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Farmyard Symphony, Silly Simphonies, 1938
From John K.

Someone was finished with their shark and decided to dispose of it.

Cancer antennarius has a fan-shaped carapace with eleven teeth to either side of the eyestalks, the widest point falling at the eighth or ninth tooth. The chelipeds are quite stout with the black tips bent downward. The antennae are long and prominent, accounting for the specific name. The dorsal surfaces of adults are uniformly red, [...]

Whole Foods sells ostrich eggs now for only $30. Here are some helpful ostrich recipes in case you decide to purchase one.

The early bird catches the, er … He must be really hungry. (Baghdad pet market.)

my favorite headline of the day.
BBC: Great tits cope well with warming

He looks pretty fierce. Look at the sense of determination. Note the sharp fangs and ease of movement through the water.
Found on FFFFOUND.

Before there was Harold McGee’s On Food & Cooking and before Michael Ruhlman’s The Elements of Cooking there was The Grocer’s Encyclopedia by Aretemas Ward. This extensive work from 1911 is available online for free here.

So the pigeons lost.

I was walking home from work tonight and I just happened to notice this enormous seagull going after this nasty pigeons carcass. Pretty damn disgusting, but that’s the way of nature I suppose. On one hand, I was kind of cheering for the gull since I can’t stand filthy little pigeons, but [...]