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New Cousin to the Velociraptor Discovered in China
Liaoning Province in China is known for the substantial amount of dinosaur fossils that’ve turned up in the dirt there. Over the years everything from insects to fish to plants have been discovered in such detail that even skin textures...
Nightmare Shark Caught Off Coast of Australia – Has Been Terrifying World for 80 Million Years
That nightmarish thing in the photo above isn’t a screen-used graboid prop from Tremors. Nope. That’s an actual creature that lives in our oceans…you know…that giant mass of water that you swim in when you vacation? Caught off the coast of...
Because the Ocean isn’t Scary Enough…Robosquid
Robots. We just can’t stop building them even though countless movies tell us where it’s all headed. Not only can we not stop trying to emulate ourselves mechanically, a small portion of the robotics community can’t stop trying to emulate...
Chicken Found with Photo Sticking Out of its Chest
Katha Sheehan, the owner of a Florida chicken rescue, was brought a chicken that had a corner of something portruding from its chest that was obviously not a feather. Peeking out of, and embedded into, the chicken’s chest and packed behind...
New Clam Looks Like Alien – Becomes Butt of Where’s Waldo Jokes Forever
Back in 1989 two marine invertebrate biologists were discussing the subject of new species when the both went ‘whoa’ realizing that they’d independently discovered the same creature 1,000 miles apart. One scientist found them in Morro Bay,...
Duck Gets 3D-Printed Foot to Help Him Walk Again!
Buttercup is an adorable little duck who was born with one of his feet turned backwards. Born at a high school as part of a biology program, Buttercup was given to a sanctuary specializing in dealing with ducks. Software engineer for the...
Perfectly Healthy Two-Headed Turtle Born in Texas Zoo!
The San Antonio Zoo in Texas has become the home to a tiny and oddly adorable two-headed turtle. According to the zoo the little critter is doing really well, totally healthy and following its mother around just like its other little...
Giant Snake Opens Doors – Steps Into Your Nightmares!
Watch as this door opens up and something spills straight out of this closet and into your nightmares. This is Julius and yes…this thing DID learn to open even round doorknobs. So you’re really not safe anywhere. Julius passed away in 2012...
Researchers Record the Moment of Inception…in a Hungry Zebrafish. We’re Next!
‘Squirrel!’ Ever wonder what it looked like at the inception point of a thought? Like when your watching ‘fail videos’ online and you do that mental cringe at the exact moment that you’re watching someone sledding down a hill on an oil-pan...
Chimp Gets Cable – Prefers Sexier Premium Channels
While we all wait for the scenes in Planet of the Apes to play out in real-life, a female chimp named Gina will give us all a glimmer of hope that at least a small percentage of our future primate overlords will need us for a little...
Giant Squid Caught on Camera in the Wild For the First Time!
Giant squids are legendary. They’ve taken on Moby Dick, Captain Nemo’s Nautilus and even a bunch of Goonies. While giant squids have been captured in the past and alleged parts of them have surfaced here and there…seeing one in the wild...
Mission Accomplished: WWII Carrier Pigeon Finally Delivers Message
We all watch movies like National Treasure and secretly hope that something cool like that might actually be out there in the world or even better that it might, out of some cosmic chance, actually happen to us. David Martin of England had...
Beluga Whale Speaks Crude Human!
There are a lot of animals that mimic human vocalization. But when an animal you’d never expect to develop mimicry suddenly begins doing it? It’s a little disturbing. Imagine if your dog suddenly quit barking and just started asking for...
Fresh Giant Eyeball Found on Beach Still Bleeding!
[ UPDATE: Giant Eye Mystery Solved! ] Florida always seems like it’s sitting on some kind of undiscovered Hell-Mouth. Between Bath-Salt Zombies, giant snakes slithering through your lawn, Night Creepers and lizards eating humans there’s...
Mysterious Ocean Crop Circles Perpetrator Discovered!
What you’re looking at isn’t the newest trend in ‘crop-circling’. The thing that created this spectacular-looking sand sculpture isn’t an alien trying to communicate with humankind, either. The master craftsman behind this amazing looking...
Besties Forever: Woman and Cow Found Buried Together
During the excavation of an Anglo-Saxon cemetery in Cambridgeshire, archaeologists have discovered the last resting place of a woman and her….cow? University students who uncovered the find first thought the animal was a horse since men...
Deer Afflicted with ‘Gnarly Buck’
Ola Enbagen of Gothenburg, Sweden casually went out to grab his morning paper from the post office box. As a bonus he got to see a cute little deer grazing quietly. Only there was something different about this deer. “He was looking...
A Vibrant, Beautiful Death for a Deadly Sea Creature
While it sounds like the last half of a Harry Potter book title, the Fire Urchin isn’t quite as fun. Fire Urchins, which are found off the coast of Maui, Hawaii, get their name not from their typically blazing colorations but from the...
Psychic Pig Now King of the Sports Prediction Barnyard
Not to be outdone by Germany’s cross-eyed possum, Slovakia’s two-headed turtle and the infamous Paul the Octopus, the city of Kiev is adding a pig to the psychic barnyard. Hoping to cash in on the excitement these animals illicit from...
One Mile Offshore – Deer Board Boat, Avoid Drowning
This awesome wildlife rescue happened back in October, 2010 in Taku Inlet near Juneau, Alaska. Alaska Quest Charters was crossing the inlet when four deer approached the boat about a mile offshore. The struggling animals were brought...
Insane Hockey Goalie Explains the Universe, Lethal Chinese Hunting Restrictions
HBO’s suburb hockey documentary series 24/7 debuted last night. It will cover the behind the scenes action of the Philadelphia Flyers and New York Rangers in the lead up to their outdoor game on New Year’s Day. But the real star of the...
Lizard Plays Video Game, Crushes It
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World’s Smallest Frogs Found
If you were on the hunt for the world’s smallest frogs, you better get to New Guinea. Field work by researcher Fred Kraus from Bishop Museum, Honolulu has found the world’s smallest frogs in southeastern New Guinea. This also makes them...
Squirrel Pulls Fire Alarm, Avoids Fine
A squirrel has been busted for sneakily setting off a fire alarm after footage was reviewed by school officials. The squirrel had been living in the cafeteria, but after this little stunt it was captured and kicked out. “The squirrel was...
Giant Albino Snail Found
A rare find, the Powder of snails. A giant white, albino snail has been located in New Zealand’s Kahurangi National Park. “Our group had seen three or four snails already that morning as it had rained and they’d come out in the wet...
Zoo Proves Love Between Sheep, Deer By Posting Mating Photos On Blog
Chinese message boards have lit flame with a romantic controversy filled with taboo, lust and well-lit viewing areas. A sheep and deer have fallen in love at the Yunnan Zoo. When first reported, many reacted skeptically, believing the...
$500 Bounty Offered For Photo Of Allegedly Extinct Snake
Catch the rainbow and you could be $500 richer. The South Florida rainbow snake has been categorized as extinct since last month, but The Center for Biological Diversity in Tucson and the Center for Snake Conservation in Louisville, Colo....
Ravens Use Hand Gestures To Communicate
In a first for wild animals (not named primates) researchers have concluded that raven utilize gestures with their wings and beaks to communicate to other ravens. This includes pointing at items. This is different than domesticated animals...
And Now, The Best Song About An Axolotl You’ll Ever Hear
If you are unfamiliar, please refer to this Wikipedia page. La la la la. [Rather Good via Improbable Research]
DARPA Wants To Build A Robotic Ostrich That Runs 50 MPH
Robot Ostrich. Yes. [Improbable Research]
Man Claims Hooker Transformed Into Donkey
A Zimbabwe man arrested on bestiality charge initiated a very curious defense for his heinous crime. He claimed the donkey he was busted getting frisky with was in fact a hooker who magically transformed overnight. ‘I had hired a...
Is This The Biggest Snake In The World?
Wrangled by a man in overalls, friends with people in devil costumes, ladies and gentleman: Medusa, the world’s largest snake.
New Species: Two New Freshwater Stingrays Identified
An entire new genus has been identified with the discovery of two barb-free freshwater stingrays fished out of a river deep in the Amazon near Iquitos, Peru. Heliotrygon gomesi and Heliotrygon rosai can grow up to 1/2 a meter long and have...
Chicken Undergoes Natural Sex Change
Gertie the hen is now Gerry the cockerel. Well… we don’t know if they call him Gerry but this chicken certainly did have a sex change. Which is apparently normal amongst some chickens. The first sign that something was afoot with Gertie...
Creature Washes Up On Long Island
A strange corpse washed up recently on Long Island and a number of pictures were submitted to Phantoms and Monsters. What kind of animal do you think this is? [Phantoms and Monsters]
The Octopus And The Beer Bottle
So many questions… [Geekologie]
Subway Surprise
Rise and shine! [Animal Planet]
Orange Alligator Spotted
That is all. [WWSB]
Clusterwink Snails Use Bioluminescent Shell-Flashing Defense
Located off the eastern coast of Australia, the clusterwink snail (Hinea brasiliana) uses a luminescent shell-flashing defense when its shell is tapped or when it detects predators nearby. Scientists think that this could either be a...
And Now: Killer Whales Surfing
That is all. [Adventure Journal]
Behold the Amazing Mimic Octopus
This awesome octopus is known to mimic at least 15 known creatures; my personal favorite is the “furry turkey with human legs”. Check out the video. [Geekologie] [UPDATE] Credit due to EbonNebula for pointing this out 4 months ago. Thanks!
Record Breaking Florida Gator
Anybody up for waterskiing this weekend? [Orlando Sentinel]
And Now… A New Species Of Bat That Looks Like Yoda
Ladies and gentlemen… please make your introductions to a new species of fruit bat found near Papua New Guinea. He also looks like Yoda. On a clerical note, this was sent to me within an hour by both of my Weird Things podcast co-hosts...
Ocean Census Catalogues 80% Of The.. WTF A See-Through Sea Cucumber!
The last time we saw census results this weird, Betty White was talking about swapping out calculator batteries to power a crotch massager. Marine scientists have announced the 80% completion of a comprehensive ocean census and the results...
145 Bizarre New Animals Found Including Dracula Fish
The kids love vampires, the kids love pet fish. Is it any wonder that the World Wildlife Foundation has found a Dracula Fish along with 144 other insanely weird animals surrounding Southeast Asia’ Mekong River in 2009. Here are a few of...
We’ve Been Living A Lie: Blind Mole Rats Not Actually Blind
They even see colors, those lying little vermin. Impostors! [Live Science]
You Will Believe A Squid Can Fly…
Want to hear something awesome? Squids can squirt their way out of the water engaging in what many marine biologists classify as flight. The phenomenon was so random that little photographic evidence existed of the practice. New proof...
300 Gators Freaking Out!
Low water level + tons of snacks = 300 Gators freaking the hell out in a random Georgia canal while a fisherman slowly cuts through them on his way to fish. [CNN]
Podcast: Destroyer of Worlds
Find out which of the three used to wear a Spider-Man costume under his clothes and which ones just wore ladies underwear. Listen to them describe their plans to capture a sea beast, fight alligators and find proof of Son of Hogzilla....
Crazy German Zoo Forces Shockingly Accurate Sports Predictions From Octopus
From his aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany an octopus named Paul has predicted a win for the home team over England this weekend in Knockout Round World Cup play. Paul has been forced to predict national soccer matches regularly and so far...