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Shark Caesarean Section

Johnny Cat — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:03:47 +0000

The New Zealand Herald is reporting on a strange occurence at Kelly Tarlton’s Underwater World. Eloise Gibson writes that a shark was bit open at the stomach by another shark, which freed her young that were due to be born that night. Since the staff was unaware of the pregnancy, they were shocked and speculated that the sharks feared predator attacks if she birthed during the night; the likes of stingrays could be lethal.

The young sharks have been taken to a “nursery” tank with some baby eagle rays, where visitors can see them before they are released into the wild.

Link (Photo: Richard Robinson)

Update (11/11/2009): The mother and her eight babies are all doing fine. Link to Daily Mail story with video.

Protests That Turned Heads

Johnny Cat — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:23:59 +0000

Photo: AFP

If you want the world to listen to your cause, shouting just won’t work. You have to get weird. That’s what Alice Newstead did last summer to raise awareness about shark endangerment. With oversized fish hooks, a Paris boutique, and silver spray paint, Alice hung around briefly, but it got people’s attention.

The painful stunt went on for 15 minutes, as shoppers came to have a gander at the weird protest in the window of cosmetics store Lush. According to the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) some 100 million sharks are caught in commercial and sports fishing every year, and several species have declined by more than 80 per cent in the past decade alone.

Oddee has nine other strange protests we have been subjected to… and took notice of.

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Bear Shaped Sleeping Bag

Queuebot — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 11:56:06 +0000

Getting mauled has never been so fun! This bear-shaped sleeping bag designed by Eiko Ishizawa is, let’s face it, odd. But if you’re forced to curl into a sleeping bag and catch some Z’s in the great outdoors, why not masquerade as one of nature’s cutest predators? I’m sure it’s warm enough, and you can use it to frighten your friends. Plus, if a bear does attack your camp and maul your friends, you can rest easy knowing you’ll be safe. Because a bear would never maul one of its own, right? Quick warning, though, if that’s the case and Attacking Bear thinks Sleeping Bag Bear is cute, you may wish you were amongst the mauled.

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Strangest Animals on Earth

Queuebot — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 09:19:09 +0000

Animals come in different forms, some are cute, some are cuddly, some are adorable while some are just plain strange. Talk about giant salamanders and rabbits that have overgrown hair. Web Ecoist has compiled this list of the 9 weirdest animals on earth.

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Frozen Cat

Algonkin — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:43:59 +0000

Stunned & Frozen Cat ! – video powered by Metacafe

This is one strange cat. It looks like it’s in some sort of trance or seizure but it reacts to physical touch. I also noticed that it doesn’t blink either. Then, all of a sudden, up it goes as if nothing was. Weird.

Source: Metacafe