10 of the World's Funny Festivals.

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">When the occasion for feasting or celebration draws near most cultural perform it in style, especially a day or time of significance that recurs at regular intervals. It could be of cultural performances, exhibitions, competitions, or Revelry. Here's some of world's weird but funny festivals. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://jugdemental.blogspot.ca/2014/05/10-of-worlds-funny-festivals.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYcLUG_9FQcX6Mm5aS-VkVivCAJ_QFvxCSMxb-xklK_xkywAkQeizmnIL8_ATYfgr-X2afhEerZH5KHAEq2sFgEaEECGC9oZrWofcugLlyhN-tJXO7Z5_oYT8-zp37dTrEM-c7tuum0jpw/s1600/weird-festivals.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25.200071334838867px;"></span><br /><a name="more"></a><span style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 25.200071334838867px;"><br /></span><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">La Tomatina</span></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqipnlDBCdBAmuV1Rz1eMbNKEa0qKR8sG0vuK6IZ5PkNh1kLi_tGMaQcvykZuYCEo-8AlTVG5iZCieI7o0GPMABs0sh4z2tD-_2zdS_DWCZb6Zexa1UdVYHsGvBkm7jXohG7hq_IYohi48/s1600/la+tomatino.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqipnlDBCdBAmuV1Rz1eMbNKEa0qKR8sG0vuK6IZ5PkNh1kLi_tGMaQcvykZuYCEo-8AlTVG5iZCieI7o0GPMABs0sh4z2tD-_2zdS_DWCZb6Zexa1UdVYHsGvBkm7jXohG7hq_IYohi48/s1600/la+tomatino.jpg" /></a></div><br />Perhaps the world's biggest food fight, La Tomatina is a tomato-throwing festival held in the Valencian town of Bunol on the last Wednesday of August. An estimated 150,000 tomatoes are flung at participants each year.<br /><br />Though you might expect the cleanup to be laborious, all of those squashed tomatoes in the streets provide a highly effective disinfectant: The cobblestone roads are cleansed by the acidity of the tomatoes. <br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Wife-Carrying World Championship</span></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-FqO9p3g575yCo5cnESfYXNB-6fXz0cB6vXWe1xUR15cVv-Li3m67vpDBWuF7lVaR3CBgpBxwZ1UpI-PuboyBthC1-F2QstwKvb5VagGpwDIrjvfKuVUMRxKpIeim4Xv-6KLMz36Pecz/s1600/wife-carrying-championship.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-FqO9p3g575yCo5cnESfYXNB-6fXz0cB6vXWe1xUR15cVv-Li3m67vpDBWuF7lVaR3CBgpBxwZ1UpI-PuboyBthC1-F2QstwKvb5VagGpwDIrjvfKuVUMRxKpIeim4Xv-6KLMz36Pecz/s1600/wife-carrying-championship.jpg" /></a></div><br />Every year in Sonkajarvi, Finland, men gather for one of the strangest sports events on the planet: the Wife-Carrying World Championship. Yes, this is a real competition. Men are required to carry a wife (who doesn't have to be their own wife) through an obstacle course, and the winner gets paid his wife's weight in beer.<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Naki Sumo</span></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpj3WlqbnBXNCfohrztIjZUSibJwKC_aYYCOzrr3IIJHJnuMENWEur8G189e2f_FJ3xTIM1MB6POxGsYp-BrnZKTVaq38vFfNPmwx_8Ml4FjETk-hwhs5xbx3uNLT1PhNTB2_P4usEOM0/s1600/sumo-baby-crying.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcpj3WlqbnBXNCfohrztIjZUSibJwKC_aYYCOzrr3IIJHJnuMENWEur8G189e2f_FJ3xTIM1MB6POxGsYp-BrnZKTVaq38vFfNPmwx_8Ml4FjETk-hwhs5xbx3uNLT1PhNTB2_P4usEOM0/s1600/sumo-baby-crying.jpg" /></a></div><br />This might take the cake as the most bizarre cause for celebration in the world: Japan's Baby-Crying Sumo Contest. The "Naki Sumo" competition consists of two sumo wrestlers holding babies, trying to make their opponent's baby cry. Held at the Sensoji Temple in Tokyo, the contest has been an annual event for at least 400 years. That's a lot of generations of crying babies!<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Moose Dropping Festival</span></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQguKCcSfxeJ3ZlPUvO09FvkK7lSClLGVTaWJLxC2aG2hmtj3EsIyMin6KTiHkEwhitZsmqhrkP3WcVQBewYHCyRPdPEj-1ViggzehBUc2SKw0gClb3mOsTY1EGBPqL2vWJAMmNWqoSkFn/s1600/moose-dropping-festival.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQguKCcSfxeJ3ZlPUvO09FvkK7lSClLGVTaWJLxC2aG2hmtj3EsIyMin6KTiHkEwhitZsmqhrkP3WcVQBewYHCyRPdPEj-1ViggzehBUc2SKw0gClb3mOsTY1EGBPqL2vWJAMmNWqoSkFn/s1600/moose-dropping-festival.jpg" /></a></div><br />This festival is pretty much just what it sounds like: a celebration of moose poop. Held in Talkeetna, Alaska, the event involves collecting moose droppings, baking them in the oven (ewww!) and spraying them in varnish. The balls of excrement are then used in various competitions, such as "nugget"-tossing. Another game involves dropping the droppings on the town from a balloon, with the aim of hitting a painted target on the ground. And you thought getting hit by bird droppings was embarrassing!<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">International Festival of Worm Charming</span></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76c89Ez6kEDz8eotvZZkzA1iXFc4g4PlnW0zJsgp6YJzXsvrhnL7BRQSivuWWaQuMgCpKgn7n-uBRx2Axe4Io4KLJMqKyg_NKeS-mno5qwfDGOjJWWWWaHyt0ujPQSbjSPS2wBbBVVD3U/s1600/worm-charming.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi76c89Ez6kEDz8eotvZZkzA1iXFc4g4PlnW0zJsgp6YJzXsvrhnL7BRQSivuWWaQuMgCpKgn7n-uBRx2Axe4Io4KLJMqKyg_NKeS-mno5qwfDGOjJWWWWaHyt0ujPQSbjSPS2wBbBVVD3U/s1600/worm-charming.jpg" /></a></div><br />You've probably heard of snake charming, but have you heard of worm charming? Every year in May, the village of Blackawton, England, hosts the International Worm Charming Festival. Worm charming involves competitors doing whatever they need to do to get worms to come out of the ground without digging or forking.<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Monkey Buffet Festival</span></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyh1V3Q5KEUkSKMBzCZcH3ulMOwY32svD_pimJYsI6eoqmumR9xFJIpU7DSSA_KShtOljgLXFnzXCNw5la6VfwQVsrkICYcWIRT86VOBols2fcrbcdn03eAT_Yx0JUipVREWR5d6Drf-Dg/s1600/monkey-buffet.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyh1V3Q5KEUkSKMBzCZcH3ulMOwY32svD_pimJYsI6eoqmumR9xFJIpU7DSSA_KShtOljgLXFnzXCNw5la6VfwQVsrkICYcWIRT86VOBols2fcrbcdn03eAT_Yx0JUipVREWR5d6Drf-Dg/s1600/monkey-buffet.jpg" /></a></div><br />Don't worry, the monkeys aren't in the buffet here. Rather, the buffet is for the monkeys. The Monkey Buffet Festival, held in Lopburi, Thailand, involves serving up a five-star buffet meal for local monkeys. Around 3,000 monkeys feast on almost 9,000 pounds of fruits, vegetables and cakes, elegantly laid out for them on tables and picnic blankets. Needless to say, it's a good day to be a monkey!<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling</span></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh4diPCGFynpTLiKtuZ0zXYd3xdR8_EtUpfX06kc9jYvwnrnzAt2o9b2s19MNEnQ-aN-G26zxrpGviuyAH20Io1R98s9GM-G1pC9iNq6hEfYyFtB1GLLImjWFkD3C3-cibNY-Gus78xg-L/s1600/cheese-rolling_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh4diPCGFynpTLiKtuZ0zXYd3xdR8_EtUpfX06kc9jYvwnrnzAt2o9b2s19MNEnQ-aN-G26zxrpGviuyAH20Io1R98s9GM-G1pC9iNq6hEfYyFtB1GLLImjWFkD3C3-cibNY-Gus78xg-L/s1600/cheese-rolling_0.jpg" /></a></div><br />What better way to spend an evening than falling down a grassy hillside after a rolling wheel of cheese? That's the idea behind the Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling event held on the Spring Bank Holiday at Cooper's Hill, England. It's a race to see who can get to the bottom of the hill the fastest. Competitors are supposed to try to catch the cheese, but that's unlikely, as the rolling wheel can reach speeds up to 70 mph, potentially injuring spectators.<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">World Bog Snorkeling Championship</span></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6cgie1tDmDyme_M3KccZkc928GBieaV3JLZ-vu5AL_aUe4Wyc6SFJBGAo9epLalXDO0JpBo5qDrtQRJaf6NFlleb3XSXhx62Y_Ooz7FnsSHicvu2jDjtJnqUSLk7bEMdjfSqc-OqshQHP/s1600/bog-snorkelling.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6cgie1tDmDyme_M3KccZkc928GBieaV3JLZ-vu5AL_aUe4Wyc6SFJBGAo9epLalXDO0JpBo5qDrtQRJaf6NFlleb3XSXhx62Y_Ooz7FnsSHicvu2jDjtJnqUSLk7bEMdjfSqc-OqshQHP/s1600/bog-snorkelling.jpg" /></a></div><br />You've perhaps tried snorkeling while on vacation near a coral reef. This is not that. The World Bog Snorkelling Championship, held at the dense Waen Rhydd peat bog near Llanwrtyd Wells in Wales, involves competitors racing through a filled trench cut through a peat bog. Snorkel gear is used, but don't expect any great underwater views in the murky water.<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">El Colacho</span></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhldS_7YtQjeCBCECLtqqflj07rDNJ2bzXJloleB_T4_PDB7YbTaHsNU0IGr1wFu_rAmjqSH5wpgiCBFd4xji-R_SYfk-gNFJ0AuO-x2-IP8Lg5vj9gm58gDXKBzTKoLSu5sGa4ogzEeOS4/s1600/El+Colacho.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhldS_7YtQjeCBCECLtqqflj07rDNJ2bzXJloleB_T4_PDB7YbTaHsNU0IGr1wFu_rAmjqSH5wpgiCBFd4xji-R_SYfk-gNFJ0AuO-x2-IP8Lg5vj9gm58gDXKBzTKoLSu5sGa4ogzEeOS4/s1600/El+Colacho.jpg" /></a></div><br />This odd Spanish holiday is yet another event held at the expense of helpless infants. It involves grown men dressed up like the devil leaping over babies laying on mattresses in the street. Needless to say, the strange event is a nervous one for parents and children alike.<br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Yorkshire Pudding Boat Race</span></b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjccIWt2EmD43cuwAqevFkN1mbEvjqZpWiQEPVz43bxJVjhXS0HYXrOQy2SqlGfxQkq7ZFi72jax-ryceoUUQGBiiEaJANHXSInzdntjJhn36G9y8DG-NP-QdSz1ohuCmRX0nYgTj0pI1vB/s1600/yorkshire-pudding-boat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjccIWt2EmD43cuwAqevFkN1mbEvjqZpWiQEPVz43bxJVjhXS0HYXrOQy2SqlGfxQkq7ZFi72jax-ryceoUUQGBiiEaJANHXSInzdntjJhn36G9y8DG-NP-QdSz1ohuCmRX0nYgTj0pI1vB/s1600/yorkshire-pudding-boat.jpg" /></a></div><br />Yes, that's a boat made out of an actual human-sized pudding. The vessels for the Yorkshire Pudding Boat Race are baked from Yorkshire's special recipe involving flour, water and eggs. Human contestants jump inside their surprisingly stable “canoes” and paddle the edible vehicles down a river. 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10 of the World's Funny Festivals.

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World's Top Animal Movie Stars

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Looking into our beloved animals who still play a crucial role in the entertainment industry.<br /><br />To celebrate all the hardworking animal actors out there, the following are a list of eight iconic animal thesps, domestic and wild, contemporary and dearly departed. In fairness, we’ve limited it to one animal actor per species as we certainly wouldn’t want hammy canines to rule the list.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://jugdemental.blogspot.ca/2013/10/worlds-top-animal-movie-stars.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Hi5qfMf1zARDa3EeLquGecSyUldvyfuaVTz3AGuNIeHAx0Ow01bLgKCQoBkL-gIdrw9zW-0uE-ef153-3Sa1W65az0noQf8HQn53brUcDw3JVFgmRX6b5ELviw03v5gqQBo38W4dSJVa/s1600/Slide00_DogActor.jpg" /></a></div><br /><a name="more"></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29LKoE99YFnpx5S01JKESFez5aI77akmzkuW5JHHIovfHWMCAeosrth6Qqnk5My-eRPMlOpCL1P1FsJlPp2LTZxY0q0dwVF1UXNBWCQcDlcjaEU3Cf9eDOFDLgokBSm5oTCBRRq5SjEDQ/s1600/Slide01_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg29LKoE99YFnpx5S01JKESFez5aI77akmzkuW5JHHIovfHWMCAeosrth6Qqnk5My-eRPMlOpCL1P1FsJlPp2LTZxY0q0dwVF1UXNBWCQcDlcjaEU3Cf9eDOFDLgokBSm5oTCBRRq5SjEDQ/s1600/Slide01_1.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b>Pal</b><br />Uggie as "the Dog." Cosmo as "Arthur." Jill as "Verdell." Terry as "Toto." Higgins as "Benji." And perhaps most traumatically, Darla as "Precious." While these are all fine examples of outstanding cinematic turns by canines in Oscar-nominated or Oscar-winning films, only one four-legged thesp has been honored with a five-pointed star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. That, of course, would be Lassie.<br /><br />Lassie, depicted as a female, was in fact the stage name/alter-ego of Pal, a North Hollywood-born male rough collie who not only starred in "Lassie Come Home" but a series of sequels and spin-offs before entering retirement (he died in 1958 at the age of 18 ... or 126, depending on who you ask.)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPBptw58IboVb0dFGpKzCwk4bd517x8E2l55FyLARTYZ2qVuaZepAszI9KvbvxFZX0qy8KLjeuOSEL5yN-7ZKURAsfRZ-1hS0UkahHrV4JT9K5sc5PPt2ZfUbGOwtGL_FWoSlzqRXGmGzA/s1600/Slide02_Mitzi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPBptw58IboVb0dFGpKzCwk4bd517x8E2l55FyLARTYZ2qVuaZepAszI9KvbvxFZX0qy8KLjeuOSEL5yN-7ZKURAsfRZ-1hS0UkahHrV4JT9K5sc5PPt2ZfUbGOwtGL_FWoSlzqRXGmGzA/s1600/Slide02_Mitzi.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b>Mitzi</b><br />While a series of female bottlenose dolphins collectively portrayed Flipper, aka "Lassie of the Sea," during the three-season TV run of "Flipper," a photogenic – and exceptionally trained – lady-dolphin named Mitzi primarily played the titular role in MGM’s 1963 family film that birthed the popular spin-off series (along with a mawkish, Jennifer Alba-starring TV revival in the 1990s and a 1996 remake starring Paul Hogan and Elijah Wood that relied heavily on animatronics in lieu of real dolphins).<br /><br />Mitzi, the original Flipper, passed away in 1972 of a heart attack at the age of 14 and is interred at the nonprofit Dolphin Research Center in the Florida Keys, the same institution where she resided and was trained.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1JyDGafvaetiTVgYmzbx88wMzk4Lh96LNtuG7-zIxVZ3QfZh3tuPomPNKg4HtA31Sgjh88Hp2Y8sXaAE_GPaoKO1DHx22t50-9pRnOa48Xu2Mkv-GZ6x9VXuOvPB8U1t28UrHg4i7p2U6/s1600/Slide03_Bart.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1JyDGafvaetiTVgYmzbx88wMzk4Lh96LNtuG7-zIxVZ3QfZh3tuPomPNKg4HtA31Sgjh88Hp2Y8sXaAE_GPaoKO1DHx22t50-9pRnOa48Xu2Mkv-GZ6x9VXuOvPB8U1t28UrHg4i7p2U6/s1600/Slide03_Bart.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b>Bart the Bear</b><br />Bart the Bear, a 9.5-foot force of nature who over the course of his storied career appeared opposite Anthony Hopkins, Ethan Hawke, Brad Pitt, Alec Baldwin and, err, Steven Segal, was born in 1977 into an established ursine acting clan – apparently his mother appeared in the late-1970s schlocky horror movies "Grizzly" and "Day of the Animals." Bart, however, had grander aspirations than low-budget genre films and went on to appear briefly in "Clan of the Cave Bear" (1986) with Darryl Hannah and the John Hughes-penned Dan Akroyd /John Candy comedy, "The Great Outdoors" (1988).<br /><br />Bart passed away from cancer in 2000 the age of 23 in Park City, Utah, under the care of his long-time trainers and human companions, Doug and Lynne Seus of Wasatch Rocky Mountain Wildlife.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOe5qheYVGbGkYZWq37zQ_A8R-4RNBNO4NspFOKbLt0kjp7EtbpTYhG5ar37WMcLrYr-p3MoDp11r-GL8ivtex_2Y87dl49_tmIBRn_VUiHyazJDuQwxkKhbI13zFmT87HkRYlpZkH5hiQ/s1600/Slide04_Crystal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOe5qheYVGbGkYZWq37zQ_A8R-4RNBNO4NspFOKbLt0kjp7EtbpTYhG5ar37WMcLrYr-p3MoDp11r-GL8ivtex_2Y87dl49_tmIBRn_VUiHyazJDuQwxkKhbI13zFmT87HkRYlpZkH5hiQ/s1600/Slide04_Crystal.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b>Crystal</b><br />Hollywood’s go-to capuchin, 20-year-old Crystal, has demonstrated remarkable range over her short but prolific career: She’s played a drug dealer (“The Hangover Part 2”), a medical doctor (“Animal Practice”), a drunk (“Dr. Doolittle”), an unhinged personal assistant (“Malcolm in the Middle”) and the primate embodiment of Adam Sandler (“Zookeeper.”) And in 2012, she was one of television’s highest paid actors, diaper-wearing or not, commanding a cool $12,000 per episode for her roll as Dr. Rizzo in the (mercifully) now-cancelled sitcom “Animal Practice.” Funny, we figured as a monkey that she’d receive compensation in bananas, hugs and kisses. When not rehearsing, doing back flips on the red carpet or evoking the ire of PETA (and no, she doesn’t really smoke), Crystal lives a quiet life in a Los Angeles home that she shares with handler/trainer Tom Gunderson, his family and a menagerie of other showbiz-savvy critters.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ok4vYOqQkGXA60vKgeT-9LVVDv2UKuHjmy3pz_shZdBDCEcabEDI3kwoZ6XMEGqfQIZY1G0jJXIIW0IIzagwJC5Y5eNWqerltIDu-c8oYNp231dERk2GH5STEYehjX2_CGBgsbMlUMMa/s1600/Slide05_BambooHarvester.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ok4vYOqQkGXA60vKgeT-9LVVDv2UKuHjmy3pz_shZdBDCEcabEDI3kwoZ6XMEGqfQIZY1G0jJXIIW0IIzagwJC5Y5eNWqerltIDu-c8oYNp231dERk2GH5STEYehjX2_CGBgsbMlUMMa/s1600/Slide05_BambooHarvester.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b>Bamboo Harvester</b><br />You’d think that the Palomino behind television’s chattiest equine would have a more dignified, debonair name than Bamboo Harvester. Maybe something like Jack, Charlie, Felix or Reginald P. Hoofmeister. But Bamboo Harvester? What does that even mean?<br /><br />But we digress. As the titular quip-prone gelding belonging to hapless architect Wilbur Post (Alan Young), Bamboo Harvester starred in all six seasons of “Mister Ed” from 1961 to 1966, and during that period became the hay-munching toast of the town. Although “Mister Ed” is a rather silly sitcom relic (children of the 1980s and 1990s may have fond memories of it playing during Nick at Night), one “Mister Ed” legend has held strong to this day: How did the show’s creators get Bamboo Harvester — trained by Les Hilton of Francis the Talking Mule fame — to “talk”? Peanut butter? Nylon strings? Forcefully inserted carrots?<br /><br />And would an old-fashioned talking horse sitcom fly today? Probably not (we’d watch it, of course, of course). However, Fox did attempt to revive the series back in 2004 with a never-aired television pilot starring David Alan Basche, Garrett Dillahunt and the late Sherman Hemsley as the voice of the inimitable Mister Ed.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsy9l7EWCWv4_-SkHEqxawEz3tBpbzIC7mzAKOxzm_G7SUtQqIrOcKzwF3lTGIi9Le53CITuG_NXZVXLoWO2vfPAdLNtXwBLH1O4FPymvISVATf4NbgGbZLdGm7_oHjI4YCMch8Wy-NswT/s1600/Slide06_Jiggs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsy9l7EWCWv4_-SkHEqxawEz3tBpbzIC7mzAKOxzm_G7SUtQqIrOcKzwF3lTGIi9Le53CITuG_NXZVXLoWO2vfPAdLNtXwBLH1O4FPymvISVATf4NbgGbZLdGm7_oHjI4YCMch8Wy-NswT/s1600/Slide06_Jiggs.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b>Jiggs</b><br />While a super-talented parade of apes —we’re looking at you, J. Fred Muggs — have graced television and theater screens over the years, none deserves trailblazer status as much as Jiggs, the hardworking professional ham who originated the role of Tarzan’s faithful chimp sidekick, Cheeta. Owned and trained by Tony and Jacqueline Gentry, Jiggs only appeared as Cheeta in two Johnny Weissmuller Tarzan films, “Tarzan the Ape Man” (1932) and “Tarzan and His Mate” (1934) along with the Buster Crabbe-starring serial “Tarzan the Fearless” (1935).<br /><br />Jiggs lived a tragically short life for a chimp, passing away from pneumonia at the age of 9 in 1938. He was buried in the Los Angeles Pet Memorial Park in Calabasas, also the final home of Rudolph Valentino’s Great Dane, Charlie Chaplin’s cat, Petey the pit bull from “Our Gang” and Hopalong Cassidy’s horse, Topper.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELgv2RWAqvWi-u4pMGFRz-yqQXEWRZ02sGotSDaoWlGthdb3cMYgDYSwP9ERYv0ZV4DLJJBrGvDuOvVTJMa5QwWaE08PavEIIMKunyiEBP48oJjkYRgPrgzNm15a2UvyKsbx23LGYIrcY/s1600/Slide07_Orangey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiELgv2RWAqvWi-u4pMGFRz-yqQXEWRZ02sGotSDaoWlGthdb3cMYgDYSwP9ERYv0ZV4DLJJBrGvDuOvVTJMa5QwWaE08PavEIIMKunyiEBP48oJjkYRgPrgzNm15a2UvyKsbx23LGYIrcY/s1600/Slide07_Orangey.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b>Orangey</b><br />Orangey – also known as Rhubarb or Jimmy – is the only cat to win two PATSY (Picture Animal Top Star of the Year) Awards, the American Humane Association’s now-defunct honor bestowed upon Hollywood’s hardest-working critters. Other esteemed recipients of a PATSY include Pal, Bonzo the chimp, Bruno the Bear (“Gentle Ben”), Arnold the pig from “Green Acres” and multiple award winner, Molly (aka Francis the Talking Mule).<br /><br />Orangey’s first PATSY win came in 1951 with her role as the titular kitty in “Rhubarb.” Ten years later Orangey was presented with her second PATSY award for portraying Holly Golighty’s unnamed pet feline in Blake Edward’s “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” (pictured left.) Other Orangey appearances include “The Incredible Shrinking Man” (1957) as Butch, “The Comedy of Terrors” as Cleopatra (1964) and the sitcom “Our Miss Brooks” (1952-1958) as Minerva.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkIsEWUcQlx_PEDqqKb11DdU8UeR5m3q5O1mkoawgLGivVhvmE_L3dytXreZJ23x8B04Eaoay19bjlfe93o31pcoYFvPFE8LD0P6_PeBlZLcFds676x2Qq3zeKZrR7OOv7FvO5cY-vTSSn/s1600/Slide08_Tia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkIsEWUcQlx_PEDqqKb11DdU8UeR5m3q5O1mkoawgLGivVhvmE_L3dytXreZJ23x8B04Eaoay19bjlfe93o31pcoYFvPFE8LD0P6_PeBlZLcFds676x2Qq3zeKZrR7OOv7FvO5cY-vTSSn/s1600/Slide08_Tia.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b>Tai</b><br />Tai made her film debut in “Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book” (1994) and has been working steadily, to some controversy, ever since. Playing Rosie, an abused circus elephant in the 2011 film adaptation of Sara Gruen’s best-selling novel “Water for Elephants,” Tai garnered as much praise as a nearly 10,000-pound method actor can get. However, in addition to predicable noise from PETA, Tai was at the center of real-life abuse allegations (the deplorable mistreatment depicted in “Water for Elephants” was the result of CGI and special effects) when Animal Defenders International (ADI) released a short video that purportedly showed Tai being electrocuted with stun guns and beaten with bull hooks by her handlers some years before the filming of “Water for Elephants.”<br /><br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count" href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet" href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style" href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><script src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4cff0a930d582914" type="text/javascript"></script></div><script src="http://platform.linkedin.com/in.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script data-counter="right" type="in/share"></script><br /><div class="sbutton" id="su"><script src="http://www.stumbleupon.com/hostedbadge.php?s=5"> </script> </div></div></div>

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Amazing Snowy Owl

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table border="0"><tbody><tr> <td><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEiQVUKkHZeS8FDXzLrycKOBzg_fLLXkohhz0PTyG7kW12LnvagJoz1fa99pAWo2gOYCahsDRsiCC-_JaoW_0Ga67NPlGDtJDmD_NrL3SXCCgBtVEOuItd6evzq7BvhOn8e1MIihk2GM-K/s1600/snowyowl2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEiQVUKkHZeS8FDXzLrycKOBzg_fLLXkohhz0PTyG7kW12LnvagJoz1fa99pAWo2gOYCahsDRsiCC-_JaoW_0Ga67NPlGDtJDmD_NrL3SXCCgBtVEOuItd6evzq7BvhOn8e1MIihk2GM-K/s320/snowyowl2.jpg" width="263" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://jugdemental.blogspot.ca/2013/10/amazing-snowy-owl.html" target="_blank">Male</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><td><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0qhgiTDm0MvA423bBJd3GIpYIRLbq5OtonSfYciC57qu_LetYW4MNkjPXiXfUaCQ3jf-E2skzoB_8g4u7tE-tA_DKZhj2GDDm9FfLz_G8wHGdMi2ifDCqS9Lj9JfN1kiC4bWNwdvcu1Za/s1600/snowyowl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0qhgiTDm0MvA423bBJd3GIpYIRLbq5OtonSfYciC57qu_LetYW4MNkjPXiXfUaCQ3jf-E2skzoB_8g4u7tE-tA_DKZhj2GDDm9FfLz_G8wHGdMi2ifDCqS9Lj9JfN1kiC4bWNwdvcu1Za/s320/snowyowl.jpg" width="227" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px;"><a href="http://jugdemental.blogspot.ca/2013/10/amazing-snowy-owl.html" target="_blank">Female</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td> </tr></tbody></table><br />The Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) is a large owl of the typical owl family Strigidae. The Snowy Owl was first classified in 1758 by Carolus Linnaeus, the Swedish naturalist who developed binomial nomenclature to classify and organize plants and animals.<br /><a name="more"></a>Until recently, it was regarded as the sole member of a distinct genus, as Nyctea scandiaca, but mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data (Olsen et al. 2002) shows that it is very closely related to the horned owls in the genus Bubo. The Snowy Owl is the official bird of the Canadian province of Quebec.<br /><br /><b>Description</b><br /><b><br /></b> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOWCpNpYHTVWp2DganVNI4miD3FMMVhKI9LsZdlg49vFezY0Hz2MBWFwhN4UVz43S_Dfq34yass25AOBWdIuhyLtGt6a9OEo8m3RA3iuKtnOeGGqaLxCDjWINyXohFeidv89ePy7mLwFjp/s1600/owls.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOWCpNpYHTVWp2DganVNI4miD3FMMVhKI9LsZdlg49vFezY0Hz2MBWFwhN4UVz43S_Dfq34yass25AOBWdIuhyLtGt6a9OEo8m3RA3iuKtnOeGGqaLxCDjWINyXohFeidv89ePy7mLwFjp/s1600/owls.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">Plate 121 of the </span>Birds of America<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"> by </span>John James Audubon<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">, depicting the Snowy Owl</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />This yellow-eyed, black-beaked white bird is easily recognizable. It is 52–71 centimetres (20–28 in) long, with a 125–150 centimetres (49–59 in) wingspan. Also, these birds can weigh anywhere from 1.6 to 3 kilograms (3.5 to 6.6 lb). It is one of the largest species of owl and, in North America, is on average the heaviest owl species. The adult male is virtually pure white, but females and young birds have some dark scalloping; the young are heavily barred, and dark spotting may even predominate. Its thick plumage, heavily feathered taloned feet, and colouration render the Snowy Owl well-adapted for life north of the Arctic Circle.<br /><br />Snowy Owl calls are varied, but the alarm call is a barking, almost quacking krek-krek; the female also has a softer mewling pyee-pyee or prek-prek. The song is a deep repeated gahw. They may also clap their beak in response to threats or annoyances. While called clapping, it is believed this sound may actually be a clicking of the tongue, not the beak.<br /><br /><b>Ecology</b><br /><br />The Snowy Owl is typically found in the northern circumpolar region, where it makes its summer home north of latitude 60 degrees north. However, it is a particularly nomadic bird, and because population fluctuations in its prey species can force it to relocate, it has been known to breed at more southerly latitudes. During the last glacial, there was a Central Europe Bubo scandiacus gallicus, but no modern subspecies are recognized.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3s4EIXLsV-Var0s70p4yRKju6gci8NLBRbfI7B6iI6WzYjIR9-Z59-U0PFg15rJt-zkJN2r3KhOea6H74AJS1JI2kY906eT08Qf2UeLn58QRh7xB0zE_bytJ_irOvW9cRgrx2-Kz5A0J0/s1600/owl3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3s4EIXLsV-Var0s70p4yRKju6gci8NLBRbfI7B6iI6WzYjIR9-Z59-U0PFg15rJt-zkJN2r3KhOea6H74AJS1JI2kY906eT08Qf2UeLn58QRh7xB0zE_bytJ_irOvW9cRgrx2-Kz5A0J0/s1600/owl3.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">Young owl on the tundra at Barrow Alaska. Snowy Owls lose their black feathers with age, though particular females retain some.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />This species of owl nests on the ground, building a scrape on top of a mound or boulder. A site with good visibility such as the top of mound with ready access to hunting areas, and a lack of snow is chosen. Gravel bars and abandoned eagle nests may be used. The female scrapes a small hollow before laying the eggs. Breeding occurs in May to June, and depending on the amount of prey available, clutch sizes range from 3 to 11 eggs, which are laid singly, approximately every other day over the course of several days. Hatching takes place approximately five weeks after laying, and the pure white young are cared for by both parents. Although the young hatch asynchronously, with the largest in the brood sometimes 10 to 15 times as heavy as the smallest, there is little sibling conflict and no evidence of siblicide. Both the male and the female defend the nest and their young from predators, sometimes by distraction displays. Males may mate with two females which may nest about a kilometre apart. Some individuals stay on the breeding grounds while others migrate.<br /><br /><b>Range</b><br /><br />Snowy Owls nest in the Arctic tundra of the northermost stretches of Alaska, Canada, and Eurasia. They winter south through Canada and northern Eurasia, with irruptions occurring further south in some years. Snowy Owls are attracted to open areas like coastal dunes and prairies that appear somewhat similar to tundra. They have been reported as far south as the American states of Texas, Georgia, the American Gulf states, southernmost Russia, and northern China.<br /><br />Between 1967 and 1975, Snowy Owls bred on the remote island of Fetlar in the Shetland Isles north of Scotland. Females summered as recently as 1993, but their status in the British Isles is now that of a rare winter visitor to Shetland, the Outer Hebrides and the Cairngorms.<br /><br />In January 2009, a Snowy Owl appeared in Spring Hill, Tennessee, the first reported sighting in the state since 1987. More notable is the huge mass southern migration in the winter of 2011/2012, when thousands of Snowy Owls were spotted in various locations across the United States.<br /><br /><b>Hunting and diet</b><br /><b><br /></b> <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTJIMXdPY8MMZIGOxsBa235EWHyxxkowBsm67DBzLkDeSA_vTKvRtv997BixV_owFRgjY-s6fto-R55gL-hRIqhrdEL5R2ijYdnSqiQJeDFY_7cvI08H1TYXbSmcLOrJuuJy6jv7JWz4PH/s1600/owl4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTJIMXdPY8MMZIGOxsBa235EWHyxxkowBsm67DBzLkDeSA_vTKvRtv997BixV_owFRgjY-s6fto-R55gL-hRIqhrdEL5R2ijYdnSqiQJeDFY_7cvI08H1TYXbSmcLOrJuuJy6jv7JWz4PH/s1600/owl4.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;">Eating a rat at </span>Diergaarde Blijdorp<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"> (Rotterdam Zoo), Netherlands</span></td></tr></tbody></table><b><br /></b> <br />This powerful bird relies primarily on lemmings and other small rodents for food during the breeding season, but at times of low prey density, or during the ptarmigan nesting period, they may switch to favoring juvenile ptarmigan. They are opportunistic hunters and prey species may vary considerably, especially in winter. They feed on a wide variety of small mammals such as meadow voles and deer mice, but will take advantage of larger prey, frequently following traplines to find food. Some of the larger mammal prey includes hares, muskrats, marmots, squirrels, rabbits, raccoons, prairie dogs, rats, moles, and smaller birds entrapped furbearers. Birds preyed upon include ptarmigan, other ducks, geese, shorebirds, pheasants, grouse, coots, grebes, gulls, songbirds, and even other raptors, including other owl species. Most of the owls' hunting is done in the "sit and wait" style; prey may be captured on the ground, in the air or fish may be snatched off the surface of bodies of water using their sharp talons. Each bird must capture roughly 7 to 12 mice per day to meet its food requirement and can eat more than 1,600 lemmings per year.<br /><br />Snowy Owls, like many other birds, swallow their small prey whole. Strong stomach juices digest the flesh, while the indigestible bones, teeth, fur, and feathers are compacted into oval pellets that the bird regurgitates 18 to 24 hours after feeding. Regurgitation often takes place at regular perches, where dozens of pellets may be found. Biologists frequently examine these pellets to determine the quantity and types of prey the birds have eaten. When large prey are eaten in small pieces, pellets will not be produced.<br /><br /><b>Natural threats</b><br /><br />Though Snowy Owls have few predators, the adults are very watchful and are equipped to defend against any kind of threat towards them or their offspring. During the nesting season, the owls regularly defend their nests against arctic foxes, corvids and swift-flying jaegers; as well as dogs, gray wolves and avian predators. Males defend the nest by standing guard nearby while the female incubates the eggs and broods the young. Both sexes attack approaching predators, dive-bombing them and engaging in distraction displays to draw the predator away from a nest. They also compete directly for lemmings and other prey with several predators, including Rough-legged Hawks, Golden Eagles, Peregrine Falcons, Gyrfalcons, jaegers, Glaucous Gulls, Short-eared Owls, Great Horned Owls, Eurasian Eagle Owls, Common Ravens, wolves, arctic foxes, and ermine. They are normally dominant over other raptors although may (sometimes fatally) lose in conflicts to large raptors such as other Bubo owls, Golden Eagles and the smaller but much faster Peregrine Falcons. Some species nesting near Snowy Owl nests, such as the Snow Goose, seem to benefit from the incidental protection of snowy owls that drive competing predators out of the area.<br /><br /><br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count" href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet" href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style" href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><script src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4cff0a930d582914" type="text/javascript"></script></div><script src="http://platform.linkedin.com/in.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script data-counter="right" type="in/share"></script><br /><div class="sbutton" id="su"><script src="http://www.stumbleupon.com/hostedbadge.php?s=5"> </script> </div></div></div>

Amazing Snowy Owl

Male Female The Snowy Owl (Bubo scandiacus) is a large owl of the typical owl family Strigidae. The Snowy Owl was first classified in 1758...

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World's best indoor gardens

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Indoor gardens — from state-of-the-art biodomes to classic conservatories — can make garden-strolling a year-round sport. Not only can these covered spaces be a great cure for the mid-winter blues, but the controlled climate is a place where non-native plants can thrive. Below is one of the best indoor gardens in the world.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="http://jugdemental.blogspot.ca/2013/09/worlds-best-indoor-gardens.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQW_TEcGJ5CIruZK31yVpifLm9jupQMQH5-AcQfxnjKSnOj17YqI2QhQFJZrieLS-7mxVsF-AbaRU1GNXlx5x65UZ0cYwc5KwyPf5VaRypTtRYlxIpQOkNydpBIgt7HZf8-YX2_HhTdJLh/s1600/hot-dry-biome-eden-project.jpg" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://jugdemental.blogspot.ca/2013/09/worlds-best-indoor-gardens.html" target="_blank">hot-dry-biome-eden-project</a></td></tr></tbody></table><a name="more"></a><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRo7o6A6DFgKzdf6GcYUd6QJdUoe8PEA0Jg9wOl0dO7oBW69JA533ZNDelP2kroTs2JR3SasMbP1adYJaimRGfUdGrH_HeyI06Qkdp4hhmzgwmByJj3k1F-szq3dmRNio2JFIbSlCUVL80/s1600/kew-gardens-cactus.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRo7o6A6DFgKzdf6GcYUd6QJdUoe8PEA0Jg9wOl0dO7oBW69JA533ZNDelP2kroTs2JR3SasMbP1adYJaimRGfUdGrH_HeyI06Qkdp4hhmzgwmByJj3k1F-szq3dmRNio2JFIbSlCUVL80/s1600/kew-gardens-cactus.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, London</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7v4jWKSFo8EcC_uYgP5N4DZvKZsI5RLOLKxWPniKTbWc1Iijr3s0l2zOjPhqw8C6RAulMQnxhopMOBKNXD9ae13s0lNeFyNhTwkAxGgkZQQg1yACh3U82IA24XAYATcB6B0ymUtD-Q3CI/s1600/gardens-by-the-bay-singapore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7v4jWKSFo8EcC_uYgP5N4DZvKZsI5RLOLKxWPniKTbWc1Iijr3s0l2zOjPhqw8C6RAulMQnxhopMOBKNXD9ae13s0lNeFyNhTwkAxGgkZQQg1yACh3U82IA24XAYATcB6B0ymUtD-Q3CI/s1600/gardens-by-the-bay-singapore.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gardens by the Bay, Singapore</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM7sU63PkfN8oyJWdSM4iKyLF5EWMjBIxg9BF0mc8P3-IMFegptQ0Jod1yDeQJa_DHIgLMMIWIfe3Nf3OdGLdmeAysDBhkXeQeY7y6d4AupnDW2eZwk7QAW1AofBXLFkryTt1Mgzmh36ZS/s1600/us-botanic-garden-court-pink-flowers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM7sU63PkfN8oyJWdSM4iKyLF5EWMjBIxg9BF0mc8P3-IMFegptQ0Jod1yDeQJa_DHIgLMMIWIfe3Nf3OdGLdmeAysDBhkXeQeY7y6d4AupnDW2eZwk7QAW1AofBXLFkryTt1Mgzmh36ZS/s1600/us-botanic-garden-court-pink-flowers.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">U.S. Botanic Garden, Washington, D.C.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWSrBg1jtQ1lMannWAadbfyixzA5aIHonYs0aAyePqd5_Mcm_KFEKHCWTrULOAz6hasEAq8vXhUgynp86ocwyGZT1adIZixNY3H8gNzATQhtSOwslTBJ6ebAYkocbAztm3LR92UH07l6R9/s1600/montreal-biodome-parrots.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWSrBg1jtQ1lMannWAadbfyixzA5aIHonYs0aAyePqd5_Mcm_KFEKHCWTrULOAz6hasEAq8vXhUgynp86ocwyGZT1adIZixNY3H8gNzATQhtSOwslTBJ6ebAYkocbAztm3LR92UH07l6R9/s1600/montreal-biodome-parrots.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Montreal Botanic Garden and Biodome</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibobyJPbHkU0OtuVDxnrC6VFo7ePXx6CErJ7jYyrKlTmcd-QPsEAMymIrjy-TIE8fI98GA-sHX7UnsnfnnM8BnrUelwoy8RicTVu9d_DCGdb4qfwXxYdYxKQFMxNqdkPjtg24_hykdSZgD/s1600/eden-project-cornwall-domes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibobyJPbHkU0OtuVDxnrC6VFo7ePXx6CErJ7jYyrKlTmcd-QPsEAMymIrjy-TIE8fI98GA-sHX7UnsnfnnM8BnrUelwoy8RicTVu9d_DCGdb4qfwXxYdYxKQFMxNqdkPjtg24_hykdSZgD/s1600/eden-project-cornwall-domes.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Eden Project, England</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xrJtVBcDzEhkw9fnzEooKepg7k8fb51SYfRsEFLC-8Jt9sx0HhDDQU67J0Ng7XgNnLATG-XJddueCb-PBaYxlOXt7ataUTWLmDOU3jerzjgPNDwS-GXWBG0se2wc1O5eekMJquXlfFxY/s1600/madrid-atocha-station.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xrJtVBcDzEhkw9fnzEooKepg7k8fb51SYfRsEFLC-8Jt9sx0HhDDQU67J0Ng7XgNnLATG-XJddueCb-PBaYxlOXt7ataUTWLmDOU3jerzjgPNDwS-GXWBG0se2wc1O5eekMJquXlfFxY/s1600/madrid-atocha-station.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Atocha Station, Madrid</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA1lwGK9kFT9zOxtjIg04Q0rqvwqG3t7h4vaP7FYVAWSz3O_t5uwHjhfmIdxSLHoQJMzrK6zx3ooqhEiGTn9v1wQhZ2yRhm3MM58xBxwcgMlcHQZOgDNbPOV4v39-NuN0W0k2ejt7i-Qkb/s1600/cecil-b-day-butterfly-center-yellow-butterfly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA1lwGK9kFT9zOxtjIg04Q0rqvwqG3t7h4vaP7FYVAWSz3O_t5uwHjhfmIdxSLHoQJMzrK6zx3ooqhEiGTn9v1wQhZ2yRhm3MM58xBxwcgMlcHQZOgDNbPOV4v39-NuN0W0k2ejt7i-Qkb/s1600/cecil-b-day-butterfly-center-yellow-butterfly.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cecil B. Day Butterfly Center, Georgia</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzy_-cGmzQ3G-9b3uvHRfku9oV9fhnqXEUHnpqEEtsS9L6Djnxcpbmk9Hu6griDSYZj2M3GgbYMVimVdEMm-0j5g3LpN0RvJNujjgBuM4lnRgCW-ID8Rp8E2cmJoDea5PpHcdjXo75qErP/s1600/phipps-botanical-garden-formal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzy_-cGmzQ3G-9b3uvHRfku9oV9fhnqXEUHnpqEEtsS9L6Djnxcpbmk9Hu6griDSYZj2M3GgbYMVimVdEMm-0j5g3LpN0RvJNujjgBuM4lnRgCW-ID8Rp8E2cmJoDea5PpHcdjXo75qErP/s1600/phipps-botanical-garden-formal.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Phipps Conservatory, Pittsburgh</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-2crUenDOdJnkS7R5RGTXy9iDamE_Rav_5sDX0btih1rZW-DFmmMz9pszeKOOQq26qA7EoHWJ2i6_wq5smKuKrlfeCxrWizQORqChDmE0gQOfWDbuGbA1OWvThzUHXICATd3Fyn8mj-5t/s1600/longwood-gardens-greenhouse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-2crUenDOdJnkS7R5RGTXy9iDamE_Rav_5sDX0btih1rZW-DFmmMz9pszeKOOQq26qA7EoHWJ2i6_wq5smKuKrlfeCxrWizQORqChDmE0gQOfWDbuGbA1OWvThzUHXICATd3Fyn8mj-5t/s1600/longwood-gardens-greenhouse.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Longwood Gardens, Philadelphia</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-OhFdR8hOB5ieU-FSzUUSGhhgz_FCPxOFMDPoXpG605acIpxrMFbQx3fpUsAd5ZGVCPbjW81AVc2p-itViBG592kBtAA8Ndckhgxr7PJFqT_o3jdV8KtVmV0xevqby9k4fdg-PsOnAus2/s1600/yumenoshima-greenhouse-domes_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-OhFdR8hOB5ieU-FSzUUSGhhgz_FCPxOFMDPoXpG605acIpxrMFbQx3fpUsAd5ZGVCPbjW81AVc2p-itViBG592kBtAA8Ndckhgxr7PJFqT_o3jdV8KtVmV0xevqby9k4fdg-PsOnAus2/s1600/yumenoshima-greenhouse-domes_1.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yumenoshima Tropical Greenhouse Dome, Tokyo</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count" href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet" href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style" href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><script src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4cff0a930d582914" type="text/javascript"></script></div><script src="http://platform.linkedin.com/in.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script data-counter="right" type="in/share"></script><br /><div class="sbutton" id="su"><script src="http://www.stumbleupon.com/hostedbadge.php?s=5"> </script> </div></div></div>

World's best indoor gardens

Indoor gardens — from state-of-the-art biodomes to classic conservatories — can make garden-strolling a year-round sport. Not only can these...

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Top 5 World Best-looking Cars Ever.

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Here’s list of five great-looking cars, and it concentrates on the '50s and '60s — they were a golden era for automotive styling.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="http://jugdemental.blogspot.ca/2013/05/top-5-world-best-looking-cars-ever.html"><img border="0" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFRYLMRLDM-ZRO0kzAmC4z5VqsFHqADFCr3bZ25esaGUI68c3sRkD0ESCiT8TR5EEM6noYECXYQppE8WMDe54ZSawDN5NspWlKH9KFqh78nXv4NqfYmq-j30SytW6XVtK7ew8VMiqcw4c/s640/800px-1963_Jaguar_XK-E_Roadster.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: left;"><b><a href="http://jugdemental.blogspot.ca/2013/05/top-5-world-best-looking-cars-ever.html">Jaguar E-Type</a></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><a name="more"></a>The Jaguar E-Type (a.k.a. Jaguar XK-E) is a British sports car, manufactured by Jaguar Cars Ltd between 1961 and 1974. Its combination of good looks, high performance, and competitive pricing established the marque as an icon of 1960s motoring. More than 70,000 E-Types were sold.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZbkzt5E_idAY_jRQ_OBLbsq7chKjx3vgqCu9VadnEzjvg6xUHmKjzQgYDQO2Uc7ziWI5vttfnvQmYSrQ10wjFAb-abK5pL1Bfc1NbSwKglE5LdAgXSdDyNr4XfY7yd_J7eoSWqzq8Rc/s1600/800px-BMW_507.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEZbkzt5E_idAY_jRQ_OBLbsq7chKjx3vgqCu9VadnEzjvg6xUHmKjzQgYDQO2Uc7ziWI5vttfnvQmYSrQ10wjFAb-abK5pL1Bfc1NbSwKglE5LdAgXSdDyNr4XfY7yd_J7eoSWqzq8Rc/s640/800px-BMW_507.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"> </span><b><span style="font-size: small;">BMW 507</span></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br />The BMW 507 is a roadster produced by BMW from 1956 to 1959. Initially intended to be exported to the United States at a rate of thousands per year, it ended up being too expensive, resulting in a total production figure of 252 cars and heavy losses for BMW<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_GPF1h53cySVudZy4_MiDCuRZtK2OAnkeVikOK7Irz6OGz75Aip6fckZ9mnmiTfM3cIqCzW7TL63zKCF1kJylcfJbcd4dnWRXCp-DTNOhlIAeYvbLnwg5QkylCkGkDeDjvdrz37fDOW0/s1600/800px-DB4GT_Zagato_at_Goodwood.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_GPF1h53cySVudZy4_MiDCuRZtK2OAnkeVikOK7Irz6OGz75Aip6fckZ9mnmiTfM3cIqCzW7TL63zKCF1kJylcfJbcd4dnWRXCp-DTNOhlIAeYvbLnwg5QkylCkGkDeDjvdrz37fDOW0/s640/800px-DB4GT_Zagato_at_Goodwood.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;">Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato.</span> </strong></td></tr></tbody></table><br />The Aston Martin DB4 GT Zagato was introduced in October 1960 at the London Motor Show. It was effectively a DB4 GT, lightened and improved by the Zagato factory in Italy, by Ercole Spada. <br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7Bh2OGfxa0mhbtIJ9ScVbt8Ty6odt7EP9BlpgKALFLyeebpgkjs9YY7MDJWpzTat7cpYtzkndhbBhcA222ypzuiNkKrYsE2aVOJDbUbgKsYYmqoSYVS7VDhVNOGV_pfH_SNAVJznSDo/s1600/1939_Delahaye_Type_165_Figoni_&_Falaschi.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN7Bh2OGfxa0mhbtIJ9ScVbt8Ty6odt7EP9BlpgKALFLyeebpgkjs9YY7MDJWpzTat7cpYtzkndhbBhcA222ypzuiNkKrYsE2aVOJDbUbgKsYYmqoSYVS7VDhVNOGV_pfH_SNAVJznSDo/s640/1939_Delahaye_Type_165_Figoni_&_Falaschi.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">1939 Delahaye Type 165 Cabriolet with coachwork by Figoni and Falaschi</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; text-align: start;">.</span></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br />When it was first shown at the World’s Far in 1939, the modernity and sublime beauty of this car’s styling drew throngs of admirers from the public and the press.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCt_ZY7JunSazvzKMdEolR7SND4eOM6MnkD9iGw5zgUSgWdzeli5rT5N-kXQV95-eE-cSSKWtvDfnm7W4Gkd6ph_VfLST1joDET0jeWaS6GnSeQglEz2HlHSDmJz0o6MbqejqIYT6hSrg/s1600/800px-Mercedes_300SL_Coupe_vr_silver_EMS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCt_ZY7JunSazvzKMdEolR7SND4eOM6MnkD9iGw5zgUSgWdzeli5rT5N-kXQV95-eE-cSSKWtvDfnm7W4Gkd6ph_VfLST1joDET0jeWaS6GnSeQglEz2HlHSDmJz0o6MbqejqIYT6hSrg/s640/800px-Mercedes_300SL_Coupe_vr_silver_EMS.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mercedes-Benz 300SL</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><br />The Mercedes-Benz 300SL was the first iteration of the SL-Class grand tourer convertibles and fastest production car of its day. Internally numbered W198, it was introduced in 1954 as a two-seat sports car with distinctive gull-wing doors and later offered as an open roadster.<br />Built by Daimler-Benz AG, the fuel-injected production model was based on the company's highly successful yet somewhat less powerful carbureted 1952 race car, the Mercedes-Benz 300SL (W194).<br /><br /><br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style "><a class="addthis_button_facebook_like" fb:like:layout="button_count" href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><a class="addthis_button_tweet" href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><a class="addthis_counter addthis_pill_style" href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a><script src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=xa-4cff0a930d582914" type="text/javascript"></script></div><script src="http://platform.linkedin.com/in.js" type="text/javascript"></script><script data-counter="right" type="in/share"></script><br /><div class="sbutton" id="su"><script src="http://www.stumbleupon.com/hostedbadge.php?s=5"> </script> </div></div></div>

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Amazing World Underground Tours.

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Underground attractions boast a sense of intrigue unlike almost anything you're likely to see at street level. Many of these sites feature relics of the past, from speakeasy couches to stacks of human skulls. Enjoy the collection!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://jugdemental.blogspot.ca/2013/05/amazing-world-underground-tour.html"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwT1NOxTCu9VKsJzVOXD8cQbG1VbA3dwOses1iOFDyVSiqbGqbzT35bS33qdUNYWIx_eq-bF0_E4AaX_ea4CnZjr6i3fMPMkkJH8fXMeb51zhs5sgp1Id-J_RdDcc5aiuh5-gAYfvGx8o/s1600/eisriesenwelt_2.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><a name="more"></a><b><span style="font-size: large;">Eisriesenwelt, Austria</span></b><br />Eisriesenwelt, an expansive natural cavern outside of Salzburg, Austria, is much more than a standard cave destination. Known as the world's largest ice cave, Eisriesenwelt features amazing rock and ice formations. The subterranean landscapes include stunning frozen waterfalls, semi-translucent pillars of ice. The cave — at least the small portion that tour groups are allowed to enter — has a whimsical feel that makes enduring the below-freezing temps (even during the summertime) worthwhile. Tour season is from May through late October. The ice formations make this arguably the most visually stunning tourist cave in the world. Eisriesenwelt is certainly the best natural underground attraction on our list.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQGuhn8ngzBRkV1sRN_zn472FSTA6_R96YYYI1vQLShyphenhyphen4cJxDfp5KR7Sikl_4YEfeNBTi1Z_OMWXjv6BcR9pMqIlVOlSXfysdczl779Fxq47wrHoLHny1Yt1ckaFZ5eld_2k8ZDPpvxQw/s1600/vietnam_tunnel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQGuhn8ngzBRkV1sRN_zn472FSTA6_R96YYYI1vQLShyphenhyphen4cJxDfp5KR7Sikl_4YEfeNBTi1Z_OMWXjv6BcR9pMqIlVOlSXfysdczl779Fxq47wrHoLHny1Yt1ckaFZ5eld_2k8ZDPpvxQw/s1600/vietnam_tunnel.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Cu Chi tunnels, Vietnam</span></b><br />One of Vietnam's most interesting war-era attractions is found near the town of Cu Chi, about 40 miles outside of central Ho Chi Minh City. A network of tunnels used by Viet Cong forces until 1975 are now open for tours. Visitors can enter a small portion of the original complex, which, at the peak of the Vietnam War, included tunnels that together measured about 120 miles in length. The passageways were only 2 to 3 feet in diameter, but there were also underground barracks, command centers, and even mess halls and hospital operating rooms. Today, visitors can crawl through sections of the original tunnel (some of which have been widened slightly to accommodate more tourists).<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZtRdcrUvNvVxlm6EQroq0W_-ZCSgazlO6JKZifX8bTv61N6uYZjBsxpLQI8Wo_hE9IADquTRYUGwffsl7Q7wtDCDxUih2AEuYzRhKfhFCdfOpOSD4OEcz9XcAfxy5HGjsNMGQYJMo5g0/s1600/london_underground.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZtRdcrUvNvVxlm6EQroq0W_-ZCSgazlO6JKZifX8bTv61N6uYZjBsxpLQI8Wo_hE9IADquTRYUGwffsl7Q7wtDCDxUih2AEuYzRhKfhFCdfOpOSD4OEcz9XcAfxy5HGjsNMGQYJMo5g0/s1600/london_underground.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">London Underground</span></b><br />One of the best ways to get in touch with both London's past and present is to tour its famous Underground. The modern Underground, called the Tube by locals, is one of the best subway networks in the world. Down in the Underground, more than a century-and-a-half of history comes into view. Many Tube tours start where the first underground train set out from its station in 1863. Most tours also follow the development of the Tube system in the later part of the 19th century (when many of the tunnels were dug by hand). Tour-goers will also get to see stations that were used as bomb shelters during World War II. People who are more interested in seeing the secret side of the Underground should keep their eyes out for planned tours of so-called “ghost stations.”<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSnices97AVi94urlR2u2lGLSN5wJ0-qEnm9Tt0CiK0rbkuFKAcWW2upXLT6sWgOkLJi_4dt3GEjRK8NJJ0zFZJj91W53G18g65A2G24oU7S0_B-YVwAae_s_LCFTgfpqqIuAfR9Jbb44/s1600/rynek_underground.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSnices97AVi94urlR2u2lGLSN5wJ0-qEnm9Tt0CiK0rbkuFKAcWW2upXLT6sWgOkLJi_4dt3GEjRK8NJJ0zFZJj91W53G18g65A2G24oU7S0_B-YVwAae_s_LCFTgfpqqIuAfR9Jbb44/s1600/rynek_underground.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Rynek Underground Museum, Poland</span></b><br />The Rynek Underground Museum sits about 15 feet below the surface of the Main Market Square (Rynek Główny) in Krakow, Poland. This is an ancient area, with a history dating back more than 1,000 years. This long (and colorful) past is still evident in the ground just beneath the marketplace. A recent archeological project uncovered artifacts dating back to the 11th century. A thousand-year-old cemetery, the remains of wooden huts from medieval times, and a variety of other intriguing remnants of the past have been unearthed. The excavation area was recently converted into an underground museum with exhibit spaces. History buffs and casual curiosity seekers alike will appreciate the chance to see some of the archeological finds in the exact places where they were originally uncovered. Some of the high-tech, plasma-screen displays may make this seem like a less-authentic, less-mysterious underground attraction. However, the artifacts themselves, including a well-preserved cobblestone road and wooden huts, really make Rynek a worthwhile subterranean destination.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf91lC7cQ-iYgv87-iD2AnIl5KcJ9DWVw_0FcH0aDnsIKb-Xioi4DYsbCnvTw4nO76V9WJvkaLl-06fItGX2-K9YiuTcS_nTZUhgV8KHuxIO-vvI0OXhuVK5P4n7dhXbXGfXY_Y_MuUBw/s1600/seattle_underground.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf91lC7cQ-iYgv87-iD2AnIl5KcJ9DWVw_0FcH0aDnsIKb-Xioi4DYsbCnvTw4nO76V9WJvkaLl-06fItGX2-K9YiuTcS_nTZUhgV8KHuxIO-vvI0OXhuVK5P4n7dhXbXGfXY_Y_MuUBw/s1600/seattle_underground.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Seattle Underground</span></b><br />Once a thriving street-level neighborhood, the places that make up the Seattle Underground were covered by elevated buildings after a major fire sparked redevelopment in the late 19th century. As the city grew up around it, the Underground eventually became home to hidden flophouses, illegal gambling and opium dens, and prohibition-era speakeasies. A local entrepreneur first started offering tours of these abandoned places more than 50 years ago.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1lK5OPlvmL1NxP8j2wD3JryODL94f4xOBszIM4R3DVzpQjTMyBMjZ84MMUSRIhttxtAKKabRznmPE0jWslfJ5MkLOmOMNS4lpEzxiH4czViYPrlQqXkDZiUuSTuDjrCB5cUNVTiTLu4/s1600/st_michaels_crypt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1lK5OPlvmL1NxP8j2wD3JryODL94f4xOBszIM4R3DVzpQjTMyBMjZ84MMUSRIhttxtAKKabRznmPE0jWslfJ5MkLOmOMNS4lpEzxiH4czViYPrlQqXkDZiUuSTuDjrCB5cUNVTiTLu4/s1600/st_michaels_crypt.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Tunnels and cellars of Vienna</span></b><br />Many people come to Vienna to soak in the classical architecture and history. However, Vienna's underground crypts, sewers, tunnels and cellars offer a different type of Austrian experience. The crypts of St. Michael's Church (shown here) and the cellars, sewers and passageways under the adjacent Michaelerplatz are worth a look because of their atmosphere and the role that they played in Vienna’s past. The famous Orson Welles movie "The Third Man" was filmed in tunnels and drainage sewers just like the ones that tourists are led through today. Some underground tours also visit Baroque-era wine cellars (complete with bottles) and even some sites that have been excavated in search of Roman ruins and relics.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWMA1uN25IZcvE28vi_gt1xGuDV_8Y5sv80TZLjNrf7zbEV4PwtIeu4HMgiJf4CN_4eD6eq39ai6kMEg_QZRFyYbNyeWeIS2insGfyFXywtmtbczyzioFi3DABVIUKbYua9C-5iNQKddo/s1600/roman_catacomb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWMA1uN25IZcvE28vi_gt1xGuDV_8Y5sv80TZLjNrf7zbEV4PwtIeu4HMgiJf4CN_4eD6eq39ai6kMEg_QZRFyYbNyeWeIS2insGfyFXywtmtbczyzioFi3DABVIUKbYua9C-5iNQKddo/s1600/roman_catacomb.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Rome's catacombs</span></b><br />The most famous (and perhaps the most impressive) catacombs in the world are found in and around Rome. Many tours of the catacombs of Rome trace the city's colorful and sometimes-violent history from medieval times back to the first year of the Common Era. These are the catacombs of lore, with their stacked skulls and human bones laid out in unusual patterns. Tours from companies like Dark Rome offer stops in multiple catacombs including some of the most famous, including San Sebastian and the Capuchin Crypt. Roman tour companies also visit archeological sites like the Basilica of San Clemente, where ancient worship spaces and Roman ruins were discovered in layers below the tiles of the church.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWntUxKtlZcQxJfqV13gAtFJfGyBuH3gHORz7dy60KdS3d43zfaVgPbfWQIMPj7jw0RLs_ee4x5YQxAEwLU7zPUgRZbXXRDQLS_pJ8vTpYIkefeRHXgxIqGY0z7WoMT3NuV-vROHAjlk/s1600/istanbul_cistern.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWntUxKtlZcQxJfqV13gAtFJfGyBuH3gHORz7dy60KdS3d43zfaVgPbfWQIMPj7jw0RLs_ee4x5YQxAEwLU7zPUgRZbXXRDQLS_pJ8vTpYIkefeRHXgxIqGY0z7WoMT3NuV-vROHAjlk/s1600/istanbul_cistern.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Istanbul cistern</span></b><br />Constructed in the sixth century (on the location of a smaller cistern that was even older), the Byzantine Cistern in Istanbul, Turkey, is one of the most visually stunning underground attractions on our list. The experience of seeing this historic place is enhanced by the use of spotlights, which illuminate the cistern's trademark pillars and create reflections in the water that still flows into this ancient structure. The cistern is open daily, and there are special events, such as classical music concerts, that take place here.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRAfmABeFoyfq6lLAHXkhc7eNV7V5jVtYuchvX4gibaI_U24CUFZfkBPVrgebBU0ObmVSS2iijlF3FrD-Yp818UblCaGNXD2tVQVAxDIltUG6d912y0Lq7eZtwJacHsUJBvGzDsZIe9w/s1600/coober_pedy_underground.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRAfmABeFoyfq6lLAHXkhc7eNV7V5jVtYuchvX4gibaI_U24CUFZfkBPVrgebBU0ObmVSS2iijlF3FrD-Yp818UblCaGNXD2tVQVAxDIltUG6d912y0Lq7eZtwJacHsUJBvGzDsZIe9w/s1600/coober_pedy_underground.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Coober Pedy, Australia</span></b><br />This mining town in Australia's Outback is considered the opal capital of the world. The first stop for those interested in subterranean wonders is a tour of an opal mine, but mines are only one type of underground attraction in Coober Pedy. The harsh desert weather makes living underground the best option for people who work in the mining industry. In addition to homes, there are subterranean churches (shown here), restaurants, bars and hotels all around Coober Pedy. Visitors can stay in a hostel that was once used by miners who would dig for opals right outside their rooms. You won't find thousands of years of human history in this Australian town, but you will find a thriving community of people for whom living below the surface is a way of life.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEile_KiXiuGuGnHdghpuMIA-iLwi35QmfXRHU-SPv_9IyyXtRVrOR7x4p59eRxW67YMJZ2iwc5lPi12I70VuJtbHpwu01Izq2OGBu4K-mJjzxv_OrtHw219bnxHErhFKXFCur-ZHBO7pP4/s1600/naples_catacombs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEile_KiXiuGuGnHdghpuMIA-iLwi35QmfXRHU-SPv_9IyyXtRVrOR7x4p59eRxW67YMJZ2iwc5lPi12I70VuJtbHpwu01Izq2OGBu4K-mJjzxv_OrtHw219bnxHErhFKXFCur-ZHBO7pP4/s1600/naples_catacombs.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;">Subterranean Naples</span></b><br />Naples may not be the first city on a tourist's Italian itinerary, but for people seeking underground adventure, it's a worthy stop. The draw is the sheer number of different underground tour options in various parts of the city. A tour through ancient Roman aqueducts and cisterns is one choice, while another tour visits a series of caverns and tunnels that were used over the centuries as storage spaces, hiding places, bomb shelters and underground churches. The large Fontanelle Underground Cemetery and number of ancient crypts can also be found under the city. 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