Hedwig Pöllöläinen
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March 2, 2007
This video, below the fold, tells the story of a man whose penis became the temporary home for the candiru fish, a parasitic fish that lives off its host's blood. Do I think this is fact or fiction? Actually, I am not sure what to think, even though I've been told in the past that this is fiction.
March 1, 2007
Any ideas of where George W Bush and his minions fit into this scheme?
March 1, 2007
This has been a rough week for me because I am having to deal with a bunch of bills, including hospital bills and another bill that I had no idea I was supposed to pay. This cryptic bill is for the care of my birds while I was in the hospital. Because the care-giver said that it would be covered by…
March 1, 2007
Below the fold is a streaming video where we learn more about the genius behind the stupidity that is otherwise known as "the W."
March 1, 2007
Goliathus cacicus -- the world's (almost) largest beetle.
Image: Frantisek Bacovsky.
As long as you send images to me (and I hope it will be for forever), I shall continue to share them with my readership. My purpose for posting these images is to remind all of us of the grandeur of the natural…
February 28, 2007
Lichen on Boulder at Craters of the Moon National Monument.
Image: James Neeley.
As long as you send images to me (and I hope it will be for forever), I shall continue to share them with my readership. My purpose for posting these images is to remind all of us of the grandeur of the natural…
February 28, 2007
Today, I went downtown to fetch a book that Houghton-Mifflin had sent to me to review. Because the UPS station is at 43rd, this required me to go through Times Square with its huge tangle of humanity. When I got there, Times Square consisted of barely controlled chaos, as usual, with its sunshine…
February 28, 2007
Have you wondered what the big commotion is regarding bird flu? Are you still confused about how avian influenza came to be and why epidemiologists are so afraid of it? Do you wonder why I have gone on numerous tirades about how the virulent H5N1 strain did not originate in wild birds, but rather,…
February 27, 2007
Wow, this streaming video is Keith Olbermann's fabulous smack-down of Condoleezza Rice's stupid statements about the Iraq War [8:20].
February 27, 2007
This is a humorous look at the ease with which people can smuggle themselves, along with some grass and coke across the Mexican-American border.
February 27, 2007
One of the problems with not owning a TV is that I am probably the last person on the planet to see most programs, but thanks to one of my readers who shall remain anonymous here, I now have seen the entire 10-episode series, The Life of Birds on DVD by David Attenborough (British Broadcasting…
February 27, 2007
The photographer writes; Alpenglow on "Big Butte" which seems to float in the Arco desert [above] a distant layer of fog. .
Image: James Neeley.
As long as you send images to me (and I hope it will be for forever), I shall continue to share them with my readership. My purpose for posting these…
February 26, 2007
Have you heard about the amazing ice fish? One of the extraordinary evolutionary adaptations found in the extreme Antarctic cold is found in the ice fish. The fish has no red blood cells and no hemoglobin, so its blood plasma flows more freely. The oxygen that its muscles need simply dissolves in…
February 26, 2007
Below the fold is a video that is meant to be provocative. On one hand, I agree with what the kid is saying, but on the other hand, I find it repulsive that the adults involved with the making of this video are comfortable with using a kid to say such things. Why hide behind a kid? Why not take…
February 26, 2007
Old shack in a snow field in Swan Valley, Idaho 7xp hdr.
Image: James Neeley.
As long as you send images to me (and I hope it will be for forever), I shall continue to share them with my readership. My purpose for posting these images is to remind all of us of the grandeur of the natural world…
February 26, 2007
European Robin, Erithacus rubecula, grabbing a mealworm.
Birds in Science
Scrub jays can plan on saving tasty treats for the future and do it in a way that shows they are truly planning ahead, British researchers reported. They set up a careful experiment to allow the birds to cache food in a…
February 25, 2007
Tree over Bryce Canyon.
Image: James Neeley.
As long as you send images to me (and I hope it will be for forever), I shall continue to share them with my readership. My purpose for posting these images is to remind all of us of the grandeur of the natural world and that there is a world out…
February 25, 2007
Ever had your beach picnic spoilt by seagulls trying snatch your sarnies? Or been ambushed by the birds while quietly minding your own business? Well here's an opportunity to get your own back and have a bit of fun with this interactive game. See if your score makes the grade. (Click play on the…
February 25, 2007
The red carpet edition of pediatric grand rounds is now available.
February 25, 2007
This is a fun quiz to play with and I think it is reasonably accurate, although rather singular in its focus (I think it should give percentages as to what your different intelligences are), but what do you think?
Your Dominant Intelligence is Linguistic Intelligence
You are excellent with…
February 24, 2007
Fence along Big Sur, California. Light hdr and Orton processing.
Image: James Neeley.
As long as you send images to me (and I hope it will be for forever), I shall continue to share them with my readership. My purpose for posting these images is to remind all of us of the grandeur of the…
February 24, 2007
Try this online sheepdog trial game and see how good you are at preventing those pesky sheep from escaping! Get a high enough score and you can challenge a friend.
February 24, 2007
Tiger, Tiger, burning bright
In the forest of the night,
What immortal hand or eye
Could frame thy fearful symmetry?
In what distant deeps or skies
Burnt the fire of thine eyes?
On what wings dare he aspire?
What the hand dare seize the fire?
And what shoulder and what art
Could twist the sinews of…
February 24, 2007
Below the fold is video from 1933 of the last Tasmanian tiger, the thylacine. Thylacines, now extinct, were carnivorous marsupials that inhabited Tasmania until they were wiped out by a human campaign of extermination that lasted through the nineteenth and into the twentieth centuries, although…
February 23, 2007
Ecosystems along the continental shelf waters of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, from the Labrador Sea south of Greenland all the way to North Carolina, are experiencing large, rapid changes. While some scientists have pointed to the decline of cod from overfishing as the main reason for the shifting…
February 23, 2007
... especially in America.
Governor Rick Perry angrily defended his relationship with Merck & Co. and his executive order requiring that schoolgirls receive the drugmaker's vaccine against the sexually transmitted cervical-cancer virus. The Associated Press reported Wednesday that Perry's chief…
February 23, 2007
Sunrise over the Grand Tetons.
Image: James Neeley.
As long as you send images to me (and I hope it will be for forever), I shall continue to share them with my readership. My purpose for posting these images is to remind all of us of the grandeur of the natural world and that there is a world…
February 23, 2007
Although the government has approved meat and milk from cloned animals while it conducts further studies, the nation's largest milk company, Dean Foods Co. of Dallas, said recently that its customers and consumers won't purchase milk from cloned animals. The $10 billion company owns Land O'Lakes…
February 23, 2007
tags: Gardasil, gay men
Gardasil is a newly released vaccine that protects against the four most common forms of the sexually transmitted infection, human papillomavirus (HPV), which can cause cervical cancer and genital warts. It can also cause anal and penile cancer, and men argue that receiving…