Weird Things People Keep In Jars

People keep all kinds of weird things in jars. From Habu snakes, to one-eyed pigs, to human penises (!!!), here are some of the weirdest. This is in London.
Head

In Laos, they put snakes in jars to make whiskey.
Laos
In Vietnam, they call it wine...
Vietnam
...and they use cobras.
cobras
Generally, animals seem to be popular things to keep in jars. This monkey can be found in Tulane University's Museum of Natural History.
monkey
You can see this bottle of fish, there too.
fish
You can see this octopus in Vienna's Natural History Museum. Looks like a crazy wig.
octo
Ugh...bugs. In jars. Some of which are hairy. Ugh.
bugs
Nicaraguans like to put snakes in jars, too.
Nic
Some Japanese make their sake with poisonous Habu snakes.
habu
People also like to keep aliens in jars! These aliens are in jars in Canada.
aliens
Oh wait -- I think these are just ginseng.
aliens!
Snakes are things for Ecuadorians to put in jars, too.
Ecuador
Oddly, some people keep people in jars. This guy in Taiwan actually seems very happy.
man
And these women on the Great Barrier Reef seem absolutely thrilled to be in jars.
women
However, not all people in jars appear so happy. These kids in Scandinavia seem like they're keeping things pretty bottled up.
Scan
Check out this kid in Mexico. He looks like he's about to sneeze.
Mexico
I guess this guy couldn't fit inside the jar, so they just stuck his left leg -- afflicted with elephantiasis -- in the jar. Poor guy.
leg
Ick...in Cairo.
Cairo
Also in Cairo:
Cairo
Can't blame the Egyptians, though, because this baby is in Belhaven Memorial Museum, in NC.
NC
This "cyclops swine" can be found in NC, too!
swine
And, finally, I don't know what this guy is doing carrying his own penis in a jar! Egad!
penis
Why is she smiling like that?!

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