News of the Weird

[Lemur]

Octopus hitches ride on dolphin's genitals



An octopus got the joyride of its life last week when it somehow became stuck on the belly of a bottlenose dolphin in the Ionian Sea. More specifically, the tentacled sea creature had a seat on the dolphin's genital slit.

Researchers with the Ionian Dolphin Project, part of the Tethys Research Institute, were observing a foursome of dolphins near the island of Kalamos off the west coast of Greece. Suddenly, one of the dolphins leapt out of the water with something strange dangling from its stomach. It wasn't until the researchers examined their photos of the leap that they realized the unidentified object was an octopus.

[Papewaio]

Orangutan, Octopus & Dolphins.

Gees the Kardashians are more desperate then ever.

[Kadagar_AV]

Octopus hitches ride on dolphin's genitals



An octopus got the joyride of its life last week when it somehow became stuck on the belly of a bottlenose dolphin in the Ionian Sea. More specifically, the tentacled sea creature had a seat on the dolphin's genital slit.

Researchers with the Ionian Dolphin Project, part of the Tethys Research Institute, were observing a foursome of dolphins near the island of Kalamos off the west coast of Greece. Suddenly, one of the dolphins leapt out of the water with something strange dangling from its stomach. It wasn't until the researchers examined their photos of the leap that they realized the unidentified object was an octopus.

I wouldn't mind an organic sexual toy with 8 arms, known for it's ability to suck.

No wonder dolphins are known as the smartest sea creatures...

[Papewaio]

Woman impregnated by Squid... Herald Sun Au


"A 63-year-old woman became 'pregnant' with 12 baby squid after eating calamari, according to a claim in a bio-tech report.

The real-life 'octo-mum', from South Korea, was eating a portion of cooked whole squid when she felt a sharp pain in her mouth.

The bizarre claim has been made in a scientific paper from the National Centre for Biotechnology Information in Bethesda, Maryland."

[Kadagar_AV]

Woman impregnated by Squid... Herald Sun Au


"A 63-year-old woman became 'pregnant' with 12 baby squid after eating calamari, according to a claim in a bio-tech report.

The real-life 'octo-mum', from South Korea, was eating a portion of cooked whole squid when she felt a sharp pain in her mouth.

The bizarre claim has been made in a scientific paper from the National Centre for Biotechnology Information in Bethesda, Maryland."

source?

[Gregoshi]

source?

The squid, obviously.

[Lemur]

source?

Woman, 63, 'becomes pregnant in the mouth' with baby squid after eating calamari

A 63-year-old woman became 'pregnant' with 12 baby squid after eating calamari, according to a claim in a bio-tech report.

The real-life 'octo-mum', from South Korea, was eating a portion of cooked whole squid when she felt a sharp pain in her mouth.

The bizarre claim has been made in a scientific paper from the National Center for Biotechnology Information in Bethesda, Maryland.

The lady told doctors that she could feel something in her mouth which they described as 'bug-like organisms'.

When examined, the doctors found 'baby cephalopods' attached to her mouth. These are small pods, covered in a cement-like material to make them stick.

Inside the pods is an 'ejaculatory apparatus' and sperm - with the apparatus expelling the sperm quite forcefully.

After the victim of the 'attack' was hospitalised, doctors removed the baby cephalopods from her gums, tongue and cheek. It was only then that the pods were formally identified as 'squid spermatophores.'

The Center's paper says: 'She did not swallow the portion, but spat it out immediately. She complained of a pricking and foreign-body sensation in the oral cavity.

'Twelve small, white spindle-shaped, bug-like organisms stuck in the mucous membrane of the tongue, cheek, and gingiva [gums] were completely removed, along with the affected mucosa.

'On the basis of their morphology and the presence of the sperm bag, the foreign bodies were identified as squid spermatophores.'

According to Science 2.0, a spermatophore is similar to a cup of semen.

[Lemur]

Woman has 4 kinds of cones in eyes, can see colors we can't



Each cone confers the ability to distinguish around a hundred shades, so the total number of combinations is at least 1003, or a million. [...] Living among us are people with four cones, who might experience a range of colors invisible to the rest. It’s possible these so-called tetrachromats see a hundred million colors, with each familiar hue fracturing into a hundred more subtle shades for which there are no names, no paint swatches. And because perceiving color is a personal experience, they would have no way of knowing they see far beyond what we consider the limits of human vision. [...]

What would it be like to see through cDa29’s eyes? Unfortunately, she cannot describe how her color vision compares with ours, any more than we can describe to a dichromatic person what red looks like. “This private perception is what everybody is curious about,” Jordan says. “I would love to see that.” Jordan’s next challenge is discovering why cDa29 is different from the other women she tested. “We now know tetrachromacy exists,” Jordan says. “But we don’t know what allows someone to become functionally tetrachromatic, when most four-coned women aren’t.”

[Lemur]

Man denied entry to strip club because adorable kitten



Deputies were called shortly after 9:00 pm on Tuesday, to the Emerald City in Murdock after the owner said he told Everett Robert Lages, 47 to leave. The owner said Lages had attempted to bring a kitten into the club.

Instead of leaving, witnesses said Lages sat down outside the business and repeatedly called 911. [...]

Lages was placed under arrest and had to be forcibly restrained. He was booked into the jail on charges of Misuse of the 911 System, Disorderly Intoxication, Trespassing after Warning and Resisting Arrest without Violence. He is being held on $4,000 bond.

Animal Control was called to pick up the kitten and is now safe and sound.

[Tellos Athenaios]

Animal Control was called to pick up the kitten and is now safe and sound.

Well it's good to know Animal Control made it through unscathed and survived the cuteness of the kitten...

[drone]

Man denied entry to strip club because adorable kitten

The jokes I could make for this headline would get me fired from the staff.

[Ronin]

The jokes I could make for this headline would get me fired from the staff.

getting in trouble for trying to take a little pussy into the strip club.
normally it's the other way around.

[InsaneApache]

nm.

[Lemur]

Fossilized turtle sex



Turtles killed as they were having sex and then fossilised in position have been described by scientists.

The remains of the 47-million-year old animals were unearthed in the famous Messel Pit near Darmstadt, Germany.

They were found as male-female pairs. In two cases, the males even had their tails tucked under their partners' as would be expected from the coital position.

Researchers think the turtles had initiated sex in the surface waters of the lake that once existed on the site, and were then overcome as they sank through deeper layers made toxic by the release of volcanic gases.

[Kadagar_AV]

Fossilized turtle sex



Turtles killed as they were having sex and then fossilised in position have been described by scientists.

The remains of the 47-million-year old animals were unearthed in the famous Messel Pit near Darmstadt, Germany.

They were found as male-female pairs. In two cases, the males even had their tails tucked under their partners' as would be expected from the coital position.

Researchers think the turtles had initiated sex in the surface waters of the lake that once existed on the site, and were then overcome as they sank through deeper layers made toxic by the release of volcanic gases.

What a way to die...

[Papewaio]

Maybe we will have to rename the Dutch Oven to German... no wait that would have the wrong connotation.

So how close to the Netherlands are these pits?

[KukriKhan]

haaaaaaaaa

[Lemur]

haaaaaaaaa

This made my day! Thanks, Kukri-sama.

[Gregoshi]

Man denied entry to strip club because adorable kitten

The Emerald City strip club is apparently not a BYO establishment.

[Gregoshi]

Fossilized turtle sex

Researchers think the turtles had initiated sex in the surface waters of the lake that once existed on the site, and were then overcome as they sank through deeper layers made toxic by the release of volcanic gases.

Leave it to science to figure out what was going down.

[Major Robert Dump]

People who visited the wolves at the zoo are saying she was very much an alpha caretaker and exerted great control over the wolves with sounds, growls and batons.

New Alpha decided it was time to step up, used her own tactics on her. Sad, but kind of predictable when you keep pack animals in captivity in a pack.

[Kadagar_AV]

FAIL!!

http://theblemish.com/2012/06/chines...-toy-mushroom/

[Gregoshi]

FAIL!!

http://theblemish.com/2012/06/chines...-toy-mushroom/

This just "in", there apparently are two sides to every story...and the men out there may like the way this one (or is it two?) ends...

[Crazed Rabbit]

Meanwhile, in Canada: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa...or-valour.html

Quebec knight riding across Canada for valour

A Quebec man is travelling across Canada dressed as a knight and riding on a horse in a quest to show "true valour" still exists.

Vincent Gabriel Kirouac of Quebec City, Que., says he has been on an eight-year quest to ride across the country. He started his journey with his horse Lionheart in Quebec City earlier this year. Kirouac is heading west to his final destination in British Columbia. On Wednesday, he arrived in Ottawa.

It all began in high school, he said, when his teacher was helping him find a job. He decided he wanted to become a knight.

Now he is staying at farms across Canada each night and riding his horse each day. Click on the video link above to hear about Kirouac's journey.

CR

[Gregoshi]

It all began in high school, he said, when his teacher was helping him find a job. He decided he wanted to become a knight.

Because Vincent couldn't afford to quit his day job.

To you Sir Vincent, a salute from fellow Canadian Gordon Lightfoot: Don Quixote

[Lemur]

If you think clowns are creepy, you are right



A 47-year-old professional clown was found with a large cache of child pornography on computer equipment in his Arkansas home, police said.

Thomas Harold Morgan - who goes by “Sondance the Clown” - was arrested Wednesday after cops noticed someone downloading child pornography over a file-sharing network. They allegedly traced it to an Internet service provider belonging to the suspect.

Police said they then obtained a search warrant for Morgan’s home.

“There was enough material on there that it would take (investigators) at least two or three weeks to go through all of it — so there’s a lot of images,” Fort Smith, Ark., Police Cpl. Steven Dooly told 5NEWS.

Morgan wasn’t dressed as a clown when he was arrested, Dooly added.

[Lemur]

Man claims leprechauns beat him up for dancing



A “bunch of leprechauns” beat up a man in Belltown on Saturday, the bruised and bloodied victim told police.

Police say they received reports about the fight around 1:55 a.m. on Bell Street near the Alaskan Way Viaduct, but when they arrived they saw numerous people running from the scene.

Police then saw a man on the ground, who was covered in blood and holding his head and screaming in pain.

When police asked the man who was involved in the fight he said, “It was a bunch of leprechauns,” that were mad because he was dancing with a girl, according to police.

He told police one of the assailants was wearing a white tank top, but could not provide any more details about the leprechauns.

A witness at the scene told police a group of men beat him up.

The man was taken to Harborview Medical Center with multiple head injuries and cuts and bruises on his face, back, knuckles and elbows.

Police were unable to find the leprechauns or anyone else involved.

[Gregoshi]

When police asked the man who was involved in the fight he said, “It was a bunch of leprechauns,” that were mad because he was dancing with a girl, according to police.

More than likely they beat him up because he was after the girl's Lucky Charms. She was probably magically delicious.

[Lemur]

Bangor, Maine prepares for zombie outbreak

What if a pandemic hit Maine? Who would respond? What would they do? Where would they get vital resources that likely would be in short supply? What if there wasn’t enough antidote to go around?

These are just some of the questions that about 100 emergency responders from eight Maine counties grappled with Thursday during “Zombie Apocalypse,” a daylong preparedness exercise conducted by the Northeastern Maine Regional Resource Center at Spectacular Event Center.

During the exercise, representatives from several hospitals and nursing homes, public safety and emergency management agencies, the Maine National Guard, amateur radio operators and the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention gathered to think about how they would respond to a worldwide outbreak of an infectious disease — in this case a “zombie” pandemic that originated in Jamaica and spread throughout the globe by bites from zombies.

“This gives us the opportunity to do something a little bit different, but it still has the same principles that would apply in a real situation,” said Kathy Knight, director of the Northeastern Maine Regional Resource Center.

Participants who were “bit” by zombies had stickers affixed to their name tags.

“If they don’t receive the anti-zombie drug, they progress to stage two and then on to the ‘undead’ stage,” Knight said.

[Tellos Athenaios]

Which basically confirms Stephen King as an author of fact, not fiction. Maine: stay away from it.