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  • February 11, 2013
    Yay, now let's fill the oceans with concrete and put a stop to this madness. I wrote about flying squid way back in 2010, but now they're back in the news after marine biologists have confirmed that the squids are actually flying (up to 30m/98-feet!) when they leap out of the ... / Continue →
  • December 31, 2012
    This is a shot of the moment before a big shark eats the smaller shark Redditor Mancubus1 was in the process of reeling in. I know that feeling, and it sucks. Because one time I had a mermaid on the line but then this merman came along and threw a trident at me and I was all,... / Continue →
  • December 18, 2012
    This is a short video of a giant jack fish tornado captured by marine biologist Octavio Aburto at Cabo Pulmo National Park in Mexico. Why would fish ever want to be in a tornado? SPOILER: to get to Oz. "And why would fish want to end up in Oz?" Beats ending up in a Long Joh... / Continue →
  • December 11, 2012
    This is Papa Mau, a wave-powered robotic boat that managed to autonomously navigate its way 9,000 miles from San Francisco to Australia over the course of the last year instead of being eaten by a shark like I begged King Neptune to make happen. IT'S SUSHI NIGHT TONIGHT, NEPTU... / Continue →
  • November 6, 2012
    This is sushi scented cologne from zany perfumer Demeter. It's supposed to smell like sushi, but the scent surprisingly lacks any spicy tuna. Something smells fishy about all this! KILLLLLLLL MEEEEEEE. The fragrance consists of hints of just cooked sticky rice and straight ... / Continue →
  • October 12, 2012
    RETROACTIVE WARNING: Giant mystery eyeball. Also, potential Slimer tattoo. A man in Florida stumbled across this giant mysterious eyeball while metal-detecting for buried pirate treasure or whatever, and now scientists are hard at work trying to determine where it came from.... / Continue →
  • July 24, 2012
    Because scientists apparently don't care who our new overlords are as long they aren't us, a group of bioengineers from Harvard and the California Institute of Technology have built swimming jellyfish out of silicon rubber and the cells from rat hearts. Soon, they'll be assemb... / Continue →
  • July 10, 2012
    One time I licked a cross-walk button and the girl next to me puked, true story. This is a video of somebody's pet clam licking salt off the table. That's not it's tongue that comes out though, that's its foot. That's why my title makes so much cents. "You mean sense." Are... / Continue →
  • June 19, 2012
    These are a couple shots captured by scientists studying dolphins as part of the Ionian Dolphin Project off the coast of Greece. They show an octopus that's attached itself to a dolphin's *STAY PROFESSIONAL, GW* genital slit, presumably to avoid being eaten by the mammal. Ooo... / Continue →
  • June 18, 2012
    This is a video demonstrating what happens if you crack an egg 20-meters (~65-feet) underwater. And if you crack an egg into a pot of boiling ramen? Magic happens. Add some shredded cheese and HELLO, BREAKFAST. So yeah, when you crack an egg open under pressure, the egg whi... / Continue →