Megamouth Shark Caught, Eaten in Philippines

A megamouth shark is a very large animal. One ton (or tonne, if you will) in fact. The megamouth shark is also a very rare animal; there are only 41 known sightings.

And the most recent megamouth shark sighting occurred in the Philippines recently, when a group of fisherman caught the beast, killed it, and ate it.

Elson Aca, a Donsol WWF representative, said it was butchered and its meat sauteed in coconut milk as a local delicacy, against the organisation's device.

The 4m, half-tonne megamouth was snared by fishermen trawling for mackerel off the Bicol peninsula on Luzon island.

The species, which is named after its metre-wide mouth, is a fairly recent scientific discovery. The first specimen was caught off Oahu, Hawaii in 1976.

Now, this might sound kind of, well, obtuse, but I'm of the opinion that if you happen to catch a shark that weighs one thousand pounds and has a mouth that is three feet wide, you have every right to eat said shark, no matter what an environmental protection agency says.

Yes, that's probably a little callous as well, but the reality is that, again, the shark weighs 1,000 pounds. It's an incredibly rare and amazing catch and while sauteing the sucker might not exactly be the historically thoughtful thing to do, well, at least it justifies whatever effort these Philippians went to.

GM Segway PUMA Update: Video!

Okay, I know I might be a touch over the top using two posts on the GM Segway PUMA Project, but I can't help myself. There's just too much freaking unintentional comedy going on in this video, which was released by Segway to promote the PUMA PROJECT. 

Seriously -- we all get that this is a 35-MPH-max urban transport vehicle right? Yet, here they are laying down some track to promote it that sounds like Isaac Hayes was commissioned for Jenna Jameson's latest project. Which, don't get me wrong, would be awesome from an aural standpoint, but to promote a two wheeled urban transport vehicle? COME ON!

GM Segway PUMA Probably Not Safe for the Highway

The GM Segway. That would, presumably, be the name of the new car that GM and Segway are creating together, right? Wrong. It's called the GM PUMA. Which is waaaay too sweet of a name for something so small (see right).

Although in fairness, it does stand for Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility, so I suppose there's a reason, even if there's not an actual noun in the acronym. Anyway, the point being is that the PUMA is a brand new project for urban transportation that the car company hopes to have rolling by 2012, provided that they're still operating.

It's a more speedy and car-like version of the Segway scooter made famous by Gob Bluth and mall cops everywhere, and it can hit upwards of 35 miles per hour. Ostensibly, the PUMA would be used by urbanites who really hate walking or have lengthy commutes in major cities and really despise having to waste gas and time in gridlock with their normal cars.

Sadly, anyone who uses the PUMA will be immediately relegated to the typical "Earth-friendly but totally uncool" status that typically accompanies such vehicles.