Thursday, September 07, 2006

Last night on Sonic, Adam Thompson mentioned that the Royal Canadian Mint is having a contest to name the polar bear on the toonie! Except, it turns out that they already have a bunch of names and all you get to do is vote. So "Son of Homie Bear", "UR-515", and "Agent H, Ultra-Top Secret Bear of Kungfu Death and Kicking Ass" are not options. Instead you have to choose between "Wilbert", "Plouf" and "Sacha", among others. On the plus side, you can enter a contest to go to Churchill, Manitoba to see polar bears.
Did you know that octopi are amazingly smart? It's true- they've been known to walk across the seafloor holding a shell over their heads for camouflage, and they are notorious for busting out of aquariums (only to drown, so . . . yeah. Smrt! ). The other thing they can do is kill sharks! I think they should have a contest to name the octopus in this video- I vote for "Agent O, Ultra-Top Secret Octopus of Kungfu Death and Kicking Ass." (For best results don't listen to the audio, it's annoying.)
Sadly, there was no such octopus watching out for the Crocodile Hunter. Here is a DeviantArt tribute to Steve Irwin:


Steve by =snapesnogger on deviantART

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