Archive for the ‘ General ’ Category
A lot of spleen has been vented in the direction of the fox lately. First we took away its right to thoroughly take the piss out of toffs on horseback and their packs of crazed hounds, and now we’re accusing it of breaking and entering and GBH. Part of me wants to testify in favour of [ READ MORE ]
The Lions Mane Jellyfish is the largest jellyfish in the world. They have been swimming in arctic waters since before the dinosaurs (over 650 million years ago) and are among some of the oldest surviving species in the world. The largest can come in at about 6 meters and has tentacles over 50 meters long. Pretty [ READ MORE ]
OK, so it’s not really an animal in its own right, but it is pretty amazing non the less.. This poor little ant has been infected with Cordyceps Fungus, it transfers itself though spores from host to host, killing any that come into contact with it. Whats interesting is that once infected, the ant becomes disorientated and [ READ MORE ]
The thing about coconuts is that they are really quite tough to get into.. you’d need to be a pretty bag animal to make coconuts your main form of sustenance. So that’s why the coconut crab is a whopping foot and a half long with pincers that look like they could snap you in two. This one [ READ MORE ]
This delightful little monster is the Star Nosed Mole, who’s amazing nose can feel and taste unlike any other creature in the world. It needs this amazing nose because it’s more or less completely blind. The star nosed mole also has the title of the fastest eater, identifying edible food within 0.1 of a second.. much [ READ MORE ]
Wow. Just wow. If you’ve ever seen a nose like this one that didn’t belong to this furry, ginger Bergerac then you’ve really lived. This, my friends, is the Proboscis Monkey – sometimes known as the Long-nosed Monkey (no shit). The male Proboscis likes to live surrounded by his harem of giant-conked lovers in an idyllic little [ READ MORE ]