So, I know a few people taking biology, organic chemistry, and other such things. It came up that the only reasons a Classics degree like m...

While in Quebec, there was certainly plenty of weird food to pick on. They had pate of elk and bison. Among my finds was maple syrup soft s...

Crows are the last thing one would suspect after drunk elephants. Sandwiching them between elephants and big cats seems almost unfair. None...

A lot of people are not adventurous eaters. Just today, I met with someone who had a bad experience with sushi prior to our meeting. He was...

You knewJapan was going to make it on here. Somehow, somewhere, the oceans around Japan, AKA the Weirdness Archipelago, would turn up a mol...

This blog has a lack of pinnipeds for no apparent reason.  Plus, I felt bad about delaying yesterday's entry, soooo.... Source. ...

Before you immediately assume that the title above is some sort of Japanese liquor, consider the following: 1. you know this blog only cove...

Japan has been seen as the land of, and I quote, the "weirdest sh*t since EVER" for a long time. This is not limited to porn. The...

Sushi is already a god among weird foods. Raw fish is weird enough to some people. Turning raw fish into art is weirder. The things America...

If you have ever read/watched a non-Disney version of Alice in Wonderland , you might have heard of a little something called "turtle s...

Sea urchins usually do a pretty good job of making themselves look unappetizing. Look at a sea urchin head-on and you will find a ball of...

It's hard to run out of foods that Americans would consider bizarre. We have such a strict perception of food that, if it cannot be wrap...

Japanese schools used to have a fine diet plan: "Something from the mountains and something from the sea." Japan does "someth...

Hello, Monday! Monday is Bio-Art day, but this Monday also starts "Big In Japan Week." That means every single entry will relate t...

We get so much into the strange animal foods every week that we tend to overlook plants. Veggies can be strange, too. One can learn a lot ab...

Remember the 90's? Back then, we had all sorts of chemically-processed sh*t disguised as food and drink. Things like Hi-C and Sunny D we...

Cephalopods, the family including octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish, are among the sea's weirdest residents. Despite not having spinal co...

We can understand some silicon-saline implants. Rack jobs, for instance, look all right. Getting the same thing done to one's nutsack is...

Let the clip speak for itself. Watch it, then come back. This Monty Python sketch alone fueled Spam's amazingly prominent place in p...

"I'd come back as a butterfly." "Why?" "Because nobody ever suspects the butterfly . Mwahahaha!" - Bar...