Good acting.
Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
Good acting.
About 2½ years ago, I highlighted the environmental threats to the Australian lungfish, in particular the planned construction of a dam that would destroy their habitat.
To my surprise, Australian environmentalists won this battle!
The proposed $1.8 billion Traveston Dam in Queensland has been quashed to protect endangered species, including Mary River turtle and cod, after a landmark decision by the Environment Minister, Peter Garrett.
In explaining his decision yesterday Mr Garrett said the dam would have ”serious and irreversible effects” on threatened species – which also include the Australian lungfish and the southern barred frog – and he had no option but to reject it.
It’s a little discombobulating—they actually made a good decision to protect some unique biology? The cynic in me says there has to be some other reason, too, but I’ll take it.
Face it, guys: we all wish we had a penis with the versatility and length and flexibility of the barnacle’s.
Mating barnacles from Casey Dunn on Vimeo.
Be not faint of heart, O Loyal Cephalopodophiles, but National Geographic has a whole series of photos of a squid slaughter.
The whales are shameless. They’re just swimming around with tattered corpses dangling from their mouths, and they even dandle the bits in front of their babies, to encourage them to join in the wanton massacre.
Oh, the architeuthidae.
If you’d like to see two metazoans at once, there’s another photo of Carl Buell and crow in this series.
Reader Lindsay sent along this pair of photos of a moose taking a stroll along a dirt road near Elliot Lake, near Sault Ste. Marie in Michigan ‘s Upper Peninsula.
That’s not a footpath, by the way. It’s a single lane dirt road for cars, just to give some sense of how big this beast is.
