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BEFORE you press play on that video (we’re sure some of you just went for it anyway) put down whatever it is you’re eating. This is a ribbon worm called a Gorgonorhynchus. When it senses nearby prey it launches what looks like a root out of
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
There are a LOT of animals being saved from extinction…rhinos, cheetahs, snow leopards, etc,. Most of them are regal or furry or cute or just plain huggable. The Weta Punga are not ANY of those things. Weta Punga literally means “God of Ugl
Any time you mention the word ‘reindeer’ most people conjure up a fond memories of Rankin/Bass Christmas specials from their childhood, sing “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer or just freak out because you just reminded them they’re only three
Shel Silverstein once had a poem about a snail that lived in your nose and would bite your finger off. Maybe he was inspired by something that’s been going on in Africa that nobody’s ever paid much attention to…until now… A US pathobiologic
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,
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 turtle
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
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, e
Spiders are a little creepy to most people, right? Well that other percent that didn’t think they were creepy? You can come join the rest of us now. You’re walking through the woods and notice an interesting looking spider in the middle of
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 d
Paul Clerkin, a shark ecology graduate student at California’s Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, has been spending the last couple of months on a deep-sea trawling vessel in the Indian Ocean to see if the ship’s nets might pull up anything
Cats. They power the internet. They’re always chasing birds and most of the time they fail at it. Birds. They make a lot of noise and mimic/mock everybody including cats that chase them. They have the advantage of flight. That’s all about t
During an early WeirdThings podcast, Brian and Justin were put into one of Andrew’s scenarios involving ‘flying’ snakes in Russia. Neither of them were happy with the idea of snakes launching themselves from trees onto their prey. Here’s an
Tracking down rumors of a “Spider Forest” in our own South Florida backyard, Weird Things editor Justin Robert Young and myself found ourselves ambushed whereupon Mr. Young was savagely attacked by a spider. With Mr. Young locked in mortal
Weird Things Live: Hunting the Night Creeper from Andrew Mayne on Vimeo. Last Monday night in front of a live internet audience we set out to solve the mystery of the Night Creeper. Ghost? Frogman? Or something else? Although we’re pretty s
Hans Rollman, professor of Religious Studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland, writing for the Telegram has shared some details about Newfoundland sea monster lore. The best part? These are amphibious man eaters! A sea creature of con
Mark your calendars. August 31st, 2009 may have been the day the insects got the upper hand in their war against mankind. Reportedly, a truck driver for the Minot Air Force Base 91st Missile Wing lost control of his vehicle when a “large in
If you think the concept hurts your brain, wait until you try reading the article on Pravda. We think it has something to do with human hybrids, but talks a lot about a dog giving birth to kittens…Mankind Close to Creating ‘Mananimal’ – Pra
It’s the Bo Duke of pork. Some call it The Cove Pig, the politically minded refer to it as Freedom Pig for it’s uncanny ability to throw off the shackles of an oppressive government and run wild. The New York Times chronicles the wild adven
Few people have found the elusive Giant Palouse Earthworm (GPE for short), a mythical dirt worm allegedly slipping through the soil of Northwestern Idaho and Washington State. Documented collections of the species have only occurred in 1978
In the NBA, they’re called crossovers or ankle breakers. An offensive player moves convincingly enough one way that a defender follows, only to realize he’s been had when the ball handler darts the opposite direction. Enter the Tentacled Sn
Titled “This is how you suck face.” From Pharyngula.