BEARSCARE

I was looking for good pictures of Kodiak Bears today and I ran across this link. Every last one of those cowards deserves to get eaten by a bear for this.

I have come up with an idea for a new all-purpose military aircraft. What does this have to do with bears, you might ask? Everything. The airplane is based on the grizzly bear. It’s called BFA-1000000 Grizzly Bear (bomber-fighter-attack-one-MILLION) and it’s SO much better than other aircraft. Its airframe is similar to that of the F/A-18 Hornet, except my airplane is totally loaded down with more weapons than you could ever imagine.

If you were to look up as a BFA-1000000 was flying overhead, mostly you would just see gray cylinders (bombs) and missiles. What you wouldn’t be able to see (because they’re obstructed by all the bombs and missiles) are the battering rams, located on the nose and each wing, and the machine guns, located in the nose, the wings, that tail-fin-thing, the wheels, and the rudders. And, just in case, the pilot would be armed with a revolver for times when he really needs to rock. Basically, the my airplane can own anyone at any time in any place. The BFA-1000000 turns M.A.D. into just plain old A.D.

It’s true. Narwhals are enormous, majestic, smart and SWEET. Some have described them as “water unicorns” or “aquacorns” [1]. Nobody really knows where they come from, but the Narwhal resembles a medium-sized whale with an extremely long tusk. Well, only the males have the tusk (occasionally two tusks). Female Narwhals with tusks have been recorded, but it’s a touchy issue and few will discuss them [2]. Below are two films. The first one introduces the viewer to the Narwhal. Experts and novices will both enjoy this one. The second film is OK. It presents a lot of good information, but the narrator is pretty annoying. If you already know about these whales, I suggest you skip it.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvbWGfPGhQ8&rel=1]

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSjjHiysBbE]

Inuits explain that the first Narwhal was formed when a woman, grasping a harpoon, was dragged into the Arctic Ocean and then wrapped in a beluga whale [3]. This probably didn’t actually happen. A Narwhal was featured in the classic film, Elf.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ1a9LhkIoQ]

Also, here’s a song about Narwhals. I’ve never run across anything like it (before).

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxlUYA57K6g]

Thanks!

[1] Catherine Scott

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narwhal#Description

[3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narwhal#Cultural_References

This is self-explanatory
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkYUgYJW7rs&rel=1]
I LOVE this little guy!

Right now I’m watching a show on Crocodiles on Discovery HD. It’s SWEET. I’ll have to do some research and write about crocodiles soon. But, in the meantime, here’s a post the I originally put on octosquid.org. I’ll resurrect octosquid soon but for now this post belongs here.

So, I learned a little tid-bit about the Moray Eel (pictured below) today.

This friendly fellow has not one, but two two sets of teeth: one in the front of its mouth (like yours and mine) and one in its throat. The Moray uses these teeth in its throat to grasp the already bit, but still struggling, fish it’s decided to eat and drag the presumably still live animal further into its hideous body. It’s OK to vomit now.

PS: Here’s proof:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utuxlfvlLEQ&rel=1&border=1]

Here’s a link to the NPR podcast that inspired all this. I highly recommend giving it a listen.

Flocke. OK, I’m OK with this. The name is pretty deece.

Michael Rutzen is a maniac. And he’s also sweet. See, he figured out how to interact with great white sharks: just be nice to them and they’ll be nice to you. Hey can pet them, rub them, chillax with them–whatever! I’ve got to try this.

My guess is that this approach would work with most animals. Especially hippos.

This psychologist taught his pet turtle to wave its little paw around and flip over. Maybe he’ll teach it to spin on its back too.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqZniOBXNDQ&rel=1]

YES!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWQZr3gJ8to&rel=1]

I think eagles and I have a lot in common but I don’t think I could ever be one. Today, I left work slightly after noon to get lunch. Salad was the plan, but as I neared the Balducci’s in Alexandria, VA, I began to doubt myself. I decided to go with sushi instead. I like fish the way bears like fish: raw. I’ve never had the chance to eat live salmon, but I have eaten raw bits of salmon on clumps of rice. One time my family went to an Asian restaurant and I ordered sashimi thinking it would be fish on rice, but it was just fish. I became closer to the bear than ever that day, though I’ve drifted–through no fault of my own–slightly since.

As I was eating my sushi and reading CNN, I spotted this article. It seems a bunch of bald eagles dove into a TRUCK OF FISH GUTS. I guess they were so pumped up by the smell of raw fish they couldn’t take it any more. I can relate, but not totally. Some of the eagles did not survive–they probably drowned. The lucky ones were washed off and suffered the indignity of being left to dry out in a warehouse. If you ask me, it just wasn’t worth it. Below is what an eagle looks like wet.

I guess dogs and cats probably eat fish guts in their food, but it’s generally nonlethal and the smell is disguised with the smell of old fish. I bet my dog, Resi, would jump into a tank of fish-anything. She can swim really well.

Below is an excellent video targeted at viewers who have little to no knowledge of eagles. Intermediate eagle fanciers will find this mostly review. Eagle experts should move on to something else right now.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1x1m6SB4ks&rel=1]

Peace out.