Culture Buzz We're gonna need a bigger boat. This is the carcass of a whale shark, the world's largest fish, being removed from a port in Karachi, Pakistan. The whale shark is endangered, but don't worry…it was already dead when they found it.
Culture Buzz No, no…the other side. And also, holy bejesus uh uh fetal position.
Culture Buzz You know those urban legends about 3-foot rats roaming the streets of New York? Yeah, turns out those are true. This destroyer of worlds was found in a Foot Locker in the Bronx. It's probably a Gambian pouched rat, not the first found in New York, and it wants to eat your babies.
Celebrity Buzz So…womanly. Pregnant Jessica Simpson is your new favorite pregnant anything. You might say that these photos will give you PREGNANT pause. Vom. Apologies.
Culture Buzz A rare albino Powelliphanta, a massive meat-eating mollusk which can grow to the size of a man's fist, was found in New Zealand recently. A man's fist which shakes at the heavens and curses Yaweh for unleashing this nightmare on the world. New Zealand is a country of sheep and horror.
Culture Buzz More photos of the 21-foot, 2,370-pound beast that was caught in southern Philippines last week. It's thought to be the largest saltwater crocodile ever captured alive in the country, perhaps in the world. Although it's suspected of being a man eater, locals are keeping it in an enclosure and have affectionately named it Lolong.
Culture Buzz Susanne Eman of Casa Grande, Arizona—currently weighing in at 720 pounds—hopes to become the fattest woman of all time and surpass the standing record of 1,600 pounds. Here is what she eats EVERY DAY to try and shatter that record. It's a 21,962 calorie menu of sadness. Why is she doing this? Because she's considered hot by the SSBBW community.
Celebrity Buzz I'm formally submitting this to National Geographic's eventual “Best Photographs of 2011” list because this is simply perfect.
Culture Buzz That's the caption a Reddit user posted with this photo. Enjoy.
How can something so cute also be so terrifying? Trick of perspective? Photoshop? Actual monstrous breed? You be the crowd-sourcing judge!
This is Arthur, a ten foot puppet with a drinking problem. I want to see a drunken brawl between Arthur and Big Bird.
Science Buzz I've come to the conclusion that there is no animal or insect in the world that could possible scare m- OH GOD WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? Knowing these exist makes me very uncomfortable.
Artist Eric Testroete created this giant paper-craft reproduction of his own head for Halloween. He probably was worried that own his head wasn't bizarrely angular or nightmarish enough.
Two things about this video: First, the 20 second pictures-of-cats.org intro is epic and amazing. Second, look at the size of that fucking cat.