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Platybelodon & Amebelodon

On May 30, 2015 by Tim Newman

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Platybelodon and Amebelodon, what lovely beasts they were. They look like the type of animal you would see in an awful Disney Star Wars remake, but the important difference is, these guys actually roamed...

A Selection Of Weird & Disturbing Medieval Manuscript Art

On May 17, 2015 by Tim Newman

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Modern humans like a good laugh, and medieval humans were no different. When you imagine a medieval scene, you might think of dirt, suffering, plagues, and violence.That’s fair enough, there was quite a...

Is The Indian Purple Frog The Ugliest Animal In The World?

On May 2, 2015 by Tim Newman

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I don’t think that even a herpetologist could find the purple frog attractive. They could definitely find them amusing and/or fascinating, but no one could look at this guy and think “wow, what...

Chen Wenling’s Odd And Uncomfortable Art

On April 16, 2015 by Tim Newman

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Chen Wenling is a Chinese artist who lives and works in Beijing. He was born in Quanzhou, Fujian Province in 1969. His weirdly uncomfortable but sort of childish constructions have been displayed in galleries across the...

Rat Kings: Folk Legend Or Reality?

On April 3, 2015 by Tim Newman

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“Ratking” by Photographed at Naturkundliches Museum Mauritianum Altenburg. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. The term ‘rat king’ brings to mind a doll house and a tea party with cute little stuffed...

Ghoulish Underwater Graveyard Of Giant Lemurs Found In Madagascar

On February 26, 2015 by Louis Falasha

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“Palaeopropithecus ingens” by Smokeybjb – Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Prehistoric times must’ve been terrifying. Dinosaurs, enormous hairy elephants and bumble bees the size of tanks. Well, maybe...

Clive Barker. Painting’s By One Of The Most Prolific Imagineers Of The Past Century

On February 15, 2015 by Louis Falasha

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Probably best known for the film series, Hellraiser and Candyman, Clive Barker has been at the helm of British horror since the 1980s. The Books of Blood, his series of short horror stories,...

Qijianglong: New Dinosaur Species With Longest Neck Ever

On January 30, 2015 by Tim Newman

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There have been plenty of striking dinosaurs clambering over this planet throughout the years. A newly discovered species – Qijianglong – is a particularly impressive beast. Its neck makes up more than half of its body length. In 2006,...

Physiologus: Medieval Animal Art

On January 18, 2015 by Tim Newman

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The Physiologus is an ancient text, written somewhere between the 1st and 4th centuries AD. The book features drawings of animals, mythical and real, alongside short stories, explaining the animal’s general characteristics. The stories are designed...

Life-Sized Chrome T-Rex In Paris

On January 4, 2015 by Tim Newman

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I don’t know why no one has bothered to tell me this before, but in 2013 a life-size model of Tyrannosaurus Rex was installed atop the platform of Compagnie des Bateaux-Mouches by the River...

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