News of the Weird - this just in!

[hhfarang]

Rumors of GMO Spider Chickens:



https://news.yahoo.com/kfc-going-court- ... 48663.html

[hhfarang]

"Malaysia says naked tourists are responsible for earthquake, bars them from leaving"

https://bgr.com/2015/06/08/malaysia-mou ... -tourists/

[hhfarang]

I knew suicide bombers couldn't be very bright, but....

"Suicide bombers detonate themselves after heated argument turns into fight"

https://bgr.com/2015/06/08/suicide-bomb ... ves-fight/

[pharvey]

A ferry crossing with a difference!!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/embed/pMCrj02SUlA?rel=0[/youtube]



EDIT - Not too sure what's happened there, but the link works..

[Bristolian]

A ferry crossing with a difference!!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/embed/pMCrj02SUlA?rel=0[/youtube]



EDIT - Not too sure what's happened there, but the link works..

The link appears as text and not a link.

[pharvey]

This link works for me, but can't seem to post (removed the 's' from https as this has worked previously - obviously not this time..)

[Mod edit: remove the embed and ?rel=0 and it works - you need to use clean links for Youtube]

[PeteC]

You have to pause and think about this for a moment for full appreciation. Here's a 65 year old guy taking his normal morning walk, along the same path and route he always takes. All of a sudden he looks up and there is an angry elephant, which is the last vision he ever sees. This is in the forest of southern Germany. Poor guy, but how weird can you get!

Walker in Germany is killed by an escaped zoo elephant

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33122495

[redzonerocker]

You have to pause and think about this for a moment for full appreciation. Here's a 65 year old guy taking his normal morning walk, along the same path and route he always takes. All of a sudden he looks up and there is an angry elephant, which is the last vision he ever sees. This is in the forest of southern Germany. Poor guy, but how weird can you get!

Walker in Germany is killed by an escaped zoo elephant

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33122495

I read this story earlier and thought exactly the same.

You often wonder how your days will end and i'm sure getting crushed by an elephant would be a possibility for many people in some parts of the world, just not whilst walking in the forest in Germany.

[hhfarang]

"Caring Pepper robot hits the market, sells out in a minute"

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/caring-pep ... 51714.html

[hhfarang]

"Forget sharks. These other animals are more likely to kill you

This is the face of pure murder.

Whenever there's a shark attack, everyone starts panicking as if "Jaws" just leapt off the movie screen and into the nearest ocean.

Those of you who fear going into the water might want to take a breath and just go for a swim. The truth is there are a bunch of other animals that are way more likely to kill you in ways you'll probably never see coming.

This week, the Washington Post's Wonkblog decided to take a look at the number of animal-related deaths that occur in America each year after two recent attacks off the coast of North Carolina put sharks back on notice for the summer (God, I miss Stephen Colbert). The surprising numbers, pulled from the US Centers for Disease Control's Wonder database, which provides access to a wide array of public-health information, revealed that Americans have a greater chance of death by cow than death by shark.

The numbers collected for the survey consisted of all animal-related fatalities registered with the CDC between 2001 and 2013.

The data shows that sharks, alligators and bears only killed an average of one person every year during those years, whereas cows killed an average of 20 people annualy, mostly in work-related injuries on cattle farms. That number would of course have been a lot higher had the survey counted high cholesterol or choking on a hunk of steak as an animal-related fatality. I like to think of the latter demise as a ghost cow's sweet revenge.

Dogs; miscellaneous mammals such as horses and pigs; and bees, wasps and hornets rounded out the top three spots on the list. Bees, wasps and hornets made it all the way to No. 1 with an average of 58 human deaths per year thanks to allergic reactions that led to anaphylactic shock.

Fortunately, the Washington Post compiled all of this data into a handy chart so you can have evidence to back up your uncontrollable fears about stinging insects and pigs the next time you make a visit to your friendly neighborhood therapist.



The Washington Post created a handy chart showing the average number of deaths various animals caused in the US between 2001 and 2013. So as long as you can't travel back in time, you're safe.The Washington Post's Wonkblog"

https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/afraid-sha ... 12526.html

[hhfarang]

It would be nice if Thailand would require these on the road to Bangkok...

"Samsung makes big trucks transparent in the name of road safety"

Video:



https://www.theverge.com/2015/6/21/8820 ... -prototype

[hhfarang]

Another prospective winner of the Darwin award...

"Video: Wannabe stuntman dumps fire ants on his genitals… and pays the ultimate price"

https://bgr.com/2015/06/12/fire-ants-bite-penis-video/

[hhfarang]

^ The missus fell on the floor laughing and said you need to get your wives/girlfriends to translate his screams...

[hhfarang]

You've got Stonehenge, we've got Carhenge!

http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2606

[PeteC]

Nereus...if you can't find the ox tails....use the other end.

12 tonnes of tongues intercepted

"Eight people were arrested yesterday for allegedly smuggling 12 tonnes of buffalo tongues worth more than three million baht into the country.

Pol Col Lippanun Sornkhunkaew, the superintendent of Border Patrol Police Division 23, said eight suspects were arrested at a warehouse in Mukdahan province with 600 boxes of frozen buffalo tongues weighing 12 tonnes....."

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general ... ntercepted