More Tantalizing Squid News
This is truly turning out to be squid week or something. Anyway, thought this article was interesting too. They caught one of the giant squids on camera. That's a nice change from a dead one washed up on the beach. Check it out, it at least has a cool picture 
Scientists capture giant squid on camera
Here is another article describing the same thing, only it has a couple of more pictures and a video you can watch. It's pretty cool. Go check it out 
Squid Anyone?
Below is a link to a very interesting article. Follow it if you dare 
Here's some more squid news
A Connection with History
I think that it is fascinating that Harriet, the giant tortoise captured by Charles Darwin in the Galapogos Islands, is still alive. Unfortunately, Harriet currently lives The Crocodile Hunter's Austrailia Zoo, so there is virtually no chance of me ever getting to see her. Reading just a little about Harriet's story instilled in me a sense of awe over the scope of her lifetime. 175 years is a long time.
Pure Nerd
Results of the Nerd? Geek? Dork? test:
| Pure Nerd 86 % Nerd, 21% Geek, 21% Dork |
| For The Record:
A Nerd is someone who is passionate about learning/being smart/academia. You scored better than half in Nerd, earning you the title of: Pure Nerd. The times, they are a-changing. It used to be that being exceptionally |
Oops!
Plague-infected lab mice missing in New Jersey
"...the rodents may have been stolen, eaten by other lab animals or just misplaced in a paperwork error..." (from the Associated Press article linked to above)
Richard Ebright, a Rutgers University microbiologist had this to say, "You have more security at a McDonald's than at some of these facilities..."
Somehow, that just doesn't make me feel any better about the incident.