Category: Bizarre
Gaza zoo – Dead Animals Live On As Stuffed Animals
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip When animals die they are being return to be displayed as stuffed animals, giving visitors the unusual zoo experience of petting a lion, tiger or crocodile. But because taxidermy in the largely isolated Palestinian territory is not advanced and expertise and materials are in short supply, the experience can be grim. [...]
Most Endangered Species in Amazon Rainforest
Man is hell bent on destroying the environment in the name of ‘development’ without realizing that that it’s leading to the extermination of several species from our forests. It has been stated that over half of the globe’s animals are living in rain forests. With the fast disappearance of these rain forests several of these animal [...]
First Ever Photo of Shark Cannibalism
Australian researchers snapped this extraordinary sight in August while they were carrying out a census of fish off Great Keppel Island off the Great Barrier Reef image credits This is believed to be the first time scientists have ever photographed a shark eating another shark. The photo shows a type of carpet shark called a [...]
Bombing of London – The London Blitz 1940
image credits The relentless barrage that was the unforgivable. 70 years ago, one small stature megalomaniac in Germany set off the most horrendous 76 days and nights of sustained bombardment in the history of the world. Determined to bring the British nation to its knees in abject surrender, he sent his aircraft, the Luftwaffe, to [...]
Metalmorphosis – A Rotating Visual Beauty
Welcome to “Metalmorphosis” – a giant sculpture that forms part of a public fountain bringing an office park to life in the city of Charlotte, USA with its reflecting flashes of light and imposing metallic surface. This marvellous creation from David Cerny is a seven metre high structure of a three-dimensional male’s head, composed of [...]
The Praying Mantis – The Insect that Eats Heads
The praying mantis family is composed of persistent, ruthless predators, and catching a glimpse of their hunting behaviour is a little frightening delight. They lie, well camouflaged in their wait for the arrival of prey, with their spiny, grasping front legs upraised and pincers partially opened, poised for the catch. Their heads can swivel up [...]
12 Events that Shaped 2011
Below is a snap shot of some of the headlines that took place across in the world in 2011. 2011 surely was an eventful year with most events evoking sadness and worry across the globe, with the occasional glimpse of hope. But more importantly is the positive turn around we are willing to put in [...]
9 Cutest Miniature Animals
Increasing global temperatures are impacting on food sources, changing ecosystems and making resources scarcer, say scientists. It’s reported that Global Warming is resulting in smaller-sized plants and animals. Writing in the journal Nature Climate Change, Dr David Bickford and Jennifer Sheridan argue that a shifting trend in animal and plant size could impact on human [...]
Pencil Vs Camera – The Exciting & Daring New Art
It’s unique, fun, diverting, daring, exciting, and inspirationally beautiful whilst gently capturing the wonders and bewilderment of the imagination. It’s thought provoking and holds twists of surrealism and realistic challenges as it connects different aspects of life, engaging the mind into a world of creative adventures. I’m confident to kindly say that the number of [...]
30 Examples of Extraordinary Battles in Nature
Image Credits: depinamug Every angle of an animal’s life is specialised in the business of competition, forcing individuals to compete for access of a potential mate, resources, food and space – all necessities to live and reproduce successfully. This extreme rivalry of limited sources has led to many differences in behaviour and evolutionary adaptations to develop [...]
The Incredible World of Cactus in Photos
The distinctive appearances of cacti are a result of adaptations to conserve water in the hottest and driest environments – and who would have known that such wondrous, beautiful and bizarre appearances would have become adopted? Spikes treacherously poking out in all directions, ready to take on anyone that wants a challenge, flowers that blossom [...]
10 Top Online Green Stores
Recently the terms “go green” “living green” and “being green” have been chucked about left right and center. Whether it’s a new way to sell products, or a way of life to ease the conscious of your carbon footprint, or those passionate souls that generally want to start making a change to the earth, making [...]
The Animal Blood that Saves Lives
Its blood is blue and comes from a creature more ancient and resilient than dinosaurs – and even medicine itself has claimed this animal to be “a new life-saving tool”. Not only serving great purposes towards its natural habitat, but now saving countless human lives is the remarkable and bizarre horseshoe crab. Image Source: The [...]
