October 2010
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Oct 31st
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Now For the Cobra →
Not Exactly Rocket Science summarizes: By far my favourite story of the week: drunken 19th-century cobra-wrangling. “Girling, emboldened by gin, had walked past the railing in the reptile house and proceeded to lift out a Morocco Snake from its glass-fronted cage. Despite the protests of his friend, he draped this snake around the unfortunate Stewart, crying “I am inspired!”… Stewart went...
Oct 30th
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Oct 27th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 25th
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Oct 24th
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Oct 24th
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Dead Bug Coat →
How much do I love Ed Yong at Not Exactly Rocket Science? Most species [of bugs] discard the lifeless husks but the ant-snatcher secretes fine sticky threads from its back and there it sticks the remains of its prey. An earlier study suggested that the assassin bug’s cadaverous backpack protected it from other predators and now, Jackson and Pollard have tested this theory by pitting the bugs...
Oct 24th
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Oct 24th
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Oct 19th
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Oct 18th
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Squirrels Spending a Lot of Time Locked in... →
Eh heh heh heh: “An oral masturbation was recorded when a male sat with head lowered and an erect penis in his mouth, being stimulated with both mouth (fellatio) and forepaws (masturbation), while the lower torso moved forward and backwards in thrusting motions, finally culminating in an apparent ejaculation, after which the male appeared to consume the ejaculate.” Not Exactly Rocket...
Oct 4th
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Oct 4th
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SNAKES IN A TREE →
Guam is infested with an invasive snake species that’s wiping out the island’s natural ecosystem, so: The solution: the snakes aren’t big pill poppers, so the researchers decided to deliver the poison dose by stuffing Tylenol tablets in the mouths of dead mice, an appetizing snake snack. The problem with the solution: many of the snakes live in the wild, unreachable forest...
Oct 3rd