HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

http://www.amazon.com/OWLMAN-Jonathan-Nolan/dp/B002ACWPFO/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1309541722&sr=1-1

"OWLMAN! The tiny town of Mawnan is terrorized by a night flying shapeshifter - part gorgeous goddess part creature from the pit!"

It sounds brilliant! I want a copy.

PRETTY MUSHROOMS GROWING AMIDST MY GRANDMOTHER'S ROSE BED

(She would - I am sure - not approve)

ANDREW MAY: Words from the Wild Frontier

From Nick Redfern's "There's Something in the Woods...":
CFZ-Canada
All-Things Mothy!
Reviewed: Investigating the Impossible
Weird Creature Report
Dark Ness at Loch Ness

From CFZ Australia:
Hairy-nosed wombat debuts in Victoria
Gene map may pull Devil back from brink
Papua New Guinea reveals 1000+ new species
A Tasmanian Tiger sighting (1981)
Bunyip or Yowie? The hunt is on in Richmond Vale
The Gayndah Bear returns...
On the trail of the cryptids

ANIMAL HAIR SCULPTURE

Regular readers will know about my (often frustrating) membership of a newsgroup called 'Old Hong Kong' which occasionally sends me pictures of Hong Kong pre WW2 (which is what it is supposed to do) and the rest of the time inundates my inbox with bizarre stuff (mostly soft porn and exhortations to join the Foreign Exchange market). However, sometimes this bizarre stuff includes bloggable gems like this:

"These bizarre looking hair set is the creation of Japanese designer, Nagi Noda, which created them in her typical eccentric style. During her short life, she created ads for Nike and Coca-Cola; however, she is probably most famous for her hair hats. Everyone seemed to know who she was after she created a hair hat for Lady Gaga. I put a selection of her other hair hats below for your enjoyment.............

I only have the vaguest of ideas who Lady Gaga is, but the pictures re peculiar enough (and vaguely animal-related) to be included...

HAUNTED SKIES: Some 1962 Press Cuttings

http://hauntedskies.blogspot.com/2011/07/some-1962-press-cuttings.html

OLL LEWIS: Yesterday's News Today

http://cryptozoologynews.blogspot.com/

At 1pm today in the UK, and other countries where we pointlessly mess with our clocks, and at noon in the rest of the world it will be exactly halfway though the year, well done folks, not much more to go now. The Christmas stuff should start showing up in shops soon, The Card Factory were the first last year with the Christmas stuff showing up in August (I kid ye not).
And now the news:

Turtles Invade JFK Airport Tarmac
Scientists cast doubt on North America’s hunting b...
Singing Penis Insect Proves Size Does Matter
Seven new species of mice discovered in The Philip...
Wade Scholte, Parker, Colorado Boy, Has Moth Pulle...
Prehistoric Aurochs Remains Reveal Caveman Grillin...
Egg collection last chance for Critically Endanger...

Eggs! Eggs!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Htj0_4Job8

DALE'S MAILBOX

Today Dale's blog is another trawl through his mailbag, including discussions on many-finned sea serpents and giant beavers...
http://frontiersofzoology.blogspot.com/2011/06/some-more-from-mailbag-i.html