Archive for the Biology Category

PETA hubris

Posted in Biology on January 15, 2009 by hubricant

This is about the most ridiculous, misguided, pathetic attempt to interest people in caring for animals. PETA once again illustrates why most intelligent people of the world regards them as raving lunatic vegetarians. In fact,  I challenge you to look at the site and try to figure out a) who its aimed at and b)what it hopes to achieve.

venomous mammals

Posted in Biology on January 14, 2009 by hubricant

Apparently there aren’t all that many of them. Here’s a new one. Its a fascinating thought though. I’d love to see its teeth.

And in other news, it seems that hunting from helicopters is a fiddly business in Siberia. Especially when the chopper crashes and one has to explain a number of corpses of endangered Argali sheep.