The "News" thread.

[Rusty Edge]

http://www.pe.com/2017/07/21/residents-say-chupacabra-stalks-mountains-of-riverside-county/?utm_content=buffera9838&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

Another Chupacabra sighting. I still think it's mange. If it's bigger than a coyote, perhaps it's a dog.

[Unorthodox]

He believes the creatures are a hybrid of a canine and a marsupial, like a kangaroo, and has dubbed them “canis marsupius.”

Wow.  that's some science for you. 

[Unorthodox]

I went googling to see if I could see ANY reports of a dogaroo. 

Nope.  Surprisingly MANY reports of dog hybrids, though.  Perhaps the most appropriate to the chupacabra, though, is the fact that coyote-raccoon and fox-raccoon appears to be possible. 

[Rusty Edge]

Coy-dogs are more of a thing in the East than coyotes, or used to be.

[Unorthodox]

Coy-wolf is reportedly taking over many environments. 

[Rusty Edge]

I hadn't heard of Coy-wolves before, but if they had the stealth of a coyote and the aggression of a wolf, an intermediate size... That sounds like a perfect deer predator to me. Do they work in packs, or lone it mostly?

[Unorthodox]

They really took the best of both. 

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/coywolves-are-taking-over-eastern-north-america-180957141/

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[Beowulf]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3509198/The-Devil-s-Image-rib-steak-goes-viral-Mexico-horns-face-Satan-spotted-meat.html



About time Lucifer got into the appearing on random things gig.

ew!!
Reminded me these pics a-la "in parallel reality"

[Beowulf]

They say now is the time to invest in Barcelona's short-term value-added projects aimed at making money on future price growth. https://tranio.com/spain/analytics/why-investing-in-barcelonas-property-market-in-2017-is-profitable_5335/
I am hesitant about now though, looking at what is going on in Europe in general, but  I suppose it's a good idea to renovate old offices/hotels and sell them. I would try it if I had money to invest

[gustavo]

Somewhere, there's a bad cartoon to be made here...

[Unorthodox]

TIL you can rent body parts...

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/man-convicted-for-renting-out-diseased-human-heads-cut-with-chainsaws/

A jury found body broker Arthur Rathburn guilty on Monday of illegally renting out diseased human body parts and heads to unwitting doctors. He faces up to 20 years in prison for eight crimes, including wire fraud and illegally transporting hazardous materials.

Note, the problem was they were diseased, not that they were being rented in the first place...