Does this poor creature have any idea at all that its appearance has been so completely remodeled?
Other than that, it looks like the spider in those old Lucas the Spider cartoons. Some variety of jumping spider.
According to the Internet, which never lies… This guy is real!
It’s got to be very much magnified, though…. cos it’s a male Peacock spider, a tiny (2 to 6 mm)(even 6mm is less than ¼”), jumping spider from Australia, famous for his elaborate courtship dance.
They’re not dangerous to humans, and hunt prey like flies and grasshoppers with their excellent vision.
Their patterns vary among the more than 80 species discovered.
Oh… and apparently if the female doesn’t like a male’s courtship dance, she eats him.
I’d imagine dance lessons are very popular among adolescent male Peacock spiders.
That looks pretty comfortable. Nowadays, there are so many shoes out there that hurt people (especially women) just to stand and walk in them. Progress?
He was, for a time, the go-to guy if you needed a man to play a psychopath, especially an over-the-top one. Bruce Dern became that guy a couple of decades later.
Mike Myers satirized it really well in his Austin Powers movies.
Somewhere on this earth, there exists someone who really, really, really wants to be at that precise location at a specific time of day, likely sunrise.
The Nazca Lines are a UNESCO World Heritage site, featuring massive ground drawings—called geoglyphs—created around 2,000 years ago, by carving shallow lines that reveal lighter soil below.
This 120 foot cat was only discovered about 4 years ago.
“Johny Isla, the head archaeologist for the Nazca Lines, told the Efe news agency that this geoglyph likely dates to the Paracas period (500 BC to 200 AD), which predates the Nazca culture.”
I guess from the drawing that it was kinda like their kindergarten.
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That;s what you get for wanting to build a pipeline through our province!
I like how it has the states drawn in.
Honestly, I didn’t know some of them, like Texas and Colorado, were that old.
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That is one cool spider!!!
Does this poor creature have any idea at all that its appearance has been so completely remodeled?
Other than that, it looks like the spider in those old Lucas the Spider cartoons. Some variety of jumping spider.
According to the Internet, which never lies… This guy is real!
It’s got to be very much magnified, though…. cos it’s a male Peacock spider, a tiny (2 to 6 mm)(even 6mm is less than ¼”), jumping spider from Australia, famous for his elaborate courtship dance.
They’re not dangerous to humans, and hunt prey like flies and grasshoppers with their excellent vision.
Their patterns vary among the more than 80 species discovered.
Oh… and apparently if the female doesn’t like a male’s courtship dance, she eats him.
I’d imagine dance lessons are very popular among adolescent male Peacock spiders.
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Is this supposed to depict the same portion of the planet as the image posted earlier?
Maybe there’s a reason they long ago started making fine leather goods in Italy.
That reminded me of a picture I saved a long time ago .. not sure whether I’ve ever posted it here.
It’s a leather shoe, found during the excavation of an ancient Roman city, now preserved in a museum in Germany…. and it’s anything but primitive.
That looks pretty comfortable. Nowadays, there are so many shoes out there that hurt people (especially women) just to stand and walk in them. Progress?
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EWC?
He was, for a time, the go-to guy if you needed a man to play a psychopath, especially an over-the-top one. Bruce Dern became that guy a couple of decades later.
Mike Myers satirized it really well in his Austin Powers movies.
Eh?
I don’t like name-typos.
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“He’s your problem now!”
“I’m late! I’m late! For a very important date!”
no time to talk
hello, goodbye
I’m late I’m late I’m late…..
Dunno why the one who’s not being chased jumped into hiding.
CATS. You’ll never figure them out.
How do you know they both weren’t being chased? If I was the third cat, I’d be ready to run just in case!
Oh…. so maybe the all-grey one and the black one were both being chased by a fourth cat?
Good theory, cos then the black one would be most in danger of being caught.
So he hides….. and now the grey and white tabby is unknowingly next in line, just when he was feeling relieved as the grey ran right past him
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I’m getting “On the Beach” flashbacks!
Cue the ‘JAWS’ music.
Another real thing that looks fake.
Apparently the grey area under the massive cloud is an isolated thunderstorm… visible from the sunny beach.
A fellow on the beach snapped the picture on his phone, and sent it to a meteorologist. It made the news and went viral on the Internet.
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Doing it the other way probably had the handle going to the right instead of the left.
With my luck, that’s the bathroom door.
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“Little House on the Tide Flat?”
Somewhere on this earth, there exists someone who really, really, really wants to be at that precise location at a specific time of day, likely sunrise.
I found it on several sites labeled “Cute Little Cabin In Iceland” Art Print by Michael Schauer Photography….
with no other information.
Thy got a really good flood insurance policy?
Yeah. It’s called “Why bother?”
Build another one.
Sniffle
They probably couldn’t a-fjord it.
(I suppose I’d apologize for that if i were nicer.)
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This one is easy.
I haven’t see the movie (I’m the only one in the world, I think) but I know the answer.
I think there’s a tribesman in lower Botswana who hasn’t seen it….but he’s blind- so he couldn’t help it
I’m so glad I’m not alone.
I’ve only seen one of those listed movies, and the one I think the picture is is not from the one I’ve seen.
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The Nazca Lines are a UNESCO World Heritage site, featuring massive ground drawings—called geoglyphs—created around 2,000 years ago, by carving shallow lines that reveal lighter soil below.
This 120 foot cat was only discovered about 4 years ago.
“Johny Isla, the head archaeologist for the Nazca Lines, told the Efe news agency that this geoglyph likely dates to the Paracas period (500 BC to 200 AD), which predates the Nazca culture.”
I guess from the drawing that it was kinda like their kindergarten.
Complete with a flea on it’s tail!
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No!
Sooner or later, if you live above a certain latitude.
I’ll hide.
It’ll never find me.
It’s so beautiful. Until you step in it. 🙁
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The magician didn’t finish his job.
Or maybe his hat was defective.
Hey Rocky!!!
RIP , Rob Riner and his wife.
perhaps the president of the United States will say something in sympathy.
oops!
never mind
I’ve gotta sleep…. but before I go….
Sometimes I think I spend too much time online.
Then I see a reminder that some people get carried away with other hobbies, too… and maybe mine isn’t so bad.
Sometimes the weirdest things pop up.