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July 3, 2008 at 4:54 am · Filed under Pictures, Animal
Juvenile Cowfish. Photo: Chris Newbert/Minden Pictures
A photographer’s strobe gives a violet sheen to this translucent juvenile roundbelly cowfish off the coast of Kona, Hawaii. Also known as the transparent boxfish, the roundbelly cowfish has two short horns in front of its eyes.
This. Is. So. Very. Cool! Just the kind of things you expect from the good folks at NatGeo … here’s a very neat photo gallery of translucent sea creatures by Chris Newbert of Minden Pictures at the National Geographic’s website: Link - Thanks Zella!
Original post by Alex
July 2, 2008 at 5:26 am · Filed under Animal, Car & Vehicle
Bad: Car accident on the highway …Really Bad: It was an overturned big rig …Neatorama-worthy: … carrying 12 million bees!
BBC has the story:
Motorists on Canada’s biggest highway ended up with a bee in their bonnet after a truck transporting 12m of the insects overturned. The lorry was carrying 330 crates of honey bees when it tipped over on a ramp in St Leonard, New Brunswick.
Bee experts were called in to help deal with the accident on the Trans-Canada Highway.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police said a downpour of rain helped to contain the bees in and around the vehicle. "Bees don’t like the rain… thousands of bees are hanging on the back of this truck and on the pavement right behind," said police spokesman Derek Strong.
Link (with video clip) - Thanks Paul!
Original post by Alex
July 2, 2008 at 5:23 am · Filed under Video Clips, Animal, Food & Drinks
Next time you eat a Twinkie for a snack, think of the children in Tanzania. Here’s what they eat for an afternoon snack (I won’t tell ruin the surprise and tell you what it is, but if you’re squeamish, this video isn’t for you!).
Video by David Lipps, a college student working for an NGO in Tanzania.
Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - Thanks Dan Danbom!
Original post by Alex
June 30, 2008 at 7:18 pm · Filed under Animal
Hope the Maltese puppy was born without front legs, so orthotist David Turnbill made her a wheeled-device (out of airplane model parts) that lets her skate through life!
Emily Bregel of the Times Free Press has the story: Link - via Scribal Terror
(Photo: Tim Barber)
Original post by Alex
June 28, 2008 at 8:46 pm · Filed under amazing, funny, Animal, Movies, Funny Pictures, impersonate, picture, star
Animals are smarter than we thought. In fact, their impersonations of movie personalities are never so alike. So get your comment ready, movie critics and start rolling out the red carpet.
“Trainspotting” the kitty style. Step aside Ewan Mcgregor, this is the right way to do it.
Forget “Mission Impossible”, who could resist this cutie in Mice-ion Impossible?
What a feeling! “Flashdance” at its best! I hope the judge noticed the unique ending back-arch.
Cold water scene of “The Titanic”. But Jack noticed that Rose is nowhere to be found.
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Original post by Pamela
June 26, 2008 at 5:12 pm · Filed under Animal
A 60 centimeter crocodile wandered into a pub in Noonamah, Northwest Territory, Australia on Sunday evening. He almost made it to the bar when he was grabbed by patrons. They posed for pictures with him while waiting for a Parks and Wildlife agent to come.
The little punter was sent off to start a sober life out at Darwin Crocodile Farm.
The saltie saga is a first for the tavern, which has hosted horses and buffalo in the front bar over the years.
Tavern owner Tony Innes said crocs were welcome to visit the pub as long as they were all under a metre long.
Link
Original post by Miss Cellania
June 26, 2008 at 2:34 am · Filed under Pictures, Animal
Museum staff cleaning elephant skin.Photo: Thane L. Bierwert, American Museum of Natural History (1933)
The American Museum of Natural History has just launched a new web exhibit called "Picturing the Museum: Education and Exhibition at The American Museum of Natural History." The exhibit features about 1,000 photographs from the massive archive of the museum, spanning from the late 19th- to late 20th century.
Joanna Ebenstein of Morbid Anatomy blog, who also worked as a scanner and a retoucher on this project, wrote to us:
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