(via National Geographic)
Pharyngula
Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
I have been negligent in my self-appointed mission to oppose the hegemonic oppression of the Catriarchy, so today, behold, the beauty of sea pens and sea cucumbers. Cats can only dream of this level of exotic elegance, and of course, no one defaces echinoderms with juvenile LOLspeak.
OK, I’m feeling guilty: I’m off at The Amaz!ng Meeting enjoying myself, and totally neglecting the blog readers who aren’t lucky enough to be here too. And since I’ve been getting lots of requests to put the full content of my talk online, I figured…yeah, sure, I can do that. So here you go, all of the slides and what I said about them, mostly, below the fold. Criticize and argue and do your usual.
Jehovah should have said, “But you must never eat from the tree of the knowledge of lions because when you eat from it, you will certainly die.” That would have been a credible threat.
(via National Geographic)
He’s looking at you, and he’s surrounded by rainbows. He must be magical.
(via reader Jeremy)
A diver found a swarm of cephalopods huddled in fear of predators, and managed to get some spectacular photos.
(via Boing Boing)
