You know how the exomorphs in Alien had a second jaw that reached out and bit you while they were biting you with their regular jaws? Moray eels have that. Just thought you should know.
posted to MetaFilter by agentofselection at 7:22 PM on February 22, 2008 (97 comments)

A few examples of high-quality re-creations of medieval armor. Much of this is created using historical techniques (youtube,) by men (slightly NSFW) who can only be called masters. But it ain't cheap.
posted to MetaFilter by agentofselection at 4:36 PM on December 7, 2007 (11 comments)

Badgers--fierce, secretive, beloved, reviled, surprisingly widespread, and enemy to snakes [Warning: Gore in "Snakes"]. Cousin to ferrets and weasels, badgers have some strange habits--such as digging a large new burrow to sleep in every night.
posted to MetaFilter by agentofselection at 9:48 PM on May 12, 2007 (24 comments)