All those bizarre creatures in your critterpedia exist — and are even stranger in real life. Orchid mantis (Hymenopus coronatus) This gorgeous-looking mantis is endemic to the tropical forests of Southeast Asia. When an explorer first cataloged this insect in 1879, he thought he had happened upon a carnivorous orchid instead. Nevertheless, it's an effective hunting method. In the wild, bugs are more attracted to orchid mantises than they are to the most common flower in their habitat. Read More...
From Cycling Under The Influence To Having Sex In A Cop Car Nassau County Sheriff’s OfficeBoth Thomas and Mondanaro were booked on charges of resisting arrest with violence, unnatural and lascivious acts, exposure of sexual organs, and driving under the influence.
It was Friday the 13th in Florida — a deadly combination. The following incident took place in Fernandina Beach at around 11:40 p.m. when a Nassau County deputy saw what appeared to be a couple cycling under the influence and subsequently decided to stop them. Read More...
Booze, bullets, and Bill Murray: enjoy these engrossing photos of counterculture icon Hunter S. Thompson, the father of gonzo journalism.Born in 1937 in Louisville, Kentucky, Hunter Stockton Thompson went from a rocky childhood and an itinerant young adulthood to a workmanlike writing career fueled in part by a seemingly endless capacity for drugs and audacious behavior.
His trademark reporting style became what’s now called gonzo journalism, in which he made himself a central character in his own stories. Read More...
