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via ph33r and loathing

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Here’s a companion for the dramatic prairie dog.

Via Splodinvark, via Sigg3.net (I’ve modified the image a bit).

This fellow represents a newly discovered deep sea species called a glass squid. For more see National Geographic’s “Weird Deep-Sea Creatures Found in Atlantic.”

via Heida Biddle

I wrote before about Bao Xishun, called the world’s tallest man, helping to rescue a pair of dolphins. Earlier this year, Bao, who was born in 1951 in Inner Mongolia, was married to Xia Shujian, a saleswoman from his hometown of Chifeng. The nuptials were celebrated with a traditional Mongolian wedding. The photo below is by Jason Lee/Reuters; it appeared on the National Geographic website.