Showing posts with the label Animals

The Most Expensive Coffee in The World is Made From Animal Poop

Aug 7, 2010

Kopi luwak, the world’s most expensive coffee, is made from a certain variety of wild red coffee beans but only after it has passed through ...

Longcroft Luxury Hotel … for Cats

Jul 29, 2010

A luxurious hotel suite - complete with four-poster bed, state-of-the-art sound system and fine dining - for just £15 a night has opened up ...

Salmon Spawning at Kuril Lake in Kamchatka

Jul 12, 2010

The Kamchatka Peninsula is a 1,250-kilometer long peninsula in the Russian Far East. It lies between the Pacific Ocean to the east and the S...

Festival of San Fermin 2010 in Pictures

Jul 7, 2010

The festival of San Fermín (or Sanfermines) is a deeply rooted celebration held annually in the city of Navarre, Spain. The celebration star...

Unexpected Turn of Events at The Guinea Pig Festival

Jun 24, 2010

Huacho is a small and picturesque city in the costal regions of the South American country of Peru. For the last few years the locals of Hua...

Japanese Snow Monkeys relaxing in a hot spring

Jan 20, 2010

In northern Japan, in the province of Nagano, snow stays up to four months at a stretch. The average winter temperature here is -5 ° C, some...

Oarfish: The longest fish in the world

Sep 20, 2009

An oarfish can easily be mistaken for a sea serpent, but they are really the longest bony fish in the sea, growing to fifty feet or more in ...

Swimming with Jellyfish

Jan 3, 2009

The Jellyfish Lake, or Ongeim’l Tketau as it is called in Palauan, is one of over 70 similar saltwater lakes scattered throughout the limes...

The red sheep of Scotland

Nov 11, 2008

Andrew Jack, a farmer of Scotland, painted his flock of sheep bright red in an effort to "brighten things up". This 54-strong floc...