Rat Meat

clamoring for rat meat

“Rising food prices in Cambodia has a particularly strange consequence: it makes rat meat more popular as inflation has put the price of other meat out of the reach of poor people!

Spicy field rat dishes with garlic thrown in have become particularly popular at a time when beef costs 20,000 riel a kg.

Officials said rats were fleeing to higher ground from flooded areas of the lower Mekong Delta, making it easier for villagers to catch them.

“Many children are happy making some money from selling the animals to the markets, but they keep some for their family,” Ly Marong, an agriculture official, said by telephone from the Koh Thom district on the border with Vietnam.”

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Ice Skating Monkeys

I think I saw a triple sow cow in there. Also, monkeys apparently get christmas sweaters over sequined leotards when they skate. Go figure.

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Kitty Caution Sign

Just because it makes me laugh.

moderncat (yes, it really is a site for all you cat lovers)

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Genius Elephant

Watch and be amazed.  This elephant actually paints his own self-portrait.

River Dance Monkeys

Something about this makes me want to laugh, cry, and be angry at the same time.   Monkeys are funny that way.

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Giraffobia

Phobias are covering a whole range of stuff. But the main ones are fairly sensible. Things like heights, poisonous snakes, spiders and giraffes.

“A lot of people don’t understand just how debilitating being a giraffobe can be, some of them even laugh, as if giraffobia was funny. Well it’s not funny at all. Not when you find yourself checking for giraffes under your pillow every night.

And when you’re even scared of those dead giraffes you sometimes find in corners of the attic or in the back of dark cobwebby cupboards.”

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Beware of Robot Monkeys

Monkey controls a robotic arm with his brain.  What WILL they think of next?

“The monkey in the video has a chip in its brain that controls a robotic arm. He uses the arm to feed himself a piece of yellow food. Probably a banana. What’s in the deleted scenes?”

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National Rabbit Week

It’s national rabbit week, folks. Just exactly what you’ve all been waiting for.

And maybe we’re not in the UK (which is actually where this all takes place), but what the hey.  It’s still a hoot.

Some facts and figures for you:

• It is estimated that there are between 1.6 and 2 million pet rabbits in the UK.
• In 2004, 4.6% of UK households owned a rabbit.
• There are 67 breeds and 531 varieties of rabbit. The smallest breed is the Netherland Dwarf Rabbit, weighing just 1kg when fully grown, and one of the largest is the Flemish Giant Rabbit, which weighs up to 6kg.
• Female rabbits are called does, male rabbits are called bucks and baby rabbits are called kittens. Litters usually contain between six and eight kittens. However, the largest litter ever recorded had 24 kittens.
• Rabbits usually live to about seven or eight years old, but many live over 10 years.
• Rabbits and hares are not rodents like rats, mice and guinea pigs – they’re known as leporids.
• Rabbits produce two types of droppings, the first of which they re-ingest.
• Rabbits commonly suffer from osteoporosis if they are not allowed enough exercise. Osteoporosis can also be the result of a diet low in calcium.
• A rabbit chews 120 times a minute and has 17,000 tastebuds. That’s 7,000 more than humans and 15,000 more than dogs.
• At least 80% of rabbits in the UK are not being fed correctly. One of the most common reasons for rabbits becoming ill is a poor diet, often lacking essential components such as forage.
• 30% of rabbits in the UK are obese, possibly due to their sedentary life as domestic pets, compared to their life in the wild.
• 75% of rabbits seen by vets are diagnosed with dental problems. Rabbits’ teeth grow continuously by about 2-3mm a week and whilst in the wild gnawing on rough vegetation wears them down, many domestic rabbits don’t get the opportunity to do this and their teeth often need to be filed down by a vet. A rabbit’s nails may also need to be clipped if the rabbit doesn’t get enough exercise.

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Shark Attack!

Oz diver: ‘head-first into shark’

“An Australian abalone diver told rescuers on Tuesday he was partly swallowed head-first by a great white shark but managed to fight his way free, suffering a broken nose and bite marks around the chest.”  Read More

Read all about it!

Not So Very Miniature

Kristin sent me this find, and I have to say I actually gasped when I first saw the photo.  Please peruse these sites, as this is a phenomenon that you are DEFINITELY going to want to be a part of.

Methinks that perhaps Big Foot is actually a rabbit.  A big rabbit such as is shown at left. 

Big Rabbits
Even More Big Rabbits

Thanks Kristin!

Spiders On Drugs

I totally got sucked into this and thought it was real.  Until a certain point, that is.  Let’s see if the same thing happens to you.

Here are the real Spiders on Drugs.

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Tanner, The Pooping Dog

“To revive the declining fortunes of the Barbie franchise, the marketing whizzes at Mattel have unveiled their newest secret weapon – Tanner the Pooping dog:

“Now, instead of wasting afternoons playing dress-up and staging makeout sessions between Barbie and Ken, little girls can chase after Barbie to make sure she cleans up Tanner’s mess. As a bonus, Barbie comes with a trash can and a pooper scooper, and Tanner comes with chew toys and dog biscuits. Here’s one of Mattel’s promotional pictures:

“According to Mattel: ‘Tanner is soft and fuzzy, and his mouth, ears, head and tail move — just like a real dog’. Tanner also eats its own poop, just like a real dog! While Mattel calls the poop ‘biscuits’, they neglect to mention what medical affliction causes Tanner to pass these ‘biscuits’ through undigested.

“After receiving this toy, I wonder how little girls will start trying to feed their family dog ‘biscuits’ from the backyard.”

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Cute Overload

So, I found this really horrifying website today.  It is actually called “Cute Overload”.

And needless to say, I am horrified.

Link to inappropriateness

Traffic

I am not going to complain about the traffic anymore.

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Meet Thumbelina.

 

Isn’t it cute? Who could ride on it? How fast is it? Can it jump? Well, that brightened my day.

LINK

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Beedogs

Sam found this ridiculous website. Was the creator smoking hash when she created the site? I can’t speak to that.

Click here if you want more beedogs in your life. Also, please note this other really long list of websites that the creator frequents. Cats in sinks? Yes, please.

World’s Ugliest Dogs

Winners chosen every month.

Two-Faced Kitty

There are no words. I actually cannot imagine anything worse.

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Macrame, Shmacrame

Here’s a gallery of macrame owls, crafty home decor elements that were made by many people suffering from temporary aesthetic blindness in the 1970s.

Link

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Sleeping Bag + Teddy Bear Costume = Magic

The Selk’bag is a sleep/wear garment designed by Rodrigo Alonso for Musuc. A cross between a sleeping bag and a giant teddy bear costume (it would be perfect with little round ears).

The selk’bag solves the problem of moving around in your sleeping bag when it’s too cold outside to just take it off. Since it keeps your arms and legs separate, you can get up, roll around, and even manipulate things, because the zippers on the hands are accesible from the inside as well as the outside.

The selk’bag comes in two sizes and 3 padding density, making you feel like a little black bear, or a artic resistant polar bear.

Also don’t miss the other designs from Rodrigo, like the TAWA TE, a teacup with legs, or the WATT glassware, a wine glass in the shape of a lightbulb. Great design from Santiago in Chile, and I would link to them directly, if they weren’t using a flash site.

[via Design Spotter]

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