I’m suddenly hungry and repulsed at the same time.
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Sculptures Sure To Bug
These brilliant works of art are made from hollowed out bug carcasses. They’re both creepy and thought-provoking.
Coupon Sherpa has a list of 83 food challenges from around the world. While I think I would be most inclined to take my chances on the 4 pound sushi roll, my favorite on the list is the big, fat and ugly, seen above:
This includes two rolls, four cheeseburgers, double cheese steak, chicken cheese steak, gyro meat, grilled chicken, bacon sausage, mozzarella sticks, chicken fingers, chicken nuggets, mac ‘n cheese bites, fried mushrooms, jalapeno poppers, pizza bites, onion rings, hash browns, mini corn dogs, American cheese, mayonnaise ketchup poppers and pizza bites.
Did I mention you have to down the whole thing in 15 minutes? ::puke::
I already linked to this post filled with taxidermy jewelry, but here’s some great dead animal artwork to go along with it.
Ever want to have a Dexter dinner party? Look to this as your inspiration and an example of just how awesome it can come together.
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Decidedly Creepy Taxidermy Jewelry
If you forgot to get the person you’re stalking a Valentine’s present, it’s never too late to get him or her some deliciously freaky taxidermy jewelry.
Wrapping up our Valentine’s Day posts, Mental Floss has a great article detailing the strange role the flea once played in romantic poetry:
The most famous of these poems is The Flea, by John Donne. The poet’s narrator, struggling with a woman who wishes to hold on to her virginity, compares its loss to a fleabite: small and insignificant. When a flea actually does bite them both, he notes that their blood has mingled inside it. He just wants to mingle other bodily fluids anyway, so sex should mean neither sin nor shame nor loss of virginity at this point. Other writers imagined themselves as fleas exploring their lovers’ bodies, or bemoaned the fact that they were not fleas able to explore the secrets of a woman’s body without detection.
Fleas were symbols of love outside of poems, too. Some Frenchmen would pluck fleas from their lovers’ flesh and keep the insects as pets—it was a way to have a small piece of their beloved with them always. The fleas lived in tiny gold cages worn around the neck and were fed a daily meal of the man’s blood.
Here’s hoping you don’t get bit by any literal “love bugs” this year.
Image via Scurzuzu [Flickr]
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Ever So Strange
For those readers who love the animal kingdom, but prefer to hear about its oddities over its deadliness, may I suggest Ever So Strange, a brilliant animal blog that specializes in the weirdest natural occurrences on earth.
Not only is the content great, but the writing is delightful. Just check out this excerpt on the sex life of the leopard slug:
They slide down their mucus string, and in mid air each with its enormous penis unsheathed from their head, their kilt-tilters tangle and wind around one another, much in the same way as the slugs themselves. The penises fan out into a rather smashing flower-like structure and they can at this stage exchange sperm. Sometimes the penises will become so entangled that apophallation is the only way to go… one will chew off the others penis. The de-tallywhackered slug will still be able to mate, just only as a lady. Usually, and indeed thankfully, it doesn’t always have to come to this.
A burrito inside a burrito inside a burrito to the fifth degree.
A roadkill cookbook? Seriously, and there are more that are just as weird.