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WTF!!??!!!

 
  

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Spaniel
11:31 / 07.12.07
Howard Stern's contract stipulated that he be paid $100,000,000 a year for 5 years AND got $225,000,000 in stock!!!!!!! Claims Martin Bashir Martin on a recent Radio 4 profile of the twunce.

EXCUSE THE FUCK I!!!

Also, Morgan Spurlock might well have interviewed Osama Bin Ladin!!!?222333!!

From MSNBC
Did Morgan Spurlock find Osama bin Laden?

15 minutes of footage shown at film fest sparks bidding war, speculation

Rumors are flying that filmmaker Morgan Spurlock of "Super Size Me" fame may have done what the United States government has failed to do for the last six years — find Osama bin Laden.

The speculation first began at the Berlin International Film Festival in February, where Spurlock showed a select group of potential buyers 15 minutes of footage from his new documentary, "Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden?" The film follows Spurlock through the Middle East in his search for the elusive leader of al-Qaida. According to Slashfilm.com, The Weinstein Co. quickly snapped up the picture after seeing the clips.

Adding to the belief, Daniel Marracino, the film's director of photography, is quoted in Variety, saying of the movie, "We've definitely got the Holy Grail."

Whether this is just a genius publicity ploy or if Spurlock actually found bin Laden has yet to be revealed, but the answer should come next year, when the documentary is slated to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.
 
 
grant
16:24 / 07.12.07
I saw that yesterday. Strange.

Ganesh would love this. How wasps turn roaches into zombies. And eat them from the inside.
 
 
+#'s, - names
17:44 / 07.12.07
zombie cockroach link amazing! AMAZING!
 
 
Tsuga
00:00 / 08.12.07
I don't know if that's more impressive than the protozoan Toxoplama gondii, that causes rats to be attracted to cat urine, which makes it easier for them to be ingested by cats, in whose gut they can complete their life cycle.
 
 
Liger Null
02:46 / 08.12.07
This is a Coconut Crab.





One side of me is all, "EEEEEE, CREEPY CRAWLY THING THE SIZE OF A TRASH CAN!!!!"

The other is like, "Mmmmm, crab legs..."
 
 
Triplets
03:30 / 08.12.07
I've always thought crabs were awesome. Now I find out they can leg it around town, steal silverware and make coconut daquiris. Coconut crab!
 
 
astrojax69
04:42 / 08.12.07
i was just disappointed that the wikipedia entry neglected 'recipes'...
 
 
Spaniel
09:08 / 08.12.07
Fucking hell! Crab action!
 
 
Princess
10:37 / 08.12.07
I wonder how easy they would be to tame.
 
 
This Sunday
10:46 / 08.12.07
I wonder how easy they would be to tame.

I wonder how entertaining it would be watching someone try. Give'em a rolled up newspaper and a little bag of treats, then hang back and try not to laugh or root for the crab out loud.
 
 
iamus
11:02 / 08.12.07
It was doubted for a long time that the coconut crab could open coconuts, and in experiments, some have starved to death surrounded by coconuts


Those scientists are bastards. I bet they got bullied at school.
 
 
Mug Chum
12:14 / 08.12.07
For some reason I want to see a fat italian plumber jumping on it.
 
 
Proinsias
16:44 / 08.12.07
You're even worse than those scientists.
 
 
Princess
17:43 / 08.12.07
Just rechecking the wiki, and is says they *are* sold as pets.

But it also says that they are strong enough to destroy some cages, which is more than most hamsters.

They frighten and excite me in equal measure.
 
 
Triplets
18:23 / 08.12.07
If you all chip in you can make this a very excellent Christmas.

For me.
 
 
Evil Scientist
18:43 / 08.12.07
i was just disappointed that the wikipedia entry neglected 'recipes'...

I look at that picture and all I can think is "Garlic butter".
 
 
Haloquin
14:00 / 09.12.07
I found myself checking where they live in an attempt to go paint them on site... then realised that was a stupid plan. Saving of pictures as reference material ensued.

But yes... creepy and beautiful in one package...
 
 
Ticker
14:46 / 09.12.07
I realize that crabs are crustaceans and spiders arachnids but I got this creepy image of a giant spidah hanging off the garbage can and it was less fun than the crab. It was in fact hellya scary.
 
 
Essential Dazzler
15:00 / 09.12.07
I am also terrified by that spider, because a Spider it clearly is.
 
 
Axolotl
15:14 / 09.12.07
Wikipedia says they can lifts things up to 29kg in weight. That's fucking loads! And given that they've been known to attack humans I'm glad they live in the Pacific and not say, Scotland.
 
 
The Falcon
18:33 / 09.12.07
Tell them about the giant scorpions that roamed medieval - or Ice Age or whatever; I call it 'the past' - Scotland, Axolotl. That totally has me wtfing. I still don't believe it.
 
 
iamus
18:54 / 09.12.07
Giant Scorpions? WTF?
 
 
Triplets
19:14 / 09.12.07
LONDON - Tracks made 330 million years ago by a six-legged water scorpion bigger than a human have been found in Scotland.

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeee
 
 
iamus
19:16 / 09.12.07
WTF FTW!
 
 
The Falcon
20:41 / 09.12.07
This is my fave convo thread in YEERZ.
 
 
Liger Null
21:20 / 09.12.07
I realize that crabs are crustaceans and spiders arachnids but I got this creepy image of a giant spidah hanging off the garbage can and it was less fun than the crab. It was in fact hellya scary.

Now you can have the best of both worlds!
 
 
Kali, Queen of Kitteh
23:24 / 09.12.07
That exhibit is my least favourite at the Georgia Aquarium ever. Just ask Matt.
 
 
Yay Paul
09:29 / 10.12.07
I am so very glad i don't live in a place where one of those buggers could be hanging on my front door when i go to work... Ekk.


Oh and... "Coconut crab steal your threadz!"
 
 
iamus
09:38 / 10.12.07
That exhibit is my least favourite at the Georgia Aquarium ever. Just ask Matt.


Matt.

WTF is Kali talking about?
 
 
Regrettable Juvenilia
09:39 / 10.12.07
She is assuming that most Barbelith posters/readers will have a level of familiarity with her personal life (specifically with regard to another member of the board) that perhaps they do not all share, iamus.
 
 
iamus
09:44 / 10.12.07
Oh I know that much, since it was posted on the board I'd reckon there'd be the same level of assumed familiarity as say, The Chronicles of Steve or the fact that we're Not A Grant Morrison Fan Site.

I was just wondering what the dealio with the aquarium was...
 
 
Liger Null
12:07 / 10.12.07
I think they have a spider crab exhibit at the Giorgia Aquarium, which Kali strongly dislikes.

Though Matt would probably know more about that than me, as I've never been to the Giorgia Aquarium.
 
 
Ticker
12:09 / 10.12.07
The spidah crab was supa scary until the wiki stated it was a big gentle beastie. Then I was all like 'awww a big ugly freaky crab fwend!' I think I'd want to name a pair Isadora and Clyde and set them up with fancy dress parties in their aquaria. We'd invite giant scorpions and other moderately huge crabs over for salon evenings, which of course would become the talk of the town.
 
 
Liger Null
12:14 / 10.12.07
Oh and... "Coconut crab steal your threadz!"

In a desperate attempt to somewhat steer the thread back to topic, I present WTF Nature.
 
 
iamus
12:14 / 10.12.07
The crab is quickly moving from WTF territory to LOLcrab.
 
  

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