Meet the Furcifer labordi chameleon. He'll be dead within the year.

Oktapodi! (YT) Cute animation about an octopus' fight to save his beloved from deep frying. Lots more info here. Made by Frenchy students from GOBELINS, l'école de l'image.

The Empire grants some shore leave. Star Wars invades San Francisco in this fan film. More about this on the Official Star Wars blog.

Slow Motion Lightening . Wowsome. Stolen from this week's B3TA newsletter.

Are you a slacker perv sicko with a skeleton in your cupboard? Yeah, me too. Apparently we all are, so don't worry about it. Typically Twisted from Psychology Today. via

Solzhenitsyn dead at 89. more inside

Curious Holidays George Want to go on holiday soon. Don't know where. Please help! more inside

Guinea pig festival in Peru. Aw, look, they've dressed their guinea pigs up as people. Now what are they doing? Oh...

The Beige Site. Because old people are LOLsome! more inside

Tacky Weddings. We've all been to one. more inside

Dan’s Auto & Truck Parts - For all your baby otter repairs. Baby otters have a weekend break. With vid.

The Bikini Effect. Your beach wear is making me want Burger King. Trufax.

Man Babies Just wrong.

Cedric Saves The Day? Cedric the Tasmanian Devil may hold the key to beating a cancerous disease threatening his species with extinction. Let's hope the boffins are right. No comment from this guy yet.

Say It Ain't So! Septics To Re-make Spaced! Top-notch Brit Sit-com Spaced is about to be buggered to buggery by our friends across the pond. more inside

Death From Above. A poison-laden US spy satellite is careering around the planet and is due to re-enter the atmosphere any week now. Don't panic.

It's stock-take time at British Zoos. Some animals appear to be co-operating. More pics.

io9 The new(ish) sci-fi blog from the Gawker stable. For all your Dr Who, Star Trek, Batman, Cloverfield etc gossip. Plus cheesecake Imperial recruitment posters.

Who Speaks For Earth? The Active v Passive debate in the SETI community. And do we really want to attract the attention of advanced alien civilizations? more inside

Who ate all the pies? Um...me! Dog nearly ruins fat blert's chances.