Bloodsuckers

As It Happens6:28Why do these mosquitos keep perching on the nostrils of frogs who want to eat them?John Gould had been snapping pictures of mosquitoes on frogs for years before he noticed a trend — the bloodsuckers always seem to land right on the amphibians' noses."You would think that a frog would be the worst place to land, because frogs love to eat mosquitoes," Gould, a behavioural biologist at Australia's University of Newcastle, told As It Happens host Nil Köksal. Nevertheless, Gould has collected more than a dozen…

Sylvester Stallone has escalated his criticism of the Rocky franchise’s producers after the announcement of the new spin-off film, Drago.Last month, the actor shared a lengthy message asking producer Irwin Winkler to give him “at least a little WHAT’S LEFT of my rights back”.Now, on Instagram, Stallone shared a mocked-up picture of Winkler as a vampire, sucking blood from the neck of Stallone’s character, Rocky Balboa.“After IRWIN WINKLER And FAMILY SUCK ROCKY DRY! Presumed to be the most hated , untalented, decrepited,…

via Gage Skidmore on Flickr Sly Stallone is not pulling his punches at the people who hold Rocky‘s rights. Fresh off the announcement of a Rocky spinoff called Drago, which will be based around Ivan Drago, Rocky’s antagonist from the fourth installment, Stallone charged the Instagram ring to fight what might, at first glance, seem like unlikely opponents: 91-year-old producer Irwin Winkler and his family. However, Winkler and his kin own the rights to Rocky, despite Stallone creating and leading the franchise.…