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We’ve featured Linerider videos before, but this has to be the ultimate. Created by TechDawg, it contains over 126,000 lines. -via YesButNoButYes

Annette Edwards of Worcester has been working to breed the world’s largest rabbit. She may have done it with Amy, a four-foot rabbit that weighs in the neighborhood of 49 pounds. The headline says “three stone”, the text says “three and a half stone”, the picture caption says “almost three stone”. A stone is fourteen pounds. Amy is a three-year-old Continental Giant rabbit. Link -via Fark

No one had seen a California wolverine since 1922. But pictures taken by remote cameras have confirmed that there is one in the Tahoe National Forest now. U.S. Forest Service research ecologist William Zielinski says hair and dropping samples have been sent away for DNA analysis.

"Fortunately, enough previous work has been done on the genetics of wolverines that, if we can get a good enough sample, our colleagues think they can help us identify the population of origin for this individual," Zielinski said. "The historical population of wolverines that once existed in the Sierra Nevada had a very unique and distinct genetic signature. So it should be pretty clear if it's a remnant from that population."

It's important to researchers because the nearest population of wolverines is 900 miles away in Central Washington. That means the animal either migrated across an enormous distance or it's part of a small group of native wolverines that somehow evaded detection for the better part of a century.

The North American wolverine is a member of the weasel family, and can grow up to 45 pounds. Link -via Metafilter

(image credit: USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station and Oregon State University)

This grill thinks winter has lasted too long already! From I Can Has Cheezburger. Link -via Reddit

A group of college students who called themselves Fangs A Lot have opened a business in Britain named Animal Solutions. They sell false teeth for cats. And dogs and other animals, as needed.

Cats have notoriously bad dental problems. Cat owners seldom brush their cats' teeth or scrape the surfaces of the teeth to remove plaque. By the time a cat is 3 or 4 years old, she may already have periodontal disease that can lead to tooth loss. Tooth loss may also come about as a result of tooth breakage, particularly in the canine teeth.

Will the business take off? Only time will tell. Link -via Dump Trumpet

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Who knew macaques were such good swimmers? -via Arbroath

Salvador Dali and photographer Phillipe Halsman teamed up to produce the art photo Dali Atomicus, the picture of airborne water and cats. It wasn’t easy; there were 28 takes before the finished product was shot.

"after each exposure, while the assistants mopped the floor and reclaimed cats, Halsman developed the film to see the progress in the composition. Accidents would happen. The water, intended for the cats, would cover Dali's face instead."

Infomercantile has outtakes from Dali Atomicus and other Dali/Halsman collaborations. Link -via Dark Roasted Blend

I consider myself a big Monty Python fan, but I still didn’t know the answers to some of the trivia questions in this mental_floss quiz! See how you do in the Monty Python Lunchtime Quiz. http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/13445

This knife block makes you feel like a circus knife-thrower in your own kitchen! It’s not yet in stock, but you can register to be notified when it becomes available. Link -via Dump Trumpet

When Lee Spievack sliced off the end of his finger a few years ago, his brother sent him some powder to sprinkle on it. In four weeks, his fingertip had grown back! Dr. Steven Badylak explains:

That powder is a substance made from pig bladders called extracellular matrix. It is a mix of protein and connective tissue surgeons often use to repair tendons and it holds some of the secrets behind the emerging new science of regenerative medicine.

"It tells the body, start that process of tissue regrowth," said Badylak.

Badlayk is one of the many scientists who now believe every tissue in the body has cells which are capable of regeneration. All scientists have to do is find enough of those cells and "direct" them to grow.

"Somehow the matrix summons the cells and tell them what to do," Badylak explained. "It helps instruct them in terms of where they need to go, how they need to differentiate - should I become a blood vessel, a nerve, a muscle cell or whatever."

Scientists are studying the matrix to grow organs for transplant and to repair war wounds. Link -via Digg

Previously at Neatorama: Regrowing Human Limbs

You can’t assume that the ice is safe to park on just because everyone else is doing it. See more pictures at English Russia. Link -via Digg

The winners of the 2007 YouTube Video Awards were announced yesterday. The best videos were named in various categories, many of which have been featured on Neatorama over the past year. The awards were based on votes from YouTube users. http://www.youtube.com/ytawards07winners

Friday, March 21st is Good Friday for Christians, but it’s also a sacred date for many other religions. People are celebrating Good Friday, Purim, Narouz, Eid Milad an Nabi, Small Holi, and Magha Puja. That doesn’t happen often.

Ed Reingold and Nachum Dershowitz, co-authors of the books Calendrical Calculations and Calendrical Tabulations, determined how often in the period between 1600 and 2400 A.D. Good Friday, Purim, Narouz and the Eid would occur in the same week. The answer is nine times in 800 years. Then they tackled the odds that they would converge on a two-day period. And the total is ... only once: tomorrow. And that's not even counting Magha Puja and Small Holi.

TIME has an explantion of these holidays and how they are set in the calendar. Link -via Metafilter

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Scientists who just returned from a survey of the Ross Sea near Antarctica have found giant versions of sea creatures, such as jellyfish with 12-foot tentacles and a starfish measuring 2 feet wide! Some of the 30,000 specimens collected could be entirely new species.

A 2,000-mile journey through the Ross Sea that ended Thursday has also potentially turned up several new species, including as many as eight new mollusks.

It's "exciting when you come across a new species," said Chris Jones, a fisheries scientist at the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "All the fish people go nuts about that — but you have to take it with a grain of salt."

The finds must still be reviewed by experts to determine if they are in fact new, said Stu Hanchet, a fisheries scientist at New Zealand's National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ig8x2h8-QXCJlC9lHTVglsatgp-AD8VHPN080 -via Reddit

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A live rabbit gets a rubdown from a lookalike mechanical bunny. Watch for the ear action! -via Arbroath