Showing posts with label discoveries. Show all posts
Showing posts with label discoveries. Show all posts

August 30, 2012

Treasure hunting! (and the treasure is whale vomit)

Via.
Charlie Naysmith is one lucky kid. How else would he have discovered $60,000 worth of whale barf?

The 8-year old was walking on a British beach, when BAM! Ambergris!

Why's that such a big deal? Ah, you have to read the story.

And you can do that here.

(Thanks, Django!)

October 26, 2011

Now THOSE are extraordinary nostrils!

That's right, a new bat has extraordinary nostrils. How extraordinary are they? Judge for yourself!

Whoa. This bat is now named Walston's tube-nosed bat. That's because Joe Walston discovered the little critter.

This is Joe Walston. While I congratulate his good work, I must say that his nostrils are less extraordinary.