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Condensed knowledge for 2007-05-06

Here’s the good stuff:

  • Want to watch cheese mature? A company in England wanted to show the process and time involved in making good cheese, so they installed a web cam next to aging cheddar. That hunk of cheese has now become an Internet star.
  • Escape the Meatrix! Watch this movie to find out what it is and how to join the resistance. 🙂
  • Neatorama has a great post on three animals we ate into extinction. Oh, the poor dodo bird, it never stood a chance, even if its meat was gross.
  • This toothless old man from Russia has a really elastic face (and a really long tongue as well). The video is slightly disturbing, and it begs the question, why would you want to lick your own eyes? I can see him now, scaring little kids in his village. The parents, shuddering, will tell their kids, “See, this is what happens if you don’t brush your teeth!”
  • Have you been wondering why no one reads your blog? This post may have the answer.
  • This bird, called the Andean Cock-of-the-Rock, has got to be one of the funniest looking animals I’ve ever seen! 🙂
  • Oh, how I wish I were a boy once more (sans school and homework) and got “The Dangerous Book for Boys” as a birthday present!
  • A fire burned through the historic Eastern Market in DC recently. This Washington Post article has photos.
  • Ever wondered just how our sense of smell works? Well, wonder no more, because Wondermark has the answer.
  • Apparently surgeons have started to perform abdominal surgeries through the mouth (and in women, a certain other orifice)… The advantage is that there’s no external scarring, and the recovery time is much, much better. The patient can go home the same day. Still, I’m pretty grossed out by the whole thing. I would not want bits and pieces of my appendix or gall bladder or other such thing pulled through my mouth. It’s just plain weird.
  • A couple of days ago, I started my browser in the morning and saw that the logo on my Google Home page had changed to iGoogle. For a moment, I thought Google and Apple had merged, but later found out the real explanation.
  • A physician from France wrote Linux drivers for 235 web cams, particularly bargain ones made in China, with no proper drivers and no support whatsoever. And he did this all for free, unrecognized, working from his own home. That’s just plain cool!
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Funny animal videos

This video of two otters holding hands has been viewed over 5,000,000 times on YouTube. I think that makes it a hit. 🙂

A dalmatian watching Disney’s “101 Dalmatians” howls along with the movie dogs. The poor thing thinks something bad has really happened.

A man in Japan has invented a deep fryer that houses a goldfish bowl underneath. Somehow, the temperature of the water is kept low enough for the fish to survive, and of course the oil stays on top of the water since its density is lower, creating a nice separation barrier. Fried bits of food fall toward the bottom from the top, and the fish get their food as well. What I’d like to know is how he cleans the water, and how the fish get their oxygen. What’s more, how in the world does he take out the dead or sick fish, or put new ones in there? In concept, this is interesting, but in practice, it seems like a pretty rough way to treat some poor dumb organisms.

This looks like a frat boy prank, and since I saved this video, I’ve seen lookalike videos popping up. If you look carefully, you’ll see the trainer enticing the dolphin to climb up on the man by holding a bit of food over his shoulder. What happens thereafter is anyone’s best guess. Are the dolphins trained to move like that, or does some reflex kick in that makes them hump like dogs? I don’t know. Apparently the man knew what he was getting into. It’s pretty sad, and after the cheap laugh wears off, you gotta wonder why the heck anyone would pay for something like that…

A donkey cart gets overloaded somewhere in a Far East country, and the poor animal is left stranded in the air. The people then rush to unload the cart and bring the donkey back to earth. Gee, we’ve only been using animals to pull carts for how long… maybe thousands of years… and we still haven’t learned how to properly stack the loads.

This is a compilation of thieving animal videos. Remember, it’s only funny until it happens to you.

Check out Bebo, the beatboxing bird:

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Funny animal videos

This monkey’s got a death wish:

I’d always read about dirty-talking parrots in books, so it’s fun to hear one live. Beware though, this one’s NSFW:

A walrus does situps. Just look at that blubber flex:

Have you ever seen a baby pygmy goat suckle from a bottle? You should, it’s a treat:

Where can you find really cute chipmunks? Under your MacBook, apparently:

Don’t anger your sheep:

You have to see this baby duck feeding the koi fish:

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Drunk animals

When we’re drunk, we’re no different from them, and we become someone else’s laughing stock. Something to keep in mind…

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Here’s something for a lazy Sunday afternoon. This first video is from a show where bunnies compete in various jumping feats. I’ve never seem anything like this before.

Some fellow really enjoys spanking his cat — and the cat seems to like it as well.

This little lamb is so cute I could hug him.

A horse gets the fresh idea to jump over the fence and join a bike race. People freak out, but thankfully no serious injuries occur, and the race goes on while the horse gallops away after missing a turn.

I didn’t think it was possible, but yes, you can fit an entire cat into a goldfish bowl. And, the cat will do it by itself!

A threatened tamandua (ant eater) strikes a kung-fu pose. Apparently that’s their natural reflex. Funny stuff!

This baby elephant dances while playing his harmonica. I can hear the owner goading him on, so I don’t know if the elephant truly enjoys it, or if it’s just trained behavior.

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