Desktop Wallpaper: Vintage Sea Serpent (link roundup)

Download a desktop wallpaper-sized image of the Nantucket Sea Monster here.

And a few more links:

1. Alex CF's latest specimen is a dessicated 10-month old werewolf.

2. I guess Michael Lewis' article about how Shane Battier is the Kobe killer is a little outdated.

3. The instructions in the bible for building the ark include a demand that dolphin leather be used?

4. You quite possibly have already seen a link to Joshua Davis' well-written account of a Mission Impossible-style $100 million diamond heist in Antwerp. If not, read it, it's great. Of course, it's mostly great as fiction. The insanely clever master thieves assembled a huge pile of incriminating paperwork including receipts and business cards, waited until after the heist to dispose of it, and then entrusted that evidence to the one man they didn't trust? Just one of the glaring flaws in an excellent work of fiction.

*Previously: The bible's best sex stories.

*Buy plush werewolves at eBay.

Best album cover ever?

This is Akiko Yano and a dolphin on the cover of her album from 1977 called "Iroha Ni Konpeitou." You can see the track listing here or buy a copy from Amazon Japan. There's lots of Akiko Yano videos at YouTube, but I didn't spot any that involved dolphin wrestling. Via this Cheesy Vinyl Flickr gallery.

And this isn't the only bizarre cover featuring a dolphin that I saw today. I present Robert Merle's "Day of the Dolphin"



The book is apparently a satire about a dolphin trained to sabotage a ship transporting the president of the US. Even better, it was a movie:



I couldn't find a video clip, but here's a Simpsons parody inspired by the film's name:



I found one copy of the book with this cover at eBay. There's several original Day of the Dolphin posters on sale for under $30 at Movieposters.com. And the dvd is $6.50 at Amazon.

*Previously: Whale in an iceberg.