spears

Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Weapons

Make A High-Speed Spear Launcher

12:40PM Adam Frucci | Bored? Why not direct your restless energy into building an Atlatl, an ancient spear-throwing device that’ll let you toss a spear far farther than you could before. More »
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Monday, April 28, 2008
Random Stuff

Pioneering Orangutan Pries First Hunting Tool Ever Out of Heston’s Cold Dead Hands

4:00PM Gizmodo US Edition | Hide the china, bananas, children—whatever. I guess it doesn’t really matter, because for the first time ever an orangutan was spotted in the wild using a gadget to hunt. In this case the tool was a spear, and the intrepid primate apparently picked up the skill by watching locals fish with spears along the Gohong River in Borneo, on the island of Kaja. More »
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