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Albinism is when a given creature has a partial or complete a melanin deficiency, which leads to the creature looking like God turned the hue and saturation, all the way down. Here are ten of the rarest or most bizarre albino animals. Because why not? 10. Albino Manta Ray Manta rays are like the living [...]
Posted by Karl Smallwood on Friday, March 22, 2013 at 12:01 am
Filed under Animals, Bizarre · Tagged albinism, albino, albino animals, albinos, Animals, bats, beautiful albino animals, Bizarre, chameleons, hummingbirds, koalas, Leopards, manta rays, melanin deficiency, rare albino animals, skunks, Snail, TopTenz, TopTenz.net
One of the upsides to skinning our food, cutting it up into several little bitty pieces, and then drowning it all in tasty condiments, is that it allows us to have dinner without considering that animal’s face. If every plate of burger and fries featured the head of a cow staring at you, with those [...]
Posted by Jason Iannone on Monday, June 4, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Animals, Bizarre, Food, Humor · Tagged axolotl, bats, flying fox bat, genericwhiteboy, Geoduck, Hyena, hyena meat, Jason Iannone, monkfish, orange roughy, sea lamprey, slugs, turkey vulture, ugly animals, warthog
Halloween is upon us, and with it we see all the standard Halloween decorations and symbols – Jack O’ Lanterns, scarecrows, etc. Did you ever wonder where these symbols come from? When did Halloween actually start? Why does it mean we have to buy candy, or dress up in costumes? All your Halloween questions are [...]
Posted by Elizabeth Downing on Monday, October 31, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Holidays · Tagged All Saints Day, bats, black and orange, cats, corn husks, costumes, ghost stories, ghosts, Gregory III, halloween, Halloween around the world, Halloween folklore, Halloween party, Halloween symbols, haunted houses, hay, irish culture, irish folklore, jack o lanterns, Jack O'Lanterns, orange and black, Samhain, skeletons, spiders, stalks of wheat, Trick-or-treating, witches
Plenty of animals fly; this is no surprise to anyone who actually comes from Earth. However, there are plenty of “flying” animals that are really gliding versions of other animals. You don’t expect your average rodent to come drifting from the skies, let alone some of the other creatures in this list. No, we typically [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Animals, Photos · Tagged accomplishment, adult men, bats, Care Bears, cartoon moose, Fairies, fliers, flying squirrels, hamster, holy crap, island continent, kittens, Mammal, phalanger, possum, real animal, rodent, subfamily, sugar glider, toy r us, world record holders
What’s that coming over the hill! Both B-movies and blockbusters have entertained us with members of the animal kingdom intent on crushing, biting or stinging innocent people to death. Sometimes, they’re just doing what comes naturally and sometimes, human interference makes them ‘go bad’. This list is strictly creatures that are in the known world, [...]
Posted by Anne Iredale on Wednesday, June 10, 2009 at 12:50 am
Filed under Animals, Movies · Tagged 1000 Leagues Under the Sea, 20, alfred hitchcock, alligator, Animals, Ants, Arachnophobia, attack, bats, birds, creatures, cujo, Dog, Evolution, fish, giant squid, great white shark, Hitchcock, jaws, jules verne, jurassic park, kill, Lake placid, movie, movie monsters, Movies, Pirahna, rabies, saint bernard, scary animals, shark, spiders, Stephen King, Steven Spielberg, t-rex, The swarm, Them!