Thread: Random Picture Thread V

Underwater tanks? Lol!

Ed Yong writes about the Chinese soft-shelled turtle: "Looks like someone glued the snout of a pig onto the face of a fish, with the texture of a scrotum for good measure. But its bizarre appearance pales in comparison to an even more bizarre, and newly discovered, habit: it urinates through its mouth."

This Chinese turtle urinates through its mouth (sort of) | Not Exactly Rocket Science | Discover Magazine

Originally Posted by RockPile

He wasn't riding the lines though. He was in the middle of the lane when he realized the cars were stopping. He either wasn't paying close enough attention or was too inexperienced to understand that as bikes only have two unstable contact patches, emergency braking in the wet is tricky business. Probably both.

Seen plenty of cyclists come up behind me as traffic slows on the freeway only to swerve over and head up the line once it stopped completely (and sometimes they don't even wait for it to stop). I have to fight off the urge to open my door.