World’s Strangest

A variety of birds may use their crests and protruberant feathers to feel their surroundings. Studies were conducted on auklets, who breed in dark, rocky crevices. The researchers placed individual auklets into a dark experimental maze, designed to resemble a natural crevice, and recorded how often they bumped into things. Both crested and whiskered auklets bumped [...]

Here’s a study that will surely pour more gasoline into the debate of dog vs cat: turns out that cat owners are more likely to have college degrees than dog owners. A poll of 2,524 households found that 47.2% of those with a cat had at least one person educated to degree level, compared with 38.4% [...]

Only two bird watchers in history have ever seen more than 8,000 of the approximately 9,600 species of birds found on our planet. Phoebe Snetsinger, of Missouri, was one of the two. Her father, Leo Burnett, was the ad exec who helped bring the Jolly Green Giant, the Marlboro Man, Toucan Sam, Charlie the Tuna, [...]

In 2007, Miss Cellania covered the story of Oscar, the cat who lives in Steere House Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Rhode Island, and who curls up next to patients mere hours before they die. Since then, Oscar has doubled his predictions to 50. But the staff of the hospice, particularly Dr. David Dosa, want the [...]

A British cat that was run over by a car has received the first complete feline knee replacement surgery. After twelve weeks of hospitalization and unprecedented veterinary procedures, Missy the cat is back at home with her family: The new total knee replacement implant for the other leg was designed by Dr Fitzpatrick, Professor Gordon Blunn [...]

#126 – Week of January 28, 2010 Very Tight Pass on a Mountain Road – [awesome video]China’s Instant Cities – [great article]Boeing 777 in X-Ray Photography, pic – [fascinating]Super-detailed Weather & Nature Models – [using everyday objects]Temples of Knowledge: Spectacular Historical Libraries – This artist makes “fake” photographs of the WWI ships, example – P-Eco Concept [...]

Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a staple in our household, which is funny, because I remember being quite scared of the steamroller scene near the end when I was a kid. Now that I’m older, I appreciate it more from standpoint of how much work it took to get such a groundbreaking movie made – [...]

If you don’t know your memes, then you’ll have to check out the video of keyboard cat before you see watch this keyboard dog video. For those of you who are internet nerds (like me), who would you vote for, keyboard cat or keyboard dog? Link

Sometimes you can see something in the shape of an animal’s spots, but have you ever seen a cat shape on the back of a cat? Link -via The Daily What

Most animals don’t like being dressed up in human clothes, but we love to make them do it anyway –after all, it is absolutely adorable. Of course, some animals love it. My own dog seems to get a little strut in his step when he wears one of his cute little tee shirts –he isn’t [...]