Here’s how it all started. Like many of you, I often wake way before sunrise with questions such as “Why do some animals have knees that bend backwards?” Reasonable question. Understandable. This leads us, more or less, to look at flamingos…. Flamingo Fun Facts: perilous predator protection Fun Facts from Wildlife Workshop: And from Folly […]
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[thanks to UC#1 for today’s trip to South Africa] That’s dark! Too dark for me. [ed. note: UC#1 is referring to Russian Serial Killers] Here’s something a bit more fun. I took some photos at an ostrich safari farm near Oudtshoorn, South Africa circa 1998. The young lad is 10(+/-). No children, staff, ostriches or […]
¡Feliz Equinoccio! Sept 23rd, 2023: The Autumnal Equinox Today is the day we’ve been waiting for – the Autumnal Equinox! It’s official, because it’s from the government and because it is announced in COURIER NEW: From Austin’s own EarthSky: Equinox: Austin (7:00am Central) Santa Barbara, CA Edmonton, AB Oslo, Norway Houston, Tx And the Line […]
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Haiku and Not Haiku
Big WLBOTT thanks to UC#3 for today’s BLOTT Citizens of WLBOTT – Since we have a worldly cohort (a fancy new term I’ve learned by hanging around academics lately..), I would like to follow up with the Kauai chickens. Kauai is super laid back, not overly touristy , and the residents just coexist with feral […]
It is no secret that WLBOTT is interested in jumping into the highly lucrative book review game – a direct challenge to the Reviewer Cartel (we’re looking at you, New York Times). Our complex book review criteria (the subject of a future BLOTT) led naturally to the discussion of continuous versus non-continuous functions. To get […]
Thanks to UC#1.b for today’s topic. Mr. Lee Meyer was recently pulled over in Norfolk, Nebraska. No tickets were issued, but I would assume an interesting discussion ensued with the local police. Beef Biproducts Oh, dear. The beef biproducts. A Cautionary Tail / Tale? This is what happens when you don’t have your very own […]
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Beautiful Ugly: The Anglerfish
The first spine of the dorsal fin of the anglerfish acts as a fishing rod with a lure. – Wikipedia From A-Z Animals: The Sweet Mysteries of Life Oh, it gets weirder…. Anticipating your Next Question Mama’s Hungry! Cool NOAA video…. We learn that one species of anglerfish can swallow fish that are twice it’s […]
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Sally Lightfoot
WLBOTT Division of Oceanic Research and Kinetics(WLBOTT-DORK) has just come across an extremely cool omnivorous crab. The Sally Lightfoot crab (Graspus graspus) is rumored to have been named after a Caribbean dancer, because they are agile and fast. – Neat-o-rama Basically this poor guy has to take a long day’s journey (when the tide is out) […]
Today’s BLOTT has an interesting stream of consciousness. It started with a conversation with UC#3: “How hard can it be to tune your own piano?” [ed. note: very hard] Which led to…. Which somehow led to solving the seemingly easy, but actually really difficult problem: [from UC#3] I have spent many hours and actually have […]
This is part of an ongoing WLBOTT series: Weird Foods We’ve Eaten. Sea Cucumber Fun Facts Dude…. Habitat Bottom of the sea…. Defense Mechanism Marauding herds of Sea Cumbers Do we need to put this on our list of anxieties? Yes. Yes we do. The Canadian Connection: Rosalyn/Atlantic Sea Cucumber Company As it happens, as […]