Animals
Animated Hitch Critters
They also come in Bass, Dog, Duck, and Motorcycle-Riding Pig.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 09, 2008 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Products, Cryptozoology, Inventions, Chindogu, Statues, Monuments and Memorials, Foreign Customs, Trucks
Bigfoot Lawn Statue
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 08, 2008 -
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Category: Aliens, Animals, Business, Products, Cryptozoology, Fictional Monsters, Human Marvels, Statues, Monuments and Memorials, Chindogu
A Sleeping Dog
In 1965 the French neurophysiologist Michel Jouvet operated on 35 cats, creating lesions in a part of their brainstem called the locus coeruleus. The operation caused no visible difference in their waking behavior, but their behavior while sleeping changed dramatically. They would stalk, leap, and pounce on imaginary prey -- while completely asleep. Jouvet concluded that the locus coeruleus is responsible for suppressing muscle activity during sleep. Damage it, and you act out your dreams.That's the scientific explanation of the phenomenon, which is a long way of introducing this video of a dog "running" while asleep. Evidently the dog doesn't have a fully functioning locus coeruleus.
Posted By: Alex - Sun Oct 05, 2008 -
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Category: Animals, Science
Weird Horses
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 02, 2008 -
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Category: Animals, Photography and Photographers, Science, Books
Tongue Jutting
The FiveThirtyEight blog noted the frequency with which McCain stuck out his tongue during last Friday's debate. The behavior is known as "tongue jutting." It's a well-known "tell" that professional interrogators and poker players look for. According to retired FBI agent Joe Navarro, this is what it means:I'll add that tongue jutting (or tongue protrusion) is also a behavior often seen in the animal world. Reptologists have developed the "tongue flick attack score" which is "a common method for quantifying predatory behavior in squamate reptiles." A higher score (i.e. more tongue flicks) indicates a greater predatory response.
Tongue protrusion is also a form of sociosexual behavior that has been observed in nocturnal Owl Monkeys. It is part of a range of mating behavior that includes lip-smacking, squinting, partner-marking, and urine-drinking.
So the question is, was McCain's tongue jutting more reptilian or primate? i.e. was it more predatory in nature, or sociosexual? I'll leave that to you readers to decide.
Posted By: Alex - Wed Oct 01, 2008 -
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Category: Animals, Psychology
Fecal Scoring System
Don't you wish that the Purina pet food company would issue a handy chart by which to grade your dog's poop? Well, your wish has come true!Visit the hidden portion of this post, if you have a high tolerance for pictures of dog poop.
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Posted By: Paul - Thu Sep 25, 2008 -
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Category: Animals, Pets, Dogs, Scatology, Excrement
Pig Farms
Sure, we all love bacon! But who wants to live next to a pig farm? Not these folks in Massachusetts, who, according to today's Boston Globe (registration required), suffer smells like those "at the bottom of a dumpster." But this new Congressional report finds the EPA ready to relax their rules for such farms.
Here's an article about a manure lagoon spill in 2005 that released 3 million gallons of pig poop!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Sep 24, 2008 -
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Category: Agriculture, Animals, Bathrooms, Disasters, Food, Scatology, Lawsuits, Excrement
Bacon Bloody Marys
Well, what about Bacon Bloody Marys?
For some reason I am reminded of Lisa Simpson asking Bart to please stop stirring his lemonade with a sausage.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 23, 2008 -
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Category: Animals, Fads, Food, Inebriation and Intoxicants
Fainting Goats
Having previously posted about talking goats, I'm now moving on to fainting goats. Enjoy!
Posted By: Alex - Tue Sep 23, 2008 -
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Category: Animals
Follies of the Mad Men #29
Chick Chick and Presto Rabbit are the stuff of nightmares! Any child would surely run screaming from these hideous mascots. Note that the company that makes these kits is "Fred Fear"!!!
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 22, 2008 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, Holidays, 1950s
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