Tag Archive | "food"
Gulp!
"Don't eat so fast!" and "chew your food!" are words most people have heard at some point during their upbringings, but most animals don't have the luxury of paying attention to the finer points of good table manners and digestion. Competition is fierce out there in the wild, and many creatures have been designed to guzzle down their meals as quickly as possible, whether it's alive and flapping or not.
Continue reading...7 Most Disgusting Insect Delicacies on Earth
Friday, July 24, 2009
Now before we get started, let’s get one thing clear. Disgusting as defined by you and me might not be disgusting as defined by the next gourmand. What one abhors the next adores. So get those "yucks" and "eeews" out of your system. You’d eat this stuff if you had to, or if society didn’t wrinkle its collective nose at it. It all tastes like chicken anyway, doesn’t it? Well let’s find out. Mmm. Om nom nom nom nom nom nom.
Continue reading...5 Most Horrific Parasitic Worms [With Gruesome Pictures]
Friday, May 1, 2009
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Loathed wherever they go, parasitic worms are some of the animal kingdom's true lowlifes. They feed off living hosts, sapping them of energy and nutrients and causing a range of horrible diseases. After worming their way into people's lives, particularly in developing countries, these suckers can lie undetected for months or even years. They just take, take, take, and when they reveal themselves, gracious me are they hideous creatures to lay your eyes on.
Continue reading...Floods in Sri Lanka Kill at least 18 people
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
image via lankapolitics.com Recent floods caused by heavy rains in Sri Lanka have claimed the lives of at least 18 people and forced tens of thousands of people out of their homes. Authorities have already been able to provide temporary shelter and food to victims, but they asking [...]
Continue reading...Truffle Crops Crashing Under Alien Threat
Monday, May 19, 2008
Image by Flickr user Ulterior Epicure European soils that have long been sniffed out by pigs in search of a fantastically expensive fungus are starting to lie still as an invasive breed takes over the continent. This dangerous threat? The Chinese black truffle, which is chasing the delicacy [...]
Continue reading...Huge Vegetables From Outer Space May End World Food Crisis
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Image from Ribbon Controller Now there’s a headline you don’t see every day and yet, while it’s probably calling back memories of “Attack of the Killer Tomatoes” for an entire generation of corrupted American youth, it’s entirely true. The Chinese have begun growing their own version of genetically [...]
Continue reading...The Great Carrot Crunch of 2008
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Image from John-Morgan Facebook is going to end the world: a group of more than a quarter of a million people in the UK are pledging to “panic buy” carrots on the 15th of this month through the social networking site, and it’s leaving grocers in a race [...]
Continue reading...Are Food Shortages Priming The Developing World For A Revolt?
Thursday, May 1, 2008
by Spencer Kimball Image by camera_rwanda Last month witnessed a rash of political turmoil provoked by the inflating price of food.
Continue reading...Salmon + Sea Lions > Feds
Monday, April 28, 2008
Image from remainingoceansart Salmon in the Columbia River near the Oregon-Washington border have been considered endangered for some time, and subject to federal protective orders; this manifested itself in an unexpected way…
Continue reading...One More Reason to Hate NAFTA: It’s Bad for The Environment
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
There’s been much discussion this election cycle over the North American Free Trade Agreement: Barack Obama’s against it, Hillary Clinton helped create the thing but thinks it’s the devil now, and John McCain thinks you’re a whippersnapper for questioning the viability of it. Image from Yuan2003
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Friday, January 22, 2010
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