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previously & previously, the media company founded by Al Gore after the 2000 election, has picked up the kinds of in depth long form journalism being rapidly dropped by major networks, but has been tantalizingly unavailable for those without cable; until now. They have been putting their Vanguard episodes up on their website and on YouTube.
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posted by Blasdelb
on Apr 30, 2011 -
24 comments
"Mountain chickens have very peculiar breeding habits" "Alien-like" scenes of tadpoles feasting on eggs emerging from their mother have been caught on camera.
The footage marks the success of a captive breeding programme for the critically endangered mountain chicken frog, one of the world's largest frogs. (BBC)
Not for the easily squicked.
posted by longsleeves
on Aug 11, 2009 -
31 comments
What do you do when you're a
Panamanian golden frog and you need to let that certain special someone across the way know you're, um, interested? Sure, you could croak a few sweet nothings in her ear, but those rushing jungle streams can drown out even the most virile of frog voices. So, you...
wave! Yeah, give her a little wave! A BBC film crew has captured footage of this rare (and, according to their article, now extinct) amphibian
waving, fighting and mating.
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posted by flapjax at midnite
on Feb 1, 2008 -
22 comments
MacRobertson's Confectionery were, in the 1930s, trialling new ideas for their children's range. An employee suggested that as "women and children were afraid of mice," rather than a chocolate mouse,
a chocolate frog would be more popular with children. Three days later, what would become Australia's most popular children's confectionery, the
Freddo Frog, was born. Its supposed creator, Harry Melbourne,
died last week, having never received a cent in royalties. However, to this day there remains confusion as to whether he, or rather the inventor of the
Cherry Ripe, Lesley Atkison, was
in fact responsible. Those that only know him in chocolate form may be surprised to find out that Freddo was also the star of
Australia's first cartoon.
posted by Mil
on Jan 29, 2007 -
22 comments
The Crazy Frog / Axel F Song (previously mentioned on the
Blue) is about to make history by being the first ringtone / pop music crossover to successfully invade the British charts. How successful? A little band named
Coldplay also have a new single out; as it stands,
Crazy Frog is outselling their effort by a factor of 4 to 1.
People, this is serious. Prepare for some major league irritation to descend upon us. The success of this single will only spawn a legion of imitators, and that can only lead to the dark side. As
Malcolm McLaren, ex Sex Pistols manager puts it: "Listen to this song and you can hear the death knell of the traditional music industry."
posted by LondonYank
on May 28, 2005 -
40 comments
