My brother had a python when I was in my teens. Was absolutely gross him feeding that thing with mice and rats.
QI (the quite interesting thread.)
Should've starved it to death?
No point they can survive on starvation rations for ages, they're the Arsenal fans of the animal world.
More like Newcastle.
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Suicidal Sex Marsupial!
I want to change my moniker to Suicidal Sex Marsupial. 8)
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If anyone feels like having an existential crisis:
The probability that we live in simulation is not negligible.
I don't care if reality is real as long as we sign Vidal and Benzema.
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Look up the villages of Shere and Burrows Cross in Surrey on Google Maps then go to the aerial photography. You can see a plane in mid year. This must happen quite regularly I suppose but I've never seen that before.
Hmm, I'm surprised I didn't see you post this when you did Bandy, because I read it around the same time.
Pretty interesting given how important a figure he's become to the "classical liberals" that now infest the commentariat.
Dolphins gently chew on puffer fishes and pass it around between them to get high. Puffer fishes have a defense system where they, when in danger, release a nerve toxin 180 times stronger than marijuana. Dolphins have crack parties. 
I find that quite interesting.
stoner Dolphins. Cool.
That explains so much.
Why haven't people started buying more puffer than tilapia?
Rex wrote:Dolphins gently chew on puffer fishes and pass it around between them to get high. Puffer fishes have a defense system where they, when in danger, release a nerve toxin 180 times stronger than marijuana. Dolphins have crack parties.
I find that quite interesting.
Dolphins have a better pr agency than Fabregas, people think they are so cute and intelligent but they are badass, they have been known to hunt and corral seals and even sharks out to sea just for fun they've also been known to try to sexually assault human swimmers (whilst possibly after smoking puffer fish) who thought they were just playing . 
In short they are just like us, and people don't realise how really big they are the males can get up to 3-4 metres.
Hmm, they're really not that badass. I've swum with dolphins a few times and they're placid and anything but scary—probably because they're smart.
That case about the woman who got assaulted (in Sydney was it?) was damn creepy though.
The most sinister cetacean is the killer whale, just check this shit out:
Yeah I've swum with them (err dolphins not orcas) ....and dived with reef sharks too, once you get over the original shock they're like puppies.
But yeah orcas are the badess cats in the ocean.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-04/great-white-killed-by-killer-whales-in-sa/6069168
Amazing. Like that video above. I've heard that killer whale pods each have their own distinct culture, vocabulary and hunting methods. Let's hope they never develop opposable thumbs.
Burnwinter wrote:Amazing. Like that video above. I've heard that killer whale pods each have their own distinct culture, vocabulary and hunting methods. Let's hope they never develop opposable thumbs.
Bit like football fora eh.......
Dunno Biggs, you do a decent Ahab impersonation but I haven't seen too many whales around.
Arrr tis the modern fashion- not to hunt primitive out of date beasts.
Burnwinter wrote:Hmm, they're really not that badass. I've swum with dolphins a few times and they're placid and anything but scary—probably because they're smart.
That case about the woman who got assaulted (in Sydney was it?) was damn creepy though.
The most sinister cetacean is the killer whale, just check this shit out:
That's part of the documentary on National Geographic I mentioned in the TV thread. I very much doubt humans could work that well as a team. You should check the whole documentary out, and I guarantee you that you will be even more impressed! Orcas even hunt and eat great whites...
EDIT: Not part of the documentary actually. The instance portrayed in the documentary has another element to it.
This is the particular documentary I am talking about.
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Goes to show that when everyone gets to have guns - accidents happen. Most people don't feel the need to shoot an animal they happen to see on their property.
Shooting an armadillo seems incredibly callous, but I suppose they may actually be pests in some parts of the world? Nah, this guy's just a jerk.
Did you read the article below about another armadillo shooting? That one is actually even more incredible.
No … can't see the link?
No link. It's just a continuation of the same article about another armadillo involved shooting incident that left a woman shot in the back.
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Anti wrinkle cream makers HATE this one trick that completely stops you from ageing.
I'm off to the hadron collider in Switzerland.
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Ah luv, theres yer problem.
Rex wrote:Goes to show that when everyone gets to have guns - accidents happen. Most people don't feel the need to shoot an animal they happen to see on their property.
I feel the need but I just don't have a gun.
All well then.
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Just saw that too. My mates were discussing this. Most think the Chinese govt has been looking at this sort of stuff for a long time anyway.
The scientist in the article says - "Society will decide what to do next". And that's really troubling. The science is nearly always ahead of the ethics. We were talking about this the other day. My kids would happily have been modified so as not to suffer eczema, anxiety and whatever else we suffer from - hayfever for me. That seems to be "benign", but what do we know about this and where does it stop? A guy at work has just announced his wife is pregnant with their second child and they will have 2 daughters. He said if they have another one he is definitely going to America to have a boy. Again, largely benign, but it removes a lot of the element of the fittest sperm reaching the egg.
It's quite a troubling area. There are probably dozens of ethical papers on this - would be interesting if the press reported some of them alongside the stories of the science.