A Chinese dude landed a 32.5kg (71.5lb) big head carp. Yeah, I suppose if a fish weighed in at the size of the maximum weight for a piece of luggage, it would have a big head.

The carp was also 1.38m (4′6″) tall. The man was fishing in a 60-meter deep water pit and the fish was caught with a net after waiting for an hour and a subsequent 40-minute fight to haul it in.

I don’t know about you, but if all fish were this big, the world’s food problem would be solved, unless, all fish this big were made this big from some sort of outside, you know, contamination or such.

I don’t think we want to go there. At any rate, this isn’t the guy in the pic, but it is an image of what a fish that big looks like.

The biggest fish I ever caught was about the length of my thumb and I used a net and carried it home in a plastic bag only to watch it die after about a week even though I took really good care of him.

No gold there, for sure. How about you? Do you have a fish story to tell?

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For all of you that didn’t knew, actor Johnny Depp owns a private island in the Caribbean for which he paid some $3 million. It was his dream since childhood, based on the whole Robinson Crusoe thing. But why would this be of any interest for us?

The star from the Pirates of the Caribbean is going to convert his 35-acre island (which he calls the”F*ck Off Island”) in the Bahamas, to run on solar hydrogen technology. In a recent interview to the Guardian, he said that the late Marlon Brando (famous for his Tahitian paradise) influenced him to take the decision.

Depp said, ‘Hey, man, I found this thing, this island!’ Brando said, ‘Well, what’s the elevation? Do you have a water system there? What about the electricity?’

Depp is waiting in line to get his grid-independent solar hydrogen system from Mike Strizki (really smart guy), the inventor who built the first solar-hydrogen house in the country. The star will have to pay from $250,000 to $500,000 depending on the size of the house, but since he owns an island, I don’t money are a problem.

Good job Johnny for your unlimited, clean energy solution.

The U.S. Geological Survey has some insight into what lies beneath/near/on the Arctic Circle:

1. An estimated 90 billion barrels of recoverable oil
2. Enough oil to supply the WORLD’s needs for nearly 3 years.
3. Maybe 1.670 trillion cubic fee of natural gas
4. About 13% of the world’s undiscovered oil
5. About 30% of the world’s undiscovered natural gas
6. About 20% of the world’s undiscovered natural gas liquids
7. Some 400 oil and gas fields north of the Arctic Circle
8. The home to polar bears already losing their natural habitat to melting of their land
9. A possible cause for a conflict between Russia, Canada, Norway, Denmark and the United States who are laying claim to chunks of the huge energy resources.

So, should we go drilling or not? Remember what arthroscopic surgery can do before answering that question.

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If these images of what happens to elephants who are poached for their ivory don’t make you mad as … I almost swore here, but I don’t do that … then you are as insensitive as the people who seek out the ivory regardless of the creatures who must give their lives for it.

This is how poachers leave elephants.

For the gods!!! Give me a break.

Or for this guy who thinks he is god. Let’s rip his incisors out and see how he likes it.

Or even worse, to have their tusks thrown on a scrap heap.

Make you mad? How mad? Then do something.

It may sound weird, but a new bill in Hawaii was signed into law by Republican Governor, Linda Lingle. It refers to new homes and says that no building permits will be issued unless the new homes don’t include solar water heaters. However, there will be exceptions to the rule, for example if the area doesn’t allow too much sunshine.

Image by Rich Lem

Presented five years ago by State Sen. Gary Hooser, vice chairman of the Energy and Environment Committee, when the oil barrel was costing a mere $40, Hawaii is the first state to take such decision.

Judging on the state’s dependency on imported fossil fuels which is higher than any other state, it seems like a very good choice.

“It’s abundantly clear that we need to take some serious action to protect Hawaii because we’re so dependent on oil,” Hooser said. “I’m very pleased the governor is recognizing the importance of this bill and the huge public benefits that come out of it.”

Though the energy-saving systems are a great solution to a greener environment and because of the high oil prices, I’d be very interested to know if there will be any incentives for those that install their rooftop solar panels or is it just “law enforcement”? I’m tempted to say Good Job Hawaii! Do you?

The human-powered floating gym is the latests cool concept I’ve read about these days. I never thought that pedaling on a bike and burning calories, could actually be turned into a very green (river) transportation solution in New York City. Apparently architect Mitchell Joachim and personal trainer Douglas Joachim, did. They designed the River Gym.

I don’t know about you, but to be honest I thought at least once, that there is a significant amount of lost energy during workout and how can we use it somehow. I never managed to be that creative as these guys, and since their idea is really great for using the human power to tackle some transportation needs, they get my vote.

If they’ll ever be produced, the River Gyms will be floating along the Hudson and East rivers in Manhattan, stopping every 15 minutes to a new destination. Isn’t it a great way to peak on the view from a non-polluting “vessel”?

Though it’s a great idea, I’m holding my horses knowing that this thing won the New York Magazine’s Create a Gym competition in 2005 and we can’t workout on the river yet. Maybe there’s someone interested to invest and make it a great attraction in NYC. What do you think, does it have a chance?

This guy is a Darwin Award Candidate if there ever was one. Wall-E would be proud, too, to know that the bugs survived but the man almost didn’t, nor his apartment. Some knucklehead who was trying to get rid of bugs in his apartment sprayed for the pests.

Warning! Warning!

Idiot has flammable spray in the kitchen. The spray blew up the guy’s apartment, blew out the apartment’s front windows and triggered a fire that destroyed 80% of it. The guy didn’t get hurt and the bugs are unaccounted for.

Good grief! Shouldn’t there be warning labels on bug spray? “Test user for Darwin Award Candidacy Before Allowing Purchase.”

In any event, the guy is still roaming to and for seeking whom else he might be able to destroy. Can you imagine living above this fellow?

Honda Motor Co gets it. Arguably one of the most economical car makers there is, Honda Motor gets it. Honda knows that America is fat and needs equally large sport utility vehicles and minivans to ride in. Even so, Honda will scale back production on its Odyssey minivans and Pilot SUVs in the U.S. It’s not because America suddenly went on a diet, it’s because even the wealthy are feeling the pinch of high gasoline prices.

The automaker will cut production of the two units over the next three months by 10,000 units. to make up for the loss, Honda will roll out even more of its Civic subcompacts. My son drives one of these - 35-40mpg. Honda gets it.

Honda also has  an SUV-sized vehicle that goes 1,300 miles between fill-ups. Honda gets it.

In the same category with the recent PETA protesters that tried to make a statement , we have someone that got better ideas. He’s really on the next level.

To oppose against building the third runway at Heathrow, Dan Glass of London’s climate group Plane Stupid, unsuccessfully tried to superglue himself to the British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s jacket, when they shook hands.

“Do not worry - this is a non-violent protest. We cannot shake away climate change like you can just shake away my arm. We can beat climate change, but this is not going to happen by planning the world’s largest international airport at Heathrow” he said.

Apparently Gordon Brown didn’t seem to take the poor protester serious and laughed off of his way of making a point.

Though he was allowed 40 more minutes after the trick (he was forgiven?) Mr. Glass tried it once again, this time at the gates of Downing Street. No luck again, because of a police officer.

Is this a good way to protest or maybe he tried to get shot by one of the MI6 guys?

Though we’re not really fans of an expanding Heathrow, he was either brave or stupid. We’re still debating on that matter.

When a leopard goes up against a crocodile, who you gonna bet on? A wildlife photographer who was shooting hippos at a waterhole in Kruger National Park happened upon an encounter between the two. A fearsome fight ensued with a history of the crocodiles getting the upper jaw. But this time?

The leopard attacks

 

The cat hits the croc at full speed

 

The whiskered predator sends jaws hind end over appetite.

 

Spot starts dragging Slimy.

 

But the croc fights back.

 

The leopard gets the upper paw.

 

The Croc hangs lifeless, limp

 

The leopard suffocates the crocodile.

 

An awful lot of work to get a pair of shoes and a belt, no?

Which did you think would win?