queen hatshepsut.

The most famous cross-dressing mummy was finally found!

cherry blossoms, , ,



and giant lobster kites, , ,



a new friend, , ,



and good-bye DC. (coming home to collegeville tomorrow.)

more here.

cocoNET safety

This website is worth checking out. A solution to dangerous falling coconuts. . . the cocoNET.

FAQ is very informative, including questions such as. . .

"WHAT IF SEVERAL TREES ARE CLOSE TOGETHER, CAN WE STILL APPLY NETS TO ALL
Yes, all that is required is to stagger the height of installation of each adjacent net."

and

"WHAT IF VANDALS WANT TO CUT THE ROPE THAT HOLDS THE BASKET
Depending on public access, the ropes can be attached at a nominated ladder height so as to lesson the chances."

Otters holding hands.

thanks mallory!

GOBBLEDYGOOK

i am LOVING the word choices in this article!!! news just keeps getting better and better.

Alternative therapy degree attack

UK universities are teaching "gobbledygook" following the explosion in science degrees in complementary medicine, a leading expert says

Professor Colquhoun, of the university's department of pharmacology... said the teaching of complementary medicine under a science banner was worse than "Mickey Mouse" degrees in golf management and baking that have sprung up in recent years as "they do what it says on the label".

"That is quite different from awarding BSc degrees in subjects that are not science at all, but are positively anti-science.

"Yet this sort of gobbledygook is being taught in some UK universities as though it were science."

i wonder if there was a tense moment in the BBC newsroom re: the spelling of "gobbledygook" (i always thought it was "gobbleygook" !!)

So we've already established: Australia's camels 'driven mad' by drought. But NOW...

Australia is urgently looking to establish a "wild camel management plan" as the country's severe drought is sending camels stampeding into settlements looking for water.

And by wild camel management plan...they mean "culling."
Camels were introduced to Australia in the 19th century...interesting...

Now the "wild" camels are "mad with thirst" - i LOVE it.

They helped to build the Australian nation and had a cross-continental railway named after their handlers. But now the camel population here is wreaking havoc in the desert and remote communities because a desperate lack of water.

Wild camels, descendants of the beasts that helped early explorers to open up the country's vast arid interior, have rampaged through a settlement in Western Australia, trampling toilets, taps and air conditioners in a frenzied effort to find water.

A severe drought has exacerbated the problems posed by the animals, which cause damage to the environment, agriculture and property. They are "mad with thirst", according to Glenn Edwards, of the Northern Territory Parks and Wildlife Service.