Monthly Archives: October 2011

Indian Traffic

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Was browsing through Youtube and I found a video i saw about 5 years ago and thought i had to post it as it is brilliant. Plus it will mean i’ll be able to find it again:


Indian Traffic
I was told that it is probably filmed in Hyderabad, but it could be one of several Indian cities.
It looks like complete chaos yet there are no accidents.
There are no traffic lights at a major junction where cars are turning in from all directions, interspersed with pedestrians walking along a tram track and vehicles driving on the wrong side of the road and doing u-turns. Pedestrians are nearly hit, traffic is stop start – yet all is generally flowing. And that’s before you mention the hooting which someone says there are at least 70 in the 2 minute clip. Am sure there is a horse and cart featured either in this clip or a similar one. If you see it let me know.
Anyway, check it out – should be a couple of minutes of entertainment

The Oldest Living Janus Cat

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Janus Cat Youtube Video

Probably the most unsettling animal photo and video i’ve seen I thought it wasn’t a real photo.
But it turns out that the Janus cat (janus being the name of the roman god who had 2 faces with the ability to look into the future and the past) is a cat who suffers from Disprosopus or craniofacial duplication.
It gets a little more interesting after finding out that the congenital disorder is caused by a protein called Sonic Hedgehog Homolog and is where the Sega character Sonic the Hedgehog gets his name from.

But back to the cat in the video called “Frank and Louie” is 12 years old and has become the oldest of his kind. They don’t generally live very long and “Frank and Louie” themselves were to be put down before being rescued by their current owner. Is it one cat is it two?