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The Amazing Versatility of Animal Tongues
Some animals put us to shame with their tongues and what they can do with them. No teenaged, first French kiss nerves for any of the creatures featured here. The muscle on the floor of our mouths used to manipulate food for chewing and swallowing is also of course the primary organ of taste. Yet while our animal counterparts cannot use their tongues for its other main function in humans – speech – many creatures put them to other uses that could easily leave you tongue-tied.
Continue reading...Look Into My Eyes…
Thursday, June 25, 2009
They say the eyes are the window to the soul, but the ones collected here make you ponder whether they lead straight to the stomach. Still, staring back at you, they also show that bloodthirsty can be beautiful – like this shot of a crocodile’s eye close up. Check out the detail in the croc's iris. It's like gazing at a landscape from above, with the pupil an opening into an abyss.
Continue reading...Don’t Even Think About It…
Friday, June 12, 2009
Following last month's popular Death is Milliseconds Away post, this time we've decided to turn the tables on the beastly bullies who reckon they're in for an easy snack. Here we bring you some equally special snapshots in which would-be victims have decided to take a stand in a bid for survival – giving their foes something to go away and think about or at least making them work for their meal.
Continue reading...“Er, Buddy, Could We Not Talk About This?” [PIC]
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
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Sometimes the best pics speak for themselves. This is photography at its best – no photoshop, no HDR, just plain old nature and quick fingers. Captured by Flickr user Cloud Nine, the original title for the image is ‘Death Walks Behind You!’ But if this little guy did have a voice, what do you think he’d be saying?
Continue reading...Firefighter Revives Cat With CPR
Thursday, April 3, 2008
It appeared after a fire in rural Mississippi that Claws the cat had chased his last mouse. However, Firefighter Jared Brister wasn’t giving up. Image from I can has cheezburger? via American Red Cross on Flickr
Continue reading...Warning: Would You Save This Kitten From a Deadly Python?
Friday, March 14, 2008
An Australian woman is healing from injuries suffered when she saved her kitten’s life by punching a python. Ruth Butterworth was raising the kitten in the Australian city of Brisbane. The python puncher said she was trying to save the kitten, which she’s named Tuffy, from the same [...]
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
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