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Credits: Matthew Woodson, Lorraine a’ Malena, Stuart Franklin [via Kottke.org which has additional links]

The weirdest moments can be peaceful for example:

a) Sitting in a motorboat cruising along a tropical delta.
b) After a hellish day at work, watching two dodge ball teams whack balls at each other.

Come up with your own.

And now an interesting article:

Biobigotry is different from the impulse to avoid organisms that can hurt or sicken us, like yellow jackets, mosquitoes or poison ivy, or to fend off traditional household pests like mice and roaches. Rather, it is the dislike we direct toward creatures that live outdoors and generally mind their own business, but that behave in ways we find rude, irritating, selfish or contemptible. The squirrels are gluttons, the crows are schoolyard bullies, the house sparrows are boring and look like mice when they skitter along the ground. How we love those noble falcons and eagles that lately have blessed us by nesting on our skyscrapers and bridges. How we beg them to feast freely on the pigeons and starlings that curse us by nesting on our skyscrapers and bridges.

Noble Eagles, Nasty Pigeons, Biased Humans by Natalie Angier