Craig is temporarily a post-doctoral fellow at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute who is looking for a permanent position. He spends most of his time balancing his overwhelming geekdom with normalcy so he can function in the real world. Luckily his wife likes his geekiness.
Peter Etnoyer is a Graduate Research Associate at the Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. He studies deep corals and ocean fronts, and he loves to be on the water.
Kevin Zelnio is a Graduate Student Researcher at Penn State studying the ecology of hydrothermal vent and methane seep communities. He raises awareness of the plight of the spineless through folk music.
Coming into the Spring Science Bracket Showdown, the pundits pegged the Invertebrates as the most powerful in the field. Coach Bufo when asked about Team Vertebrates chances stated "We're a powerhouse dominated by charismatic megafauna! We're unstoppable!" But stop them is exactly what top seeded Invertebrates did in the first round. "I thought the lack backbone would help us, but we were overwhelmed by their numbers."noted Bufo after the game. In a surprising appearance by the rarely seen colossal squid, who dished out nine assists, the Invertebrates handled tentacled the Vertebrate press.
The Invertebrates are scheduled to face off against Surgery who advanced to the second round when Internal Medicine was disqualified for the use of performance enhancing drugs. In an exclusive interview granted to another news agency and not us...
Surgery captain, Dr. Ego Cutsalot, admits his team would have much rather played the vertebrates. "We don't really know much about bug anatomy," remarked the head slicer. "That's what In-ver-tay-brits are, right? Bugs?" A good journalist shouldn't ever take sides, but those assholes in masks don't have a freakin' chance.Point Lumbricus terrestris for the Invertebrate team told DSN that he welcomed the chance to face off against Surgery. "I lost a family member to the scapel of a young pre-med in an Intro. Biology course. I intend to right that wrong on the court."
Rush over to Evolgen for the latest updates on all the Second Round matchups
Comments
really, this is just too brilliant...and yes, I realize what that says about me
Posted by: Jim Lemire | March 20, 2007 7:50 PM
Looking back now, these comments were quite prescient. Invertebrates made it quite far in the Show. In fact, PZ claims they only lost becuase HIV must've cheated in the Final Four.
Posted by: BRC | December 20, 2007 10:52 AM