“Zombie” Worms Mate Inside Whale Bones

In modern pop culture, zombies are everywhere, from TV shows like The Walking Dead to books like World War Z.

But when it comes to the creepy factor, Osedax worms—nicknamed “zombie worms”—beat out even the goriest movies.

A recent study reveals that these faceless, mouthless worms enjoy making sweet, sweet love inside decomposing whale skeletons that have fallen to the bottom of the ocean floor.

Sweet, sweet love mind you.

#meanwhile #animalkingdom #zombies

That guy is going clear off the deep end.

The World’s Largest Vessel Enters The Water In South Korea

Shell has just floated the hull of the world’s largest vessel out of its dry dock in South Korea. It’s so massive that if you stood it up, it would be 1,601 feet tall, reaching higher into the sky than the Empire State Building.

I like the little tugboats.

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Somebody left their roses on a park bench. This made me sad with where I’m at in life.

Feels like they were abandoned.

#photos #flowers

I just attempted the moonwalk but was unsuccessful. I was marginally good in the 80s.

A Brief History Of Octopi Taking Over The World

Octopuses, octopi, octopodes: whatever plural form used, the surprisingly smart eight-tentacled underwater cephalopods are a popular symbol of something far-reaching and sinister, both on earth and, now, above it. The National Reconnaissance Office, tasked with watching the earth through largely classified satellite programs, recently launched a new rocket into space. That rocket’s classified contents were marked with an incredibly subtle image: an octopus spreading its tentacles across the globe, over the words “nothing is beyond our reach.” Charming! In honor of the “oct” in octopus, here are eight images featuring an octopus—and similarly limb-surplused creatures—straddling the globe.

How I do heart a good tentacle.

#arts #tentacles

Sometimes we fuck things up and then we get a second chance. Sometimes we fuck things up and then they’re fucked up forever.

And I say this with a smile of acceptance.

#advancedsoul #animatedGIFs

Breaking the Rules | WireTap with Jonathan Goldstein | CBC Radio

A teenage boy rebels against the rules of young love; another defies the laws of physics. Plus, Jonathan’s parents break the rules of logic by answering the age old question: which came first, the chicken or the egg?

I heart my parents dearly but would be overjoyed to have a serious conversation like this with either of them.

It’s clocks in at close to 25 minutes but there aren’t any words wasted.

And I made it easy for you to listen if your browser supports it:

And if not, here’s a direct download link.

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Yes, You Have the Right to Record the Police: Analysis

On May 8, Maria Melendez, Melendez’s daughter, Melissa Quair, and Quair’s boyfriend reportedly witnessed about a half-dozen Kern County, Calif., highway patrol officers beating and kicking 33-year old David Silva in front of Kern Medical Center. Silva, the father of four young children, died early on the morning of May 8, presumably from the injuries he sustained from the incident.

Melendez recorded the entire episode on her phone, as did her daughter’s boyfriend. But before she could send the videos to news media outlets, she later told reporters, detectives from the Kern County Sheriff’s Office, acting without a warrant, confiscated their cellphones. According to Quair, detectives arrived at her house at 3:00 am and demanded that Quair and her boyfriend turn over their cellphones. Quair’s boyfriend reportedly turned over his phone to authorities without asking them to produce a search warrant because “he had to be at work at 8 am and didn’t want to be late,” according to the Bakersfield Calfornian. Melendez said sheriff’s detectives confiscated her phone later that same day.

While some facts surrounding the case remain unknown, it appears that the witnesses who recorded the Silva incident acted lawfully, and—absent a valid warrant—the law enforcement officials had no right to seize their property. And on May 14, the FBI launched an investigation amid questions over whether officials tampered with the cellphone videos confiscated from the witnesses.

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My head isn’t extraordinarily large but I do like my hats to be roomy lest I get the headaches.

#random #fashion