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January 4, 2008

New details on euthanized sperm whale

Filed under: Humor, News — anton @ 12:17 am

0812175620_beached-whale.jpgNew details on euthanized sperm whale

Fort De Soto Park, Florida — New information has been released regarding the sperm whale that came into the mouth of Tampa Bay over the weekend.

Anyone taking bets on how many people caught the innuendo before this was published?

August 21, 2006

Ferocious ants bite like a bullet

Filed under: General, Nature, News — anton @ 11:36 pm


BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Ferocious ants bite like a bullet

Trap-jaw ants bite with a force of over 300 times their own bodyweight, new high-speed digital images have shown.

Their jaws spring shut at more than 100 km/h (66mph)- the fastest recorded speed at which an animal can move its body parts.

I’m not so sure about their claim that this is the fastest speed that an animal can move a body part. I’m assuming they mean fastest accelerating body part since they talk of acceleration later in the article. Otherwise the hand of a baseball pitcher throwing a 100mph fastball is exceeding that. Like usual, the media has the science at least partially wrong.

March 21, 2006

Flying Cow Leaves Two Police Cars in Flames

Filed under: General, News — anton @ 3:20 pm


WOAI: San Antonio News - Flying Cow Leaves Two Police Cars in Flames

Yikes, flying cows. Time for a thicker windshield. FYI, Seguin is about 20 miles east of my place.

Talk about a wild night near Seguin. A cow came flying out of its trailer, sent DPS and police scrambling, and left two police cars going up in flames.

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