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1. "Police are trying to defuse a bomb that has been strapped to a teenage girl in Sydney's exclusive Mosman."

2. "Killer rat daubs fur with poison-arrow plant toxins."

3. "Here's an interesting premise for a film: a space assassin wakes up floating aimlessly through space. Unaware of how he got there, his only company is a robot voice programmed to turn off once his human companion runs out of oxygen."

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Map explains countries' names.

Decaying castle.

Giving a koala a drink.

Two-headed turtle.

"The general's pet on my last deployment."

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Garf-Eel.

Boneless bananas for sale.

Lil' Team Fortress 2 cosplay.

Gandalf the Green.

Hypnotoad.

*Previously: That time Garfield dropped acid.

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Gallery of nighttime wildlife photos.

Translucent frog. Here's the wikipedia entry on glass frogs.

Cactus.

Chestburster chicken.

Submarine in ice.

Smiling dog. (Even creepier photoshops at the link.)

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Rainbow-hued pigeon; rainbow-hued gun

Nicobar pidgeon. More photos at Wikipedia.

SIG Sauer P239 with the Rainbow Titanium Finish.

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1. There are some incredibly vibrant subtle animated gifs at Mike Pecci's site. (They're huge, so be patient while they load.)

2. The sleazy trick that launched Anthony Weiner's political career.

3. Well, this is timely in light of what I'm reading: "Tom Hanks' Playtone Productions is set to produce a six-season, open-ended series, American Gods, for HBO."

4. The recipe for a USA channel show:

For USA, it’s three things: Is there a slightly flawed but likable lead character? Is there a strong drama with a dollop of humor? Is it blue skies? I mean that literally and figuratively. Exterior shots showing blue skies add a levity and brightness to each show. You also have to be able to describe it in a single sentence: Royal Pains—it’s Marcus Welby in the Hamptons.

Via.

5. Half-albino peacock. Via.

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Frozen cherries. Via.

User friendly handle.

Cat with a tie.

A rejoinder.

Sauron.

Dog loves fawn.

Peacock Mantis Shrimp.

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Meet the Golden Mole

Wallpaper available at National Geographic (just scroll through the June offerings):

A survival strategy of the golden mole in Sperrgebiet National Park is to "swim" just below the surface of the sand. Despite its seeming barrenness, this coastal region is a biodiversity hot spot, home to reptiles, antelope, Cape fur seals, rare brown hyenas—and some 800 plant species, 234 of which are found nowhere else on Earth.

The video below shows off lots of strange desert creatures, including the golden mole at 2:44:

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Crib full of baby pandas.

Electrified acid sounds awesome.

Glassedwinged Butterfly. See also.

Bonsai.

Ant and water drops. (High-res at the links.)

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Fun with shopping carts.

Hipster Ariel.

Mandarin duck.

Bereaved wolf being comforted via.

Fearsome toddler via. See also.

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Sea Angels and other bizarre creatures

A few highlights from an incredible collection of photographs by Alexander Semenov:

First up, Sea Angels:

So strange, I looked for some Youtube videos:

This fellow is labeled "Red Bull. Amphipoda Acanthonotozoma inflatum":

And the label for this creature says, "Hyperia galba inside Cyanea capillata":

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1. Olly Moss's poster for Source Code giveaway.

2. "The Beast of Gévaudan: La Bèstia de Gavaudan) is a name given to man-eating wolf-like animals alleged to have terrorized the former province of Gévaudan (modern day département of Lozère and part of Haute-Loire), in the Margeride Mountains in south-central France from 1764 to 1767 over an area stretching 90 by 80 kilometres (56 by 50 mi)." Via Reddit.

3. There's a Sucker Punch art contest at the French website. Can't say I was blown away by the entries to date...

*Buy Sucker Punch posters at eBay.