Thursday, April 28, 2005

Weird/Wonderful Science

First there are the exploding toads.

I mean, I could talk about George Bush's press conference (but why?) or the finger-in-the-chili story, or speculate about the future of the National Hockey Leage, but what really, really intrigues me is that frogs in Germany are spontaneously exploding because crows are eating their livers. Meanwhile, a fossil find here in Utah reveals a link in the evolutionary chain between modern-day birds and their dinosaur ancestors.

Pretty cool, huh? Almost enough to make you forget the de-evolution of intelligent life that seems to be occuring at the highest levels of our government. And at Wendy's and at the National Hockey League-- but let's leave that for another day, shall we?