Retirees in Florida are rockin' to the beat of a different drum...and they're not too thrilled about it.
Black drum mating calls travel at a low enough frequency and long enough wavelength to carry through sea walls, into the ground and through the construction of waterfront homes like the throbbing beat in a passing car.
In fact, lots of fishes, including the toadfish (see his handsome mug below) make sounds and today's New York Times has a wonderful article (with lots of extras) all about ocean noise. Also, check out
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Thanks to two readers, the infamous Mike Witherspoon and the illustrious Tanya Poon, we have been alerted to two mega-sweet articles in the New York Times.
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That is one amazing looking fish.
That is way cool. Thanks for sharing.
Many doctors are polymaths---writers, musicians, surfers, but obviously, these things are relegated to hobby status. Still, medicine does not require one to abandon a creative life.
I always tell people that they shouldn't go to medical school unless they reallyreallyreally want to be a doctor. If they don't, it's expensive, depressing, I think people differ greatly on this issue. For example, if it were completely unidentifiable as my own, I would have no problem with thanks herkese