Three long-legged Borneo rainbow toads , a species last spotted on the tropical island in 1924 and believed to be extinct, were recently discovered by a team of scientists from the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, who were scouring the forests specifically looking for the amphibian . Hmmm…. *applies for grant money to hunt down the long-lost pia colada tropical beach crab* The team had spent months scouring remote mountain forests for the species. Prior to these images, only illustrations of the toad had existed. Conservation International, which launched its Global Search for Lost Amphibians in 2010, had listed the toad as one of the “world’s top 10 most wanted frogs”. “It is good to know that nature can surprise us when we are close to giving up hope, especially amidst our planet’s escalating extinction crisis. “Amphibians are at the forefront of this tragedy, so I hope that these unique species serve as flagships for conservation, inspiring pride and hope by Malaysians and people everywhere.” Are you thinking what I’m thinking? I’ll give you a hint: Skittles. Haha, yes — taste the rainbow! Now, you lick it first. If, after four hours you haven’t died, I’ll lick it, then we’ll trip our balls off and run around in the forest playing Jumanji or whatever. Lost rainbow toad is rediscovered [bbcnews] Thanks to Amanda, who knows it may take a lot of frog-kissing to find a prince, but only one to wind up at the doctor with a warty-ass lip. Let’s smoke banana peels together on Faceybooks and Tweeter !

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Move Over, Hypnotoad!: "Lost" Rainbow Toad Rediscovered After 87 Year Absence

Nine-year-old Ming Li is just like any other little Chinese girl. Except she has to walk to school uphill both ways and still got run over and her hand cut off by a tractor . At the time, her arm was in such poor shape reattaching the hand was an impossibility. Thankfully, quick-thinking doctors were able to graft it to her foot while her arm healed, and successfully reattach it 3-months later. MODERN MEDICAL MAGIC! Dr Hou Jianxi, spokesman for the hospital in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, said the hand had now been transplanted back on to her arm. “When she came in, her left hand was completely severed from her body. It was very scary,” he told the Zhoukou Evening Post. “But Ming Li can now move her wrist again and her left hand is a healthy pink colour proving that the blood is circulating well.” Li will need two more operations over the next year. One to improve her hand functions and some plastic surgery to remove her scars. But Dr Hou said: “After surgery, and with plenty of physiotherapy, we are confident her left hand will be capable of doing most things. Amazing, I love a story with a happy ending. Huh? DAMMIT PERV — GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF THE GUTTER! Get well soon, Ming. And remember, tractors: not the toys Matchbox would lead you to believe. Girl’s hand grafted on to her leg [orange] via Severed Hand Reattached -Three Months Later [neatorama] Thanks to Hankzor411, who once taped a Nerf gun to his arm and pretended he was Mega Man. That’s, uh, pretty sad I’m not gonna lie.

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Little Girl Gets Hand Cut Off, Grafted To Foot

In case you haven’t seen it splattered all over the news because you don’t believe mainstream media ( and you shouldn’t ), here’s one of the rescue capsules that’s currently being used to pull the 33 trapped Chilean miners from the darkness almost 1/2 mile below. Did I mention it’s only 21.25 inches in diameter? Because it is. Now I know what you’re thinking, “OMG, they’d have to leave me down there!” I’m afraid so. This Is the Coffin That Will Save the Miners [gizmodo] Thanks to ACORNSTU, who would have dug his own tunnel to the surface because he was raised by mole-people. Oooh oooh — let’s burrow to China!

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Cramped: The Chilean Mine Rescue Capsule

This is a commercial for The League of S.T.E.A.M. (Supernatural and Troublesome Ectoplasmic Apparitional Management), a Victorian-looking ghost elimination company. I thought it was pretty cute. If you like what you see, they have a series of shorts on Youtube of them catching spirits or whatever the hell a bunch of steampunky ghostbusters do. And speaking of catching spirits — toss me an airplane bottle and LET’S GET THIS PARTY STARTED! Happy 4th of July weekend everybody! Hit it for the video.

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Whom Shall You Telegram?: Old-Timey Steampunk Ghostbusters Commercial