Archive for the ‘Nature’ Category

Wildlife Wednesdays: The Narwhal

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Narwhal? More like GNARWHAL!

I first learned about this majestic creature from Scott Seewhale. It’s a close relative to the Bleuga whale. Its most distinctive characteristic is the large, unicorn like horn protruding from it’s head. This “horn” is actually (typically) the animal’s left incisor tooth that projects from it’s left jaw. In rare instances (approximately 1 in 500) the right incisor will also extend giving the animal the look of having two horns or tusks.

These son of a bitching things can weigh up to 3500 pounds, grow to approximately 25 feet long and have a tusk that extends 10 feet from the front of its face. Sometimes female Narwhals even grow a horn but I suspect they may be ladyboys.

For more information on this fantastic creature, check out their Wikipedia page.

Dolphin rescues stranded whales

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

In further proof that dolphins are fucking awesome, here’s a story of a dolphin rescuing a bunch of stupid whales that were about to kick the b.

Thanks to Queen Majesty for the tip.

Monkey Loves Pigeon

Thursday, September 13th, 2007

Barf-inducing cuteness! This monkey got shanghaid by it’s mommy and was ready to kick the b but then it met this white pigeon and everything is fancy again.

I feel like we are one step closer to my dream of seeing a monkey riding a dolphin. Click here for the full story.

Thanks for the tip again go to Queen Majesty who regularly kills it with the animal links.

Nature almost made me cry.

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

Holy fuck. Apparently these guys raised the tiger from birth and then released it into the wild a year prior to this video being filmed. Check how the female comes and chills too even though it’s totally wild and has never seen these people before.

Thanks to Queen Majesty for the link.

Half Tonne Colossal Squid

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

Some fishing boat found a 990lb squid off the coast of New Zealand. “If it were cut into calamari rings, they would be the size of tractor tyres.”

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(Thanks for the tip Scottie!)