Antartica vs. the USA

Antartica has a head start, but give global warming a few more years, and I'm sure we'll kick their butt.

Silkworms Entomb Rotterdam Car

Talk about parking hazards. Daily Mail has the details.

Under a giant silk cocoon created by an army of caterpillars, the shape of a Honda is just about visible. The car was mistaken as food by spindle ermine larvae, which had already begun to strip a nearby tree of its leaves. Spindle ermines weave silk webs to protect themselves from birds and wasps, allowing them to gorge on leaves for six weeks before transforming into butterflies.