Science links, mashup vids, and other good stuff from around the internet
Hey, LJ! I've been a bit quiet lately, but I'm still alive. I'll try to make a more substantial post later, but for now have a bit of a link and vid spam. (A few of you have seen some of these already on Facebook.)
Links
Whale-poo-sniffing dogs: ladies and gentlemen, science in action.
Airdropping dead mice stuffed with acetaminophen over Guam to kill invasive snake: if a cartoon evil overlord took up a second career as a conservation biologist, this sounds like the sort of plan s/he would come up with. However, the brown tree snake situation in Guam is bad enough that all sorts of crazy stuff is worth trying.
Making bioluminescent plants: You know the saying about sufficiently advanced technology being indistinguishable from magic? I think glowing trees would qualify.
Victorian Star Trek (via![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
dameruth ): photoshop win!
YouTube Stuff
( three youtube embeds under the cut to spare your f'list )
Links
Whale-poo-sniffing dogs: ladies and gentlemen, science in action.
Airdropping dead mice stuffed with acetaminophen over Guam to kill invasive snake: if a cartoon evil overlord took up a second career as a conservation biologist, this sounds like the sort of plan s/he would come up with. However, the brown tree snake situation in Guam is bad enough that all sorts of crazy stuff is worth trying.
Making bioluminescent plants: You know the saying about sufficiently advanced technology being indistinguishable from magic? I think glowing trees would qualify.
Victorian Star Trek (via
dameruth ): photoshop win!YouTube Stuff
( three youtube embeds under the cut to spare your f'list )