Nature
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Giant Snails Invade Florida!
It wasn’t too long ago that North America’s Hellmouth of a state was calling for people to go out into the wild and bag/kill as many giant pythons as they possibly could. Now that that’s yesterday’s Nature versus Humankind battle is over,...
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...
Dolphins Decide Humans Are Alright – Share Their Food!
Christmas has come and gone. Statuses everywhere are lit up with the swag given by friends and family. Someone’s aunt got them this. Someone’s brother got them that. Big flippin’ deal. Why? Because a group of scientists have been given...
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...
Yosemite Park – Scenic Vistas Spoiled by Deadly Virus!
Yosemite. The word conjures up postcards and beautiful nature photography. Not anymore. It’s beginning to conjure up bad horror movie dealing with parasites and viruses. That’s right, kids… Yosemite’s hiding something creepy. Health...
Southern California Infested with Brown Widows!
Since face-eating and bath-salting have finally jumped the shark, a new trend is beginning to emerge… Only days ago we reported that the base of Mount St. Helens in Washington is swarming with tent caterpillars. Insects are now climbing...
BOOM! Possible Supernova Recorded in 774AD
Centuries ago, in AD 774, some guy in Britain is keeping a written record of life’s goings-on. In that year he mentions witnessing something strange…a weird “red crucifix” hanging in the sky. Fling yourself forward in time. Researchers are...
Another Reminder: Nature Wants to Kill You, Eat Your Children
Seriously, nature wants you and your whole family dead. Remember that the next time you’re thinking about saving the planet. It really hates you. [CNN]
Silver Lining To Recent Flood Victims, It Could Have Been A Megaflood
With all the talk of flooding in Tennessee, it helps to look back into history to gain perspective. After all, at least it wasn’t the megaflood that completely redefined that Alaskan landscape 15,000 years ago. One of at least four...
Amazing, Nightmare-Inducing Pictures Of Insects Waking Up In Morning Dew
Good morning to you too! Bugs. Dew. Camera. Many more where this came from. Hello Monday. Thanks to Weird Things reader Marty. [Daily Mail]