| "Beneath the surface" is a short video clip made by Tobias Landberg of the Comparative Physiology & Biomechanics Laboratory in University of Massachusetts. The clip shows an accelerated decomposition of a monkey specimen. (Warning: graphic content). Link |
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| Cymothoa exigua is an insect that grabs onto a fish's tongue, and slowly eats away at it until only a stub is left. It then replaces the tongue with its own body, living comfortably inside the fish's mouth. Link |
| Just because you're working in an office doesn't mean that you can't drink - it just takes a little creativity... http://www.yumlum.com/128.html (via Unique Daily) |
| Yoda (the small brown mouse on the left) was the world's oldest mouse. It lived for 4 years and 12 days, or double the average lifespan of a regular mouse. Yoda's secret? No, not calorie-restricted diet. Instead, Yoda was the result of selective breeding - this strain of mice stay smaller and age more slowly. Link Another strain of mice, bred to have a more active anti aging protein called Klotho, live between 19% to 31% longer than normal mice. http://www.betterhumans.com/News/4514/Default.aspx |
Sassy started getting fat after he was fixed. Over the years, vets couldn't find the reason why he's so fat. Even after 8 years on diet food, Sassy weighed in at 40 lbs. Sassy has since died, but his image lives on the web. Link |
This gator-bride and ram's head snuff mull (whaaat?) are two examples of a great collection of weird, funny, and unusual things that were auctioned off at eBay and other internet auction sites. Link |
| CrashBonsai is John Rooney's answer to his desire to both create and destroy. He combines bonsai plants and smashed model cars to create little, living car crash sculptures. You can even buy crashed cars at his website. Link |
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