divydovy’s posterous

Really?

This quote says it all:

"Dean Qiongxiu, 66, said she discovered the reptile clinging to the wall of her bedroom with its talons in the middle of the night."

1. Dean is a boy's name. Everybody knows this.
2. Clinging to the wall of her bedroom with its talons? So not only is it a snake that has a 100 million year genetic throwback, but it's also still got the ability not only to control that foot but to HOP UP A WALL with it?

If it is all real and I'm just a cynic, Dean had better realise that she just beat to death her best chance of owning a world-class freakshow.

It looks to me more like someone's stuck a fake arm on a snake with superglue and picked a bad fake name. Someone, please correct me.

Yet another Wow!

Check out all the photos here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthpicturegalleries/6163978/CIWEM-Environmental-Photographer-of-the-Year-2009-competition-winners.html

WOW! Check out the whole collection here: http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/08/60-stunning-satellite-photos-of-earth/

More weird critters here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8241000/8241536.stm

The diversity of life never fails to fill me with awe.

Cool! http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/gloucestershire/hi/people_and_places/nature/newsid_8206000/8206853.stm

More pics and story here: http://www.environmentalgraffiti.com/featured/incredible-terraced-chalk-ponds-pamukkale/14399

Very good!

http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/enlarge/squirrel-portrait-banff.html

I love the way that the camera's even focussed on him too!