Why do chimps sleep in nests?

photo: Joey Verge/ Flickr

 Every night, wild chimpanzees build themselves nests high in the trees and tuck themselves in for a good night's sleep. But no one knows exactly what makes these nests good sleeping spots for chimps. So biological anthropologist Fiona Stewart decided to find out — by bedding down in the chimp nests herself.
(via LiveScience  )

Why do chimps sleep in nests? | MNN - Mother Nature Network

Futurama Monopoly lets you own Robot Hell

 
If we can't have Game of Thrones Monopoly in real life, then this is the next best thing — a Futurama Monopoly set is available for preorders during the month of September, with the game shipping in November. Watch out for the Hypnotoad!
(via Charlie Jane Anders )     USAopoly

Futurama Monopoly lets you own Robot Hell

22 more "fake" Apple Stores found in China; how many more are there?

 One of many electronics stores I encountered while in Hong Kong last year that claimed to be an Apple Store, though the aesthetics of this one suggest otherwise

Those who travel to China know that fakes—fake iPhones, fake watches, fake Louis Vuitton bags—are everywhere. But while it's easy for the average American to find counterfeit products, most of the Western world has been blissfully unaware of entire counterfeit stores—until recently, that is. Chinese authorities recently ordered the shutdown of two fake Apple Stores in Kunming, and now a whopping 22 more have been identified. And there's probably plenty more where that came from
(via  Jacqui Cheng )

22 more "fake" Apple Stores found in China; how many more are there?

Tiger, Cubs, and Conservation Oh My! Celebrate Global Tiger Day

 Photo credit: law_keven/Creative Commons

Last year was declared the "Year of the Tiger," and though the global population still hovers below 3,500 individuals in the wild—making it one of the most critically endangered animals on the planet—some advances were made to protecting the much-loved species. At the end of the year, 13 nations with natural tiger habitat pledged to work together to double populations by 2022.
(via  David DeFranza, Washington, DC )

Tiger, Cubs, and Conservation Oh My! Celebrate Global Tiger Day : TreeHugger

L is for Llama « Flickr Blog

 (photo credit kees straver)
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L is for Llama « Flickr Blog

Giant Boner-Inducing Spider Rampages in Supermarket

  A five-inch Brazilian Wandering Spider—the most poisonous spider in the world, which "can also cause priapism in humans"—stowed away in a box of bananas and leaped out in a German grocery store, running through the aisles and causing pandemonium on Friday
(via Maureen O'Connor)

Giant Boner-Inducing Spider Rampages in Supermarket

Chicken adopts baby ostriches in Texas

  (photo)This black hen is raising five baby ostriches as her own at Crowes Nest Farm in Manor (Kate Weidaw, KXAN)

Chances are you've heard stories before about animals raising animals of a different breed.
Like cats nursing puppies.
At Crowes Nest Farm, a nonprofit organization a few miles east of Austin, there's a similar situations playing out with some baby ostriches .
"We have all your basic farm animals with a few additions," said David Williams, director of Crowes Nest Farm.
(via Kate Weidaw )

Chicken adopts baby ostriches in Texas

Billy the Kid image sells for more than $2 million

(photo Old West Show and Auction, Associated Press)
 
What is believed to be the only surviving authenticated portrait of Billy the Kid went up for auction in Denver on Saturday and sold for $2.3 million.
The tintype on Saturday evening went to private collector William Koch at Brian Lebel's 22nd Annual Old West Show & Auction, where auction spokeswoman Melissa McCracken said the image of the 1800s outlaw was the most expensive piece ever sold at the event.
(via Desert News  )



Billy the Kid image sells for more than $2 million | Deseret News

Chinese crested-Chihuahua mix deemed 'ugliest dog'

Yoda's short tufts of hair, protruding tongue, and long, seemingly hairless legs were enough to earn it the World's Ugliest Dog title at a Northern California fair. 
(via Kansas City Star)

Chinese crested-Chihuahua mix deemed 'ugliest dog' - KansasCity.com

Furries Descend on Pittsburgh for Fur Suit Festival

Thousands furries descend on Pittsburgh this weekend, for the sixth annual Anthrocon, America's foremost convention for "anthropomorphics," commonly known as "furries." Participants are already wandering the streets of Steel City, wearing costumes and carrying puppets, posing for pictures with locals, going to raves, and singing "furraoke" while boozing at local bars.
 (via   Maureen O'Connor )

Furries Descend on Pittsburgh for Fur Suit Festival

Mystery cat takes regular bus to the shops

Bus drivers have nicknamed a white cat Macavity after it has started using the No 331 several mornings a week.
The feline, which has a purple collar, gets onto the busy Walsall to Wolverhampton bus at the same stop most mornings - he then jumps off at the next stop 400m down the road, near a fish and chip shop
(via Paul Brennan)

Mystery cat takes regular bus to the shops | Mail Online

Maybe Mona Lisa? Buried Skeleton Found

CREDIT: Louvre Museum, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain  

The skeleton was unearthed in a Florence convent where researchers are searching for the remains of Lisa Gherardini Del Giocondo, the women believed to be the model for da Vinci's famous painting. Based on an early look at the cranium and pelvis, the skeleton appears to be female, Bologna University anthropologist Giorgio Gruppioni told news agencies Friday (May 27).
(via Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer)  


Maybe Mona Lisa? Buried Skeleton Found | Leonardo da Vinci | Archaeologists Search For Mona Lisa | LiveScience

Ca woman touting moon rock for $1.7M stung by NASA

photo  Apollo 17, NASA (Image scanned by Kipp Teague  

She promised the moon, for a sky-high price. He wasn't buying. A woman who tried to sell what she said was a rare piece of moon rock for $1.7 million was detained when her would-be buyer turned out to be an undercover NASA agent, officials said Friday.
(via   ROBERT JABLON Associated Press )

Ca woman touting moon rock for $1.7M stung by NASA - Inside Bay Area

Duette school to be back next year - Education -

(photos)
Seemingly against all odds, Florida’s last remaining one-teacher school has opened registration for the next school year, with less than a month remaining in the current school year.

Duette school to be back next year - Education - BradentonHerald.com

(via JAMES A. JONES JR)
 

Paper sorry for removing women from White House pic

NEW YORK (AP) - An Orthodox Jewish newspaper on Monday apologized for digitally deleting Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton from a photo of President Barack Obama and his staff watching Navy SEALs move in on Osama bin Laden. (via kboi2)


Paper sorry for removing women from White House pic | KBOI 2 - Boise News, Weather, Sports and Breaking News Boise, Idaho | Offbeat

Bin Laden Buried at Sea

WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Osama bin Laden received a Muslim ceremony as he was buried at sea, a senior defense official said in Washington, D.C., May 2.
The religious rites were performed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) in the North Arabian Sea and occurred within 24 hours of the terrorist leader's death, said the official.
 (via Jim Garamone, American Forces Press Service)

Bin Laden Buried at Sea

Talented 11-Year-Old Paints Birds, Raises Over $200,000 For Gulf Coast Relief Efforts

 

Image: Olivia Bouler

When the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in April 2010, killing 11 people and exposing the Gulf of Mexico to a leaking well that pumped 5,000 barrels of crude into the water every day, aspiring artist Olivia Bouler didn't just wait for someone else to take action
(View Slides of Art)
(via Blythe Copeland)
Talented 11-Year-Old Paints Birds, Raises Over $200,000 For Gulf Coast Relief Efforts (Slideshow) : TreeHugger

Gorgeous Paper Art Works Photography

Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items (often with symbolic significance) in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect.
(via Katrina Royal Post)

Gorgeous Paper Art Works Photography | Beautiful Nature, Creative Artworks

 

PepsiCo Unveils World’s First Plastic Bottle Made Entirely From Plant-based Materials

PepsiCo’s 100% plant-based bottle

Remember the Cola Wars? Get ready for the Bottle Wars. PepsiCo Inc. on Tuesday unveiled a bottle made entirely of plant material, which it says bests the technology of competitor Coca-Cola and reduces its potential carbon footprint. (via Physorg)

PepsiCo Unveils World’s First Plastic Bottle Made Entirely From Plant-based Materials | Impact Lab

Breastfeeding Baby Doll Arrives in U.S. Markets

 Deciding whether or not to breastfeed is a decision every new mother makes, but should little girls playing mommy be able to mimic breastfeeding, too?
One company, Berjuan Toys, certainly thinks so and plans to release its toy doll "The Breast Milk Baby" in the United States this spring
(via Marianne English)
Breastfeeding Baby Doll Arrives in U.S. Markets : Discovery News

Cover Your Nose: The Stink Bug Outbreak Has Now Spread to 33 States

Photo: jcantroot

According to the Daily Mail, the stink bug epidemic has now spread to 33 states.
(via Sara Novak, Columbia, SC)

Cover Your Nose: The Stink Bug Outbreak Has Now Spread to 33 States : TreeHugger

NYC fights $3 million lawsuit by ticketed unicyclist

Photo: Flickr user Steve (CC License)
Circus performer Kyle Peterson was issued a ticket in 2007 for violating an ordinance that prohibits riding a "two- or three-wheeled device" on sidewalks.He filed the federal lawsuit against the city claiming his rights were violated because he was riding on one wheel.
(via komonews)
NYC fights $3 million lawsuit by ticketed unicyclist | Seattle News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | KOMO News | Offbeat    

Great Dane gives birth to 17 puppies by Cesarean

Hania, a four year old Great Dane feeds her three day old puppies in the Warsaw suburb of Nowa Iwiczna, Thursday, March 17, 2011. Hania gave birth by Cesarean section to 17 puppies. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)

The eight male and nine female pedigree puppies were born Monday at a veterinary clinic near Warsaw, after their breeder Gabriela Kubalska decided to spare the mother, 4-year-old Hania, a long labor
(via  ABC7NEWS)

Great Dane gives birth to 17 puppies by Cesarean | abc7chicago.com

World's First Space Gas Station for Satellites to Launch in 2015

  (photo)An artist's conception of how the SIS mobile space gas station will refuel client satellites on orbit.
CREDIT: MacDONALD, DETTWILER AND ASSOCIATES LTD
 Two satellite companies have announced a new deal to launch the first spacecraft designed to refuel other satellites in orbit.
(via Clara Moskowitz,)

World's First Space Gas Station for Satellites to Launch in 2015

Discovery’s last mission

 photo (JoshN pro)
The space shuttle Discovery started on its last mission, STS-133, this Thursday. Above, you can see some of the magnificent photos taken by Flickr members Katie Darby, JoshN pro, DaveDoop, and Ben_Cooper. You can find more in the STS-133 group
( via Kay Kremerskothen  flickr  )
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Storm Blows Florida Pelican to a Strip Club in Canada

 Photo: mikebaird / cc

It's a rare thing for a pelican to have a name, and rarer still that that name would be inspired by a strip club -- but Ralph's life has been full of such unlikelihoods in recent months. Last August, the brown pelican from Florida was going about his business when he was swept up by hurricane Earl and blown some 1400 miles to the north, finally settling on the roof of Ralph's Place, an adult-entertainment venue in Halifax, Canada. Now, after six months of being stuck north of the border, thanks to one helpful volunteer, Ralph will soon be heading home.
(Stephen Messenger)
Storm Blows Florida Pelican to a Strip Club in Canada : TreeHugger