Feral Gifter

Kiss a Mule Day

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The
festival, which was founded to honor the tradition and history of the
mule, was a success this weekend with thousands of people filling
Benson. According to Loretta Byrd, Benson’s chamber director, the event
was one for the record books.

Little
Miss Benson Sydney Wheeless plants a kiss on the nose of Mable, the
grand champion mule, during the 57th Annual Mule Days this weekend.
During the kiss, which is a festival tradition, Mable nuzzled toward
the beauty queen.

Firefighters museum finds a home in shopping mall

St. Louis Mills is a favorite destination for bargain hunters, shopaholics and … little kids?

Home to a skating rink, a go-cart track and a climbing wall, St. Louis Mills also features the First Due Fire Museum, a small storefront operation that showcases memorabilia, working equipment and merchandise.

“Yeah, we get a lot of kids,” said Eric Kiehl, one of the museum’s founders and assistant chief of the Hazelwood Fire Department. “Not everyone gets to visit a fire station, so they don’t know what gear is used. Here, they can try on a coat and feel the weight of a nozzle.”……

It’s website, www.firstduefiremuseum.com, says “The Museum promotes fire safety education and has interactive stations. It also displays many items of firefighting memorabilia and collectibles from the past to the present. Items include a 1820 hose cart, breathing apparatus, helmets, hose, toys, a 10′ aerial tip from a real 75′ ladder truck and much more.”

Greedy sheep rescued from tree

Firemen may be well-practised in rescuing cats from trees, but the challenge facing the emergency services in Lund on Wednesday morning was an altogether different beast: a sheep stuck in a tree, seven metres from the ground.

When the fire engine arrived at St Lars park in the south of the city, officers found that a tree had partly fallen over and the sheep had worked its way up through the branches, lured by the tasty green leaves.

A group of children followed the episode with much amusement and afterwards named the sheep Tarzan.

Strange Bugs of Thailand

John Moore has a collection of over 3,000 photographs of Thai insects, taken mostly in their natural habitats in forest of Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Does anyone know what is this strange bug with a face on its back?

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Reppies Favorite Wine and Whiskey

I saw this on neatorama.  All I can say is if you are drinking this, I think it is time for AA.

10 Things To Make You Want to Puke | American Inventor Spot

“Real Californian King Snake whiskey is infused with a farm real farm raised Real Californian King snake, ginseng roots and seed pods. The whiskey is left for several months, which then imparts a unique flavour into the whiskey, it is quite an acquired taste. The story is that this is used in SE Asia as a very strong Aphrodisiac; and it also has many medical uses…”" See it here. Also Scorpion and Snake wine.

Stinkhorn Fungus

From the website:

A member of the stinkhorn family of fungi, Aseroe
rubra is commonly known as the starfish fungus or sea anemone fungus
(for obvious reasons, I hope). Tim Geho of MushroomExpert.com writes
that it is not only widespread throughout the south Pacific, it is also
the most common stinkhorn in Hawaii. …

Some interesting factoids are also available on this summary
from a radio or television show in Australia with Tim Entwistle of the
Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. Two of my favourite tidbits are: 1) it
was the first fungus ever collected in Australia by Western explorers;
and 2) its name literally means “disgusting red”.

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