Flying Shark Attack!

The Phantom of the Pepys

To be a famous diarist! (As is every blogger's dream ...) For consider the delight of being the namesake of a "phantom island", such as Pepys Island, off the coast of South America. Take care to distinguish the "phantom island" from the "lost land"; the former never existed, while the latter (supposedly) did, but was blown up and/or sunk and/or abducted by the Bermuda Triangle. (Kramer to Newman: "How come the water stays in the Bermuda Triangle?") And behold Frisland, which goes by many monikers, including (my favorite) "Fixland". The fix is in!



But that's where Atlantis is supposed to go! No wonder they don't exist.

Booty tunes for sharks.

From Ananova:

Sharks in the mood for love

German scientists say an experiment to play romantic music to sharks to get them in the mood for mating has been a swimming success.

Five Sea Life aquariums in Germany took part in the project after they complained that the sharks were not producing enough offspring.

Now after four weeks and two hours a day of different songs in each aquarium, the romantic tunes have had the desired effect.

And the aquariums have even produced a top five of the shark's favourite music for other aquariums to use.

A spokesman said: "We tried everything else, and it didn't work, so we took a new approach. It has been tried with pandas and primates, and it worked with them as well, so why not sharks?"

The music encouraged the sharks to engage in the rarely seen mating ritual where the male shark pursues the female and bites her fins.

The Hit list was:

1. Salt'n Pepa - Push it

2. Joe Cocker - You can leave your hat on

3. James Last - Traumschiff (title song for German version of the Love Boat)

4. Justin Timberlake - Rock your body

5. Bob Marley - No woman, no cry

I see a LEVIATHAN mix tape in our future...

A Long, Contaminated Life

That just about says it.