Kolmanskop is a ghost town in southern Namibia, a few kilometres inland from the port of Lüderitz. In 1908, Luederitz was plunged into diamond fever and people rushed into the Namib desert hoping to make an easy fortune. Within two years, a town, complete with a casino, school, hospital and exclusive residential buildings, was established [...]
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ok this is more in the cute category. But freaking funny that an Ape (ok Gibbon) decided to play with a tiger cub… but its both funny and cute.
Yes, they would of loved to eat it.
There was a great tragedy on Christmas at the San Francisco Zoo…. But the fact a tiger killed 1 and hurt 2 more was only part of it…
“Somebody created a situation that really agitated her and gave her some sort of a method to break out,” zoo director Manuel Mollinedo was quoted as telling the [...]
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I normally don’t do anything with forwarded emails, but delete them. But over time I’ve run across something that was either interesting or just too damn cute like in this case.
Two of the world’s most renowned shy and timid creatures have found each other in safe? companionship… through the lens of Tanja Askani “Alberta [...]
When I lived down in Southern California, all the talk was water conservation, even as lawns where being kept green. I come back a few years later and everything is low flow. Special water saver sprinklers water lawns even when there isn’t an official drought, and they are using the same low flow toilets and [...]
I’ve heard of Spider bites causing festering and sores, of even limbs having to be amputated at times. But below is the first time I’ve heard of it being used as a defense.
An Australian man who kidnapped and raped a woman blamed his actions on a spider, local media reported on Thursday.
Philip Spiers pleaded guilty [...]
Now to give you some background. Skyline Park is is a large state park in South Napa next to the State Hospital. With hills, trees, lakes and falls, it seems that the park is a pristine area used mainly by horseback riders and the occasional BMX National Ride. A beautiful area [...]
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Freaking funny story I got from email. I’m sure this must provide a lot of entertainment for the residents that frequent the market.
In case you this this is a spoof, here is a BBC article about the bird.
So, this bird walks into a store………
Rest of story and video after fold since the video [...]
One of the Christmas gifts I got last year that I’m still enjoying is a Mythbusters desk calender. Todays was an interesting fact I thought I’d share.
Technically, a daddy longlegs is not a spider. It doesn’t make silk; it’s not a predator; and, it doesn’t scavenge. However, even though a daddy longlegs is not considered [...]
I ran across the below picture. And believe it or not it wasn’t on purpose. I’d love to see what they say about it.
The area was logged after the trees fell over in a wind storm. The shape of the logging was unintentional. The photo was taken by the photographer as he flew [...]
