A Blog Carnival Devoted to the Microscopic

After a month-long hiatus, a new edition of Animalicules is available at Baumhaus (I think the name means tree house). Animalicules has posts from around the blogosphere about microscopic living things. Check it out.

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That is my daughter's favourite bird. I'll let her read what Chris wrote yesterday (and welcome back from a month-long blog hiatus!).
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