wstryder.org » nature http://wstryder.org About teh internets and stuff. Tue, 25 May 2010 15:06:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Kas kummaa – WTF? http://wstryder.org/2007/08/17/kas-kummaa-wtf/ http://wstryder.org/2007/08/17/kas-kummaa-wtf/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2007 08:22:13 +0000 wstryder http://finnmetal.com/blog/?p=210 Aksolotli - Axolotl

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55th Valokuvatorstai photo challenge, “Kas kummaa”, probably best translated as “WTF?”. I took this pic at Korkeasaari Zoo in Helsinki. This creature is an axolotl, a neotenic mole salamander, arguably the weirdest creature on our planet. Looks like an alien from outer space, a monster from a bad science fiction novel. Perhaps this is an unfinished prototype or a cruel joke from God? A genetic experiment gone horribly wrong? Creepy.

Aksolotlihan se siinä. Kas kummaa kerrakseen!

]]> http://wstryder.org/2007/08/17/kas-kummaa-wtf/feed/ 3 Finnish squirrel steals Kinder eggs http://wstryder.org/2007/08/02/finnish-squirrel-steals-kinder-eggs/ http://wstryder.org/2007/08/02/finnish-squirrel-steals-kinder-eggs/#comments Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:09:21 +0000 wstryder http://finnmetal.com/blog/?p=194 I found this Reuters story quite unbelievable, until I saw it with my own eyes. It seems the Kinder egg stealing squirrel from Jyväskylä has a cousin in Espoo:

Squirrel steals Kinder eggs, by Late, egg by Gargaj: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:KinderEgg.jpg CC BY-SA 2.5

Funny how all these stories have a picture of a Eastern Grey Squirrel although the most common squirrel in Finland is the Red Squirrel. Perhaps the grey squirrel most resembles a global stereotype of a squirrel and is therefore better for a news story. Who cares what color squirrels are in Finland anyway?!?

In more disturbing wildlife news, a camel kills wild ass at Helsinki Zoo. Tempting, but I’m not going to photoshop that chain of events.

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