5 Hideous Animals

September 29, 2008 by kswanson88

I don’t know about anyone else, but I’m sick and tired of seeing cute animals plastered all over everywhere. What about the ugly animals?? Well, here they are, some of the ugliest animals you’ll ever (hopefully not) see on the face of the earth.

The Aye-aye

Looking like a rat after a very bad night, the Aye-aye definitely ranks right up there with the ugliest of them. It is the largest nocturnal (night-time) primate and uses it’s rodent-like teeth and long middle finger much like a woodpecker uses it’s beak:it taps on trees to find insect, then gnaws a hole in the bark and then digs out the bugs with it’s middle finger. Personally I think this thing can stay out in the woods where it belongs. Read the rest of this entry »

7 unconventional clocks

April 18, 2008 by kswanson88

If you stop to think about it, clocks are really a very cool invention. They’re very amorphous, they can take on many many different shapes and forms and still retain their function perfectly. Clocks range from expensive, high tech models with lots of buttons and doodads, right down to a stick in the mud. Here are a few of the more unconventional clocks I’ve seen.

Pisa”

pisa gear clock

The first one, called “Pisa” because of it’s leaning tower-like design, breaks away from conventional clock design and function, keeping the hands stationary and instead having the clock face rotate with the passing of time. You can even turn the clock face around to show roman numerals instead of numbers. Read the rest of this entry »