So I’ve been conspicuously absent round these parts for no especially good reason (yes yes, I need to write, but it’s too hot to think straight let alone write sensibly), but I feel you all should know that this evening while I ate my dinner, I live-tweeted (somewhat) a documentary that centred on a baboon dissection. It’s not gross (no pictures, nothing enormously graphic), so if you’re curious, I put them in chronological order on Storify (I can’t figure out how to get it to embed here — anyone know how?) The show itself is an episode of Inside Nature’s Giants, the entire premise of which is “here’s a big animal that died for one of any number of reasons. Let’s dissect it and talk about it’s ecological existence!” You guys, I love this show. And plus it’s so British — there’s a ton of eyebrow acting and “er, yes, that’s, ahem, impressive” when they start talking about baboons’ enthusiastic sex lives.
More on topic, I have a few big-ish pieces I want to get written, hopefully within the next couple of weeks, but for now you’ll just have to do with my continual amazement at the inner workings of critters.
Ooh, Mike and I watched the one on giraffes (natch) a month or two ago and I loooooved it. So interesting! I’m gonna have to hunt down the others. So to speak.
The one with the sperm whale is SO COOL. And the hippo! (Hippos are awesome.)
I saw those tweets and wondered about the backstory.
OT but I feel like I should make you Interrobangs rings!
Oh my goodness, I’d be honoured! Interrobangs go with everything
That might be one of the only rings I’d wear (aside from the wedding ring. I hear that’s one you keep on).