Mantis Shrimp Attacks

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Mantis Shrimp Attacks

Some seriously wicked and aggressive shrimp: Mantis Shrimp. Watch how it attacks a crab in this video, and then head over to this page to watch the doom of deadly poisonous blue-ringed octopus...

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Today's pictures & links:
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This is your shopping mall. No, really.

Full-size ship converted to the shopping mall in Wampoa district, Hong Kong.
(more info)

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Urban Art with a Vengeance

You gotta absolutely love the creativity and style of this artist on DeviantArt. Apparently these creations are real and inflatable:

Very simple, and very effective.

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Extreme Surfing / Riding. Not Photoshop.

This is a setup for a promotional series of images, and you can read how photographer Dustin Humphrey made this all happen - click here. Scroll to see more photos, some nsfw.

(photos by Dustin Humphrey)

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Aerial Views of Russia

See more aerial photography (showing vast Russian landscapes and some abandoned churches) on this page.

(image credit: via Charli at leprosorium.ru)

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Mixed fresh links for today:

The Rise and Fall of an American Beer - [interesting]
Very, very unusual trees - [weird]
The Creepiest Tower - [urban art]
10 Amazing Batman Mods - [geek] - via
Urban Explorations: tips, tricks and guides - [abandoned]
Yet Another Neat Steampunk Mouse - [geek art]
How to make any key from an ice cream stick - [howto video]
Little Girl vs. The Claw - [fun video, loud music]
Crossing lions with tigers... good idea? - [wow video] - via

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Mad Intersections

Traffic nightmares - now a work of art: Scott Teplin has a new print "Criss Cross Crash" over at POV Editions:

Great addition to our "Incredible Intersections & Traffic Jams" series!

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Soviet Realism

(original unknown)

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Custom Spider Lighting

Can be found here.

(image credit: rockandroyal.com)

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Ingenuity

Very potent juice maker (on a shoestring budget) -

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Weird Visuals

- possibly for use in advertisement. Originals unknown, any help?

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Paperbacks Recycling

I wonder how soft it is... but come to think of it, I feel too much respect for books to rest easy in this chair.

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I can't believe this girl actually took a lamb, painted it pink and walks it out for an exercise... but this is what this picture shows: