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Punch bus!

april fools song #7 Ying Yang Twins Feat Adam Levine - Live Again

THIS SONG IS EVERYTHING. the ying yang twins are trying to illuminate what they imagine are the difficulties in the lives of a stripper. adam levine shows up to croon in a heartfelt manner about the same topic.the only singer not credited is the woman singing as the stripper. there is a moralistic rap about how our country has gone wrong because people turn to rappers for moralistic lessons. (sad, ain’t it.) the whole thing is designed to be very serious and tug at heartstrings and it is just flat out hilarious. according my my itunes, i’ve listened to it at lest 55 times. i also know all every word. I LOVE THIS SONG.

A new mall has been built in China. But this isn’t just any old mall, this mall includes a small zoo. In this zoo six Beluga Whales are on display in a small, sterile tank. It opened just last month in 2016, and is called the “Grandview International Polar Ocean World.” As well as Belugas, this indoor “aquarium” (if it can even be called this), holds 30,000 other animals, from marine mammals to small fish.

It is most likely that these animals were captured from a wild. Imagine living in the diverse ecosystem that is the ocean, only to be lifted up from your vast home into a small pool with five other animals. You cannot go anywhere, you barley have move to room. Now really, does this sound humane? I think not.

PC: Grandview International Polar Ocean World.

Sony Walkman TPS-L2, portable stereo cassette player, 1979. Japan. Source 1 + 2

Amaze!

Guardians of the Galaxy by Tom Whalen

Children playing in the hay

source: La bunici

Shepherd with his dog in Simon Village, Romania

photograph by Eduard Guţescu

So cool!

What’s on that whale?!

This close up of whale skin shows a community of living creatures. Gray Whales have two common hitchhikers on their bodies: barnacles and whale LICE. But whale lice aren’t lice at all; they’re a type of amphipod crustacean called cyamids. And each species of cyamid is unique to a species of whale! To survive, cyamids hitch a ride on a whale and munch bits of its skin and flesh. If the whale is healthy these parasites don’t harm it - a commensal relationship. If a whale is covered in them it is often an indication of illness or injury. Photo by refuge volunteer Roy W. Lowe

(via: Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuges)

Love.

Jenette Goldstein / Vasquez (Aliens, 1986)