Old man, Hyderabad, originally uploaded by nimboo.

An elderly gent from Hyderabad delivers a startlingly American gaze over the top of his cigarette. The devil-may-care chomp on his cig, the vaguely Bogart brows. I wonder if he’d be willing to take us on as his newest brides, if he’s of that persuasion.

Wrapped, originally uploaded by Ectomo.

By Elene Usdin, from riotclitshave.livejournal.com/

Illustrator Ashley Wood — currently breathing new life into Jamie Hewlett’s post-apocalyptic girl power punk series Tank Girl — just released some shots of this gorgeous wooden robot on his blog, apparently part of the limited edition Zombie vs. Robots series of sculptures. This is the sort of robot that would look excellent in my bathroom.

Some Berties Shots [Ashley Wood's Blog]

Female beetles are my kind of girl…

Female beetles mate to quench their thirst according to new research by a University of Exeter biologist. The males of some insect species, including certain types of beetles, moths and crickets, produce unusually large ejaculates, which in some cases can account for around 10% of their body weight. The study shows that dehydrated females can accept sexual invitations simply to get hold of the water in the seminal fluid.

My local pub is also filled with beetle-like floozies who also mate to parch their terrible, alcoholic thirst. I wonder: if I were to follow them back to the filthy, disused men’s lavatory in exchange for a beer, as they so often invite, whether their flab would gooily part, revealing the carabace of the Metamorphoses like insect underneath.

Sex Is Thirst-quenching For Female Beetles [Science Daily]

Naturally, the mad scientist implanting massive antennas in the brains of rats dapperly smokes a pipe throughout his experiments.

Radio Controlled Rats [Modern Mechanix]