“There is an idiom that goes ‘it takes two to tango.’ Lucky for us, that’s the exact number of emus we have in this video below from camelsandfriends showing the pair ‘dancing the tango,’ along with a special guest appearance by an ostrich friend.”
“Valley girl talk, a style of talking marked by a rise in pitch at the end of sentences, is not just for rich girls from Encino any more.
The uptalk is, like, totally ubiquitous amongst native Southern Californians of all demographics, including males, new research shows.”
He was born a second-class citizen in South Africa; he died one of the world’s most respected men.
“Insects and spiders wear the best, most elaborate costumes around. Better, even, than Lady Gaga and her cracked-out impersonations of futuristic bubble weirdos.
But the bugs aren’t doing it for entertainment (mostly). Instead, mimicry — the act of resembling another species — evolved to deceive. It serves many purposes, but defense and predation are chief among them. Over time, some bugs have evolved such magnificently deceptive disguises that they’re nearly identical to the real thing.”
“Like a Disney movie gone horribly wrong, the U.S. Department of Agriculture just airdropped 2,000 mice attached to tiny cardboard parachutes into Guam. The mice are dead and contain a key ingredient: painkillers. The objective: bring down invasive brown tree snakes that have all but taken over.”
