Environmental Graffiti

Did We Wipe Out the Prehistoric Hobbit Man?

A race of intelligent, diminutive hominids co-existing alongside humanity in South-East Asia? In the year 2003, a creature from mythology stepped out of the shadows and into the cold, hard light of science when an archaeological dig revealed what appeared to be a new species of hominid that matched closely with local myths of a creature known as the Ebu Gogo. An ancient 'hobbit man' had been discovered...

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Face to Face with an Ant Seeing Red

This incredible microscopic image makes you glad you're five or six feet tall, not five or six inches. If we were that small, of course we wouldn't stand much of a chance against these formidable insects, which may form up to a quarter of the mass of living creatures in a given ecosystem. But even though you wouldn't want to get bitten by an even vaguely oversized ant's mandibles, it's strange how like ants we are.

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The Most Terrifying Bird on Earth

Queensland, Australia. Philip Mclean, a 16 year-old boy, and his brother, aged 13, encounter a cassowary. Despite the size of the brightly coloured bird before them, the Mclean brothers attempt to bludgeon it to death with clubs. It is a fatal mistake. The elder brother lands a blow on the beast but is knocked to the ground. Lying prone, Philip is kicked in the neck by the cassowary, opening a deadly wound.

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Giant’s Skeleton – It’s A Hoax!!

The National Geographic Society have been batting away a plethora of interest in their 5 year old hoax. In 2002, an illustrator from Canada who goes by the screen name “IronKite”, submitted the photo of a giant’s skeleton to a Worth1000.com Photoshop contest

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