Tag: animals I wouldn’t mess with
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Friday Links: Freaks in Oceans and Metros Edition
I’ve got back-to-back trips over the next two weeks and will blog when I can. In the meantime, I suppose I should brush up on my R. Kelly lyrics in case I get stuck on a tarmac, and be glad I don’t have to take public transportation in San Francisco. See you soon! These folks…
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Voodoo Curses, Vuvuzelas, and British Badgers
There is quite the vigorous political debate going on in Britain right now. And it’s on an issue so important that it’s brought together Meatloaf and Dame Judi Dench. (I really would love it if those two kids had a cooking show. I’d totally watch that) National Geographic reports: Britain’s Parliament held a four-hour debate…
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I’m Going to Recommend You Not Swat At That TNT-Coated Bee
Bees are crazy interesting creatures. For example, did you know a honey bee can fly for up to six miles and as fast as 15 miles per hour. And to make one pound of honey, a bee would have to fly around 90,000 miles, which comes out to about 3 times around the globe, and,…
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Myrtle Manor Conference to be Held in County Lockup
I’ve been locked away in the land of sponsor-shaped stress balls and cup after cup of coffee in large hotel ballrooms…..that’s right, I’ve been at a work-related conference. There were some highlights at this year’s event, including a very lively presentation from this lady: She was amazing. And that was before I even realized that…
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Animals I Won’t Be Messing With: Mantis Shrimp
XFE and I were watching some documentary on some channel last night (I know, I’m practically a living, breathing TV Guide) because apparently we’d already watched all the really awesome shows in the Gypsies genre (or, more truthfully, were recording them for later, non-commercial viewing). Anyway, this documentary was about this total badass shrimp called…
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Maybe the Hogs Were Concerned About the Impact of a Potential Bacon Shortage?
Those animals, man. They are totally out to get us. I don’t think I’m being paranoid (anymore) when I say that the animal kingdom has thoroughly turned on us. The evidence is stacking up and has been well documented on this website. Think badgers are cute little woodland creatures incapable of eating a midget porn…
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Beavers, Preppers and Chelsea Handler
Oh crap. The beavers are at it again. From the Washington Post: The beaver leapt out of the water and onto the dock and was seen acting aggressively and chasing the children, police said. An animal control officer responded to the scene, cleared the area and shot the beaver, police said. Leapt out of the…
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More Animals that Will Kill You in Australia
Having survived, and even, begrudgingly liked, scuba diving, we decided to further take out lives into our hands and rent a four-wheel drive to take up into the Daintree Rainforest. Finally, a vehicle that does not make our bags seem too large. We picked up our car in Cairns right after getting off the scuba…