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Well, the last edition was pretty heavy what with all the political stuff, so this time I'm serving up some links that are of the fun/amazing variety. Let's get to it.
Man Meets Whale
Off the coast of New Zealand, lucky National Geographic photographer Brian Skerry had an encounter with a right whale.
Said Skerry of the experience:
It came within inches. Here’s this softball-size whale eye looking at me. But then it stops—stops on a dime. It’s just hovering there, and literally one flick of its tail, and it would have crushed me like a bug. But it doesn’t. It was just highly curious.
You can read more about Skerry's experience here or head over to the National Geographic site to see the full gallery of pictures - they're beautiful.
Brave Suicide Ants
Every night, the Brazilian ant Forelius pusillus protects its colony by closing off all the entrances and disguising them with sand. The catch? A few of the colony are left outside to stand guard, and they do not survive the night.
It's an interesting twist of evolution that this could happen - one that Science Now magazine explores in this article, where you can also see video of the self-sacrificing ants disguising the entrance to the colony.
Ninja cat has stealth moves
This video is extremely cute, and a little scary.
1996 McDonalds Hamburger
Nutritional consultant Karen Hanrahan has a favourite prop she likes to use when giving talks on healthy choices - a hamburger she bought from McDonalds in 1996. It's disgusting. She hasn't made any effort to preserve the hamburger, it just preserves itself. She keeps it in a regular plastic container when it's not on show.
It reminds me of the footage from Supersize Me. You can see more pictures and read more about Hanrahan's workshop at her blog - Best of Mother Earth.
The Subprime Crisis Explained
For those of you who stand to be enlightened about how the financial crisis that is currently unfolding came to be - I highly recommend checking out this series of cartoon slides. They are both hilarious and wonderfully accurate. Check out The Subprime Primer here.
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