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proving darwin's theory on the comet orchid from madagascar.
richard dawkins presents the ultimate guide to darwin and his revolutionary theory of evolution by natural selection and our place in it.
complete morons win darwin award with this attempted act of robbery.
part ghost story, part psychological thriller, part heart-wrenching love story creation is the story of charles darwin and the single most explosive idea in history. darwin’s great, still controversial, book the origin of species depicts nature as a battleground. in creation the battleground is a man’s heart. torn between his love for his deeply religious wife and his own growing belief in a world where god has no place, darwin finds himself caught in a struggle between faith and reason, love and truth. this is not the grey-bearded old man that most people imagine when they think of darwin. creation will be released in the uk this september but doesn`t yet have a us distributor but put your money on it getting picked up.
so ray comfort and kirk cameron of the way of the master have again chosen to let their actions speak to the worth of character that their religion instills. in their latest publicity stunt they have decided to take a book written 150 years ago by charles darwin and put in the front a 50 page introduction, a significant portion of which is devoted to bad mouthing the dead.
(31 july 1997) two teens were disassembling an electric tower with wrenches when it toppled to the ground. they apparently wanted to sell its aluminum supports for scrap, but they failed to realize the essential role the aptly named "support" plays in a 160-foot tower.one of the men was crushed by the collapse of the ten-thousand-pound tower, while the other dug himself out from under, a sadder but wiser man from his close brush with a darwin award..
a 176-year-old giant tortoise believed to have been studied by famed english naturalist charles darwin, has died in australia after a short illness.
the extremely elderly tortoise, harriet, was hatched on the galapagos islands in 1830 but lived out her final years at australia zoo in southeast queensland where she was the star attraction.
senior veterinarian john hangar said the 150-kilogram (330-pound) reptile died on thursday night after a short illness.
"she had been sick yesterday with, in effect, heart failure," hangar told abc radio.
"she had a fairly acute heart attack and thankfully passed away quietly overnight."
hangar said harriet, who had made it into the guinness book of world records as the world's oldest living animal, had been credited with helping darwin pioneer his theory of evolution.
"it's thought she may have been taken off there (galapagos) by charles darwin," he said. "she's spent a period of time in britain and found herself at the botanic gardens in brisbane from about 1850 or 1860 onwards and eventually she found her way up to australia zoo."
harriet was originally named harry, as she was mistakenly identified as male, an error which was not rectified for more than a century.
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the arizona highway patrol were mystified when they came upon a pile of smoldering wreckage embedded in the side of a cliff rising above the road at the apex of a curve. the metal debris resembled the site of an airplane crash, but it turned out to be the vaporized remains of an automobile. the make of the vehicle was unidentifiable at the scene. the folks in the lab finally figured out what it was, and pieced together the events that led up to its demise. it seems that a former air force sergeant had somehow got hold of a jato (jet assisted take-off) unit. jato units are solid fuel rockets used to give heavy military transport airplanes an extra push for take-off from short airfields. dried desert lakebeds are the location of choice for breaking the world ground vehicle speed record. the sergeant took the jato unit into the arizona desert and found a long, straight stretch of road. he attached the jato unit to his car, jumped in, accelerated to a high speed, and fired off the rocket. the facts, as best as could be determined, are as follows: the operator was driving a 1967 chevy impala. he ignited the jato unit approximately 3.9 miles from the crash site. this was established by the location of a prominently scorched and melted strip of asphalt. the vehicle quickly reached a speed of between 250 and 300 mph and continued at that speed, under full power, for an additional 20-25 seconds. the soon-to-be pilot experienced g-forces usually reserved for dog-fighting f-14 jocks under full afterburners. the chevy remained on the straight highway for approximately 2.6 miles (15-20 seconds) before the driver applied the brakes, completely melting them, blowing the tires, and leaving thick rubber marks on the road surface. the vehicle then became airborne for an additional 1.3 miles, impacted the cliff face at a height of 125 feet, and left a blackened crater 3 feet deep in the rock. most of the driver's remains were not recovered; however, small fragments of bone, teeth, and hair were extracted from the crater, and fingernail and bone shards were removed from a piece of debris believed to be a portion of the steering wheel. ironically a still-legible bumper sticker was found, reading "how do you like my driving? dial 1-800-eat-shit."
"welcome my son, welcome to the machine." -pink floyd (31 july 1995, christchurch, new zealand) an ice-maker may seem innocuous, but when it's big enough to walk into -- for example, one that supplies ice to fishing boats -- it can be so dangerous that safety procedures and fail-safe devices are required. so it was a bit of a surprise when employees at afish processing plant heard screams emanating from inside the giant ice-maker. an employee had been running the machine when the flow of ice jammed. access to the machine's auger chamber was restricted, and employees are trained never to enter the chamber while the auger is running. it would be easy enough to ignore the warning signs, but it is hard to get around another safety feature: the auger will not run unless the operator holds down a foot pedal outside the chamber. take your foot off the pedal and the machine shuts down. there was no way the operator could run the auger and also enter the chamber. or so it seemed, but one enterprising employee found a way. he laid a heavy piece of metal on the foot pedal to keep the auger running while he entered the chamber to clear the ice jam. he was caught by the swirling auger and drawn inevitably, and fatally, into the ice machine. ironically, the employee had helped negotiate a labor contract stipulating that workers should scrupulously follow all safety procedures and abide by the company's operating rules.
(31 august 1995, egypt) six people drowned monday while trying to rescue a chicken that had fallen into a well in southern egypt. an 18 year old farmer was the first to descend into the 60-foot well. he drowned, apparently after an undercurrent in the water pulled him down, police said his sister and two brothers, none of whom could swim well, went in one by one to help him, but also drowned. two elderly farmers then came to help. but they apparently were pulled by the same undercurrent. the bodies of the six were later pulled out of the well in the village of nazlat imara, 240 miles south of cairo. the chicken was also pulled out. it survived.
(march 1995, michigan) james burns, 34, of alamo, michigan, was killed in march as he was trying to repair what police described as a "farm-type truck." burns got a friend to drive the truck on a highway while burns hung underneath so that he could ascertain the source of a troubling noise. burns' clothes caught on something, however, and the other man found burns "wrapped in the drive shaft."
(1995, michigan) up here in michigan, seems some poor fella thought it would be a good idea to "move" a downed wire from his car. newspaper reports it took a full minute of neighbors whacking away at him with a 2x4 to free their freshly fried former friend from the fatal flashing.
"fish-impersonation deaths on the rise in melbourne" (29 november 1995, australia) the badly decomposed remains of neil of melbourne were discovered in a paddock near toolondo reservoir neil's death was shrouded in mystery, tragedy, and a fish suit. local law enforcement officials said the 49-year-old man was wearing a "heavy green plastic bodysuit," constructed from old waterbed material. the suit, from which one could only be extricated painstakingly after unfastening a full-length zipper along the spine, constricted his legs into one mermaid-esque tail. the only openings, aside from the zipper, were two eyeholes. neil's garb, enclosing his entire body like a maritime mummy costume, restricted his breathing as well as his movement. he was discovered in this attire, which the melbourne fish costume bureau stresses was "not approved," less than a kilometer from toolondo lake. he apparently had attempted to swim home. a second yellow-colored suit was found in his garage. the psychological motivation for neil's fatal excursion remains unclear. police have learned that he was taking medications for epilepsy and diabetes at the time, and speculate that his behavior may have had a chemical basis, but locals have their own theories about the aquatic abberation. "he wanted to be a fish," disclosed one unnamed resident, recalling incidents in which wilson would swing from a rope while wearing the suit at the lake. other comments from the australian community included "bollocks" and "criminey." wilson's death brings the melbourne fish impersonation fatality toll to one, up infinity percent from zero in the previous year.
some men will got to extraordinary lengths to prove how macho they are. frenchman pierre pumpille recently shunted a stationary car two feet by headbutting it. "women thought i was a god," he explained from his hospital bed. deity or not, however, pumpille is a veritable girl's blouse compared to polish farmer krystof azninski, who staked a strong claim to being europe's most macho man by cutting off his own head in 1995. azninski, 30, had been drinking with friends when it was suggested they strip naked and play some "men's games". initially they hit each other over the head with frozen turnips, but then one man upped the ante by seizing a chainsaw and cutting off the end of his foot. not to be outdone, azninski grabbed the saw and, shouting "watch this then," he swung at his own head and chopped it off. "it's funny," said one companion, "when he was young he put on his sister's underwear. but he died like a man."
(1996, toronto) police said a lawyer demonstrating the safety of windows in a downtown toronto skyscraper crashed through a pane of glass with his shoulder and plunged twenty-four floors to his death. a police spokesman said garry, thirty-nine, fell into the courtyard of the toronto dominion bank tower as he was explaining the strength of the building's windows to visiting law students. garry had previously conducted the demonstration of window strength without mishap, according to police reports. the managing partner of the law firm that employed the deceased told the toronto sun newspaper that garry was "one of the best and brightest" members of the two-hundred-man association.
(4 december 1996, indiana) a jay county man using a cigarette lighter to check the barrel of a muzzleloader was killed monday night when the weapon discharged in his face, sheriff's investigators said. gregory, 19, died in his parents' rural dunkirk home about 11:30 p.m. investigators said pryor was cleaning a .54-caliber muzzleloader that had not been firing properly. he was using the lighter to look into the barrel when the gunpowder ignited.
(2 january 1996, india) a tiger killed one man and mauled another at the calcutta zoo yesterday when they tried to put a marigold garland around its neck in a new year's greeting. prakesh tiwari, the dead man, and suresh rai had been drinking before they bought the floral garlands and crossed the moat around the tiger's enclosure, authorities said. "i was shocked to see the two young men weaving about in front of a tiger with garlands in their hands, " said rakesh banerjee, who witnessed the attack that triggered panic and a near stampede in the zoo. the men, both in their 20's, were trying to put the garland on a 13-year old male royal bengal tiger named "shiva" after the hindu god of destruction. when rai threw the garland around shiva's neck, the tiger attacked him. his friend tiwari intervened, kicking the tiger in the face. the tiger released rai, and attacked and killed tiwari. "i saw it all; the tiger turned and jumped on the other young man and put its head on the man's neck, and within moments, the man was apparently dead, his head dangling," banerjee said. the two were reportedly devotees of the goddess durga and had gone to "worship" the tiger. immediately after the incident, an angry crowd went on a stone-pelting spree in which two children and a woman were injured.
(11 october 1996, new york) a teenager was crushed to death by his pet python after he had failed to keep the snake properly fed, police reported. grant williams, 19, was found unconscious in a pool of blood, the life practically squeezed out of him by a 12ft burmese python named damien, which was still wrapped over his body. the snake had been given nothing more than a single dead chicken in the past week and may have been crazed by hunger. mr williams was found in the hallway. he may have been trying to escape the flat to summon help. medical orderlies summoned the strength ? of body and of mind ? to lift the 45lb, 5in-thick python off mr williams and hurl it into an adjacent room, but the snake lover died in hospital. at the time of the attack, mr williams was preparing to feed damien a live chicken. it is possible that the python, peckish, opted for the larger prey. when on the brink of a kill, the burmese python (molorus bivattatus) can move with deadly speed, and there are few creatures able to escape its grasp. mr williams may have suspected that his familiarity with damien placed him above danger, but a hungry python does not quibble about such niceties. captain thomas kelly, from the 46th precinct, said: "it looks accidental." mr williams and his brother kept a number of snakes, many uncaged, in their bronx flat. the dead man's mother, carmelita williams, said that she had tried to persuade her son to abandon his hobby. "i begged him to get rid of the python," she said, weeping. "i even threatened to call the police." damien was last night caged at an animal control centre, after being fed. its fate is uncertain.
remember the tragic death of two small boys who drowned when the car they were in rolled down a boat ramp into a lake? their mother susan smith was convicted of their murder. the lake has become a shrine for visitors. a family visiting the lake drove up to the boat ramp but forgot to set the parking brake. the car rolled into the lake, drowning two adults and two children.
(1996, mississauga canada) man slips, falls 23 stories to his death. a man cleaning a bird feeder on his balcony of his condominium apartment in this toronto suburb slipped and fell 23 stories to his death, police said monday. stefan macko, 55, was standing on a wheeled chair sunday when the accident occurred, said inspector d'arcy honer of the peel regional police. "it appears the chair moved and he went over the balcony, " honer said. "it's one of those freak accidents. no foul play is suspected."
(23 august 1997, holland) a group of employees were happy to escape work and be bussed around on a day tour by their company. it was a sunny day, and some of the more boisterous employees enjoyed sticking their heads out a rooftop window. i can picture them like puppies enjoying the wind in their ears. the driver of the speeding bus told them several times to pay attention to the road and stop their foolishness. and then it happened. two men had their heads out of the window, singing as the wind blew across their faces, when the bus entered a viaduct. the cracking of bone was heard throughout the bus. their heads did not come off cleanly, as you might expect, but the men fell dead into the bus with cracked heads and broken necks. the chauffeur, asked whether safety regulations were properly observed, replied, "i always lock the damn thing when kids are in the bus, because kids just don't listen. but for god's sake, these were adults.''
(november 1997, pennsylvania) wayne roth, 38, of pittston, was bitten by a cobra belonging to his friend, roger croteau, after playfully reaching into the tank and picking up the snake. wayne subsequently refused to go to a hospital, telling roger, "i'm a man, i can handle it." falser words have seldom been spoken. instead of a hospital, wayne reported to a bar. he had three drinks, and enjoyed bragging that he had just been bitten by a cobra. cobra venom is a slow-acting central nervous system toxin. he died within a few hours, in jenkins township, pennsylvania.
(26 december 1997, brazil) a bicyclist crossing an airport runway in sorocaba, a city 87 kilometers from sao paulo, was killed when he was hit by a landing airplane. marcelo, 25, could not hear the twin-engine plane because he was listening to his walkman on headphones, investigators said. the propellor and right wing of the plane were damaged.
(30 december 1997, mexico) a security guard intending to impress female friends took a deadly gamble, losing his game of russian roulette at a la paz fast-food restaurant. police say victor alba, 21, died instantly saturday when he put his .38-caliber revolver to his head and pulled the trigger at a suburban hamburger outlet. alba was trying to "impress some female friends," according to the newspaper hoy de la paz.
