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Definitely jellin'!

^{Foto: Asahi Shimbun/Tetsuji Asano/AP}

Meet Echizen kurage. All you need to know is this sucker is 6 foot wide, 450 pound poisonous jellyfish.

Random jellyfish trivia:

A collection of jellyfish is known as a smack.

Posted on Wednesday, 14 Dec 2005 Comments
Tags: animal, nature

Praying mantis get a hummer

^{Foto: Richard L. Walkup}

Reasons why a praying mantis struck with zen-like force onto a cute, hyperactive little bird:

To prove to the world that they do more than pray.
He, too, had a few Red Bulls.
Tired of eating little bugs.
Too much violence on outdoor television sets.
Hummingbird suicide (it happens).

More here.

Posted on Saturday, 13 Aug 2005 Comments
Tags: animal, nature

Doggoned ugliest dog in the world

^{Foto: AP}

In this article the dog’s owner says:

The tiny dog has no hair, if you don’t count the yellowish-white tuft erupting from his head. His wrinkled brown skin is covered with splotches, a line of warts marches down his snout, his blind eyes are an alien, milky white and a fleshy flap of skin hangs from his withered neck. And then there’s the Austin Powers teeth that jut at odd angles from his mouth.

Posted on Wednesday, 13 Jul 2005 Comments [13]
Tags: animal, funny

Pitbulls banned in Rio de Janeiro

According to the Brasilian newspaper O Globo, you won’t be seeing too many more pitbulls around public spaces in Rio de Janeiro (Reuters has a small article as well). Although many people depend on (attack) dogs like pitbulls as a form of protection against robbery and other crimes, it’s common knowledge that the general nature of this particular breed is vicious.

Rosinha Matheus, the governor of Rio, has implemented a ban on breeding, importing, and selling of these dogs as well as a mandatory resistration and sterilization of the remaining pitbulls over the next four months.

As a side note, pitbull is also a stereotypical “tough guy” in Rio. They usually are bulging at the seams with muscles, have no necks, and are hopelessly attracted to half-naked blondes with no brains (these blondes usually preferring “doggiestyle” as a favorite position although in Brasil it’s referred to as “Fried Chicken” style). Statistically speaking, 98% are into judo or ultimate fighting, and consequentially have pitbulls as pets. Lemme stop, this is getting ridiculous.

Where my dogs at?

^Foto: Henrique Regis de Souza Ribeiro^

Posted on Thursday, 07 Jul 2005 Comments [1]
Tags: animal, brasil, politics

Monkey ousts mantis as sole praying animal

“When we saw the monkey joining us we were surprised. We did not try to drive it out and it continued praying for nearly an hour amid hundreds of devotees,” Behera told IANS. It stayed around till evening when it ran into the nearby forests. “We have not seen any monkey around for the last two years. This is a miracle for us,” Behera said.

It was speculated that soon after monkeys got tired of throwing their feces all over the place they’d begin to smoke cigarettes and eventually seek eternal life by praying to the gods. Looks that that day has arrived.

Or it could just be another case of monkey see, monkey do.

Link to article (via Boing Boing)

Posted on Thursday, 26 May 2005 Comments
Tags: animal

The Charles Mingus CAT-alog for toilet training your cat

Charles Mingus Cat-alog While I’m still reading Beneath The Underdog, I have to tell you I have Mingus Mingus Mingus on the brain! So, I was searching around and came across a really funny article, written by Mr. Mingus, on how to toilet train your cat. He goes on about how to do it as if he were a cat in his past life or something.

“It took me about three or four weeks to toilet train my cat, Nightlife. Most of the time is spent moving the box very gradually to the bathroom. Do it very slowly and don’t confuse him. And, remember, once the box is on the toilet, leave it a week or even two. The main thing to remember is not to rush or confuse him.”

I really loved this article. It was such an off-the-wall read coming from him. Hope you all enjoy it as well.

Update:
Apparently, CityKitty has a new and improved way to train your cat to crap in the toilet.

Posted on Sunday, 22 May 2005 Comments [2]
Tags: animal, famous people, jazz

100,000,000 Monarch butterflies reported missing

^{Duplication: Brian Morris}

If you see them, please contact the authorities. Read more here

Posted on Monday, 25 Apr 2005 Comments [1]
Tags: animal, funny

Struggling elephant artists

^{Foto courtesy of AFP}

Everyone’s a freakin artist these days. You can check out the hijacked image here.

Posted on Tuesday, 22 Feb 2005 Comments
Tags: animal, art

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