Weird Science Award Nominees

Pick 2009's weirdest wonders

Wednesday, December 23, 2009
by Alan Boyle

Here are the nominees for the 2010 Weird Science Awards
in chronological order, from January to December:

Newly discovered catfish species climbs rocks
Female 'vampire' unearthed in Venice
Scientists claim to have cloned glowing dogs
Brainwave Twitter translator invented
Giant blob lies deep beneath Nevada
Urine-filled 'witch bottle' from 17th century found
Animals tickled to study how laughter evolved
Gay penguin pair raises chick
Nude, Mona Lisa-like painting surfaces
Lady mummy was actually a daddy
Frog dozes in mud for years without food or water
Women are handier than men with a hammer
Zookeeper wears abandoned baby kangaroo
Music made specifically for monkeys
Naughty Neanderthals nixed monogamy
Awards honor milkologists and bra-mask inventor
Glow-in-the-dark mushrooms discovered
Leg mummified with ancient Egyptian recipe
Is the future trying to save us from collider doom?
Tiny ears found on butterfly's wings
Fruit bats use oral sex to prolong the deed
Fiddler crabs trade sex for survival
Lab-grown penis helps rabbits mate ... like rabbits
Bug wears armor made of poo
Bird brings down big bang machine
Fragrances pay tribute to dead celebrities' DNA
Galileo's missing fingers and tooth found
Chair floats to final frontier
Light show sparks UFO buzz
Clever octopus builds a mobile home




LINK to source page



We must have missed these stories

I vote for this one.

Fruit bats use oral sex to prolong the deed

speaking of the frozen frog. one of my parents neighbors Koi was frozen in the ice. they assumed it was dead. when the ice thawed, it swam away

KK wrote:

speaking of the frozen frog. one of my parents neighbors Koi was frozen in the ice. they assumed it was dead. when the ice thawed, it swam away

wow...amazing story .... I wonder how long it was frozen

Joebert wrote:

I vote for this one.

Fruit bats use oral sex to prolong the deed

they got plenty of time...just hanging around and all

c/thru wrote:

KK wrote:

speaking of the frozen frog. one of my parents neighbors Koi was frozen in the ice. they assumed it was dead. when the ice thawed, it swam away

wow...amazing story .... I wonder how long it was frozen

I saw it around january. it probably thawed around late march-april

c/thru wrote:

Joebert wrote:

I vote for this one.

Fruit bats use oral sex to prolong the deed

they got plenty of time...just hanging around and all

I'll go with this one then.
Clever octopus builds a mobile home

KK wrote:

c/thru wrote:

KK wrote:

speaking of the frozen frog. one of my parents neighbors Koi was frozen in the ice. they assumed it was dead. when the ice thawed, it swam away

wow...amazing story .... I wonder how long it was frozen

I saw it around january. it probably thawed around late march-april

I've heard of the benefits of hypothermia in some situations... but that's kinda extreme



but...I just realized something else about your story...what's up with the neighbors
letting their pets freeze?

did your parents freak out over that ?

Joebert wrote:

I'll go with this one then.
Clever octopus builds a mobile home

I can't believe we didn't hear more about that one....

must not have been a famous octopus

c/thru wrote:

KK wrote:

c/thru wrote:

KK wrote:

speaking of the frozen frog. one of my parents neighbors Koi was frozen in the ice. they assumed it was dead. when the ice thawed, it swam away

wow...amazing story .... I wonder how long it was frozen

I saw it around january. it probably thawed around late march-april

I've heard of the benefits of hypothermia in some situations... but that's kinda extreme



but...I just realized something else about your story...what's up with the neighbors
letting their pets freeze?

did your parents freak out over that ?

it's an outdoor pond fish. some of mine may freeze for all i know. i never really look. that one year they just happened to have really clear ice and it was noticeable. most os the times the ice is cloudy

well, I guess that is the nature of things

I thought ponds had pumps that kept things moving....


anyways....


I love to go ice fishing .... I can only take about 4 hours of it though

c/thru wrote:

well, I guess that is the nature of things

I thought ponds had pumps that kept things moving....


anyways....


I love to go ice fishing .... I can only take about 4 hours of it though

they keep it flowing for awhile but eventually they freeze up. i used to keep a heater in there that would keep a 8" wide hole open. but they would always short out so i stopped bothering.

ice fishing is pretty cool. depends on the day though. do you use a hut or sit out in the open?

KK wrote:

they keep it flowing for awhile but eventually they freeze up. i used to keep a heater in there that would keep a 8" wide hole open. but they would always short out so i stopped bothering.

ice fishing is pretty cool. depends on the day though. do you use a hut or sit out in the open?

nothing too extreme...I would go up the mountain just a bit and my friends have access to a private lake...
it has alot of trout in it... we would make a few holes about 12" with an auger ...sit out in the open

if the sun is shining here in Colorado, it will keep you pretty warm, but you need to get packed up by 3 pm

c/thru wrote:

KK wrote:

they keep it flowing for awhile but eventually they freeze up. i used to keep a heater in there that would keep a 8" wide hole open. but they would always short out so i stopped bothering.

ice fishing is pretty cool. depends on the day though. do you use a hut or sit out in the open?

nothing too extreme...I would go up the mountain just a bit and my friends have access to a private lake...
it has alot of trout in it... we would make a few holes about 12" with an auger ...sit out in the open

if the sun is shining here in Colorado, it will keep you pretty warm, but you need to get packed up by 3 pm

yea i've done some skiing out there in shorts. it's amazing how warm it can feel in the sun. same here though, by 3 pm, it really starts to drop.

KK wrote:

c/thru wrote:

KK wrote:

they keep it flowing for awhile but eventually they freeze up. i used to keep a heater in there that would keep a 8" wide hole open. but they would always short out so i stopped bothering.

ice fishing is pretty cool. depends on the day though. do you use a hut or sit out in the open?

nothing too extreme...I would go up the mountain just a bit and my friends have access to a private lake...
it has alot of trout in it... we would make a few holes about 12" with an auger ...sit out in the open

if the sun is shining here in Colorado, it will keep you pretty warm, but you need to get packed up by 3 pm

yea i've done some skiing out there in shorts. it's amazing how warm it can feel in the sun. same here though, by 3 pm, it really starts to drop.

Why did you wear shorts?

Joebert wrote:

KK wrote:

c/thru wrote:

KK wrote:

they keep it flowing for awhile but eventually they freeze up. i used to keep a heater in there that would keep a 8" wide hole open. but they would always short out so i stopped bothering.

ice fishing is pretty cool. depends on the day though. do you use a hut or sit out in the open?

nothing too extreme...I would go up the mountain just a bit and my friends have access to a private lake...
it has alot of trout in it... we would make a few holes about 12" with an auger ...sit out in the open

if the sun is shining here in Colorado, it will keep you pretty warm, but you need to get packed up by 3 pm

yea i've done some skiing out there in shorts. it's amazing how warm it can feel in the sun. same here though, by 3 pm, it really starts to drop.

Why did you wear shorts?

because it was warm. shorts, no shirts either

the tickle study was brutal, that's the last time I try to make an easy buck

Wait I think I ike this one better...

Glow-in-the-dark mushrooms discovered