Showing posts with label Animals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Animals. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Snake Bites Sleeping Teen In California Apartment

Forgetting pets in your house after moving out to another house is one thing, but forgetting a pet snake that then decided to live in the heater on the wall for two months before biting the new tenant is certainly another.



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 That story was a little bit too true for a California teen who was bitten in his apartment by the previous owner's snake. Although the snake wasn't poisonous, I'm sure it was pretty painful for the poor unsuspecting guy.

Original article here

Monday, September 13, 2010

Another "Loch Ness" Monster Said to Exist in Nearby England As Well

Turns out our buddy Loch Ness, of the lake up in Scotland, has some relatives.


A view of the Loch Ness Monster, near Inverness, Scotland, April 19, 1934.
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This time around, the beast is said to lurk in a lake in the Scotland's southern neighbor, England. The beast has been nicknamed the Bow-Ness, due to it's location.

Check it out here

Sunday, September 5, 2010

95 Snakes Found in Baggage at Kuala Lumpur Airport

 Imagine walking in an airport, putting your luggage into the security check, and then hear a tearing sound as the baggage goes inside. As it comes out the other side, you find 95 snakes, put in a bag by the man before you.


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 That story was a little bit too true in Malaysia's KL airport, with the man in charge found out to have tried to smuggle 95 snakes, and a turtle. Good thing that bag didn't burst in the airplane's cargo area, would suck to be whoever takes the luggage out.

Full story here!

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Serbian Chefs Cook Kangaroo, Boar, Camel, and Ostrich Testicles as Part of Festival

Daaamn! I thought eating goat testicles was weird! The annual World Testicle Cooking Championship (yes, apparently that exists), held in Serbia, featured chefs cooking a range of animal testicles being prized as delicacies.

In this photo taken on Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010, ...
Image from: news.yahoo.com
 What sucks is that just by looking at the picture I get an excruciating pain down there... how the hell can the guys over at the festival put that in their mouth and munch on it!? OUCH!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100829/ap_on_re_eu/eu_serbia_cooking_testicles

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Hospital Loses Power As Snake Sneaks Into Electric Box

 Imagine a hospital, full of patients, losing electric power because a snake sneaked into it's electrical box?

Image from: mythwallpaper.com

That was reality for a NY hospital that lost power due to a snake thinking it finally found a safe home, later finding out it wrong after meeting its maker due to the electrical shock that caused the hospital outage. Poor guy.

Read the full article here

Friday, August 27, 2010

Scientists Discover Pea-Sized Frog in Borneo

 Scientists in Borneo, in Southeast Asia, have discovered a frog that is as small as a pea. Damn, I've seen insects bigger than this little guy.

Image from: www.aolnews.com

 The little guy is the smallest amphibian discovered outside of the Americas, and measures around 10.6 and 12.8 mm in length.

Read about it here

Saturday, August 21, 2010

Kentucky Family Claims They Found Dead Mouse In Milk

 A Kentucky family has very recently sued Wal-Mart. Now that part isn't new at all, everyone sues or gets sued at some point in the U.S.

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What IS new is that they found a dead mouse in the milk they bought from Wal-Mart! WOW!

All about it here

Friday, August 20, 2010

Remember Paul the Octopus? Meet Dirty Harry, a Crocodile!

 I remember Paul the Octopus very well indeed, and it wasn't a particularly good memory, especially since I was cheering for both Germany and the Netherlands. Well, boys and girls, there's a new guy in the game, meet Dirty Harry.

Image from: shockya.com

Yeah, it's a croc. He previously correctly picked Spain as the winner of the World Cup, and now he's predicting the winner of the Australian Prime Minister elections!

Check this guy out over here

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Man Dies From Pigeon Poop Avalanche

 Damn, what a nasty way to die. During a storm, one man headed to a storm shelter.

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Only to be crushed after the building collapsed due to the increasing weight of pigeon poo. Poor guy.


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Sunday, August 15, 2010

New Species of Monkey Discovered: Red Bearded Monkeys

Just when you thought they discovered it all, you also find out you were wrong.

Image from: CNN.com
 The new species of monkey bring back old memories of pirates, they have red beards hanging from their little faces. The bad news is, they're threatened by extinction. Pretty cool discovery I have to say, but the question is, what evolutionary purpose do these little beards have?

Find out more here