Archives for 31 October 2007

Encyclopedia of Life

Published on 31 Oct 2007 at 2:32 am. No Comments.
Filed under Biology, Birds, Climate, Exploration, Green, Internet, Wildlife.

 
I recently learned of the project called “Encyclopedia of Life“, which endeavors to create an online encyclopedia featuring every known life form on Earth.  From what I can see, this is going to be done in an open access manner.
Sample pages exist for the following organisms:
Death Cap Mushroom    (Amanita Phalloides)
Rice   (Oryza Sativa)
Yeti Crab   (Kiwa Hirsuta)
and [...]

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Night of the Lepus?

Published on 31 Oct 2007 at 2:12 am. No Comments.
Filed under Fun, Seriously???.

In East Germany a pensioner has been breeding bunny rabbits the size of dogs (article).  He has been approached by the North Korean government to sell these rabbits to breeding farms in North Korea for the purpose of feeding the populace.

Seriously???
This reminds me of the horrible movie “Night of the Lepus” starring Janet Leigh and [...]

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