This is only a fraction as creepy as one of those button-eyed Raggedy Ann or Andy dolls. The yarn-haired demon spawn. They *never* blink...

Not to diminish Santa's manly pursuits, but in the picture I saw, he's hanging with a whale shark. That is an extremely lucky and cool tourist activity, but not very life-threatening. A "Dude, wooowww" moment, not a "Whoa, dude" one.

Yeah, we could use people for heat, but that will lead to using them for batteries, and then, and then...well, I think we all know where this is leading.

It's like a rolling, portable panic room. If, and only if, it has a bathroom, too.

So, this would imply that when I was a lad, and the school had us play a "game" called "bombardment", where opposing teams hurl volleyballs at each other with the express intent of hitting them, they were, in fact, enacting a sinister plot to get a wee bit of attrition? Those murderous nuns...

I once encountered three deer while riding my bike at night. Completely blocking the path, just standing there, staring. I tried talking to them, but, wisely enough, they ignored me. Like deer-shaped cats.
What finally got them to move was when I whistled.

Looks more like Gary Busey, to me. Especially the teeth.

Okay, so something like this is possible, but why? Why would you purposely concoct a way to delay your access to chocolatey brownie goodness? Food perverts.

Just remember, Miss Cellania, money, the real stuff that's been in circulation for a while, smells like a perfumed hobo.

Hazy Davy, you are awesome.

This is something I remember dolphins being seen to do. For example, this little video from Seaworld.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuVgXJ55G6Y

Johnny,
I think the it has to be read by someone at very close proximity. It's a passive device, not a transmitter. You hope that if someone finds your pet, they'll have the wherewithal to check for the chip.

Thanks, cat. You're doing your part to eliminate annoying bric-a-brac. Carry on with every Billy Bass, Laughing Santa, and all the bobble-heads you see.
But, for the sake of humanity, leave the floating RC sharks alone.

Well, for starters, a "city block" is not a valid unit of measure. Is that in Manhattan, or Minneapolis, or St Louis, or Mexico City, etc. The size of a block barely makes sense for a particular location.
Second, something like this would be best positioned in an arid location. Desert, that is. You're not trading a mirror array for your favorite pizza place.

It's not photoshopped, it's realitychopped. Looks like a glass eye popped into the snout of a beluga (?) baby. Sell it to the tourists.