-- Mr. T
Many tales from the deep sea this week. Some good detective work solves the mystery of the migrating manatees. Quite a poisoner this one, find out why a barnacle loads up on bromine. Spectacular images, with photos from the Seamount expedition, and a slideshow of Antarctic animals and their life in cold water. If you have an inordinate fondness, nay an obsession even, for icy cold water, then check out Polar Obsession. After waiting for almost a year to get my hands on it, all I can say is ... it's simply marvelous. Here is a radio interview with Paul Nicklen - don't miss the tale of the motherly leopard seal.
Speaking of the jaws that bite: as if being a dinosaur wasn't wicked enough, here is a story about a bird-eating dino with venom ! For no reason at all, check out this short but beautiful video of a perfect six-point landing.
In what seems to be a sort of self-defense against fresh fruit, chimpanzees invent anvils and fruit cleavers. And in a development that would make The Jungle Book's King Louie do cartwheels in joy, they might even be on their way to figuring out the secret of fire ... I wanna be like you hoo hoo ! But if your visiting hominid relatives trash the premises over the holidays and cause your inner neat-freak endless grief, don't fret - you might just have inherited an ancient gene for hygiene.
Many cheers and much mirth to all ye hominids on earth. Season's Greetings !
