Giant Scorpions and Mech Suits

These are the sites that our editors are so enamored with (for good or bad) that we share amongst ourselves. Now we have decided to share with you.

Round 1…

Continuing in our series of questionable treatment of animals, this month we move to Japan. Ever wonder who would win in a battle between a giant scorpion and a crayfish? So did these guys. Right up until they found out. Warning: This is not animated. This is not faked. So the squeamish may not want to follow the link. In fact, I’m so sure this is going to bother some people, I have included a second link to go along with the first one.

Japanese Bug Fights

Humane Society International

I for one, fully support our…

…biomech overlords. Utah based research firm Sargos has developed the latest in mechanical fashion. This exoskeleton can assist the wearer in lifting, running, and tip-toeing their way across a battlefield. As you watch, remember that this is developed for military applications. But remember also, so was the Hummer. Visions of soccer moms battling their way through Price Chopper, lifting entire rows of shelves to get to that one last sale item… Beautiful!

Mech Suit

Nothing like a nice hot steaming cup of… Shit?!?

Yum! If you or someone you know are avid coffee aficionados, or at least you thought you were, I have something for you to try. Kopi Luwak is a rare, super expensive, coffee from Indonesia and Vietnam. The beans roasted to make this delicacy are first “processed” by the civet. A small relative of the weasel. These civets eat the ripest, juiciest berries on the coffee plants. Then as they are digested, the fleshy part of the berry is consumed. The woody “bean” passes through the animal “mostly” unharmed, then is “eliminated” only to be gathered up by local farmers. It is said that the digestive enzymes of the Civet impart an earthy, musky flavor to the resulting brew. For the coffee drinker that simply must try everything, the following links can tell you more. I think I’ll stick to Dunkin Donuts.

Civet Coffee

Wikipedia – Kopi Luwak

Tired of this Shit? Then send in your own links to the funniest, strangest, or most interesting things you have found on the interwebs. If we like them, we will add them to our next installment.

Chris Nopper has an obsession with the bizarre, but only if it is delivered to him in electronic formats. Seriously, you should hear him talk about his collection of “tree” sound files. He seems to think they are “amazing.“