Right now I’m about to give my talk at Evolution 2010. Don’t worry, I’m not blogging instead of practicing – I made this post a while ago. But I figured it would be appropriate to share some love for my study organism, the kangaroo rat! And what better way to do that than a David Attenborough clip:
That’s a different species than my particular k-rat: I study banner-tails, which are totally cuter with their fancy tails. For more information and photos, check out one of my previous posts about my research! Or just look at this cute little baby:


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Philip Kahn
June 27, 2010 at 12:29 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Perhaps somewhat horrible, but this just reminded me to feed my snake (Heisenberg).
kendermouse
June 27, 2010 at 7:42 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Dying from cute overdose, here…
Jeff
June 27, 2010 at 4:58 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
If you’ve got time, come by my poster tomorrow. P2183. It’s not as sexy as sperm plugs, but it’s still cool. It’d be great to meet!
Evan B
June 30, 2010 at 4:50 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Gerbils rock.