“Caga Tió, atmelles i torró, si no cagues bó, et donaré un cop de bastó.”

[scottobear]

Shocking it may be, but Christmas in Cataluña has a distinctly scatological streak.

I think they do this stuff just to gross us out. Researchers in Japan have figured out a way to graft infant rat heads onto adult rat thighs – and keep the heads alive. “If kept cool while the blood flow is stopped, a transplanted brain can develop as normal for at least three weeks, and the mouth of the head will move, as if it is trying to drink milk, the team reports.”

Originally published at The Scotto Grotto (org). You can comment here or there.