Weird

Not sure your HMO will cover that…

Alistair Dove September 17, 2011 funny

If, like me, you live in perpetual fear of being mowed down by the world’s slowest reptiles, write this number on the back your insurance…

Organisms Weird

One for the bizarre-o files

Alistair Dove September 13, 2011 China whale sharks

Check out this 2 ton plastinated partial whale shark dissection on display in a pedestrian shopping mall in Dalian, China: I can’t decide whether this…

Ecology Mating & Reproduction Organisms Weird

A great day for a little Traumatic Insemination

Holly Bik August 12, 2011 disturbing nematodes Reproduction traumatic insemination

Sometimes I think that those of us studying ‘minor phyla’ do so in order to prevent from developing some secret (potentially peverse) obsessions. Example: I…

Nautical Terms and Phrases New Research Scientist! Weird

Expletive Infixation and Marine Scien-****in-tists

Kevin Zelnio August 8, 2011 cussing linguistics Swearing like a Sailor

We would be remiss at DSN if we didn’t blog about a paper that was brought to our recent attention. Warning the following material uses…

Adaptations Ecology Fish Organisms Weird

Tool Use In Fish

Dr. M July 10, 2011 fish reef tool use

When I was in college, I had fish in aquarium. I repeatedly tried to train them to retrieve a beer from my dorm fridge, open…

Adaptations Mating & Reproduction Uncategorized Weird

This is clearly an important species we’re dealing with

Alistair Dove May 9, 2011 alien Asexual life cycle movies Parasite parasitoid pop culture sci fi

James Cameron’s Aliens (1986) is the greatest movie ever made. There, I said it. For sheer script quotability, only Pulp Fiction comes close. For dark…

Nautical Terms and Phrases Vessels and Equipment Weird