Honeybees trained as Landmine-Detectors
In Kroatien richten sie Bienen auf Landminen ab und füttern sie mit einem Cocktail aus Zuckerlösung und TNT:
[Nikola Kezic, an expert on the behavior of honeybees at Zagreb University,] outlined the idea for the experiment: Bees have a perfect sense of smell that can quickly detect the scent of the explosives. They are being trained to identify their food with the scent of TNT. […]
Several feeding points were set up on the ground around the tent, but only a few have TNT particles in them. The method of training the bees by authenticating the scent of explosives with the food they eat appears to work: bees gather mainly at the pots containing a sugar solution mixed with TNT, and not the ones that have a different smell.
Phys.org: Honeybees trained in Croatia to find land mines
Wired: Honeybees trained to sniff out landmines in Croatia
Grizzly Bear nomnomnoms a Camera
Youtube Direktnomnomnom, via Science Sushi
Ein Grizzly Bär lutscht auf der GoPro von Brad Joseph.
Michael Dickinson @ TED: How a fly flies
Superinteressanter Vortrag von Neurowissenschaftler Michael Dickinson über den Flugmechanismus von Fliegen. Der Mann ist… sehr entusiastisch in seinem Vortrag und spätestens beim Vergleich von Donald Trump mit einem Fliegenhirn war ich überzeugt. Und dann wird das Ding hintenraus immer interessanter und Dickinson erzählt über Engineering-Ansätze in Neuroscience und sowas. Toll!
An insect’s ability to fly is perhaps one of the greatest feats of evolution. Michael Dickinson looks at how a fruit fly takes flight with such delicate wings, thanks to a clever flapping motion and flight muscles that are both powerful and nimble. But the secret ingredient: the incredible fly brain.
Dogshit Selfies

Ein Tumblelog voller Leute, die sich vor kackenden Hunden fotografieren. Wie entwürdigend für die Hunde, eigentlich, aber man muss wissen: Die Viecher sehen beim Kacken immer entwürdigt aus, ganz egal, ob da nun ein Mensch dabei ist oder eben nicht und es dürfte den Hunden in diesem Moment wohl sozusagen tierisch am Arsch vorbeigehen, ob sich da jetzt ein Zweibeiner selber knippst oder halt nicht. Da scheißen die drauf und zwar im wahrsten Sinne des Wortes.
Tatsächlich glaube ich, die Formulierung „da scheißen die drauf“ war noch nie so korrekt angewandt, wie in diesem Satz grade eben, und zwar in doppelter Hinsicht: Einmal metaphorisch – die Irrelevanz sich selbst fotografierender Menschen für kackende Hunde –, und einmal wortwörtlich: Die kacken da auf den Bildern. Ich bemühe mich jetzt nicht um weitere Wortspielereien mit Photobombs oder drückenden Auslösern, die krieg ich so früh nicht hin, muss ja auch nicht sein. (via Felix)
To-Do-Cat:
„TodoCat is a Sophisticated Cat meme todo list. Relentless organization is the first step to feline elegance and/or maritime freedom. Your list is saved in your browser, but if you’re really into it you can make an account and save it across computers.“
Prince the Sloth ♥ Daisy the Cat
Youtube Direktslothlove, via ZeFrank
Good old interspecies Sloth-Love.
Orang Utan steals a T-Shirt, wears it
Youtube Direktutan, via Arbroath
So it begins: Fashionshow of the Planet of the Apes.
Cat creates Soundtrack for Soap-Opera
Katzenmusik für Soaps, und zwar wörtlich. Von Reddit: „A girl I like said the music in her favorite soap opera is so bad, that her cat could have written it. I decided to test this theory, with great success.“
No mobile for Southampton because Falcons
Kunden von Vodafone in Southampton dürften für mehrere Monate kein Mobilfunknetz haben, weil auf dem Mast seltene Falken brüten. Nature strikes back!
Thousands of mobile users in Southampton could be without a signal for months because a rare bird has made its nest on a phone mast. Vodafone engineers trying to track a fault that has left people across the north of the city frustrated found a peregrine falcon squatting on the transmitter at Faraday Tower on the University of Southampton’s Highfield campus.
They cannot repair it because strict wildlife laws ban them from disturbing the creature. Bird experts have warned that it could be at least June before the fledglings leave the nest.
Thousands could be without mobile phone signal for months due to nesting peregrine falcon
Another Dude with an Eel in his Butt

Vor ein paar Monaten bloggte ich über einen Herren, der sich einen Aal rektal einführte und nicht mehr rausbekam. Und weil die Menschheit nicht dazulernt, blogge ich heute über einen weiteren Herrn aus China mit Aal im Arsch. Der hat sich dann in seinen Darm vorgearbeitet und hat den angeknabbert. Als sie das Tier aus dem Hinterteil gezogen haben, war er noch am Leben.
The adult eel — which measured 50cm (20″) and weighed about 600g (1.3 lbs) — proceeded into the man’s colon and punctured it, requiring the man to be rushed to hospital for emergency surgery.
In a surgery that took all night to perform, the eel was successfully removed from the colon. According to the blog it was still breathing when it was extracted. The man is currently recovering in hospital. There is no word on the fate of the eel.
Man Put in Serious Condition as Eel Invades Anus, hier das Original-Blogposting einer chinesischen Ärztin: 重口味黄鳝哥!!用黄鳝玩爆菊致肠穿孔
Vorher auf Nerdcore:
Dude has an Eel in his Butt
This 800 Year old Court was full of Eels
My Chocolate-Eel is full of Awesome!
Japanese Wasp-Wodka Shouchuu

Japaner trinken ihren Wodka auch gerne mal mit drei Jahre lang eingelegten und gegärten Riesenwespen. Soll angeblich die Konsistenz von Guiness haben und nach einem Hauch verfaulendem Fleisch schmecken riechen. Yummy!
First, a large number of living wasps is put in a mason jar, which is then filled with shouchuu. Afterward, the jar is sealed up tight and left alone for about three full years. Having no means to escape their alcohol hell, the wasps must suffer terribly within the jar, for they release a great deal of toxins as they die and then ferment. Again, protective clothing is absolutely necessary when preparing the jars.
The first thing to take note of is the liquor’s color; it’s a dark, muddy brown. According to our gracious host, this is a sign that the wasps’ bodies have properly fermented and all of the necessary nutrients have seeped into the liquid. In spite of all assurances that this is exactly how the drink should look, the sight of it is perfectly unappetizing. Then comes the smell. It’s much like that of regular shouchuu, but with just a hint of rotting flesh.
Alcohol Made with Fermented Wasps Gives New Meaning to the Phrase “Get Your Buzz On”
Bee Dance
Youtube Direktbees, via Arbroath
And then this happened: „In this video I, Sara Mapelli, am dancing with 12,000 honey bees.“ Yep.




First, a large number of living wasps is put in a mason jar, which is then filled with shouchuu. Afterward, the jar is sealed up tight and left alone for about three full years. Having no means to escape their alcohol hell, the wasps must suffer terribly within the jar, for they release a great deal of toxins as they die and then ferment. Again, protective clothing is absolutely necessary when preparing the jars.


