Figured I would throw this one into the ring, what with the rampant penguin & cat videos vying for attention. I felt that puppies needed to be considered.
Showing posts with label I wish I knew how to quit you. Show all posts
Showing posts with label I wish I knew how to quit you. Show all posts
Shadow Over Innsmouth
Came across some surprisingly effective fan art for Lovecraft's famous tale of sea creatures interbreeding with the residents of a coastal village. It's a bit like a creepy children's book as imaged here.
Girl quits job on dry erase board
My natural skepticism makes me assume these things are staged, but her presentation and facial expressions are so awesome I hope this one is true.
JUST FOLLOW THE LINK :)
JUST FOLLOW THE LINK :)
Baby It's Cold Outside (Version 1,325)
Look away, D3... it's another version of that song you've grown to hate.
For everybody else... fun role reversal with Rainn Wilson (The Office) and Selma Blair (Hellboy).
Mega-Shark Just Needs Cuddles
Sharks can be cuddled like dolphins, say scientists
In experiments carried out in the US some varieties of shark allowed themselves to be picked from the water and cuddled.
Keepers at the UK's Sea Life Centres will now use the training techniques in the hope that they will end up with hundreds of trained sharks.
The experts at the aquariums are to begin a period of intensive tuition by using coloured boards and sounds to train the sharks in a similar way to that used by the scientist Ivan Pavlov in training dogs.
It will mean that feeding becomes easier because each shark in a tank will know when it is their turn to feed.
The Sea Life centres have many different types of shark and within just three months the brightest ones should be responding to commands.
Sharks learn the signals then, when they see or hear them, they approach the keeper who holds a "target stick".
The sharks then rub their noses against the stick and wait until they are fed.
No one had attempted to train sharks in this way before, but it could now teach experts a great deal about the creatures.
Carey Duckhouse, of Sea Life, said: "The US team has shown that many varieties of sharks can quickly learn to respond to a combination of audible and visual signals.
"A shark answers its own sound and colour signal by putting its nose on a target-stick held by the trainer, and keeping it there until it receives food.
"Some species, such as zebra sharks, will even roll over to have their tummies scratched or allow themselves to be lifted from the water without any kind of struggle.
"The implications for improving shark welfare are enormous. It means when we have to move them we can get the sharks to swim to a certain spot rather than have to chase them around."
In experiments carried out in the US some varieties of shark allowed themselves to be picked from the water and cuddled.
Keepers at the UK's Sea Life Centres will now use the training techniques in the hope that they will end up with hundreds of trained sharks.
The experts at the aquariums are to begin a period of intensive tuition by using coloured boards and sounds to train the sharks in a similar way to that used by the scientist Ivan Pavlov in training dogs.
It will mean that feeding becomes easier because each shark in a tank will know when it is their turn to feed.
The Sea Life centres have many different types of shark and within just three months the brightest ones should be responding to commands.
Sharks learn the signals then, when they see or hear them, they approach the keeper who holds a "target stick".
The sharks then rub their noses against the stick and wait until they are fed.
No one had attempted to train sharks in this way before, but it could now teach experts a great deal about the creatures.
Carey Duckhouse, of Sea Life, said: "The US team has shown that many varieties of sharks can quickly learn to respond to a combination of audible and visual signals.
"A shark answers its own sound and colour signal by putting its nose on a target-stick held by the trainer, and keeping it there until it receives food.
"Some species, such as zebra sharks, will even roll over to have their tummies scratched or allow themselves to be lifted from the water without any kind of struggle.
"The implications for improving shark welfare are enormous. It means when we have to move them we can get the sharks to swim to a certain spot rather than have to chase them around."
Morrison always give good interview
Just finished reading his big-ass, post-Final Crisis interview with IGN, and the guy always makes me want to believe. This time's no exception. Figure I'll break out my full trade run of Seven Soldiers and see if I still feel the same way when I'm done, but...he's almost got me looking forward to trying to wrap my mind around Final Crisis when it's collected.
Pretentiousness combines with gonzo, contagious enthusiasm here:
Inside the Mind of Grant Morrison
Pretentiousness combines with gonzo, contagious enthusiasm here:
Inside the Mind of Grant Morrison
Full TERMINATOR: SALVATION trailer
Seems hit and miss, but there're possibilities:
Trailer here. The motorcycle Terminators actually look kind of cool.
Trailer here. The motorcycle Terminators actually look kind of cool.
The earth is not a cold dead place
This video proves it!
The song is hard to take, but the movie is great. And don't blame me for any residual Lazy Town fantasies this may inspire.
The song is hard to take, but the movie is great. And don't blame me for any residual Lazy Town fantasies this may inspire.
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