The Darwin Awards VI Countdown to Extinction

By Wendy Northcutt

The Darwin Awards honour those who help natural selection by taking a swan dive into the shallow end of the gene pool. From attaching a five-horsepower engine to a barstool, to hammering a metal hook into an explosive device, to using a Taser to treat a snake bite, this edition shows that the countdown (to human extinction) is well underway and we won't exit this mortal coil without one last laugh.