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- Scantily Clad Female Mannequins in Chinese Restaurant Toilet Distract Men as They Relieve Themselves
- Artist Creates Colorful Collages with Flowers and Plants
- Mutable Rain Frogs – Shape-Shifting Amphibians That Change Skin Texture in Minutes
| Scantily Clad Female Mannequins in Chinese Restaurant Toilet Distract Men as They Relieve Themselves Posted: 30 Mar 2015 12:41 AM PDT A bizarre men's toilet at a restaurant in Taiyuan city, in northern China's Shanxi province, has a trio of realistic female mannequins placed behind the urinals. The weird arrangement has men standing face-to-face with these scantily-clad dolls while relieving themselves! Predictably, several of the restaurant's male customers have expressed discomfort with the toilet setup. They complained that they weren't able to urinate because of the “sexy” models were staring at them. "I walked back out again when I saw the women there because I thought at first I was in the wrong place, but then I realised it was the proper place and I tried to relieve myself, it just didn't work," said 24-year-old customer Sun Kao. "It was very off-putting having a good-looking woman even if it was a plastic one apparently staring at me as I tried to do my business."
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| Artist Creates Colorful Collages with Flowers and Plants Posted: 30 Mar 2015 12:22 AM PDT Seattle-based Bridget Beth Collins mixes her love of nature with her interest in art to create stunning collages out of colorful flower petals, leaves, twigs and whatever plant materials she can get her hands on. Collins, gathers materials for her collages from the areas surrounding her home in Ravenna, in Seattle. She then arranges the pieces into intricate shapes, using the natural colors to create a sense of depth. Through her intrinsic understanding or color and texture, she is able to transform flower petals into feathered birds, berries into sea creatures, and leaves into human faces.
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| Mutable Rain Frogs – Shape-Shifting Amphibians That Change Skin Texture in Minutes Posted: 30 Mar 2015 12:00 AM PDT Scientists in Ecuador have discovered a new species of frog that is able to morph the texture of its skin – from spiny to smooth – within a matter of minutes. Aptly named 'mutable rain frog', the tiny, finger-nail sized creature is the first shape-shifting amphibian to ever be found. According to a Livescience report, the mutable frogs were found in Reserva Las Gralarias, a protected cloud reserve forest on the western slopes of Ecuador's Andes Mountains. The incredible discovery is credited to biologist Katherine Kryna and naturalist Tim Krynak, who have spent the past decade combing the reserve for rare frog species. The duo first spotted the frog in 2006, when they had captured it on camera. On closer inspection of the photograph, they realised that it could be a new species. The frog's spiny-textured skin stood out, so they started calling it 'punk rocker'. "It wasn't until we saw the amazing texture of its skin that we thought, 'wow, this is something different,'" said Katherine.
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