Duck, Duck, Giraffe
I could waste hours a day ogling baby animal photos on Zooborns. In a recent birth announcement from the Shanghai Zoo, a newborn giraffe measured in at more than 6 feet, 4 inches. And with baby...
View ArticleeHarmeowy: Choose Your Calico
It’s about time that The Curious Calico highlight something that actually involves calicos. But unfortunately, it turns out that calicos aren’t winning many popularity contests. A recent British...
View ArticleHow Many Monkeys Can You Fit in Your Pants?
At least two, apparently. Or 14 songbirds. Or 24 geckos and 20 skinks inside a custom-sown underwear pouch. And these guys aren’t alone. It turns out that animal smuggling accounts for...
View ArticleThere’s a Diaper for That
After reading about the songbird smuggler who was busted with bird droppings on his socks, my uncle pointed out that if he was going to smuggle exotic birds, he’d make sure to put diapers on them. And...
View ArticleOld MacDonald’s Backyard
Just a century ago, our ancestors consumed an average of only 10 pounds of chicken a year. Today, we put away almost 60 pounds apiece, and chicken’s climb is giving beef a good run for its money. Of...
View ArticleThe Calico Code
Once doctors and hospital shift to the International Classification of Diseases’ 10th revision in 2013, they’ll have some 140,000 codes to choose from when describing what exactly brought you to their...
View ArticleBeware of the Easter Bunnies
Of course they’re cute and fluffy… but don’t fall prey to that wiggly-pink-nose routine. If you cave in, it’ll cost you – to the tune of $730 per year. USAA magazine reports that rabbits top the list...
View ArticleThe Litter Box: McDonald’s Makeovers, Blast-Proof Briefs, and Your Very Own...
The Army searches for blast-proof underwear (genital injuries accounted for almost 13% of all hospital admissions from combat in 2010). Presumably most effective if the bomb explodes outside your...
View ArticleThe Litter Box: Olives in Oregon, Hot Cows, and Parenting by the Numbers
Name-that-State Quiz… Olives in Oregon, Owens in Ohio Old MacDonald gets a moo-bile app to keep his cows cool An out-of-this-world hotel… just $7.5 million per night The mathematics of parenting: (LI...
View ArticleHow About Some Opossum Stew?
It’s that time again… After 17 years of munching on tree roots underground, cicadas have emerged to serenade the east coast. Thanks to a handy iPhone app, my sister-in-law clocked hers in at 75 dB....
View ArticleSharknado by the Numbers
Sharknado has taken the nation by storm. Halfway through last Thursday’s debut, social media chatter peaked at more than 5,000 Tweets a minute. That’s a ratio of tweets-per-viewer that dwarfs the...
View ArticleThe Litter Box: Duck Calls, Cake Customs, and Sneaky Seniors
Duck call sales soar 2200%. Japan’s seniors go on a crime spree. Singing Happy Birthday really does make the cake taste better. Time to ration personal hygiene? Showers outpace outdoor water use 3:1.
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