During the Cold War, British researchers developed a nuclear landmine, kept operational during cold conditions by packing it full of live chickens. The bomb is supposedly on display at the National Archives in Kew, so if you live in London you can go and see for yourselves
Lilly, the cute German kitten born with an extra set of non-working ears, has been adopted. According to the animal shelter in the foothills of the Alps where Lilly has been living, there was no shortage of people wanting to take her in once word spread about her unique trait.
We wanted to make sure the people were looking for a normal cat and not a gag to make an exhibition out of her,
Enrico Schlag, a worker at the Garmisch-Partenkirchen animal shelter told Reuters.
I’m a bit clueless about why the wee little fuzzy rodent creature is clutching a tiny automatic weapon, but it makes for an odd photograph.
I guess you make your fun where you can — via Charlie Stross
It’s not known whether the guys in Nigeria are money collectors or are just into the local equivalent of pet as penis replacement. Rather than following the American trend of pit bulls, they have opted for baboons and hyenas instead.
staying in south africa (i do), you get a lot of misconception about what goes on here. no there’s no wild animals roaming in the streets, but fuck — nigeria seems to be a different story. these images have triggered a curiosity in me that i want to satisfy. i want to go there and check it out for myself. yeah — and theres nothing exotic about the bottom feeders of nature. hyena’s hunt in packs and will rarely attack a live prey. the feed on carcasses lions leave behind.
This is actually bullshit. Hyenas are far more efficient hunters than lions and it is lions, due to their size, that often steal hyena kills. Hyenas are very cool animals and not to be fucked with.
Pet owners in the US city of Santa Fe, New Mexico, may soon be required to provide seat belts for pets if the city council approves new rules. Under the proposed regulations, animals travelling in the open beds of cars and trucks would have to be tethered
Raccoons released by Hermann Goering in Germany in 1934 to enrich the Reich’s fauna
are threatening to succeed where their Nazi benefactors failed by conquering Europe. They have become so successful that German authorities revealed this week that raccoon numbers are now at record levels — with more than a million in Germany alone — via Darren Barefoot
A three-headed, six-legged frog has been discovered by children in Weston-super-Mare. Environmental problems are suspected. It later escaped from the jar in which it had been kept — via Pagan Prattle
A biologist has confirmed the sighting of a real Michigan wolverine, about 200 years after the species was last seen in the state that uses the small but ferocious animal as its unofficial nickname
A Labrador Retriever has been found alive on an isolated cove of a Southeast Alaska island more than a month after its owner was given up for dead when his boat sank in rough seas
Two polar bears at the Singapore zoo — Sheba and her 13-year-old son, Inuka — have started turning green. The green colouring is apparently the work of a harmless algae, the result of Singapore’s warm and humid climate, which has found a new home in the bears’ translucent hair shafts. Got to love rainbow polar bears, Pelusa from Argentina turned purple last year
A University of Pennsylvania researcher seeking ways to treat illness said studies in rats show muscle mass, strength and endurance can be increased by injections of a gene-manipulated virus that goes to muscle tissue and causes a rapid growth of cells, raising concerns that the virtually undetectable technology could be used illegally to build super athletes. None of which will bother Angle-grinder Man and his other non-powered superhero mates as they go about their daily crime fighting duties
Australian Paul Cochrane mods expired Mazda rotary engines into fish tanks for a very reasonable price
Kids who spend their first year of life around dogs may have a lower risk of developing allergies, Dr James E Gern has found. Having a cat, however, appears to have no effect on allergy risk
A South African farmer and three others have been charged with murder, accused of feeding an ex-worker to lions, after police found a human skull and pieces of a leg in a lion enclosure — via Die Puny Humans
Three livestock exhibitors at last year’s Ohio State Fair have been disqualified for allegedly outfitting their Holstein cows with hairpieces. State Fair inspectors said the three glued or painted hair from another part of the animal or from another animal to create straighter backs on the cows and enhance their appearance in the show ring
A Thai man was mauled when he drunkenly tried to sexually attack a dog that fiercely resisted his advances. The bloodied man was questioned by police after residents notified local authorities when they saw him walking along a road. He told police he noticed a brown female stray dog wagging its tail and acting sexy
and pulled it into some tall grass by the roadside. But the dog resisted, biting him on his face, chest and arms before he gave up his attempt and tried to stagger home. Under further questioning he admitted to raping three dogs previously while he was under the influence of alcohol. He told police he always became aroused when he drank heavily but did not have enough money to pay a prostitute — via Die Puny Humans
The decomposing remains of a 60-tonne sperm whale exploded on a busy street in Taiwan, showering cars and shops with blood and organs and stopping traffic for hours
Yellowstone National Park’s riverside cottonwoods stopped growing in the mid-1920s and 1930s. Same with willows and aspen. Shoots sprang up, lingered awhile, but never matured. Park officials suspected elk were eating the new growth, but culling the herd did not help. Beginning in the late 1990s, however, things suddenly began to change. The elk moved away from the streams, and trees and willows began to grow. Researchers wondered why. They ruled out drought, flood, fire or climate change. Only one answer remained. Wolves
In a victory for animal rights advocates, the state Court of Appeals in Tacoma has established for the first time just how much pain is needed to convict someone of animal cruelty: not much
Researchers from Purdue University working under an award from the National Science Foundation have discovered that common blue mussels are using iron found in seawater to create their own super glue
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