Animals

They Dove Into the Water to Conduct an Experiment. What They Found? A Giant Squid

By Jackson Chung December 27, 2015

It’s not everyday that divers get to see a giant squid, much less one up close, but that’s exactly what this research team saw this past week. “Giant squid was caught the camera a valuable figure that swim among the sea. The 24th morning in the boat mooring field in the Toyama Prefecture, the fishing that the swimming is a living giant squid people had was found. Length of the giant squid is about 4m, girth is about 1m, the part of the head it is that was swimming quietly towards the seabed,” according to ANN News Japan [translated]. Continue reading for another video and more information. Click here for more images of giant squid.

New Glow in the Dark Shark Discovered, is Called the Ninja Lanternshark

By Jackson Chung December 26, 2015

There’s a new glow-in-the-dark shark in town, and it’s officially known as the “ninja lanternshark”. This creature hides itself in the deep where its black skin keeps it camouflaged, while the glow could be used as some form of communication. It was discovered by a research team at the Pacific Shark Research Center, in Moss Landing, California. Measuring 18-inches long, it lives at a depth of about 1,000-meters off the Pacific Coast of Central America. Continue reading for a video of the neon green swell shark.

This is Not a Pokemon, Just the Bioluminescent Bobtail Squid That Repels Flesh-Eating Bacteria

By Jackson Chung December 24, 2015

This is not a Pokemon, just the beautiful bobtail squid, which also repels flesh-eating bacteria. This creature accumulates bioluminescent bacteria along its underbelly that inhabits a light organ in the squid’s mantle, camouflaging it in certain lighting, thus in return feeding on a sugar and amino acids mixture. Believe it or not, they aren’t born with this bacteria, but attracts and gathers the said bacteria as it swims around. Continue reading for another video and more information.

Hanging with a Quokka and 12 More Funny Animal Selfies Shot By Allan Dixon

By Jackson Chung December 24, 2015

Photo credit: Allan Dixon via Bored Panda

Photographer Allan Dixon from Ireland has become known as a “master of animal selfies”, and rightfully so. However, these quirky photos aren’t always easy, as they take “anywhere between five minutes to three hours of being in the animals presence,” said Dixon. Above, we have one of his finest examples, with the always happy quokka, which can be found on some smaller islands off the coast of Western Australia. “It depends on the animal and how safe it feels. What the photos don’t show is the amount of dirt that ends up on my clothes because of being on the ground. But the results are worth it,” adds Dixon. Continue reading for more funny animal selfies.

Photographer Captures 10 Dogs Trying to Catch Treats in Mid-Air, Hilarity Ensues

By Jackson Chung December 22, 2015

Photo credit: Christian Vieler via Bored Panda

Christian Vieler from Waltrop, Germany recently embarked on a creative photo project, capturing the many expressions of dogs trying to catch treats in mid-air. “Every shoot I am looking for that specific moment when the dog is looking as cute or funny as they can be. That cannot be seen without the power of freezing motion – dog’s faces with magnificent lineaments, telling us stories of panic, desire and joy,” said Vieler. Continue reading for more. Click here to view some bonus amazing and luxurious dog houses that cost upwards of $50,000 USD.

Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards Show the Lighter Side of Animals, Here are 10 Winners

By Jackson Chung December 21, 2015

Photo credit: Julian Rad via My Modern Met

Paul Joynson-Hicks has just launched the Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards to show the lighter side of everyday animals, including hamsters. The winners includes a gorilla pickings its nose, a hippopotamus who can’t seem to escape the birds hanging on its back a large deer that just doesn’t want to blend in. “I often enter wildlife photography competitions but I love seeing the funny pictures. Strangely enough, they are harder to come by than you might think,” said Paul. Continue reading for more.

You Won’t Believe That Cat’s Forehead Fragrance from Japan is Not a Gag Product

By Jackson Chung December 13, 2015

These days, there are companies that specialize in selling empty gag product boxes, but “Mohu Mohu Odeko no Kaori” (Fluffy Forehead Fragrance) Fabric Water from Japan-based retailer Felissimo isn’t one of them. Available a 3.4-ounce bottle, priced at $10.60, this product is described as sweet and aromatic, designed to freshen up fabrics like cushions. You could also pick up a $25 kitten head plush toy to spray it on. Continue reading for more pictures and information. click here to see cats as 1960s scientists and pilots.

Student Discovers Giant Salamander While Walking to School, and Then This Happened

By Jackson Chung December 12, 2015

A high school student “Yu” from Kyoto, Japan has discovered a giant Salamander casually walking down a footpath on his journey to class. He called the police to watch on, so he was not late for school, as the amphibious creature made its way back to the river. The Japanese giant salamander, is on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List as a near threatened species. They can grow up to 150cm most found in the wild are between 60-70cm long according to Japanese environment agency data. Continue reading for another video and more information. Click here to view more pictures of giant slamanders.

Photographer Successfully Captures Perfect Shot of a Symmetrical Kingfisher Dive After 6-Years and 720,000 Pictures

By Jackson Chung December 7, 2015

Photo credit: Alan McFadyen | Scottish Photography Hides

Photographer Alan McFadyen has spent the past 6-years trying to capture the photo you see above. In all, it took 4,200-hours and 720,000 photos to get a perfectly symmetrical shot of a kingfisher diving straight into the water without a splash. “The photo I was going for of the perfect dive, flawlessly straight, with no splash required not only me to be in the right place and get a very lucky shot but also for the bird itself to get it perfect. I would often go and take 600 pictures in a session and not a single one of them be any good. But now I look back on the thousands and thousands of photos I have taken to get this one image, it makes me realize just how much work I have done to get it,” McFadyen told The Herald Scotland. Continue reading for more pictures.

NASA Scientists Exposed Spiders to Psychoactive Drugs. What Happened Next? Crazy Webs You Won’t Believe are Real

By Jackson Chung December 4, 2015

In one little known experiment, a NASA research group in 1995 repeated Swiss pharmacologist Peter N. Witt’s 1948 experiments on the effect of caffeine, benzedrine, marijuana and chloral hydrate on European garden spiders. Their results were qualitatively similar to those of Witt, but the novelty was that the pattern of the spider web was quantitatively analyzed with modern statistical tools, and proposed as a sensitive method of drug detection. The drugs were administered by dissolving them in sugar water, and a drop of solution was touched to the spider’s mouth. In some later studies, spiders were fed with drugged flies. Click here to view the first image in this week’s demotivational posters gallery. Continue reading for a viral video of the world’s simplest motor, which consists of several batteries.