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Awesome Stuff Around The Internet

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Ex-NBA All Star Who Made $100 Million Is Now Working At A Starbucks – Food Beast

Husky Dog Mothers Rescue Kitten and Raises Her Like a Pup – Ned Hardy

Nina Agdal Is The Hottest Little Beach Bunny Out There – Crowd Ignite

Cute girls rule the world – Bro My God

10 Intriguing Pieces Of Evidence For Bible Stories – Linkiest

8 Things Mentally Strong People Do Every Single Day – Inc

Girl Thinks She Knows The Law But Ends Up Getting Arrested (video) – Leenks

America’s Most Brutal Race Is Underway…135 Mile Ultramarathon In Death Valley! – Newser

Nina Dobrev’s Wet Swimsuit Photos in France – G-Celeb

The Worst Movie Directors of All Time – Ranker

Monika ‘Jac’ Jagaciak Has Joined the Victoria’s Secret Roster (44 Photos) – Radass

16 Infographics That Will Help You Become An Adult – Classy Bro

2016 Ford Mustang Shelby GT350R: Riding Shotgun in One of the Year’s Most Anticipated Cars – Car And Driver

Sexy and I know It (38 Cute Girls Taking Selfies) – Regretful Morning

The 10 Richest People of All Time – TIME

The Sexiest Social Media Pics of the Week – Celeb Slam

This bikini might be illegal in 20 states – Double Viking

You Need To Take A Look At Dan Bilzerian’s Bill, For Electric Zoo. And Holy F*ck! – College Envy

Doing these 9 uncomfortable things will pay off forever – Business Insider

Celebrities with Unibrows (gallery) – World Wide Interweb

What The ‘Game Of Thrones’ Cast Looked Like During Their Awkward Teen Years –

Life is just full of funny coincidences (29 Photos) – Bad Sentinel

The First Humans To Live To 150 Are Probably Already Alive –

Aussie Model Emily Sears Sports the Latest in ‘Dayuuum Girl!’ – The Blemish

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The Type Of Girl That Makes You Forget How To Talk

Reaction GIFs Beeyotch!

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Wife’s reaction when our friends ask her about breast feeding



 

When I ask a lady how old her baby is and she says “34 months”



 

When I’m the only person that listens to death metal and my friend hands me the aux cord



 

When I continue watching a porn after I nut 



 

When I’m open, but no one will pass me the ball.



 

When I made a campfire and all the mosquitos flew in the fire 

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When my friend says he’ll pay me back

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When I accidentally take my grandmother’s pills instead of regular vitamins



 

When you’re at a party and the drugs hit you and you have to get away from everyone and concentrate on not dying



 

When I leave for work and I can hear my dog whimper through the door

 

When I see my crazy ex-girlfriend’s car pull into the office parking lot



 

When I wipe my ass for the 12th time and it’s still not clean 



 

When my friend introduces me to someone and instantly walks off 



 

When my brother tells me that Mom wants to talk to me



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A Generous Serving Of AWESOME To Help You Celebrate Friday

“A Dog Is The Only Thing On Earth That Loves You More Than He Loves Himself.”

College Girls Are The Best

The Dumping Grounds

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Ronda Rousey on her physique/ “Do Nothing Bitches”

Jake Lloyd (Anakin Skywalker) – Star Wars Destroyed My Life

Man Goes To Dentist To Get 3 Teeth Pulled, Dentist Pulls 32

Sad Homeless Puppy Transformed!

Military Vet Comes Home To Catch His Wife Cheating On Him

Woman is addicted to Cheesy Potatoes

Eddie Bravo is so high he can barely keep his eyes open and he will also show you how to set up the Electric Chair

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Awesome Stuff Around The Internet

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15 Photos Guaranteed To Put A Smile On Your Face – Ned Hardy

19 Images That Will Make You ‘Nope’ Out Loud – Linkiest

Holly peers is probably the best model ever – Bro My God

Why Are Dogs So Insanely Happy to See Us When We Get Home? – io9

27 Wonderfully Hot Sofia Vergara GIFs – Crowd Ignite

Videobomber Scares The Crap Out Of Reporter (video) – Leenks

Bella Thorne in a Bikini Top & Short Shorts in Venice – G-Celeb

The Biggest, Most Insane List Of Fair Foods You’ll Ever Read – Food Beast

Why This ‘Golden Child’ Tried to Have Her Parents Killed – Newser

32 Hot Daisy Duke Pics Well Worth Seeing Again – Radass

All The Times Ronda Rousey Proved She Is Queen Of The Nerds – Uproxx

27 Fascinating Photos of Hot Chicks Exercising – Regretful Morning

Being Charlotte McKinney is hard – Celeb Slam

Why 8 Top Chefs Quit The Kitchen – Thrillist

Two smoking hot blonde sisters – Double Viking

Former Top Gear Hosts Sign Biggest Deal in Streaming History – Classy Bro

Bet you can’t guess which is the millionaire (24 Photos) – Bad Sentinel

The Worst Things That Have Ever Happened During Sex – Ranker

Chrissy Teigen’s Fried Chicken Ass Dance Teases John Legend – The Blemish

The 50 Funniest Classified Ads Ever – World Wide Interweb

Jesse James Decker on Instagram Bringing the Beauty (15 Pics) – The Rackup

Every Single Girl In ZTA From Florida State Is An Absolute Rocket – College Envy

Awesome online game of the week – Angry Birds 2

35 BiSexual Celebs: #16 Will Shock YouLifeDaily – Taboola

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Awesome Stuff Around The Internet

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Life Is Beautiful – Ned Hardy

27 Wonderfully Hot Sofia Vergara GIFs – Crowd Ignite

Cute girls and their big beautiful eyes – Bro My God

10 Hunting Pictures That Sparked Media Outrage – Linkiest

Ellie Goulding’s Bikini Photos In Ibiza – G-Celeb

Corn Flakes Invented to Curb Masturbation – Newser

Dealing With A Suicide Jumper In Saudi Arabia (video) – Leenks

Dr. Dre Announces New Album, Explains Why ‘Detox’ Was Never Released – Pigeons And Planes

Happy Bras Optional Monday (37 Photos) – Radass

The insane life of Facebook billionaire Sean Parker – Business Insider

10 Hottest Photos of Mythbusters Kari Byron – Classy Bro

The Grossest Things Ever Found in Fast Food Meals – Ranker

Following lion’s death, Delta Air Lines stops shipping animal trophies – LA Times

The 50 Dumbest Tweets Of All Time – World Wide Interweb

Enjoy your Monday with some epic cleavage (37 Photos) – Bad Sentinel

Major U.S. City Now Requires Pet Stores To Only Sell Rescues – The Dodo

The Sexiest Pics of Jessica Green on Instagram (45 Pics) – Regretful Morning

Dear customers who start shopping five minutes before closing time: everyone hates you – Happy Place

Subway’s Jared Fogle is fu**ed! – Celeb Slam 

Meet the Hottest Travel Photographer Ever – The Blemish

9 Celebrities Who Completely Nailed The Superhero Look! – Taboola

How To Eat A Bowl Of Pho Like You Know What You’re Doing – Food Republic

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Hot Babe Of The Day: Tessa

15 Glorious GIFs For Your Consideration

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Soccer players…toughest guys in all of sports!



 

All of their hands go into humming bird mode. All of them.



 

Lopping the caps off honeycomb…absolutely satisfying to watch.



 

This gif gave me diabeteeus

Here is a great tutorial on how to make the chocolate ball


 

Who wants to go skydiving? 



 

Dat bass



 

Good to see a cop stopping another cop from hurting people



 

Moving furniture method in Netherlands



 

Oi! That’s my phone! 



 

Ikuhisa Minowa (5’9) vs Hong Man Choi (7’1)

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A smart bird uses displacement

Crows are in a family of birds called Corvidae which contains magpies, crows, ravens, jays, rooks, jackdaws, treepies, and choughs. Corvidaes are the most intelligent birds that we know of and are capable of self awareness, planning for the future by remembering the past, and making complex tools such as wooden hooks and tapered and barbed tools for catching food, and apparently understanding volume and fluid physics.


 

Dad takes kid out for drifting…kid regrets it…

Race car driver takes his wife out for a drive on the track


 

Ronda Rousey caught in submission hold by a fan



 

1 Horsepower 



 

Pro cyclist wins a race without realizing that he finished first…



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41 Photos That Prove That Kids Are Pretty Much Little Drunk Adults

24 Naughty Girls With Smoking Hot Mugshots

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Charge(s): Possession of a controlled substance

 

Photo credit: Unknown Charge(s): Domestic battery

Charge(s): Domestic battery

 

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Charge(s): Open Container

 

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Charge(s): Grand Theft

 

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Charge(s): Public Intoxication

 

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Charge(s): Shoplifting

 

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Charge(s): Domestic Violence

 

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Charge(s): Battery

 

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Charge(s): Underage Possession of Alcohol & Disorderly Conduct

 

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Charge(s): DUI

 

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Charge(s): Shoplifting

 

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Charge(s): DUI

 

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Charge(s): Violating probation

 

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Charge(s): Trespassing

 

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Charge(s): "Violating statutes governing sexually oriented businesses."

 

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Charge(s): Driving under suspension

 

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Charge(s): Disorderly conduct

 

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Charge(s): Criminal mischief between $50-$500

 

Photo courtesy: L.A. Sheriff’s Office, California Charge(s): Arson

Charge(s): Arson

 

Photo courtesy: Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, Florida Charge(s): DUI and fraudulent use of personal information

Charge(s): DUI and fraudulent use of personal information

 

Photo courtesy: Dade County Sheriff’s Office, Florida Charges: Resisting officer without violence

Charges: Resisting officer without violence

 

Photo courtesy: Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office, Oklahoma Charge(s): Larceny

Charge(s): Larceny

 

Photo courtesy: Pasco County Sheriff’s Office, Florida Charge(s): Possession of cocaine

Charge(s): Possession of cocaine

 

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Charge(s): ???

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The Incredible Story Of The Ironman Twins

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The twins were born three months prematurely and Peder did not get enough oxygen during the birth. As a consequence he suffers from severe cerebral palsy, is bound to a wheelchair and requires 24 hour assistance.

An Incredible True Story of the Ironman Twins

Peder quickly decided not to let his handicap dictate his life or limit his opportunities. The brothers have long shared a dream of completing a full Ironman race together.

An Incredible True Story of the Ironman Twins

Apart from strengthening their own brotherhood, the twins say that they hope to help break down some of the prejudices that exist about handicapped people and their ability to participate in sports.

An Incredible True Story of the Ironman Twins

The twins have had to have special equipment made – for instance this harness so Steen can pull his brother after him in an inflatable kayak during the 3.86 km swim.

An Incredible True Story of the Ironman Twins

Team Tvilling Danish for Team Twin is the name the brothers use when they enter a race.

An Incredible True Story of the Ironman Twins

A full Ironman race consists of first a 3,86 km swim, a 180,25 km bicycle ride and lastly a full marathon run of 42,2 km – with no breaks.

An Incredible True Story of the Ironman Twins

The brothers previously sought to complete a half Ironan, but had to give up 20 km into the bicycle part because the bike was breaking apart. This picture shows them waiting to get picked up by their older brother.

An Incredible True Story of the Ironman Twins

Steen has this tattoo on his left leg. It is a reminder to never give up. He has previously trained to enter two Ironman races only to have to give up due to injuries.

An Incredible True Story of the Ironman Twins

This picture shows Peder at a summercamp for kids with cerebral palsy where he and his brother spoke about not being limited by one’s disability.

An Incredible True Story of the Ironman Twins

The twins first completion of a half Ironman. Their time was 7h22min.

An Incredible True Story of the Ironman Twins

In order to get from the water to the bike Steen has to carry Peder.

An Incredible True Story of the Ironman Twins

Due to the cold, Peder has to put a lot of focus into lying completely still and not let his shaking turn into cramps this photo is also from the half Ironman race.

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The twin’s mother, Else, is cheering them on!

An Incredible True Story of the Ironman Twins

Steen has to push Peder in his carriage up a really steep, slippery hill at a run. Most other runners chose to simply walk up this part.

An Incredible True Story of the Ironman Twins

The twins have a lot of fans who faithfully cheer them on. In fact they have pretty much become the darlings of whole Denmark.

An Incredible True Story of the Ironman Twins

Their mother Else helps out with changing into warm, dry clothers after the race.

An Incredible True Story of the Ironman Twins

Steen picks up his brother for training. The time in the car is spent talking about everything and anything.

An Incredible True Story of the Ironman Twins

The brothers often go eat dinner at their mother’s place after training.

An Incredible True Story of the Ironman Twins

Yesterday morning 24th of August, 2014 Team Tvilling set out to complete the 2014 Ironman Copenhagen race.

An Incredible True Story of the Ironman Twins

Another Ironman contestant comes over to wish Peder good luck.

An Incredible True Story of the Ironman Twins

This picture was taken after 45 minutes of swimming.

An Incredible True Story of the Ironman Twins

After 1h30min the Team Tvilling reaches dry land and Steen carries Peder to their bicycle.

An Incredible True Story of the Ironman Twins

This shows the beginning of the first of the two 90 km bicycle parts.

An Incredible True Story of the Ironman Twins

The route took them through the lovely Danish countryside.

An Incredible True Story of the Ironman Twins

Lots of people had shown up to cheer and show their support.

An Incredible True Story of the Ironman Twins

Team Tvilling was in danger of failing to reach the cut off time on the bicycle part of the race. The rain and wind was a major obstacle, but they make it just in time!

An Incredible True Story of the Ironman Twins

Due to the fact that Copenhagen is a rather small city, the marathon was four laps of the same route.

An Incredible True Story of the Ironman Twins

Steen is getting very tired. Here he has 1 12 lap left of the marathon.

An Incredible True Story of the Ironman Twins

The last lap was run after it had gotten dark. They have to reach the finish line before 23.00 to officially recognized as having completed an Ironman.

An Incredible True Story of the Ironman Twins

At 22.47.38 Team Tvilling reaches the finish line and officially becomes Ironmen! Their final time is 15h 47min 38sec.

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They are both very tired but very happy.

An Incredible True Story of the Ironman Twins

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An Incredible True Story of the Ironman Twins

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8 Signs You’re Dating A Psycho

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Although we like to think of women as gentle and kind beings, there are some that do nothing butbreed chaos, misunderstanding and insanity in relationships–especially when things don’t go their way. Whether these behaviors originate from a chemical imbalance or from the environment in which they were raised, one thing is for sure–dating a nut job can negatively affect all areas of your life; therefore, your goal should be to spot these gals before things get out of control. Here are 8 signs that the woman you’re dating is a psycho. 

1. She’s extremely jealous 
This type of psycho will go to any length to force unreasonable faithfulness on you because of her fear of losing you. Regardless of your constant assurances that you only care about her, she feels threatened when you discuss your previous relationships, gets angry and even has rages when you talk with female relatives, hates the idea of meeting your female friends and refers to all of them as skanks. 

2. She’s controlling your life
Do you have a hard time remembering the last time you had an opinion? Do you recall your last decision? Do you constantly find yourself on the defensive, having to explain all your actions and words? If so, it’s because you’re being completely controlled. This type of psycho is often good at manipulating and intimidating men, making a guy feel he is the one responsible for making her angry or upset.

Controlling women like this believe they know what’s best for their men and will begin selecting the clothes you wear, choosing what movies you’ll watch and deciding what you should or shouldn’t eat. They will tell you when you can go out, when you can invite the guys over to watch the game and will even call you 10-15 times per day to keep track on what you’re doing, who you’re with and where you’re going next with each call. They must be right at all times and will use a great deal of coercion and intimidation to force you into agreeing with them, i.e. shaming you for your thoughts, actions, every time you voice an opinion and will never try to understand your views. 



3. She makes paranoid assumptions

 If another woman calls you on the phone, even if it’s your boss or a female relative, she loses it, and goes into the grand questioning. Even if your 2 or 3 minutes late getting home, she asks what took you so long, or says “You were suppose to be home 3 minutes ago?”. She gets angry every time you come within 20 feet of another attractive woman and demands: “What are you looking at?” She also blows up at you anytime you mention an attractive female celebrity and she asks, “So would you do her? Huh? Would you do her, you bastard?” If your girlfriend is displaying any of these behaviors, you might be in bigger trouble than you think.

4. She threatens to hurt or kill herself
 When a psycho is on to the fact that you aren’t happy and might be looking for a way out, she will take drastic measures will keep you around such as making crazy statements in the middle of arguments, like,“If you leave, I’ll probably kill myself” and other threats of bodily harm. Even if she really wouldn’t kill herself and is just using these threats as a ploy to keep you around, it’s a serious issue that that leaves only one course of action: You have to break up.

5. She gets physical during arguments 
Women like this feel it’s perfectly fine to slap, push, throw objects, force or slam doors and even use weapons against their man when he says or does something they don’t like. These women make unrealistic demands of men and feel like they can inflict any kind physical pain on their men without fear of repercussion due to the man’s fear of criminal charges, losing his job, etc… 

6. She stalks you 
A psycho will do things like call repeatedly or call late at night, leave notes at your home or send unwanted text messages and e-mails. When you just want to hang with your friends or even just be alone, she shows up at the bar, at your work, at the gym and at the bookstore. Check your pockets — she may even be having you tracked.

7. She’s emotionally unstable 
With this type of psycho, her emotions are like night and day and you can’t tell the difference between her being happy, mad or sad–even by looking at her facial expressions. One day she’s your best friend, the next she won’t even speak to you. One minute she’ll love you and the next she’ll be picking fights or screaming at you for some imagined transgression on your part. One moment, she is full of laughter and vitality. The next second, she is weeping her eyes out and overcome by misery. Any little bit of change in the day can cause her to react (or overreact) with a tornado of unnecessary emotions.

Women like this have the emotional age of a young child and their emotions ricochet from wild, joyous passion to utmost sorrow. This type of psycho will often exhibit temper tantrums such asgetting loud and rude when you’re having a disagreement in public and screaming at the top of her lungs and even approaching you as if she’s going to get physical. She will make you feel like you’re walking on eggshells or can’t communicate with her without suffering her wrath every single time. 

8. She needs constant attention 
She cannot spend a moment without speaking to you. She’ll send you unwanted text messages and e-mails and will call and page you repeatedly, leaving you voice messages like “I know you’re home, pick up the phone.” You’re out on lunch with co-workers and she happens to bump into you and just when you’re about to go out with your buddies to watch the big game, she’ll suddenly develop a mysterious illness, fall to the ground in a pretend faint so that you have to stay home and take care of her. She will encourage you to not work as much and will even go as far as to encourage you to quit your job so you can spend more time with her. 

It’s no secret that women need social interaction, feedback, and validation of their worth in a relationship; however, this type of psycho has low levels of self-esteem and self-confidence and consequently feels insecure. It’s this same insecurity that makes this type of psycho want to constantly be around you so she can reassure herself that you are still there and haven’t dumped her. This behavior is annoying and, in some relationships, can be exhausting. 
 
All of these signs show a lack of self control, which in time can be unsafe to her as well as you.Whatever the psychosis, a woman who behaves like this is not someone you need to stay with no matter how good she is when she’s happy or in the bedroom. If you’re experiencing any of these relationship landmines, it’s time to cut ties as soon as possible.

 

Related:

Never Stick Your D**k In Crazy…25 Guys Share The Most Insane ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ Stories

Remember Guys, Never Stick Your D**k In Crazy!

 

Hooked up a few times with this girl a few years back. Sent me this out of the blue

 

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The Dumping Grounds

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Two construction cranes and a part of a bridge fell down on multiple buildings in Alpen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands. At least 20 people are injured.

Knockout Is So Brutal That It Sent The Guy’s Lifeless Body Right Out Of The Ring

The technology in the new BMW 7 Series is insane.

5 minute Grand Theft Auto V highway pileup/explosion caused by my motorcycle

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Awesome Stuff Around The Internet

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Cute girls whose eyes you will get lost in – Bro My God

32 Photos Proving That The Apple Doesn’t Fall Far From The Tree – Ned Hardy

Nina Agdal Is The Hottest Little Beach Bunny Out There – Crowd Ignite

9 Things To Know Before You Date A Flight Attendant – Linkiest

Top 10 Celebs Who Had Naked Photos LEAKED! – Celebrity Cafe

 

Rihanna looks good in a bikini – Drunken Stepfather

Kylie Jenner in a Tight Wife Beater and Jeans – G-Celeb

How a CEO’s Move to Pay All at Least $70K Backfired – Newser

The 75 Movies Every Man Should See – Esquire

Fishing For Piranhas The Easy Way (video) – Leenks

Meet Kim Mellibovsky, The Hottest Israeli Soldier Ever (21 Photos) – Radass

10 Craziest Cults You Never Heard Of – SuperCompressor

Ariel Winter from Modern Family has definitely grown up! – Celeb Jihad

The Best Finishing Moves in Wrestling History – Ranker

Best Hump Day Pictures Ever Taken (16 Pics) – Classy Bro

The Winning Photos From The 2015 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest –

What’s Rita Ora’s favorite part of a camel? – Celeb Slam

The 9 Most Expensive Beach Houses in California – Regretful Morning

The Age of the Robot Worker Will Be Worse for Men – The Atlantic

The 50 Funniest Bootleg Toys Of All Time – World Wide Interweb

The rich kids of Snapchat (28 Photos) – Bad Sentinel

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Hot Babe Of The Day: Brittany

This Chimpanzee Collects Wood, Starts A Fire And Cook His Own Damn Food!

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These extraordinary photos show a bonobo – also known as a pygmy chimpanzee – named Kanzi collecting wood, breaking it up and putting it into a pile before striking a match to light the fire, and then cooking his meal on the fire.

The 12-stone male (170lb) collects firewood and breaks the sticks into smaller sizes.

After arranging them in a pile…

…Kanzi, 31, ignites them with matches or a lighter and then watches the flames take hold.

Impressive enough, but then Kanzi erects a grill over his fire so he can cook barbecue food over it using a frying pan.

“Kanzi makes fire because he wants to,” said Dr Sue Savage-Rumbaugh, his main handler at the Great Ape Trust in Des Moines, Iowa, and the only scientist ever to conduct language research with bonobos. “His fascination began when he was a child, watching the film ‘Quest for Fire’. The movie was released about a year after Kanzi was born and was about early man struggling to control fire. Kanzi watched this spellbound over and over hundreds of times.”

Spending much of his childhood outdoors with Dr Savage-Rumbaugh, Kanzi showed interest in the campfires she made to cook food. “At age five he began making small piles of sticks and tried to light them,” she added. “I had to keep a close eye on him, but I allowed it because he was clearly interested in practising it. His demeanour when he focused on making fire was just like when he watched the movie. He seemed engrossed in it and it appeared that he associated making fires with watching the film.”

Kanzi and two other apes trained in language at the centre use paper keyboards to communicate with Dr Savage-Rumbaugh and fellow primatologist Liz Pugh, who helped raise them. Symbols, known as lexigrams, represent different words on the keys and help the primates to speak their mind. Kanzi understands 2000 words and even has a symbol for his own name, which he and others use to refer to him. Now, whenever Kanzi ‘tells’ Dr Savage-Rumbaugh he wants to make a fire, she tries to oblige. “His fire making skills interest us because fire is one of the most important factors in our evolution,” said Dr Savage-Rumbaugh.

“It is not clear that Kanzi can do all aspects of making, controlling and employing fire at this point in time. For example he doesn’t stay close and carefully monitor the fire once it is going, though he will throw on wood at a distance. But he has not had the true environmental pressures on him that would lead him to desire to use fires for warmth. He has a warm bed every night so he doesn’t need to keep himself warm, like the humans who first harnessed fire did, and he has never encountered predators, so he doesn’t need to frighten any away. If these were employed in the future, his fire-making skills might leap into the action at a much higher level. He doesn’t need to sit around a fire at night, as early humans did. He heads to the safety of the concrete buildings that make up the facility. But what if they he had no such shelter? Would he want to keep their fire going to keep predators away and stay warm at night? For now, for Kanzi, fire is about making cooked food, which he enjoys very much.”

Bonobos are listed as endangered by the IUCN Red List and are found only in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa. Over the last 30 years their population has been decreasing severely due to destruction of their habitat by humans. An old Congolese tribal legend tells that man and bonobo used to live side by side in the forests of the Congo – but went their separate ways after humans invented fire. Bonobos, the legends say, were able to make fire, but unlike the humans always put their fires out and moved on. Humans wanted to keep their fires going and so they ended up staying in villages while bonobos continued to live in the forests.

The Great Ape Trust is currently under threat due to a loss of funding – leaving Kanzi’s future unclear. Sadly today (FRI) the research centre where he has perfected his mastery of fire announced it faces closure due to a major funding crisis. Without help the researchers who raised Kanzi from birth will not be able to continue studying the incredible link between man and ape – through Kanzi’s use of fire and language. Research at the Trust is funded by grants from universities and other educational institutions. But feeding and housing Kanzi and his fellow apes is the responsibility of the Trust. “Without money we will have to close down,” said Dr Savage-Rumbaugh. “We feel we are doing important work here and we want to continue.”

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