Weird Collection (page 2)

Elephant hawk moth (Deilephila elpenor) portrait, Brackagh Moss National Nature Reserve, Portadown, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. April

Nudibranchs (Doto greenamyeri) newly described species on feather hydroids. Seraya Bay, north coast of Bali, Indonesia. Java Sea

Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus) portrait, close-up of eyes, Lake Kerkini, Greece. February

Edouard Beaupre, the Willowbunch giant (1881 - 1904), giant and circus performer, and part of Barnum and Baileys circus. Named here in the Tatler as Arthur Beaupre, the Montana Giant

The Pain-Proof Man & Captain Ringman Jack - Ripley s
Arthur Plumhoff The Human Pincushion - The Pain-Proof Man (left) and Captain Ringman Jack, who lifted weights through holes through his breasts

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Hamadryas Baboon - with mobile (cell) phone. Date:

Emil Jannings in Josef von Sternbergs The Blue Angel (1930)
Emil Jannings in The Blue Angel (1930) AKA DER BLAUE ENGEL

Vought XF5U-1 Flying Pancake
Vought Xf5U-1 Flying Pancake Unusual Design Parked Flying Flapjack Date: 1948

Illuminated netdevil (Linophyne arboritera), male anglerfish attached to much larger female, captive from deep sea

Chlorophyte or green alga (Volvox aureus) in pond water. UK. The larger spheres are approximately 0.5mm in diameter. Digital composite image

Black Bear (Ursus americanus) sleeping in a Sitka Spruce tree (Picea sitchensis) alongside Anan Creek, Alaska, July

Sri Lanka - Hindu Ascetic - Incredibly long hair
Sri Lanka - Hindu Ascetic Sadhu with incredibly long hair, worn in thick dreadlocks called jata. Date: circa 1910s

Picture No. 11675190
Christmas Tree Worms. Date:

USA, Nevada, Las Vegas. View of Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health. Credit as: Gilles Delisle / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

Picture No. 11051259
Chicken Grey Silkie hen Date:

Picture No. 10901724
DOG - Pug wearing Happy Birthday glasses with streamers & balloons Date:

Guinness Clock - Pleasure Gardens - Battersea Park Date: circa 1950s

Helen Duncan showing ectoplasm
Undated photograph of the Scottish medium Helen Duncan showing " ectoplasm" bunched around Duncans mouth and twisted into a tail between her legs. HPG/1/4/2 (iv)

English Lunacy - A man dressed as a chicken running wild and free across a field and up a small hill

Model Ruth Charlton with a cabbage grown by Charlie Weatherspoon of Prudhoe in Northumberland 1985

RF - White-legged damselfly (Platycnemis pennipes) peering over Oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) flower. The Netherlands. August

Gannet (Morus bassanus) fluffy chick with its parent. Shetland Islands, Scotland, UK, August

Cornu helicopter 1907
Cornu Helicopter of 1907 Unusual Design Date: 1907

Granville Gee Bee Model R-1 Unusual Racer Design Parked with Number 11 on the Fuselage Side and Dice Artwork Date: 1950s

Parade of Elephants, rock formation of red sandstone, Arches National Park, Moab, Utah, USA

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Tortoise, on skateboard Date: 18-11-2019

Nudibranch (Flabellina nobilis) photographed in the field aquarium in Gulen, Norway. North East Atlantic Ocean

Ripley Odditorium - New York, USA - A Shrunken Human Head
Ripley Odditorium - New York, USA - An Amazonian Shrunken Human Head. According to the card caption, although many years old, the hair still grows... Date: 1939

Lympstone, Exmouth, Devon - A La Ronde - 16-sided house
Exmouth, Devon - A La Ronde - an 18th-century 16-sided house located near Lympstone, Exmouth, Devon, England - built for two spinster cousins, Jane and Mary Parminter

Picture No. 11091791
Velutin Snail Date:

Fire-escape patent, 1879 C024 / 3605
Fire-escape patent, 1879. Artwork of a fire escape device designed by Benjamin Oppenheimer. The parachute is attached by harness to the persons head while thick rubber soled shoes were worn to

Downtown Empire State Express
Syracuse, New York: c. 1933. The Empire State Express as it prepares to cross South Salina Street, the main business street of Syracuse

John Hancock Building, Chicago, Illinois, America
John Hancock skyscraper office building, Chicago, Illinois, America

Girl saying Grace but pet dog unwilling
" Fold Your hands Bob!" A pretty young girl says Grace, but is slightly affronted that her pet dog Bob is unwilling to join in and fold his paws together respectfully.... Date: circa 1910

Devil Stick Mantis (Idolomantis diabolica) subadult, close-up of head and forelegs (captive)

Welwitschia mirabilis. This unique plant consists of a woody stem and two large leaves. It is evergreen and the leaves grow continuously along the ground, often becoming frayed. W

Frog celebrating the arrival of 1907 by firing a cannon
A wonderfully odd German New Years card, welcoming in the arrival of 1907. The illustration rather bizarrely depicts a frog (holding a lucky four-leafed clover)

False-coloured SEM (Scanning Electron Micrograph) of a Tardigrade (Tardigrada) amongst moss, from Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. This tardigrade is approximately 0.1 millimetres long

A pair of straw boys, Ireland, 1922. Artist: AW Cutler
A pair of straw boys, Ireland, 1922. From Peoples of All Nations, Their Life Today and the Story of Their Past, volume IV: Georgia to Italy

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Brussel Sprout Christmas pudding Date:

Proboscis Monkey (Nasalis larvatus) adult male, close-up of head, Labuk Bay, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia

Electric Rail Dinner
Still another use for electricity: a miniature railway that brings food from the pantry to the table, removing the need for contact with troublesome servants

Proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus) male, Sabah, Borneo

Ocean sunfish (Mola mola) off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. July

Shoebill stork (Balaeniceps rex) female feeding on a Spotted African lungfish (Protopterus dolloi) in the swamps of Mabamba, Lake Victoria, Uganda.. Sequence 2/13

Turbot (Scophthalmus maximus) detail of the eyes and mouth, United Kingdom, September

Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) Close up Scraggane, The Maharees, County Kerry, Ireland
Alan James / SplashdownDirect

David Fellows (3) smokes cigars cigarettes and pipes, his mother Evelyn Fellows from Marsden is in favour. 1959

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