Their Dog-Fur-Sweater-Wearing Owners
Photographer Erwan Fichou took a series of photographs of people wearing dog-fur sweaters and coats, made from the fur of their own dogs. One image is below, but check out his site for the full series. (I can't link directly to the series, because he's got his site configured with flash, but click on "Dogwool" once you arrive at his site.)
Posted By: Alex - Tue Feb 21, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Crafts, Fashion, Pets, Dogs
Johnson Smith Catalog Item #20
I would think that a call to drive squirrels away from your bird feeder would sell a lot better today, now that squirrel meat is not on the dinner menu for most people.
From the 1950 catalog.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 19, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Johnson Smith Catalog, 1950s
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