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Calling Dr. Aquaman

What happens to the poor fish of the seven seas who become injured or ill? Are they left to float and flounder on the choppy waters, unattended and uncared for? Not if Aquaman can help it! For the Sea Sovereign operates an unusual underwater shelter and clinic for his finny friends—and they get all the medical attention they need by…CALLING DR. AQUAMAN!

Via Squidkid.



October 15, 2010, 1:35pm

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Long-beaked Echidna
via NY Times.

Long-beaked Echidna

via NY Times.



June 09, 2009, 12:09pm

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Skeleton of a Jerboa, via Wikipedia.
Thanks to @theliz.

Skeleton of a Jerboa, via Wikipedia.

Thanks to @theliz.



June 02, 2009, 9:07am

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What really happens when Man and Wolf have a “badass team-up”

The man gets the shit mauled out of him. Just like the Monkey Lover profiled in Esquire and those stupid Aussies with their lion. Bottom line: cuddly animals will fucking kill you.



May 11, 2009, 6:02pm

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Did you see the lineup for ACL? See you there!



April 28, 2009, 9:45am

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“It’s hard to walk normally with four pounds of cephalopod stuffed down your pants”

Throwing the octopus is easy. More difficult is concealing the eight-legged creature until the toss is at hand, a skill that requires determination, luck and the ability to walk normally with 4 pounds of slimy cephalopod stuffed down your pants.

When Detroit drops in on Nationwide Arena Tuesday night in an attempt to further frustrate the Blue Jackets some among the Red Wings fans in attendance undoubtedly will have attempted to enter while packing octopus.

Some might even succeed, continuing a Detroit tradition dating to 1952 of throwing octopi on the ice during Red Wings games.

“I just sell it. What they do with it is up to them,” said Frank Gonzalez, owner of Frank’s Fish & Seafood Market in Columbus.

What they do with it is the second hurdle. The common method is to sneak the octopus through the turnstiles by slipping it into your trousers, a technique that Gonzalez does not understand.

“I wouldn’t want something moving around down there when you’re moving around,” he said, smiling.

“They’ve been creative,” said Eric Granger, general manager of Nationwide Arena. “We’ve caught them Saran-wrapped to the body.”

Most contraband carriers get caught before they reach their seats, having failed to elude the authorities, who conduct bag searches for every game and event.

But fans are not required to drop their drawers, so the danger always exists.

“We have not had one octopus thrown this season,” officials said, adding that arena personnel know what to look for after witnessing octopi hit the ice during previous seasons.

Those caught carrying an octopus must surrender it before being allowed to enter. Anyone who passes detection and manages to heave an octopus gets the immediate heave-ho.

During the 1995 playoffs, two Detroit seafood sellers tossed a 38-pound octopus onto the ice during the national anthem before Game 1 of the Western Conference Finals. A year later, they tossed a 50-pounder during the conference finals. The blob ended up displayed on the hood of the Zamboni between periods.



April 22, 2009, 5:10pm

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Return to the sea. The evolution of the whale and dolphin. [Click through for large]

Return to the sea. The evolution of the whale and dolphin. [Click through for large]



April 22, 2009, 1:54pm

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Holy Shit! Its SXSW, Chubies!

Don’t forget to tip your bartenders, or we’ll ride horses through your windows.

(Some animals were harmed in the making of this video.)



March 18, 2009, 11:03am

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Its getting harder and harder to circumvent the SMJ cat video ban. But it sort of warms the cockles of my cold, unfeeling heart to imagine a bunch of scientists with high speed video cameras dropping their cat over and over.



December 29, 2008, 2:09am

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WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!



December 10, 2008, 11:18am

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